Nomadic SoundCloud Fellow Travels America by Bus Recording Music
By David Tobia
August 31, 2012
August 31, 2012
- Musician Jack Kennedy recently explored parts of Europe, Thailand and Israel. Toward the end of his trip, he spent a month in Morocco recording music by Berber tribesmen.
- “Now he is taking the same nomadic approach to capture bits of American culture for his Web show, NightBus Radio,” reports Wired. “It’s like what they did in Jack Kerouac’s novel ‘Dharma Bums,’ except nobody hitchhikes anymore,” says Kennedy. “This is kind of the next step up.”
- Kennedy has no real plan of where he will go, who he will interview or what will come of the show. He uses fan suggestions from Twitter and Facebook to direct him across the nation. The article describes him as a modern-day Alan Lomax.
- “Yesterday, this girl from Alabama named Rachel Saul came in to the hostel I’m staying at. She had a guitar and started singing,” explains Kennedy. “She had this amazing voice and an interesting story, so I just quickly got out my microphone and started recording her.”
- This type of story epitomizes Kennedy’s journey, as he hopes his travels will spontaenously bring him to talented and interesting individuals. SoundCloud, the Berlin-based audio-sharing platform, is funding part of the project with one of its 15 Community Fellowships.
- Kennedy has placed faith in his loyal followers, as his trip relies on his use of “mainly Facebook and Twitter where people can send me messages like, ‘I know this supertalented guy, you should meet up with him.'” He elaborates that after “you meet a core group of musicians in a town, you can get to the heart of the music scene.”
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