public class Mod {
public static final SimpleChannel CHANNEL = NetworkRegistry.ChannelBuilder
        .named(new ResourceLocation(Mod.MOD_ID, "my_channel"))
        .networkProtocolVersion(() -> "1")
        .clientAcceptedVersions(PROTOCOL_VERSION::equals)
        .serverAcceptedVersions(PROTOCOL_VERSION::equals)
        .simpleChannel();

public ModTutorial() {

    FMLJavaModLoadingContext.get().getModEventBus().addListener(this::setup);

}

private void setup(final FMLCommonSetupEvent event)
{

    CHANNEL.messageBuilder(MySimplePacket.class, 0)
            .encoder(MySimplePacket::encode)
            .decoder(MySimplePacket::decode)
            .consumer(MySimplePacket::handle)
            .add();

}
}

//packet class
public class MySimplePacket
{
    private String value;

    public MySimplePacket(String value)
    {
        this.value = value;
    }

public static void encode(MySimplePacket packet, PacketBuffer buffer)
{
    buffer.writeString(packet.value);
}

public static MySimplePacket decode(PacketBuffer buffer)
{
    String value = buffer.readString();
    MySimplePacket instance = new MySimplePacket(value);
    return instance;
}

public static void handle(MySimplePacket packet, Supplier<NetworkEvent.Context> ctx)
{
if(Utils.client) {
    Utils.playerInstance.playSound(ModSounds.forestEvent,1.0f,1.0f);
}
}