Dance To The Music Of Social Media

I am proud to present to you another great guest post! Acoustic Jim is a musician who writes his lyrics to express life events. His music is incredibly addicting from the start with its easy going sound. I have found myself playing his songs over and over.

In this post, Jim presents his song "Life Two Point Oh". It exemplifies the world of social networking and social media. Do you find yourself addicted to Twitter, StumbleUpon, Mixx, Facebook, MySpace and Digg? If web 2.0 has become a big part of your life, then I know you will thoroughly enjoy Jim's song. I like to think of it as "The Social Media Song"! Enjoy:

Poke me, Nudge me, Write on my Wall!

What was life like before the Internet? I can’t remember and worse still, I struggle to imagine. The world wide web has changed so many areas of our lives and music is one such area which has been redefined. The way we listen, the way we share and the way that the industry operates. It’s also the inspiration for the title track on my debut EP “Life Two Point Oh”

When writing lyrics I always try to find something that I, and hopefully the listener can identify with. Quite often there is a theme sat right under your nose whether it is based on a personal experience or something you have simply observed. With me using every Internet tool in the book to try and promote my musical alter ego Acoustic Jim, the Internet was the perfect subject.

Web 2.0 is a buzz word banded around by online companies and marketers which encompasses amongst other things the phenomenon of social networking. “Life Two Point Oh” is a play on this buzz word. You can listen to the song and find the lyrics transcribed at www.acousticjim.co.uk

One of the principal ways in which the Internet shapes our lives is in the way in which we communicate. Whether it is email, instant messaging, VOIP (Skype) etc. it is now incredibly easy to communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world at little or no cost. With the likes of YouTube we can share videos of things we’ve seen or even ourselves. Aspiring comedians or musicians can reach a global audience from the comfort of their bedroom as normal folk take the stage, their audience unseen. We can even live out fantasy lives through sites like Second Life. There are after all, only virtual limits when we live through the Internet. We can transcend the physical and live out our fantasies, constrained only by the limits of our imagination.

In the lyrics to “Life Two Point Oh” I have dropped a few names as well as drawn upon certain networking sites which dominate our lives. The song isn’t a criticism of the web. On the contrary it is a celebration; however, there is an air of caution to the song. Like anything if we allow it to consume us it can be detrimental. There is also the voyeuristic element to many of these sites which is open to abuse. My life is now wide open, a novel read by all.

With so much of what I do revolving around the Internet and these sites the subject was extremely apt. I just hope that it doesn’t consume me......

Lyrics: Life Two Point Oh

A break in the day free time comes around
A billion voices twitter not making a sound
Do I go for glory watching other people dreams
Normal folk take the stage their audience unseen
Excited eyes look on detached from reality
A greater place lies beyond this enhanced reality

So poke me nudge me write on my wall,
my life is now wide open, a novel read by all

(chorus)

Second Life’s begun that’s where I’m gonna go,
Virtual limits living life two point oh
In cyberspace I’m always in control
That’s why I’m feeling safe living life two point oh.

I choose the familiar and check on my friends
I don’t know you know did I really know you then
Who is everybody and what do they do
My new life as a daily soap has now come true
There are no answers that I can’t get
Helped by global friends I’ve simply never met.

So poke me nudge me write on my wall,
my life is now wide open, a novel read by all

(chorus)

Have you seen my face tube book you’ll probably want to see
No need for this skin an bones cos that’s the real me.
Living life through a copper wire
Binary goals to which we all can aspire
a third life or more we’re always in control
but like much these days, its got no soul

So poke me nudge me write on my wall,
my life is now wide open, a novel read by all

Second Life’s begun that’s where I’m gonna go,
Virtual limits living life two point oh
In cyberspace I’m always in control
That’s why I’m feeling safe living life two point oh.

Listen to Life Two Point Oh: