User Journey Vol. 1: Universal Sunset

A digital analytics rock opera. Yes, really. Released October 30, 2023.

When Google announced the end of Universal Analytics, most people wrote migration guides. I wrote a rock opera. If there can be musicals about rapping treasury secretaries… why not analytics tools?

The story: Cookie — a little green alien — gets a notice that his universe will shut down in ten days. What follows is a journey through the multiverse to find a new home: a Space Diva’s encouragement, a loyal Space Urchin companion, and finally the mysterious Great Tag Magician. By the end, Cookie learns to listen for other universes and prepares for whatever comes next. It’s a tribute to the platform an entire industry grew up on — equal parts loving send-off and cosmic fever dream.

The Track List

  1. Overture
  2. Prologue (narrated by Josh Silverbauer)
  3. Universal Sunset
  4. Blue Space Diva (narrated by Julian Juenemann)
  5. Can You Visualize It? (feat. Taphy Spencer)
  6. The Listener (narrated by Juliana Jackson)
  7. Follow The Urchin
  8. Search for the Sorcerer (narrated by Jim Gianoglio)
  9. First Party Cookie (TPC)
  10. The Wizard Descends (narrated by Simo Ahava)
  11. Great Tag Magician
  12. On The Edge (narrated by Sofiia Wycisk)
  13. Beyond My Universe
  14. Gone… (narrated by Jason Packer)

The Animated Rock Opera

The whole album, animated — watch the full film:

The Creative Team

Written, produced and narrated by Josh Silverbauer. Jason Packer (guitar, composition, narration), Taphy Spencer & Brian Marsden (vocals), Rachael Silverbauer (backing vocals). Guest narrators: Julian Juenemann, Juliana Jackson, Jim Gianoglio, Simo Ahava, Sofiia Wycisk, Jason Packer. Mastered by Carter Green at Green Jeans Studios.

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