In February, YouGov released a report called Podcast Bingers, detailing the habits of U.K. podcast listeners. Additionally, the report focussed on the listeners attitudes to advertising (I’m sure we all have our opinions on how many times you want to hear a Hello Fresh voicer in a half hour show!) The report noticed that listeners […]
I’m a freelancer and as such I work remotely 99% of the time. Of course these days, for audio engineering, it is totally possible. I’m extremely lucky as I live in a tiny remote village in Wiltshire that has fibre broadband. There might only be sheep and cows, but the internet connectivity is excellent. I […]
As we know, during the pandemic, technology for remote recording accelerated a pace, making it possible for anyone to record an interview with anyone anywhere. During the times of lockdowns and general misery this technology was useful. It served a purpose to keep everyone connected and ensure that both on-demand and broadcast shows could continue […]
I work with several clients that prefer to produce their shows in Reaper. After having played with Reaper, I prefer to stay with Pro Tools and as such I am constantly converting Reaper sessions to Pro Tools. There are several tools to help with this task but it is rarely without it’s hiccups and so […]
With my ex-colleagues at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco I have won a couple more awards from the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Working with the California Report Magazine team way back in 2020, I sound designed and mixed, along with Brendan Willard, Sasha Khokha’s epic documentary “A butterfly with my wings cut […]
I am very proud to announce that Superhumans, a totally unique and inspiring show, that I was lucky enough to be the sound designer for, has won a Gold Award at this years W3 Awards in th category of “Podcast Features-Best Individual Episode” Congratulations to Pamela Rothenberg & Gautam Gulati, MD,MBA,MPH at Well Played and all the guests! #w3awards #superhumans #wellplayed #sounddesigner #sounddesign #podcasts […]
I’m very excited and honoured to have won (with talented journalists and producers at my ex-employer KQED Public Radio) not one, but two Edward R Murrow regional awards. The first for Sold Out – Rethinking Housing in America (Sound Designer, Editor, Mix Engineer & Composer) and The Voicebot Chronicles (Sound Editor & Mixer), the latter […]
For the last six months I have been engaged in the world of podcasts and podcast sound design. I have been working with small independent producers who are creating amazingly beautiful storytelling shows such Superhumans from Well Played. I am lucky enough to be involved with Wondery, one of the worlds largest podcast production companies […]
After much consideration I, along with a merry band of other audio professionals, have launched a new company – Son of Pod. This new venture aims to provide a full production service for podcasts and podcasters, individuals and corporations, companies and SMEs. We’re unique, not because of the snazzy name, but because we have all […]