Dee and Michael talk with special guest Anu Kirk (Rhapsody, Playstation VR, Spatializer) about the past, present, and future of spatial audio, the time Eddie Van Halen gave Anu a guitar, the pressure to finish and achieve, what it takes to "make your year", why spatial/360 audio doesn't make sense but people are going to try it anyhow, streaming services, the album experience, audio movies, and more...
 
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Links to check out related to us and our conversation...

Stephen Desper (Beach Boys engineer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Desper

Spatializer Pro
https://reverb.com/item/1424197-desper-spatializer

Spatializer Retro
https://reverb.com/item/18093688-desper-sr-1-spatializer-retro-white

Spatial Audio Remix cost (Anu quote):  "Cost per song is somewhere between $1,500-$2,000.  For a 10 song album on the low-end that would be $15k"

 RPM Challenge
 https://www.rpmchallenge.com/

Releases doing this spoken word / soundtrack thing he was talking about:
https://hyperdub.bandcamp.com/album/on-vanishing-land
https://johnfoxx.bandcamp.com/album/the-quiet-man

This is what got me thinking about it: https://willburnshannahpeel.bandcamp.com/album/chalk-hill-blue

Joe Frank:
https://www.joefrank.com/

Oblique Strategies app:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oblique-productive-strategies/id902143877

Oblique Strategies Deck on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Oblique-strategies-hundred-worthwhile-dilemmas/dp/B0000EEZG9

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Dee & Michael:

Michael Hateley
Lotus Mastering
http://lotusmastering.com/

Extra Fancy "You Look Like a M

Michael Hateley:
Lotus Mastering   
http://lotusmastering.com/

Hello Crow
Hello Crow, Michael's new EP is available now!
       
Extra Fancy "You Look Like a Movie Star":
https://youtu.be/0pE1TqlWHCk

Baldyloks (Michael Hateley & John Napier):
https://baldyloks.bandcamp.com/

Dee Madden:
https://www.deemadden.com/

Dee's new album Paisley Madrigals is out now!

Penal Colony “Blue 9” video:
https://youtu.be/Fes9E3ea8FY

Dee Madden on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4jsYxJ4QxzoGn9t0HRllPk

Anu Kirk:
https://www.anukirk.com

• Anu on Bandcamp
• Sid Luscious and The Pants on Bandcamp
• Luscious-235 on Bandcamp
• Rêvenir on Bandcamp
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