Mr Ross Burman
@mrrossburman.bsky.social
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Sound Designer|Audiobook Editor|Gadabout
hello?
Sound Designer|Audiobook Editor|Gadabout
I find that it’s not so much “we’ve got an audience” but “how do we corral and trap our audience so they don’t go elsewhere”
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 AM
I find that it’s not so much “we’ve got an audience” but “how do we corral and trap our audience so they don’t go elsewhere”
Now that I’d like to hear.
January 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Now that I’d like to hear.
Audiobook editor here… sometimes I’m editing books narrated by the reader alone in their own studio and “clap edits” are incredibly useful (though many readers now have a little clicker).
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Audiobook editor here… sometimes I’m editing books narrated by the reader alone in their own studio and “clap edits” are incredibly useful (though many readers now have a little clicker).
Reposted by Mr Ross Burman
But choosing only works if you *know* how you want to feel. What if you’re depressed? What if you can’t choose? Can’t summon the will?
Then having a huge menu of options isn’t comforting, it’s paralysing. You need something to already be playing.
Then having a huge menu of options isn’t comforting, it’s paralysing. You need something to already be playing.
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
But choosing only works if you *know* how you want to feel. What if you’re depressed? What if you can’t choose? Can’t summon the will?
Then having a huge menu of options isn’t comforting, it’s paralysing. You need something to already be playing.
Then having a huge menu of options isn’t comforting, it’s paralysing. You need something to already be playing.
I mean, yeah, a stop to facism etc etc but… take away my caffeine?!!!!?!!!!?! What’s next!!?!! Take away my breakaway!!?!! FREEEEEDDDOOOOMMMM.
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I mean, yeah, a stop to facism etc etc but… take away my caffeine?!!!!?!!!!?! What’s next!!?!! Take away my breakaway!!?!! FREEEEEDDDOOOOMMMM.
Incidentally, I heard the AI Garland and my thought was ‘she’s a really dull actor’. You don’t want the voice, you want the mind and AI can’t do that.
Yet.
Yet.
December 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Incidentally, I heard the AI Garland and my thought was ‘she’s a really dull actor’. You don’t want the voice, you want the mind and AI can’t do that.
Yet.
Yet.
I’m an audiobook editor. Someone showed me an AI voice generator. Now, this could be useful fixing misreads (could/would) at a digital level, seamlessly keeping the feel of the original take. But no, they want to resurrect Judy Garland.
December 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I’m an audiobook editor. Someone showed me an AI voice generator. Now, this could be useful fixing misreads (could/would) at a digital level, seamlessly keeping the feel of the original take. But no, they want to resurrect Judy Garland.
Sales. They don’t care about the product, only that you buy it.
December 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Sales. They don’t care about the product, only that you buy it.
Those are the “Top men”.
December 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Those are the “Top men”.
I take it each of these also take a little slice if the pie.
December 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I take it each of these also take a little slice if the pie.
When Spitting Image did a Pickets spoof one of them was a skeleton.
December 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
When Spitting Image did a Pickets spoof one of them was a skeleton.
A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?
There's a moment in the latest Knives Out film that makes this point.
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
There's a moment in the latest Knives Out film that makes this point.
There’s a feeling about it that they didn’t quite know what they had, but knew it was worth documenting. I love Phil Collins describing how he wants his drums to sound.
December 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
There’s a feeling about it that they didn’t quite know what they had, but knew it was worth documenting. I love Phil Collins describing how he wants his drums to sound.
I always liked the painting on the modern life cover sitting on the tube in stupid DMs. Somewhere between these two.
December 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I always liked the painting on the modern life cover sitting on the tube in stupid DMs. Somewhere between these two.
Found on Bluesky...
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Found on Bluesky...