YouTube’s Neighbourhood Sounds wants people to create playlists to capture their suburb’s sound
FROM Abbotsford to Windsor, Aussie musicians are creating song playlists to capture the sounds of their suburbs, and they want the public to do the same. What tunes would you choose for your hood?
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COURTNEY Barnett sang of Depreston and The Bedroom Philosopher about Northcote — what are the sounds of your suburb?
For musician and Yellow Bird Cafe owner Clint Hyndman, inner-city Windsor evokes the “dirty rock ‘n’ roll” and dingy pub scene that hosted Spencer Jones, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and then-fledgling band Jet.
Hyndman, drummer for Aussie band Something for Kate, is one of 13 Australian music lovers chosen to create playlists celebrating and reflecting their suburb as part of YouTube’s “Neighbourhood Sounds” project.
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His Sounds of Windsor 59-song playlist includes titles such as Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow by Nick Cave, From St Kilda to Kings Cross by Paul Kelly, Naughty Boy by The Mavis’s and My Street by the Dumb Punts.
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“There’s a lot of stuff that evokes memories for me seeing Nick Cave performing then seeing him walking around Windsor and Prahran, which was pretty cool,” Hyndman said.
“I remember The Mavis’s playing at Revolver, Spencer Jones at the Greyhound, Jet playing the Duke of Windsor long before they took off.”
While some of those venues may be disappearing from the inner-city, and the area may not be as “dirty rock” as it once was, Hyndman said his playlist paid tribute to Windsor’s past.
YouTube Australia spokesman Mark Wheeler said the Neighbourhood Sounds series aimed to highlight Aussie artists and their communities.
“We wanted to celebrate new and older local acts alike, and their distinct sounds, which are often rooted in where they come from, their neighbourhoods,” Mr Wheeler said.
“It was important for us to find neighbourhoods with a really strong music culture, but also discover local heroes that continue to drive their music agenda in Australia and spotlight their suburbs.”
Mr Wheeler said the project aimed to encourage people to create playlists reflecting their own community.
Bakehouse Studios owners and Save Live Australia’s Music founders Helen Marcou and Quincy McLean were selected to curate the 93-track “Sounds of Abbotsford” playlist, which lists songs such as Leaps and Bounds by Paul Kelly, Collingwood by High Tension and Futon Couch by Missy Higgins.
“We don’t want Neighbourhood Sounds to end here, and would love for others across the country as well as around the world to get involved and create and share their own playlist that represents their ‘hood,” Mr Wheeler said.
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