DuncanB
@liteworks.bsky.social
Aging game dev - sound designer & VO wrangler. Modular synth nerd. Junglist massive. YNWA
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Soundcloud is using your music to train AI. Artists don’t want this! We want fair pay, fair treatment, and to be valued for the work we do and art we create.
futurism.com/soundcloud-a...
futurism.com/soundcloud-a...
SoundCloud Quietly Forced Artists to Let AI Feast on Their Music
SoundCloud, a music-sharing platform loved by new and independent artists, updated its terms to allow it to use artists' work for AI training.
futurism.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Soundcloud is using your music to train AI. Artists don’t want this! We want fair pay, fair treatment, and to be valued for the work we do and art we create.
futurism.com/soundcloud-a...
futurism.com/soundcloud-a...
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Please take the GameSoundCon #GameAudio industry survey!
We have been conducting this survey since 2014 on game audio trends, salaries and other info
www.surveymonkey.com/r/GSCGameAud...
The survey is anonymous It should take 5-7 minutes to complete.
Results will be posed this summer.
We have been conducting this survey since 2014 on game audio trends, salaries and other info
www.surveymonkey.com/r/GSCGameAud...
The survey is anonymous It should take 5-7 minutes to complete.
Results will be posed this summer.
2025 Video Game Composer and Sound Designer Survey
Game Audio Industry Survey 2025.
This is our 12th year running this survey of the video game music and sound industry
www.surveymonkey.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Please take the GameSoundCon #GameAudio industry survey!
We have been conducting this survey since 2014 on game audio trends, salaries and other info
www.surveymonkey.com/r/GSCGameAud...
The survey is anonymous It should take 5-7 minutes to complete.
Results will be posed this summer.
We have been conducting this survey since 2014 on game audio trends, salaries and other info
www.surveymonkey.com/r/GSCGameAud...
The survey is anonymous It should take 5-7 minutes to complete.
Results will be posed this summer.
Insta backed this! Loved the first one, plus long suffering Ukrainian dev needing support
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fro...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fro...
The Sinking City 2
Explore the flooded ruins of Arkham in this Lovecraftian survival horror. Coming to PC, PS5 & Xbox Series.
www.kickstarter.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Insta backed this! Loved the first one, plus long suffering Ukrainian dev needing support
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fro...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/fro...
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A few thoughts on spotify, streamers, etc. because I realised I'm just shouting them on here and I keep forgetting stuff:
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...
"what were the skies like when you were young?"
Co-workers asked me the other day "why do you hate spotify?" and truly, I could've gone on for hours. I didn't (much to their relief) but th...
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:55 PM
A few thoughts on spotify, streamers, etc. because I realised I'm just shouting them on here and I keep forgetting stuff:
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...
blogaboutsatan.blogspot.com/2024/12/what...
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not sure if i was particularly proud of anything i wrote this year, as i'm very aware that i've been burnt out and writing to pay the bills. but i believe this piece by @aftermath.site is the most important thing i've managed to produce. aftermath.site/voice-actor-...
At SAG-AFTRA's First Picket, Video Game Performers Say 'People Are Realizing They Can’t Just Be Beaten Around By The C-Suite Anymore' - Aftermath
"If those simple jobs are taken away, there is going to be an entire generation of performers that won’t have the same opportunities we had.”
aftermath.site
December 20, 2024 at 10:31 PM
not sure if i was particularly proud of anything i wrote this year, as i'm very aware that i've been burnt out and writing to pay the bills. but i believe this piece by @aftermath.site is the most important thing i've managed to produce. aftermath.site/voice-actor-...
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Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
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More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
December 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):
1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇
1/10
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happy Spotify Wrapped day! I need your behavioral metadata, stop bogarting that behavioral metadata bro! I need to quantify where you are and how you’re feeling right now so I can feed you slop made in a death drone laboratory in Stockholm it’s all vibes bro, it’s all love bro
December 4, 2024 at 3:19 PM
happy Spotify Wrapped day! I need your behavioral metadata, stop bogarting that behavioral metadata bro! I need to quantify where you are and how you’re feeling right now so I can feed you slop made in a death drone laboratory in Stockholm it’s all vibes bro, it’s all love bro
All I want for Christmas is a new contract announcement for Mo Salah
November 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM
All I want for Christmas is a new contract announcement for Mo Salah
The greatest
November 24, 2024 at 4:16 PM
The greatest
Aaaaaah that’s better. Swear I heard my phone breathe a sigh of relief
November 18, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Aaaaaah that’s better. Swear I heard my phone breathe a sigh of relief