Let's Talk...Audio
Media & Entertainment Podcasts
Hello World! Welcome to the Let's Talk...Audio Podcast. This is a home for minorities in the industry to talk audio and share their stories! Our host Tangela has been a live sound engineer in Texas for some ten years, and she loves connecting with interesting people and getting their two cents. We release episodes bi-weekly or so. Also you can find us on IG @letstalkaudiopodcast, and our website www.beatsinabottle.com
Location:
United States
Description:
Hello World! Welcome to the Let's Talk...Audio Podcast. This is a home for minorities in the industry to talk audio and share their stories! Our host Tangela has been a live sound engineer in Texas for some ten years, and she loves connecting with interesting people and getting their two cents. We release episodes bi-weekly or so. Also you can find us on IG @letstalkaudiopodcast, and our website www.beatsinabottle.com
Twitter:
@womeninaudio
Language:
English
Email:
beatsinabottle@gmail.com
Episodes
Audio From Down Under | Let's Talk...Audio with Rose Parker
5/7/2022
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on Discord!
Rose was one of the first people to start following Tangela on IG when the podcast launched in early 2020. Tangela always wanted to visit Brisbane. Rose brings up an animated kids show that is entirely produced in Brisbane, called Bluey.
Tangela shares her love for childrens' shows' theme songs as well as jingles in general. Tangela asks Rose about a favorite theme song. Rose's first thoughts are of the THX...
Duration:01:39:12
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Audio with Gilly Moon
3/18/2022
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on Discord!
The interview starts off discussing the stereotype of the grumpy sound engineer, and where it might have come from. After some thoughts on stereotypes, they attempted a proper introduction for Gilly Moon. She is an audio engineer and sound designer based in Los Angeles, CA. She holds her MFA in Sound Design from California Institute of the Arts, where she did sound design for theater, themed entertainment,...
Duration:02:09:24
Never Pass Up a Hundred Bucks | Let's Talk Christ in Audio with DJ Evon
3/6/2022
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on Discord!
Evan Smith wears many hats. He's a DJ, an audio repair tech, a producer, and an evangelist. He went to school at MediaTech Institute in Dallas, TX, to learn audio.Tangela points out in the opening statements of the show that, while Let's Talk...Audio is about minorities in the industry, she views that umbrella as including things outside of the usual talk about identity. For instance, outside of the church, it...
Duration:01:14:35
What's XLR stand for? | Let's Talk...Audio with Tim Weaver
2/18/2022
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on Discord!
This is part two of the Tim Weaver interview! Picking back up, Tim says he has been seeing fewer new-to-audio people over recent years showing interest in getting into live sound work. He gives some advice about work ethic for starting out. He also tells us about the equipment available in the cowboy church where he works (and where he signed into the interview from). At this point he drops a thesis that will...
Duration:01:18:56
The State of Live Sound | Let's Talk...Audio with Tim Weaver
2/5/2022
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on Discord!
This interview kicks off with a story from Tim about some western swing shows he worked in Vegas. Tim Weaver has been working in live audio production since 1993. Tim says he started using digital consoles regularly about 2000. He also says that audio quality for a live event doesn't have to be perfect. "Good enough" is the goal to aim for. This topic will be visited multiple times through this two part...
Duration:01:14:34
Black Cat Bonifide | Let's Talk...Audio with Bonnie Bogovich
1/21/2022
Hello World! The interview recording begins during a discussion about choir, as Bonnie stays active in various ensembles.
Bonnie: "What's nice about keeping up with...side gigs of singing is it keeps your voice in check and it gives you an excuse to practice everyday..."
From there they discuss college music programs and how they can vary. Bonnie went to Duquesne University for an experimental multimedia and music program (which they would eventually pull the plug on). As a result, she got...
Duration:01:27:05
Frases De Cajon | Let's Talk...Audio with Juno Black
1/6/2022
Hello World! Juno Black is an audiovisual technology production expert. With a background in music composition, engineering, and events production, Juno’s curiosity has led her to venture into new and advanced audiovisual technologies.
This episode opens with a proper introduction from our guest!
Tangela asked Juno about her expertise in multimedia production.
Juno started her audio career in Colombia, before immigrating to the United States, going initially to Boston. There she attended...
Duration:01:35:42
Signal Gain Announcement! | Let's Talk...Audio featuring Lisa Machac
10/6/2021
Hello World! In case you missed the previous episode with Lisa from the Omni Sound Project (LINK), this interview starts with an introduction about Lisa and Omni. Lisa is a musician in Austin, TX, and had first started exploring audio to learn how to record. In an effort to get more educational resources in this area, she started Omni Sound Project in about January of 2020, becoming an online community in March of 2020.
What is the primary goal of Omni?
"Right now the driving force is...
Duration:00:44:23
Make Space to Fail | Let's Talk...Audio with Daniy Oberle
9/30/2021
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on Discord!
This interview was recorded online with Squadcast.fm back in April, and begins with Daniy introducing herself as a sound designer at Bioware. She worked on Star Wars: The Old Republic, Anthem, Mass Effect Andromeda, and currently on the new Dragon Age title. She also has some background in live sound and she enjoys field recording.
Daniy and Tangela had previously met at an Austin Engineering Society...
Duration:01:45:20
Your Best Opportunity is in Your Next Place | Let's Talk...Audio with Chance Sampson
9/9/2021
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on Discord!
This interview starts with an intro from Chance Sampson. He first got into AV as a guitarist who wanted to record his music. He recorded on standalone recorders like the Tascam.
Later he joined the high school show choir as a guitarist. Show choir would use two old Yamaha 16 channel digital consoles, daisy-chained in some strange manner. He ended up trouble shooting and learning how to set up their system...
Duration:01:37:15
Be A Kind Imposter | Let's Talk...Audio with Akash Thakkar
8/19/2021
Hello World! Welcome back to Let's Talk...Audio. Remember to join us on Discord!
This interview was recorded online with Riverside.fm, and it starts after Akash asks Tangela how she got into podcasting. Akash Thakkar is a sound designer based in Seattle, WA. He talks about how he segued into gaming audio from initially going to college at the Berklee College of Music to be a touring drummer. While in college he also put a lot of effort into learning "charisma" as he had been extremely...
Duration:01:42:44
A Baby Bird in Looavul | Let's Talk...Audio with Destiny Carter
7/15/2021
Hello World! Destiny was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, and teaches Tangela how to pronounce the name of the city like an insider.
They talk about age and technology, and how the generation gap is increasingly fine grained in comparison to the tech innovation curve over the last couple decades.
Destiny and Tangela discuss finance, budgeting, the starving artist mentality and the learning curves they have each experienced in this area.
Book Recommendations by Michele...
Duration:01:12:03
From Voice Acting to Post Production | Let's Talk Anita Yung in Audio
7/3/2021
Hello World! Anita Yung is a Canadian Sound Designer based in Toronto and Vancouver. With a passion for animation, Anita is originally a voice actor by trade. After working on the anime series, Black Jack (2017 reboot), and NHK’s WakuWaku Be Ponkickies, Anita would officially transition to audio post-production. Anita now works on post-audio and sound design for film/TV productions, animation and video games. Drawing from her time as talent and production crew, Anita uses her past...
Duration:01:42:12
Let's Talk Denk Studios in Audio with Jam Phelps
6/16/2021
Jam is a studio owner, tracking and mixing engineer and music producer in Durham NC. She opened Denk Studios in 2019 to create an inclusive space for all musicians regardless of race, gender, gender identity, age and sexual orientation. Jam has a passion for music and strives to be a driving force for creating change in the music industry
"I am working on two exciting albums currently for artists angelfuni and the blue horse project." - Jam, around the time this episode was recorded, via...
Duration:01:57:43
What's up with you and vinyl?! | Let's Talk Mastering Audio with Piper Payne
5/28/2021
Hello World! Piper Payne is a world class mastering engineer currently based in Nashville, TN, with Infrasonic Sound (https://www.infrasonicsound.com/piper). This interview was recorded over https://squadcast.fm/ on December 1st, 2020.
How did Piper become a mastering engineer? She first got into audio some 15 years ago with an interest in mixing classical music. Piper likes to say "Mastering is genre-agnostic." Piper is currently in the process of opening a vinyl pressing plant. This...
Duration:01:12:48
Let's Talk Post-Production Audio with Christa Giammattei
5/6/2021
Hello World! Christa Giammattei is a post-production engineer in North Carolina. Christa also has an apparel store (https://command-s-apparel.com/) and runs a blog (https://command-s-apparel.com/blogs/command-s-stories-through-sound). Her post-production work includes (but is not limited to) dialogue editing, sound design, and mixing for broadcast, web, and film. She has worked on pieces for HBO, National Geographic and PBS. A list of highlights from her work can be fund on her website...
Duration:01:32:41
Let's Talk Willa Snow in Audio
4/8/2021
Hello World! In this episode we visit with Willa Snow (https://www.willasnow.com/; IG @w.snow.audio), an Austin based sound engineer who does consulting, front-of-house, production management, . She is also the head of the Austin chapter of SoundGirls.org (https://soundgirls.org/willasnow/).
We start off the interview discussing the finance, accounting, and bookkeeping know-how necessaries for gig life. We mention Rock n Roll Rentals in Austin, TX (https://rocknrollrentals.com), and the...
Duration:01:55:18
Let's Talk Foley Art in Audio with Alena Lecorchick
3/23/2021
Hello World! This episode of the Let's Talk ... Audio podcast was recorded just before Austin, TX's first Corona Shutdown in Spring 2020. Alena Lecorchick is a foley artist, sound designer, and sound editor for the Sound Team of Rooster Teeth's Animation Department since 2016. Previously, she graduated from University of North Texas in Denton, north of the DFW metroplex. Alena interned and then freelanced for the Dallas Audio Post. She later freelanced for the educational game company...
Duration:01:55:29
Let's Talk Dani Parks in Audio Part 2
11/29/2020
Hello World! Welcome back to the Let's Talk ... Audio podcast! This episode is Part 2 of my conversation with Dani Parks. It starts off more conversational, jumping around topics such as: microaggressions and effective communication, statistics and nuance, Candace Owens, the J Cole and Noname controversy, etc. We come back around to the topic of live sound addressing advice for newbies, with an aside on line-mixing for theatre.
Again, Dani is a hip hop producer and Front-of-House sound lady...
Duration:01:13:00
Let's Talk Dani Parks in Audio Part 1
10/30/2020
Hello World! This episode of Let's Talk ... Audio features part one of an interview recorded in July. Our guest is Dani Parks, a hip hop producer and Front-of-House sound lady at the Belmont in Austin, TX. In this part of the interview we touched on a range of subjects, including some live sound equipment, the antiquities of flip-phone texting, and the woes of modern American shopping.
We also addressed the question, What happens when you have no backup plan and the audio industry's had its...
Duration:01:07:09