Bio: Calle Stenqvist is the co-founder of Plan8- a design agency for music and sound. What they do is they look for different ways to make a product, experience, or brand more engaging and ultimately more human through the use of sound and music.
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The combination of the music and design worlds.
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What clients are looking for from Plan8.
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What has changed since the start of Plan8.
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People don’t just watch brand stuff on the web anymore; there has been a new shift in digital media.
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Different processes depending on the size of the studio: do you really need a big studio?
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Find answers to the questions why, how, when, and where to have sound.
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Try to define the brand’s position through musical archetypes.
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Where to start to find the right audio.
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How to involve the client in the process with audio and music, and how to filter out bad feedback.
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Hear examples of great audio branding.
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The ways to connect sounds to memories.
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How to find the right voice.
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How authentic are voice assistants going to get?
Important Quotes:
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“Not a lot of people actually use the web that way.”
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'“Social media killed the rich media web.”
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“Broadcast is not at all dead.”
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“You couldn’t just record stuff in your bedroom.”
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“There’s a constant development of that technology that makes it easier and easier.”
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“The quality of the work is independent of the size of studio you have.”
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“It’s what you put into it that matters.”
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“It’s important to establish a language together.”
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“It’s a sound you hear every day, why not make something great out of it?”
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“Everything that can be digitized will be.”