Bernie Goldbach in Cashel | Image from Macolgan on Audioboo
I PLAN TO SHARE tracks from the sound track of my life on Audioboo during the month of October and to save my contributes to a curated list.
The exercise is part of a crowd-sourced initiative involving daily audio blogging, music, copyright, commentary, and review at third level.
I've listened to music online since 2003, attracted to people who shared music and their stories. In fact, I've heard more diverse music through podcasts than through MTV broadcasts, YouTube videos or X Factor competitions. I think music forms part of the fabric of our lives and it's important to help artists sell more tracks by playing their stuff for others to purchase. So I'm in.
For most of October, I figure around 10 people will begin sharing their stories and the music that makes the stories reverberate. If you want to participate, to listen or to talk, please follow the #octaver tag on Audioboo.
Paul O'Mahony and Robert Johnson have offered a rough schedule of #octaver's discussion topics:
Day 1: "Music I like now"
Day 2: "The earliest music I remember liking"
Day 3: "Music with a story"
Day 4: "Musicians I've known or loved"
Day 5: "Music that reminds me of a place"
Day 6: "Music to go with go with food"
Day 7: "Music I hope to love"
Day 8: "Birth Music" number one track when you were born
Day 9: "Blowing your own trumpet." Instrument you played or love.
Day 10: "Cover Artists." Ones you love or tracks you think should be covered.
Day 11: "Live and Dangerous." Greatest performances.
Day 12: "Turning Points." Wedding music. First dance. Music with first child.
Day 13: "Spirit and Soul." What chills you out, resets the clock or lessens the load?
Day 14: "The final curtain." What sums up who you are? What will play at your funeral?
Day 15: Favourite music-themed movie or musical
Day 16: Favourite driving/walking music
Day 17: Desert Island CD/music
Day 18: Favourite humouristic music
Day 19: Tell us about a musical find CD/LP/Rarity
Day 20: Favourite way of listening to music
Day 21: Favourite place to buy music
Day 22: Share a song to which you know all the lyrics.
Day 23: Song/Musical passage that never fails to move you.
Day 24: What genre of music did you listen to in High School?
Day 25: What moment in musical history affected you the most?
Day 26: Which musician/group would you want to interview and why?
Day 27: Share the importance of music in your life. When do you listen and how often. Do you listen to more music than watch TV.
Day 28: Share your musical dislikes. Share a few songs that drive you up the wall.
Day 29:
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Day 31: What do you think about Octaver?
Day 32: Whose Octaver contribution did you like the best?
Bernie Goldbach needs a digital copy of the sound track of his life before his wake.
