Weekly Prompt: Keep Your Ear to the Ground

This week is a little different, I’ve got something for your ears

Now we move into the major leagues of senses, the ones we’re familiar with, the ones that every movie theatre knows how to manipulate to maximum effectiveness ever since the dawn of the Talkies.

The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain.

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

I could wax lyrical about sound and hearing but instead for this prompt I collaborated with a friend of mine, music producer Doron Dusheiko to produce a sound scape for you to listen to.

It was great fun challenging him to produce something outside of his comfort zone, a musical track, but still making something with emotion nonetheless.

Close your eyes and listen to this, let your mind wander and let it stir up any stories in the depths. Then tell us what this sound brought to mind.

If you thought that was interesting, then give Doron’s tracks a listen to, this is my personal favourite.

You’ve got 50 words to tell a story dominated by hearing and sound.

Let the soundtrack above set the mood, let it fill your mind with something thrilling, then spill that onto the page — oh so briefly.

Use the sorting tag: Ears Pricked