Make Space to Fail | Let's Talk...Audio with Daniy Oberle
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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 meeting.
She went to Madison Media Institute before moving to Chicago for an internship. Afterward, she moved to Dallas for an internship. Before eventually coming to Bioware in Austin, TX, she had also worked at Gearbox and a couple other places including some live sound work.
They talk a little bit about persistence, work ethic, luck, and the strange journeys we take into audio. This includes the job of honoring mentorship advice.
But also, you can\'t know everything about a domain, so embrace being a lifelong learner, and make friends with specialists. Teamwork!
The cooking/baking metaphor in this part of the conversation is gold!
On the topic of learning, talk to people! Don\'t take learning from other people\'s failures for granted. Tangela suggests a book called The Proximity Principle about Steve Jobs\' story of getting pushed out of Apple.
School seems to teach us "if I can\'t do it to 100%, then don\'t do it" - this is a bad habit! And prevents you from growing. Daniy points out "The space to fail is really important."
Tangela asks Daniy for an example of a failure in her audio career. Her answer is about the process of having to scrap a project because someone else built something better.
The next topic is about areas where we can grow as audio engineers. From there Daniy shares her interest in field recording. Also she loves to travel, and has been to most states in the US.
As part of the field recording discussion, Daniy shares some knowledge about noise pollution in the ultrasonic range.
Tangela shares a story about getting custom ear plugs and learning about the loudness levels (a damaging amount) of some everyday experiences like riding the bus. They continue to talk about hearing and health.
From there the conversation turns to diversity, advocacy, and the problem of being treated as a spokesperson for the demographics you belong to.
Foley art! Tangela and Daniy reference Alena Lecorchick from Rooster Teeth who was interviewed in episode 11, Let\'s Talk Foley Art in Audio with Alena Lecorchick.
The next topic of discussion centers around: How do you balance what\'s good for your career with what\'s good for your happy and healthy? Also Tangela and Daniy talk about rural - urban divides and perceptions.
Tangela asks Daniy to lay out some advice for people new to audio. Her freewheeling answer revolves around being open to learning broadly.
Finally they spend some time talking about post-processing workflows a bit before the end of the episode.
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