METADS | A Visual Guide

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METADS | A Visual Guide

8.5 inches x 11 inches

17 pages (B&W / Color)

Edited by Jeffrey Cobbold

Book Design & Illustrations by Lauren Meyer

Keywords: Autobiography, Coloring Book, Digital Storytelling, Decision-Making, Guided Listening, Music Education, Problem-Solving, Visual Guide, Visual Thinking

About METADS

METADS stands for “Music Education Through Autobiographical Digital Storytelling”. It’s a special initiative for furthering interdisciplinary arts thinking and production inspired by music.

METADS’ history started in 2017 with Jeffrey Cobbold’s musically rich digital audio sermon album focused on his autobiographical story as a music educator. Included in the sermon are observational digital stories of various music students, which offer approaches to confronting fear & truth telling in music education.

In 2020 METADS was mastered by audio engineer Johnny O, who also sang on the song JOURNAL PROMPT from the album. The album’s cover art was created by graphic designer Lauren Meyer.

In 2021 METADS became a visual art project through Jeffrey Cobbold’s invitation to Lauren Meyer to create visualizations of the digital audio sermon album into a comprehensive visual guide/coloring book. Lauren’s involvement in METADS has furthered its progression toward interdisciplinary arts thinking and production inspired by music and storytelling.