Put your headphones on, close your eyes. Embrace the possibility of the life-changing power of music. And perhaps one of these songs will change your life too.
Music can inspire our greatest creations, salve our deepest wounds, make us fall in – or out of – love. It can also be a window into another’s soul. Based on the popular live storytelling series, OneTrackMinds is a collection of twenty-five compelling answers to the question, ‘What was the song that changed your life?’
Featuring pieces from a stellar cast of contributors including Peter Tatchell, Inua Ellams, Cash Carraway, Rhik Samadder, Ingrid Oliver and Joe Dunthorne, alongside some of the UK’s most exciting new voices, the book compiles many of the standout stories from the live show so far. Just as rich and varied are the songs themselves, by artists ranging from Nina Simone and Joni Mitchell to Aphex Twin and the Replacements via Tupac, Prince and the Spice Girls.
The result is an entertaining, enlightening musical guide to the best of what makes us human.
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Kristian Brodie
Adam Shakinovsky
Kristian Brodie is an award-winning creative film producer, script editor and writer. He has produced two award-winning feature films - the documentary Next Goal Wins (BIFA - Best Documentary 2015) and the thriller Beast (BAFTA - Outstanding British Debut 2019). He is also the creator, curator and host of OneTrackMinds.
Adam Shakinovsky has worked with groups and individuals in the entertainment, commercial, governmental and charity sectors to help them find and tell their stories. He draws his deep expertise from a breadth of storytelling formats, including writing for web, film and television. He has written online content for The Sunday Times and won The People's Choice Award for his short film Acoustic Kitty at the BAFTA-certified Aesthetica Short Film Festival.
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28th October 2022Golden Voices and a magical night
Dearest OTM supporters,
Thanks to you, Kristian and I got to feel like proper celebs last Friday as we were invited to be part of the line-up in the London Literary Festival at the South Bank Centre. After the show (which was AMAZING!) the SBC arranged for us to do our first proper book signing. We really didn't expect anyone (why would we?) but we were both gobsmacked when we arrived at a lovely…
2nd September 2022Missing your book? Pop in your delivery address! ALSO come to our workshops
Dearest supporters,
We've heard from a few of you that you still haven't received your books. Having checked with our friends at Unbound apparently, there are over 60 of you!
The issue is this - you need to put your delivery address into your account. You will have received an email from Unbound asking you to confirm your address details. They do this to ensure the information is up to date…
6th June 2022It's Nearly Here...
Hello friends! Well, the day we've been waiting for (for something close to three years I think...) is very nearly here! You've probably already received a message from the Unbound team to check that your address is up to date, because, yes, our anthology is finally printed and ready to be sent out to you. Tomorrow, Adam and I are heading in to Unbound HQ to sign copies for those kind pledgers who…
28th March 2022Upcoming Spring Shows!
Hello lovely Unbound Supporter Friends!
We're getting ever closer and closer to the release of our first anthology, which couldn't have happened without your support. We're so grateful, and cannot wait to share it with you. We're literally counting the days...
In the meantime, if you're hungry for some funny, moving, heartfelt and entertaining stories about life-changing songs, why not…
27th January 2022Come and See Us in February!
Hello friends!
We hope you're all doing very well!
We're very excited about the progress being made on the book - our friends at Unbound are now looking over the manuscript one last time to check for typos, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, and then it will be time to send it to the printers! We cannot wait to get the book in our hands - and to start sending out your…
6th May 2021We're Coming Back to the Stage!
Hello friends!
It's been a while since we last checked in - we hope you're all doing well and staying safe and happy. We've been beavering away at the book, working with our lovely editor Alex from Unbound, and so excited about honing it in to the best damn anthology of life changing songs you could ever hope to own.
In the meantime, we've got some very exciting news. After over a year off…
6th May 2021We're Coming Back to the Stage!
Hello friends!
It's been a while since we last checked in - we hope you're all doing well and staying safe and happy. We've been beavering away at the book, working with our lovely editor Alex from Unbound, and so excited about honing it in to the best damn anthology of life changing songs you could ever hope to own.
In the meantime, we've got some very exciting news. After over a year off…
11th December 2020Christmas Gift Certificate Download!
Looking for a book for the music lover in your life?
Why not gift someone a copy of this brilliant book of life-changing songs? It won’t arrive for this Christmas, but anyone who buys a copy for as a gift for someone can download this Christmas gift certificate to present to them, in person or online. That way, they will know they’ve helped support this book and that their name will be in the back…
6th November 2020You did it!
We have 320 reasons to be grateful to you bookworms and theatre lovers. That's how many of you have ensured that our first OTM anthology is officially going to be published!
Countless phone calls, emails, Instagram posts, a global pandemic, and roughly one year after we started, there will finally be a book of stories about life-changing songs.
Manic expressions in the photo aside…
16th October 2020Less than £2000 to go!!! Next stop, 95% by the end of October
You are all like well-oiled machines, it’s scary!
Ever since Kristian and I have been watching what you've been doing this week, we've been as ecstatic as a freshly minted merman.
Seriously though, this week you have had us creeping ever closer to that 90% mark. So thank you for pledging, upgrading, sharing the news, and buying the books for Christmas/friends.
We even had one supporter…
1st October 2020The OneTrackMinds Anthology - Now Supporting Samaritans!
Patient and loving supporters of OTM, we write to you with some exciting news!
Over the last few months, as we've all struggled through lockdown and its associated uncertainties, we've felt more than a little bit sheepish asking people to pledge money for our book. We know how the pandemic has affected all of us financially, and we recognise that, as lovely as an anthology of stories about…
4th February 2020On the up and up!
Happy New Year everyone!
Since our last update when we were at 25%, your support has taken us up to 39%!! That's pretty great considering it happened over the most festive and then the most penniless months of the year.
That's a huge bump for us as we climb step by step towards funding the book, so thank you very much for believing in the idea and spreading the word.
For those of you who…
25th October 2019Prasanna Puwanarajah - First of many great voices
We thought you might enjoy getting to know some of the authors who are contributing to our first anthology as we march our way towards being fully funded.
This week we want to introduce you to the immense talent that is Prasanna Puwanarajah.
On the surface Prasanna might look simply like a GP-turned-award-winning-actor, director and writer who has appeared in TV series like Cold Feet, Patrick…
23rd October 201925%%%!!!
Thank you all so much for getting us off to such a strong start. We can't believe it's only been two weeks since we launched this campaign, and already your support and generosity have taken us a quarter of a way to our target.
From now on, you'll be getting regular updates from us, about our ever-growing and wonderful lineup of confirmed contributors, exciting new pledge rewards that you can share…
Kevin Cullinan asked:
Hi,
I’m making my way through the book and I’m absolutely loving it!
Random one - I’m sure I read somewhere that you interviewed Liela Moss about PJ Harvey. I was just wondering if I could read that sorry anywhere?
Cheers,
Kev
Kristian Brodie replied:
Hey Kev - thanks so much for the kind words about the book! Really glad you're enjoying it. You're absolutely right about Liela - she was a guest on our show four years ago, and was absolutely brilliant. We don't have a transcript of her story, but if you drop us an email (info@onetrackminds.uk), we can send you an audio recording!
Thanks so much for your support!
K
Eleanor Tweddell asked:
Hello, Im half way through book, really enjoying it. I think I mayve missed it but is there an event planned? Sorry I got completely lost with where things were. Eleanor
Kristian Brodie replied:
Hi Eleanor,
Really glad you're enjoying the book! We run regular live shows, yes - although, after a very busy October/November, we're now done for the rest of the year. However, we're back at Wilton's Music Hall on March 2nd and 3rd, and there'll be doubtless many more shows planned for 2023. If you want to find out more, go to our website - www.onetrackminds.uk - where you can sign up to our newsletter; that way you won't miss out on any of our future events.
Hi, I’m making my way through the book and I’m absolutely loving it! Random one - I’m sure I read somewhere that you interviewed Liela Moss about PJ Harvey. I was just wondering if I could read that sorry anywhere? Cheers, Kev
Hey Kev - thanks so much for the kind words about the book! Really glad you're enjoying it. You're absolutely right about Liela - she was a guest on our show four years ago, and was absolutely brilliant. We don't have a transcript of her story, but if you drop us an email (info@onetrackminds.uk), we can send you an audio recording! Thanks so much for your support! K
Hello, Im half way through book, really enjoying it. I think I mayve missed it but is there an event planned? Sorry I got completely lost with where things were. Eleanor
Hi Eleanor, Really glad you're enjoying the book! We run regular live shows, yes - although, after a very busy October/November, we're now done for the rest of the year. However, we're back at Wilton's Music Hall on March 2nd and 3rd, and there'll be doubtless many more shows planned for 2023. If you want to find out more, go to our website - www.onetrackminds.uk - where you can sign up to our newsletter; that way you won't miss out on any of our future events.