#audioled

[funnylittlelad]

birdsong - steddie ficlet (-1.5k)

That time Steve got hearing aids.

Steve has been pissing people off for weeks and he knows it. He just doesn’t know what to do about it. It gets to the point where Dustin snaps at him for never paying attention to them. Steve starts to consider just leaving the country and starting new somewhere else. Somewhere it doesn't matter if he can hear who’s talking to him because he can't understand them anyways. He always thought Italy could be nice. Instead of running, he just shows up less. Both literally and metaphorically.

He starts bailing on more hangouts, figuring he won't be able to hear everyone so what's the point. When he is there he participates less in the conversation. He only engages when he’s really sure he can hear, which isn't a lot. It's mostly one-on-one or one-on-two. He doesn't think anyone notices, but they do. Eddie most of all feels Steve’s absence even when he’s sitting right next to him. He’s noticed the anxious tension in him when they're in groups. He just isn't sure what to do. So, he sits with a Steve-sized ache in his chest. There’s a day when the ache becomes too much, though, and Eddie breaks.

Steve sits in his living room with everyone strewn about. Eddie is next to him like he usually is unless Robin was already at Steve’s first. The kids lay and sit on the rug around the coffee table. Robin is on the other side of Eddie. Nancy sits with her legs tucked under her in a big armchair. The sound of conversation and life flows around him like a pebble in a stream. His edges have been smoothed so the water can move effortlessly, never catching on his surface. He can feel that there are words in the air around him, but there are too many other things around those words. Too much background noise and laughter. He can’t dig through it all in time to figure out what anyone is saying. So, he just stays silent like he has been. 

“He’s not listening again,” Dustin says frustratedly. 

Eddie frowns and looks at Steve. The movement catches Steve’s attention. He turns to look at Eddie with a small smile. Then he notices that it's more than just Eddie’s eyes on him. His blood runs cold and his throat dries.

“What?” He asks cautiously, eyes flitting to everyone else before landing on Eddie.

“Be honest, can you hear us?” Eddie answers Steve’s question with his own.

“I-”

“Be honest,” Eddie warns.

“No,” Steve sighs, “most of the time I can't really. I mean, I can hear you, but I can't tell what you're saying. It all garbles together like I’m underwater or something.”

“I think it's time to go to the doctor, Stevie,” Eddie says softly.

Steve frowns, but nods. There's a nervous twist in his stomach at the thought. He agrees to make an appointment the following day. Eddie hangs behind after everyone else leaves for a little bit. He does this sometimes and Steve’s never complained. Steve’s never thought about complaining. There's no surprise when Eddie gently grabs his hand either. He does that sometimes too. 

“Do you want me to go with you?” Eddie asks. 

The question nearly makes Steve cry. He wants to cry so bad. He wants to cry because he misses being able to hear his friends. He wants to cry because he’s scared of what's going to happen to what's left of his hearing. He wants to cry because Eddie is standing here offering to go to his doctor’s appointment with him like he’s a child. Mostly, he wants to cry because he’s so fucking happy Eddie offered and he doesn't have to ask. Steve nods.

“Yeah, if you don't mind,” he answers with a slight waver in his voice. 

Eddie smiles all sticky and sweet at him. Steve silently wonders what he did to be worthy of a smile like that. 

“‘Course I don't mind. Just tell me when and where and I’m there,” Eddie promises.

And he was. Eddie drives Steve to the ENT on the morning of his appointment the next week. He sat in the waiting room until Steve was done, but the knowledge he was there was enough. It was the same thing when Steve was sent to the Audiologist two weeks later. Eddie sat in the waiting room patiently while Steve sat in a booth answering all sorts of questions and prompts. It doesn't really sink in until he sees Eddie stand from his chair. The knit of his brow tells Steve his face says it all.

“What’s the verdict?” Eddie asks. 

“They’ll let me know when to come in and be fitted for my hearing aids,” he sighs with a frown.

“That’s good!” Eddie smiles as they walk out of the office. 

“Good? Eds, I’m going to have hearing aids,” Steve scoffs.

“Yeah, which means you’ll, y’know, be able to hear,” Eddie points out. 

“Well, yeah, but-”

“Nope, no buts except yours in my van,” Eddie interrupts him and points to the passenger side as they approach the van.

Steve rolls his eyes with a small smile as he climbs in. 

“I just don’t feel like it's that bad,” he admits quietly as the van choked to a start.

“How bad did they say it was?” 

Steve remains silent for a beat as Eddie pulls out. He sighs and glances out the window at the building as they leave.

“I'm working with sixty percent of my hearing in one ear and seventy in the other,” he tells Eddie.

“Stevie,” Eddie breathes with a shake of his head, “If the doctors say these things will help you then they’re worth a shot. M’tired of you bailing out on things- yeah, I noticed.”

Steve’s face flushes at being caught like that. He exhales slowly and nods. 

“Okay,” he agrees, “I’ll give them a shot.”

A couple weeks later he’s called into the office for his hearing aids. Eddie is so quick to drop what he’s doing to go with him it nearly gives Steve whiplash. The sight of Eddie’s van pulling up gives a strange swooping sensation that he's grown used to around Eddie. The appointment itself takes around an hour. Then Steve is walking out fashioned with two white hearing aids hooked over his ears. His eyes are wide as they bounce to the television and then the clacking behind the desk. Eddie beams at him and stands. Steve looks beautiful so stunned. Hell, Eddie can admit that Steve just looks beautiful. 

“C’mon, Stevie, let’s go give’em a spin,” he says with a wolfish grin.

Steve laughs and nods. They don't get far, though. Once they step foot outside Steve comes to a halt. He makes a noise that's a cross between choking and a sob. Eddie’s hands fly to examine him for injury, but there is none. Steve’s lip wobbles, his face is blotchy and red, and his warm toffee eyes are trained on the tree a few feet away. Eddie’s mouth opens to ask, but then Steve’s eyes are on him like that. His eyes overflow with more emotion than Eddie knew a human could hold. 

“The birds,” Steve croaks. 

“What about’em?” Eddie’s brows furrow.

He glances accusingly at the little chirping finches in the tree. Steve chuckles wetly at the sight.

“I- I can hear them. It’s been so long- I didn't even realize,” Steve shakes his head, “I don’t know the last time I’ve actually heard the birds.”

Steve’s wonder-filled gaze turns back to the birds in question. He laughs again, heartier this time at the notion. He can hear birds. 

“Shit,” Eddie whispers to himself, “I’m so in love with you.”

At least he thought it was to himself. An hour ago it would have been to himself. Steve’s face whips around with huge eyes. His lips part slightly as he watches Eddie stunned. Eddie freezes, absolutely terrified. He’s so sure he just fucked it all up. 

“I can hear you too,” Steve whispers.

Eddie swallows the lump in his throat.

“Nah, pretty sure that was a bird too,” he attempts to joke it off. 

“I really hope not,” Steve frowns.

Eddie blinks hopefully.

“Really? Why?”

“Because I’m in love with you too.”

Safe to say, Steve is very happy he got hearing aids. 

Masterlist - beta read by @steveslilshorts

[sapphire-heart-tippy]

Hrrrghgh

Okay so something kind of weird but also awesome for me

I don't know why, but Wamuu is the only f/o where I can perfectly replicate his voice in my head without having to try and visualize.... Audiolize?... Whatever– try and force myself to think about it!

I can just hear Wamuu's voice perfectly in my head without thinking about it. Unfortunately, I couldn't do that very easily with Vanilla 😭 or Dio, or any other f/os I've had in the past yadda yadda- (Bel has a version of my voice plus his Sims 4 voice, it's hard to explain but I can perfectly imagine his voice too, BUT he doesn't count here!)

But yeah, this will make writing his dialogue for the threequel way easier 🥹🫶💙💙

[gxbtx]

Peter Cat Recording Co. at The Echo Lounge

Dallas, Tx, September 22nd

   This past weekend I was honored to be able to experience the Peter Cat Recording Co in the flesh, with their performance of songs from their newest album, Beta. This album was released a hefty 5 years after their last studio album, Bismillah. After the new-found success during COVID-19, the Dahli based band went on to perform for their new-found fanbase on the Good Luck Beta Tour 24. They are in the process of traveling to perform a total of 77 shows across three continents, selling out a majority of these venues to varied crowds. 

Peter Cat Recording Co. performing at The Echo Lounge in Dallas for a crowd of about 200 people 

I can best describe Peter Cat Recording Co. (PCRC) as an Indian psychedelic jazz band, taking elements of sounds transcontinental to create a movie like experience with their studio albums. Having about a decade of tenure as a band, they come to offer an evolved sense of introspection, utilizing so many different instruments to create soundtracks to the life of struggle and other complex sentiments alike. Such as seen in A Portrait of a Time: 2010-2016, they metaphorically paint pictures of a time period in their lives in which they conceptualize their feelings in regards to aspects of the human experience by making fun of their own turmoil.

PCRC displays typical traits of a band, such as guitars, bass, drums, and keyboards, but then adds flairs of color with less common instruments such as the clarinet, accordion, saxophone, and even a banana shaker! 

The show started on the song “Flowers R Blooming”, starting off the show on the foundational lessons they center their themes around; through lyrics of “For Changing Is Living/And Living is Love”, they share a valuable insight into a perspective of living far more fulfilling and redeeming in this game we call life. This song broke tears out of me, fostering an emotional connection to the band that seems rare for me to encounter. This song gave me an outlet of emotions to express that recognition in who I am is the best thing I can do to spread love to myself and others. 

 In maturing comes sacrifice, and ultimately growth in our ability to cope and humor our sensitivities in our emotions; PCRC audiolizes (I just created a new word!) these lessons such as in the leading single “People Never Change” where they renounce the power of others to impact our moods and confidence. He reverses this happier tune with a melancholy song “Heera” from their previous studio album reflecting a low point in the singer’s life, standing at a crossroads of whether it’s too late to “live a lovely life”. The hollow guitar riff being repeated with the dissonant tones of keyboard make it out to have a ghoulish feeling from this time period. As expanded upon within his band, growing up is demonstrated in coming to terms with your emotions and wearing them on full display, becoming sensible in the process, which is what Lifafa demonstrates when he lets loose and dances along to his pain in the guitar riff.

The combination of lights tastefully adds to the psychedelic feelings filling up the room, keeping the audience invested in the growth of the artistic messages

I appreciate the diversified sounds this band created, as the lead singer Lifafa has described the instrumentation to be specially tailored to the idea of what the song’s goal is.  The creative process of starting with the idea of the song, leads the band to switch around instruments to what feels right. While members progressively came and went towards the inception of the band, the 5 members we see have become comfortable together for 6 years. The versatility reeks of the experience this band has come to acquire, providing quite an alluring experience to the dedicated audience. The Echo Lounge in Dallas venue notably accommodated PCRC elegantly, having a sophisticated theater-like quality that felt appropriate to the presentation of family established in the heartfelt odes.

Guitar player Kartik Pillai went up to play “Foolmuse,” the third leading single for Beta

On my ever-prolonged journey of learning what it takes to be a man and to be the best me I can be, this band shares valuable perspectives that come from a long pipeline of experience and wisdom cross-culturally.  In Beta, their new project released earlier last month, they further their documented maturation in life coming to share feelings associated with love and connection, as well as overcoming anxious thoughts that keep us from seeing the absolute beautiful world we see around us. Although the music can sometimes seem long and heavy, I believe PCRC displays an excellent feat of music in connecting time into thoughtful reflections of their humanity - and in a way that connects us to our own. 

To read my RadioUTD finalized version, go to https://radioutd.com/blog/2024/10/peter-cat-recording-co-at-the-echo-lounge-in-dallas/

[toollistai]

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[bedlam-moon]

currently audiolizing the first ~three seconds of revenge on loop, overlayed by the same three seconds but slightly delayed

[lavozs]

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[tropiyas]

why have i been more comfortable with sucking at guitar than sucking at drawing/animating 🤨

they’re both pretty creative outlets that i could find a fun way learning (playing songs i like, drawing fan art of characters i love) as long as i kept at it

but despite having guitar and also drawing tablet i’m picking up the guitar way more often

[mentalisttraceur]

Hi — I'm looking for a post of yours on visualising graphs with audio (eg for blind people). It might've been on your -long sideblog and is probably from several months ago at least. I thought I had it bookmarked but can't find it; would you happen to have it? Thanks!

Cheers, here's the post, and my tag for it is "audiolization", although I don't think I ever wrote anything else about it.

[sinapsinews]

Dai Borbone a Chet Baker nella quinta puntata del podcast "AudioLive - Speciale Campania Teatro Festival 2021"

Quinta puntata del podcast “AudioLive – Speciale Campania Teatro Festival 2021” realizzato in collaborazione con il Campania Teatro Festival diretto da Ruggero Cappuccio. In questo nuovo appuntamento filo conduttore la storia. Ai microfoni di Rosanna Astengo il giornalista Marco Perillo, curatore del progetto multidisciplinare “Il sogno reale”, a metà strada tra guida turistica e saggio storico…

[ann-divinepriestess]

Just completed the #audiolive for the #motivational #energy of the week! #Mercury Re-enters #Pisces, #Sun enters #Aries, #Saturn enters #Aquarius, and #Vesta enters #Gemini. FIND ME ON FACEBOOK ANN MORGAN Motivational Energy for the week Thru Astrology 3/16/2020. My Astro YouTube Channel Sister ShaMaat TV. https://www.youtube.com/user/lalive08 ✨❤️✨❤️✨❤️ #lifebydesign #astrology #sistershamaat #youtube #facebook #energyshift https://www.instagram.com/p/B9zWkCZnp-y/?igshid=b4e4h8w94k5u

[beebascloset]

So if there are people who can't visualize shit in their head does that mean there are also people who can't "hear" inside their head? Like people who can't audiolize a song when it's not playing

[vialents]

Hi how was your day?

an audiol repesentation of today would be a little like AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[glassprism]

This may not make any sense, but would you be willing to list some Christines and phantoms who's voice "matched" their portrayal? For example, Meghan P and Holly Anne both have very strong vocals (as in resounding and heavier, not necessarily skill level) that match their feistier and really stubborn portrayals, while anouk has a much lighter, floaty quality that fits her dreamy and sweet portrayal. (They could be from any time period, I just chose recent performers as examples because their fresh in my mind)

No worries, I understand the question! To some extent this depends on how each person thinks a "feisty" Christine or a "strong" Christine or a "sweet" Christine sounds (e.g. I would "match" darker, more resonant voices with mature, intelligent Christines while the feisty Christines I visualize (audiolize?) as having strong voices but with a bit more lightness), but I can certainly think of a few whose voice "matched" their portrayal, such as:

Patti Cohenour - Cohenour has this gorgeous voice with high notes that sound like crystal, delicate and breathtaking, and her Christine was similarly ethereal, not all there, someone you can easily see the Phantom worshiping.

Adrienne McEwan - McEwan has definitely been described as a more mature Christine, reserved, quiet, keeping her emotions in check in a way that made her seem more aloof than your average Christine. Her voice was similar, dark and resonant.

Meredith Braun - An interesting case. In the first act, Braun was very childish and painfully naive, and her squeaky, super-light voice fit that portrayal very well. Then she made major growth in the second act, and it fit rather less well (though the contrast was certainly interesting).

Kim So Hyun - Much more so in her first run (after that her voice darkened considerably), but just watch this clip (yes I post it a lot, sorry if it's a favorite). The expressiveness of her face is more than matched by the expressiveness of her voice.

Rachel Barrell - Rachel Barrell is definitely one I'd call intelligent, strong, and feisty, at least with John Owen-Jones (she was calmer with Earl Carpenter and downright dull with Matthew Cammelle), and I find her voice matches it, though I'm sure that's a polarizing opinion: those strong high notes but a slight nasal quality and squeakiness that makes her sound a bit younger. I dunno, but I think the two match well.

Gina Beck - Gina Beck is the sweetest, most sympathetic Christine, girlish and charming, and vocally she's all that too: light and emotive, if occasionally wobbly and prone to breaking (which also matches her Christine's tendency to break down). Actually, you can say a fair few Christines fall into this category (sweet, childish Christines with sweet, light, pop-y voices).

Trista Moldovan - Moldovan I found to be a large-eyed, fearful, dreamy Christine (except with Hugh Panaro, in which case she was dreamy but also horny). Her voice was also really similar, with this gorgeous "floating" quality that I don't hear very often.

Anna O'Byrne - O'Byrne's Christine was hysterical, broken, and at the point of a mental snap. Her voice was like that too. I guess that doesn't sound like a good thing, but it matches! (I actually enjoy her Christine, so there.)

Harriet Jones - Jones had a lovely voice, very light but definitely classical and well-trained. That was her Christine too: all large eyes and naivete and an initially meek demeanor, but when pushed, you'd see the spine come out.

Kaitlyn Davis - Davis's voice was what I'd call "middle of the road": not light, not dark, not operatic but not a belt-y modern voice either. That's not a bad thing! It was a lovely, all-around good voice. Her portrayal was like that too, just a wonderfully decent attempt at showing all of Christine's sides: the naivete, the fear, the growth, the strength.

Isabel Schwartzbach - Like O'Byrne, Schwartzbach was a Christine more in line with Leroux's novel: nervous, tense, head in the clouds, these great expressive eyes and a waifish look. And those were her vocals too: dreamy, expressive, light, sometimes almost too much so - fragile, even. But well-matched.

Meghan Picerno - Pretty much everything you said. Picerno has this massive, operatic voice that fills the theater, and her Christine was wonderfully intelligent, observant, sometimes fiercely angry and passionate. A great match.

Lucy St Louis - And to finish it off, we have Lucy St Louis, who has a more classical voice with a lighter touch, sometimes floating and with a wistfulness underneath. Her Christine had a similar sense: radiant, innocent, deeply sympathetic and saddened for the Phantom.

And because I'm sure people will ask for the opposite: two that come to mind are Rebecca Caine and Daruã Góes from the Brazilian revival. Caine has this unique, "weepy" lilt to her voice that makes her Christine sound perpetually sad, but gives a very intelligent, passionate, and strong portrayal. And Daruã Góes - okay, this is partly visual, but Góes was a tiny little Christine with a round face and big eyes and an overall childish demeanor. Her voice was not that, it was big and dark and not at all what I was expecting. It actually threw me off when I watched video of her, because I kept wondering how a voice that large was coming out of such a small Christine. Very fascinating.