We want to hear your stories of your favourite field recordings. Be a part of a Tonebenders’ tradition as we open submissions for the 2026 Listener Field Recording Crowdsource. Submit your favourite recording, along with the story behind it and you will be part of an upcoming Tonebenders’ episode and have a chance to win some great prizes.
It can be about a time you were able to capture a perfect sonic moment, or when something really strange happened and created a sound that was completely unexpected. We want to hear about times strangers just couldn’t believe what you were trying to record, or a sound that means something super important to your life.
2 pairs of O-Mini microphones with Wind Bubble Pros, have kindly been donated, by creator Chris Trevino. They will be raffled off to 2 lucky people that submit stories for this project. A random draw will be made from all the names that submit and two people will get their pick of either a pair of O-Mini P48 or O-Mini PIP mailed to them for free. So get your submission in by the August 15th deadline!
HOW TO ENTER:
If you have a sound you recorded and a good story behind it, please send it our way to include in an upcoming crowd sourced episode of listener field recording stories. There are a few ways to contribute.
- Record yourself telling the story of a sound you recorded, please include the sound itself that you are describing. You can send your voice and the sound in separate files or create a single file that has both. Ideally with the recording playing underneath your story if possible.
- Write out your story and a Tonebenders host will read it out on the podcast. Please also send in the sound your story describes.
- If possible please record yourself saying your name, so we know how to pronounce it. This can be it’s own file or you can just pop it onto the end of your recording and we will cut it out when putting the episode together.
- Feel free to include any pictures relating to the recording that can be included on the episodes homepage
Use a file transfer service, to send the file(s) to [email protected] by August 15th. We will then create an episode out of all the submissions.
Please ensure that the field recording you are sending in is under your ownership. DO NOT send in a recording that was made by someone else, even if it does have a special meaning to you.
You can listen to some of Tonebenders’ host, Tim Muirhead’s field recording stories as examples of what we are looking for here:
Additionally here are the 2 episodes that were made from the submission in 2024:
Finally, here are the 2 episodes that were made from the submission in 2025: