I often incorporate real-life atmospheric elements into my dream, but they manifest in strange ways. I used to have an alarm clock that would blare a gratingly dissonant "BWARRRR!" for a full second, followed by a half-second respite. In dreams, this sound would become a critical element to the plot of my dream, most memorably a video conference call screen that would alternate between a half-second image of the concerned CEO's speech and a full second of annoying snow, like the visual connection was bad. Music playing in the same room where I'm sleeping sometimes becomes music I've composed and...
