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Packet People, Part 6: Packet Studios talks with Chris Wright
Packet People is a series where Ty Gibbons explores a different side of life of his fellow Packeteers and records their conversation. In this edition, Ty Gibbons, talks to Chris Wright, Director, Revenue Marketing at Packet.
As a kid, I owned a skateboard for a mere five days before it was run over by a car (driver: my mother; skateboard replacement policy: none), so I was excited to have a go at the Boosted Board. Chris runs all things electric: from the Palo Alto Packet office, we hopped in his electric car to find a quiet street where I could record the sounds of his electric skateboard.
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I let those sounds play out in the piece; I love how you can hear the click of the wheels over each sidewalk crack, and the whine of the electric motor as Chris accelerates. The field audio bookends our conversation, which wound effortlessly through chess, climate change, soccer, parallel parking, torque, and surfing. You can hear the pride Chris takes in his work, whether it be developing the Boosted Board or playing in an official match on the pitch with David Beckham.
“Feel almost like a form of flying.”
Ty Gibbons is the Creative Director of Studios at Packet. When not in the recording studio, he can be found tinkering at his woodshop in Marlboro, VT.
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