I listened to three platforms I might potentially publish my audio paper on. The first was Soundcloud, I didn’t think about using SoundCloud for an audio paper until I listened to ‘Ecoacoustics’ – composed documentary for Critical Waves Radio (2015) by Jono Gilmurray. His published audio paper gave me a lot of inspiration around a similar topic of eco sound work. His presentation on his audio document was similar to how I wanted to approach mine and I think his audio document gave me the last push I needed to confirm how I wanted to present my work. I think being a free program, not requiring you to sign up to listen to the audio document is a bonus. Although I will say not having or being specifically for only audio documents and mainly for music can make it that if you don’t have a link it will be difficult to receive exposure.
The second platform, Youtube. I use youtube an incredible amount, I think similar to SoundCloud it’s free and anyone can use it that has an internet connection. The benefit of SoundCloud is the completely different content available on Youtube. This would allow my audio document to not seem out of place as it might perhaps be on Soundcloud. Although youtube is a visual and audio platform promoting videos over just audio might interfere with the promotion of my paper.
The third platform is Bandcamp. Another platform I think is good for the ease of downloading. There is a trend amongst my choices of not being strictly academic or podcast related platforms. I believe the freedom of downloading and accessing knowledge for free should be at the forefront of every paper. With Bandcamp, I could enable people to download my work for free or support the audio paper by paying what they wish.