Blog Post 3

I found Murakami's use of music in his works to be rather unique, whenever I came across them over the course of this semester.  While I have occasionally seen references to specific real songs in various literature before (though that occurred rarely as well), I don't recall ever seeing the specifics of real performers or groups being used in conjunction with that.  Murakami, however, can be seen to do that in 'The Girl From Ipanema' and 'A Wild Sheep Chase,' where he mentions both the specific song, and the specific performer/orchestra playing them.  I think this conveys his intent for the reader to actually take the time to listen to the exact performance his wrote about, in order to more clearly convey the situation and mood of the scene in the story.  While I may not use this tactic in my own writing, I certainly think it is an interesting and useful one to learn about, and furthermore as a musician I enjoyed being able to hear the specific references myself.