This book was originally written just for fun, and because I didn’t plan on publishing it, I used popular songs for the music the characters performed. This gave the story another element to enjoy and led to some fun discussions about how the songs fit into the story.
Fast forward to now, I find myself with the rare and wonderful opportunity to publish my little book. This is very exciting, but it means the songs have to go away to avoid violating copyright law.
I’ve now written new songs, so everything you read here is 100 percent my work. But I wanted to include a list of the original inspirations, so readers can enjoy them, too.
In general, you will find that Jane sounds a lot like Michelle Branch, and Lizzy bears a striking resemblance to Sheryl Crow. Slurry most closely resembles Puddle of Mudd.
Here is the list:
Chapter 1: Jane is singing “Everything” by Michelle Branch.
Chapter 2: Slurry’s song is “Breathe” by Seven Channels.
Chapter 3: Lizzy sings “Steve McQueen” by Sheryl Crow, and Slurry plays “Drift & Die” by Puddle of Mudd on TRL.
Chapter 4: Slurry opens its concert with “Crawling in the Dark” by Hoobastank.
Chapter 6: Lizzy plays “If It Makes You Happy” by Sheryl Crow.
Chapter 8: Jane plays “Everything” by Michelle Branch to Charles.
Chapter 9: Jane dances to Slurry playing “Control” by Puddle of Mudd.
Chapter 10: Lizzy plays “Soak Up the Sun” by Sheryl Crow.
Chapter 11: Lizzy’s video was made to “Steve McQueen” by Sheryl Crow.
Chapter 12: Long Borne Suffering and Slurry play “The Game of Love” by Michelle Branch and Carlos Santana.
Chapter 13: Slurry plays “She Hates Me” by Puddle of Mudd.
Chapter 14: LBS plays “Good-bye to You” by Michelle Branch, and Slurry plays “Blurry” by Puddle of Mudd.
Chapter 15: Lizzy plays “I Shall Believe” by Sheryl Crow.
Chapters 16 and 17: Darcy’s classical playing sounds very much like John Williams.
Chapter 19: Richard sings “Somewhere Out There” by Our Lady Peace.
Chapter 20: Lizzy sings “I Shall Believe” again by Sheryl Crow.
Chapter 21: Darcy sings “Hanging by a Moment” by Lifehouse.