Helmet Music Challenge 2023
Since 2015, the Helmet Reading Challenge has inspired people to find something new and interesting to read and to share it with others. In 2018, music lovers were also invited to look for new listening experiences, both independently and with others.
It is now time for a new Music Challenge. We present to you 50 new ways to select what to listen to from the abundant world of music.
Here we go again, come along!
What is the Music Challenge?
The year-long Music Challenge encourages you to listen to 50 songs, compositions, releases, albums or compilations that you have never heard before.
For whom?
The Music Challenge is suitable for anyone, and everyone can tackle it in their own way, either by staying safely in their comfort zone or by heading bravely into uncharted territories. You can also complement the Challenge with concerts and gigs. The challenge is an excellent way to update your musical knowledge, gain new experiences, test or broaden your tastes and to simply enjoy music!
How?
Just like in the Reading Challenge, you can listen to new music at your own pace but you can also follow the given order week by week. The library staff will also give listening tips in the Music Challenge group on Facebook. Join the group to share your listening experiences and chat with other Music Challenge participants!
Start diving for musical pearls! Find the pleasure of listening, throw yourself into the world of music, take up the Music Challenge!
Helmet Music Challenge 2023
- Music from the year you were born
- A song about a historical event
- The original version of a song that has been translated into Finnish
- Melodeath music
- Music by an artist whose name begins with a “P”
- A Luova Records release
- A song that mentions an inventor or scientist
- Your parents’ or friend’s favourite music
- Freeform music
- A song whose lyrics feature someone making a phone call
- Music from a film based on a book
- A song with a month in the title
- A song whose lyrics mention a clock or the passage of time
- Music by a band formed in 1973 or earlier
- Music from a computer or video game
- Rai music from Algeria
- Music by a member of the Finnish Tatar population
- The same symphony conducted by two different conductors
- A song competing in the Eurovision Song Contest or UMK in 2023
- Norwegian jazz
- A Bob Dylan song performed by a woman
- Music from a country you have visited or would like to visit
- Music by a Finnish gospel artist
- Music by a musician whose biography you have read or would like to read
- Music in performed in the Luxembourgish language
- Music by a band performing at the TUSKA 2023 festival
- Music composed by artificial intelligence
- Songs in the Hmong language
- A song performed by a child and a parent or grandparent together
- Music by a wind quartet
- Music with percussion instruments only
- Ska music from Jamaica
- A soundtrack from 1973
- Music for plants
- Music performed by means other than singing or musical instruments
- Music by a musician living in your birthplace or hometown
- A Helmi Levyt release
- Songs in a language you would like to learn
- Music with an electric violin
- A song performed by an artist aged over 80
- A song that quotes another song
- Find as many songs with the same theme in different genres as possible
- A song whose title includes the name of a country or continent
- All Saints’ Day or Halloween-themed music
- Film music composed by Ennio Morricone in the 1980s
- An opera or ballet performance at medici.tv or oopperabaletti.fi/stage24
- A song with music or lyrics written by a child
- Music from an album released in 2023
- Music played with a jouhikko (bowed lyre) or five-string kantele
- Happy Christmas carols composed by Finns
A printable version of the Music Challenge (PDF)
Music Challenge in other languages
Helmet Music Challenge in Finnish
Helmet Music Challenge in Swedish
Helmet Music Challenge in Russian
See also:
Helmet Reading Challenge
The Litlle Helmet Reading Challenge
Helmet Game Challenge
Helmet Film Challenge
The Little Helmet Film Challenge