Million Memory Project Imprint
Sound Archive Books
Books for the future of music.
Helping musicians, bands, and music communities turn songs, stories, lyrics, photographs, artwork, and creative archives into books that deepen fan connection and create meaningful new ways to support their work.
Why Books Matter
Music creates stories. Books give them a place to live.
Albums end. Tours conclude. Social posts disappear. A book gives an artist’s work a physical form that fans can hold, revisit, collect, and share.
What Artists Can Create
More than one kind of book.
Artist Retrospectives
Career-spanning stories, imagery, and archives.
Lyric & Story Collections
Songs paired with commentary, photos, and memories.
Children’s Books & Concepts
Transform songs and characters into illustrated works.
Featured Project
Sheila Kay Adams: Carrying the Song
The flagship Sound Archive Books project.
A career retrospective, oral history archive, visual celebration, and publishing project centered on one of Appalachia’s most influential traditional singers and storytellers.
The project demonstrates the full Sound Archive Books vision: a beautiful book, a supporter-driven publishing campaign, curated archival preservation, live programming, and a deeper connection between artist and audience.
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Project Portfolio
Different artists. Different stories. Different books.
From Song to Children’s Book
A Chatham Rabbits song transformed into an illustrated story for families, classrooms, and young readers, demonstrating how music can evolve into entirely new storytelling experiences.
A Life in Song
A narrative biography and complete lyrics archive chronicling the creative journey of Pierce Edens and the stories behind his musical catalog.
Your Story Here
The next project could be built around your songs, photographs, lyrics, recordings, tours, creative archives, or artistic legacy.
More Than Merchandise
The merch table’s new headliner.
A book is more than another product. It is a deeper experience that fans can collect, display, gift, and revisit.
Books can serve as premium merchandise, supporter editions, launch campaigns, fundraising tools, and meaningful ways for fans to directly support artists.
Story → Book → Legacy
Built around the stories artists already carry.
Story
Songs, lyrics, photographs, artwork, interviews, and memories.
Book
A professionally published work that fans can hold and share.
Legacy
A lasting record that extends beyond a single album cycle or tour.
Sound Archive Books
Turn your music into something fans can hold.
Whether you’re documenting a career, creating a lyric collection, developing a children’s book, or preserving a lifetime of songs, Sound Archive Books can help bring the project to life.