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
- Overture
- Prologue (narrated by Josh Silverbauer)
- Universal Sunset
- Blue Space Diva (narrated by Julian Juenemann)
- Can You Visualize It? (feat. Taphy Spencer)
- The Listener (narrated by Juliana Jackson)
- Follow The Urchin
- Search for the Sorcerer (narrated by Jim Gianoglio)
- First Party Cookie (TPC)
- The Wizard Descends (narrated by Simo Ahava)
- Great Tag Magician
- On The Edge (narrated by Sofiia Wycisk)
- Beyond My Universe
- 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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