How Sound and Music Influence Nature and Behavior: “We typically think about music as a listening experience, playing an instrument, dancing. And I think that’s like a narrow view of seeing, of looking at this concept of music. And that was one of the inspirations. What I wanted to do in this book was to […]
How Music Shapes Taste: A Conversation with Pavle Marinkovic – Part 1 “When I started researching how music affected all these different parts of the food life cycle, I stumbled upon research about how it changed our perception of taste, how it can make beer taste more bitter or wine have a more full […]
The Role of Audio in Branding “That’s the big problem. That’s the whole thing. You know, if it’s not done right, then it will definitely not be sustainable, it’ll just end up in some drawer after two weeks. And we’ve seen that a thousand times, how these great sounds are made, and then, after a […]
How to Use Sonic Branding in Your Marketing: A Conversation with Simon Kringel “I think we’ve all experienced how sound is kind of a last-minute decision in many creative projects or creative processes… That was actually the whole reason why we formed Unmute, because we thought, ‘Okay, we need to be the adults here […]
Audio Design and Game Development: A Conversation with Chris Hegstrom – Part 2 “But you don’t know how that user is going to do it. Are they going to somersault through the entire level? Are they going to climb up a wall and jump down? And are they going to just sit in a corner […]
Exploring the Unheard: A Conversation with Andrea Cera – Part 2 “Also, because nobody listened to these sounds, even the nurse that should be paying attention. They really, they got used to this kind of droning sensation.” “You have to tune it out.” “Yes, yes, and imagine the mental load to do that, to tune […]