Soundwave Soundwave is a social audio app where you can speak your mind and expand it. Share opinions, tell stories, ask questions, start a microcast, perform a talent, find a support group. So much to do!
How are you using the Soundwave social audio app? Maybe you’re one of the creators, asking questions, performing spoken word, or telling seat-gripping stories. Or maybe you’re more into listening and learning. No matter what you bring to the Soundwave community, there’s a place for you.
Soundwave is an audio app to share thoughts, opinions, insights, talents … Wavers are getting creative on how they’re using Soundwave. Here are seven interesting ways to use the Soundwave social audio app, complete with Waves — 60-second-or-less audio clips — to illustrate each!
1. Share opinions & ask for advice
A lot of Waves center around opinions or advice. Wavers are asking about date night, personal finance, vacation, and parenting advice, among other topics. Meanwhile, they’re also asking others what they think about all kinds of topics, from baby-naming conventions to the economy.
Non-profit founder and executive director Dr. Phillip Fletcher, for example, created “W Wednesdays” on Soundwave, where he answers What, Where, When, and Why questions related to faith, philosophy, non-profit leadership, and social issues.
His Waves have incited questions about female pastors, mass shootings, political polarization, and extraterrestrial existence, among others. You can get opinions and advice about almost anything on this app!
2. Tell a story
Perhaps one of the most compelling experiences as a listener on Soundwave is hearing someone tell a story — especially their story.
One Waver — @liliia, a self-described “transracial adult adoptee”—shares her experience of adoption and finding her biological family. Sharing bite-sized pieces over time as she’s discovered pieces of her past, liliia has created a community that is rooting for her and joining in on her “journey of self-love.”
What story do you have to tell? Give it a try on Soundwave.
3. Start a microcast
Microcasting (or micro podcasting) is all the rage. Why go on for 60 minutes when you could get to the point in 60 seconds?
In 60 seconds or less, microcasters on Soundwave are talking about everything from social justice and psychology to cooking and dating. Unlike a full-length podcast, Waves enable the content creator to post a quick, witty insight or question, and then engage with the audience.
Listeners love tuning in and weighing in for thought-provoking questions from experts. Podcaster Rhonda Spaziani, of Green Ink Radio, for example, is a psychology instructor and psychotherapist who runs a podcast with episodes ranging from 10 to 60 minutes each. On Soundwave, however, she engages Wavers around psychology concepts, such as whether memory is false and whether sympathy fuels disconnection.
Soundwave is a great place to engage an audio around a niche topic — or a handful of topics that interest you. Consider content themes to narrow in on an audience you want to attract and engage, and then test out a few Waves in that arena.
4. Share your vocal & musical talents
Soundwave is all about audio, so why not kick it up a notch? Some of our favorite Waves are vocal and musical performances, including spoken word, a capella singing, and instrumentals.
On one Wave posted by @Lilmissdynamite, for example, many Wavers joined in to play piano, guitar—both acoustic and electric, and more. One Waver even rapped over a beat.
Do you have a voice or music-based talent? Join the creatives on Soundwave to share it.
5. Find a support group
Because voice communicates so much more than other forms of communication, Soundwave is a place to make deep, authentic connections.
When we talk, we communicate our emotions openly. If we’re happy, sad, angry, nervous… all of that gets communicated in our voices. That’s why so many people on Soundwave have found solace in shared experiences.
One such community is a group of divorcées, pulled together by content created by musician and podcaster, and all around great person, Mandy Maynard, known as Mandy Calm Down, who openly shares her divorce experience on Soundwave.
Adoption, grieving, the pursuit for perfection—so many tough experiences have pulled Wavers together. If you’re open and ready for healing through sharing, Soundwave could be a place to find support.
6. Comment on current events
Racism and racial violence in America surged in 2020, with hate-motivated killings hitting an all-time high, with 7,000 hate crimes reported and 51 fatalities recorded. In 2021, love has still not conquered all, so Wavers tune in to talk about social justice, race, and equality.
Waver and radio host Brandy Singleton posted a simple question, asking: “Do you ever sit back and wonder how naive and how just unbelievably stupid it is for one to think someone is less than because of the color of their skin?”
We agree, that sounds like the dumbest ideology we’ve ever heard, too. We’re happy Brandy brought it up—someone had to, and we’re glad she chose Soundwave to start the conversation.
7. Make the world a better place
If nothing else, add a little joy to the world by sharing your joy with others. Waver ChalecoBean is a constant joy spreader on Soundwave, oftentimes making food or cracking jokes with his family. Whether he’s waiting on tortas, making ceviche, or talking about his podcasting aspirations, ChalecoBean just makes ya smile.
You may not realize it, but sometimes it is the small things in life that make all the difference. What joy could you share on Soundwave?
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