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Audrey Arbeeny

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
72 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

And, you know, they're both under the Whirlpool brand and Whirlpool is all about caregiving and, you know, the pleasure of doing chores and everyday tasks and warmth and reassurance and, you know, the joy of chores.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

And

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

to communicate that.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

But it really โ€“ and you know what?

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

The funny thing is, at least for me, I love doing laundry.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

I know a lot of people don't, but the concept of putting things in when they're a mess and taking them out warm and fluffy is โ€“ I have no problem doing laundry.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

And to have that sound, you know, to use the harp in there and like in some of the other sounds we did for Whirlpool, we had like hands rubbing on jeans and โ€“

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

you know, these textural sounds that are warm and rich.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

And, you know, these sounds really did resonate with the consumers on a pretty large scale.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

Yeah, and it's just the idea of a human touch.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

That's basically what we were going for here.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

And yet we have to also be mindful about the global audience because we had to walk a fine line between in the United States, this is aโ€ฆ

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

you know, an everyday brand, whereas in another country, it could be a premium brand.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

There's so much strategy that goes on when we make these sounds, so much psychology, so much technical implementation and testing and everything else, that by the time we sit down to write them,

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

We pretty much have a blueprint in a way of, you know, where we're going to go with the sounds.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

And one other thing I just want to add in that too, like in hearing those sounds from Joel, is that a Roomba is to make your life simple and to give you a little more joy that you don't have to do certain chores.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

And so if those sounds were heavily textured or complicated, that would be not supporting the desired user experience.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

And the same way with the Whirlpool, we want to craft in that care and that comfort and

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

So we bring these products to life with the sounds we create.

Science Friday
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?

Do you have one, Audrey?