Author Murakami goes on-air, says he learned writing from music

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami wore another hat Sunday as he made his debut as a radio show host, revealing he learned his style of writing by listening to music.Murakami, 69, who runs a full marathon every year, introduced songs that he listens to while running and on other occasions in the 55-minute show titled "Murakami Radio," which was broadcast on 38 Japanese stations including Tokyo FM in the evening."Rather than learning techniques from someone else's novels, I tend to pay attention to rhythm, harmonies, free improvisation, and stuff like that (when I write)," Murakami said, high…READ FULL ARTICLE