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fletch fletch @aussie.zone

Sound engineer in sunny Perth, Australia.

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Who are you, roughly speaking? What industry are you in? What is it about your scene that made lemmy pique your curiosity?

I'm a sound engineer, have been for 25 years or so. It's a field that was traditionally the home of VB swilling, winnie-red smoking, greasy-haired stereotypes. For real. In the warehouse of a production company I worked at as a younger lad, this was written on the wall: "Roadie's mantra - if it bleeds, fuck it. If it doesn't bleed, chuck it in the truck."

But these days it's a high-tech field comprising a stimulating and complex mix of networking, clever design, 3D modelling, problem-solving, art, music of course, and very little in the way of fistfights and drug overdoses.

I mainly worked with original bands throughout my career, and I'm not a fan of gross commercialisation. The federated social media space feels a little bit like how the internet used to be when I was little. When USEnet was a big thing for social interaction and not so much for warez.

How about you?

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Hello Reddit refugees
  • There's a pretty strong anti-intellectual undercurrent that runs through most of the mainstream population. That kind of mindset not just disregards in-depth writing, but is annoyed by it. Sometimes angered, even.

  • Request community LiveSound
  • It's intended for live sound engineers primarily. Not specifically reddit users. I can't find an equivalent community anywhere in the fediverse yet.

  • Request community LiveSound

    Can I request a community be created called LiveSound, for sound production folks.

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