Mae West once said, “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” So this weekly...

Russell Baker once said, “Listen once in a while. It’s amazing what you can hear.” When Professor Groom and Bond...

I gotta say I like the idea of having themed weeks for this class. Makes it easier to know what I’m doing and I’m still easily in the habit of using the same programs over and over. Still, I am surprised at the amount of work I got done. In terms of actual assignments, I […]

For a bit of fun with working with my own recorded audio rather than samples, I decided to attempt the morning glory assignment. My morning routines are typically pretty short, as I am an irresponsible college kid and don’t give myself time to eat breakfast. But still, it was fun replicating something I do everyday […]

Okay so I had an idea for a radio show, so hear me out! The Wire and Technology goes off of the basis of a couple of main points: 1. This show was done in 2003 (correct me if I’m wrong). 2. The technology used is probably out dated. 3. Criminal methods have probably improved […]

On the Jennifer Ralston Interview First thing is first, I am amazed at the level of detail that went into making this interview; it was very clear, informative, and it was professional on all level! So with that out of the way, let me give a summary on my thoughts for the interview. 1. The […]

Week 4: Audio Assignment #2 For my second audio assignment, I wanted to experiment with recording sound. I found the assignment “What’s the Story Morning Glory?” and felt it would be a fun assignment to complete, as no dialogue was allowed, only sounds. To record the sounds of my morning,…

Hints: 1. He was portrayed by many different actors in several films. 2. His personal story is ultimately about redemption. 3. He is not your father.  

  This was an interesting daily create. I’ve never heard of this being called a burpee before. However, I figured putting a helpless stick figure through it is much better than me trying to do it. So once more, here is another one of my drawings. Hope you like it!

Week 4: Audio Assignment #1 For my first audio assignment, I really wanted to experiment with Audacity and also include music. Looking through the DS106 Audio Assignment Bank I found an interesting and fun assignment called Greatest Hits Storytelling (3 stars) in which you tell a story using an artists’s…

I was a bit worried about how this week would go, as audio just freaks me out. I hate the sound of my own voice. I know that I have a very poor sense of rhythm. Audio and I have never been friends. But it actually wasn’t so bad. I … Continue reading

September 19, 2014 Although National Dog Day was on August 26th, this Daily Create assignment was to show what you do/did with your favorite pet. I have a black, white, and tan pure bred chihuahua named Paddington who is 8 years old. Even though he’s 8 years old, he’s still…

Audio.  This week we focused on Audio.  Audio is a topic that we each have over looked previously.  Never have I sat and thought about the work that goes into just making the sounds that we hear on movies, tv shows, and even audiobooks.  Sounds help us to identify with the characters, to feel their […]

Took the time yesterday to completely listen to the interview with Jennifer Ralston again.  I wanted to focus closely on all the details of the interview.  I was amazed over the details given to the audio recordings.  Some of the concepts that were covered in the interview were completely contrast to what I would have […]

My First Audio Assignment was was the 911 Call. I used the famous video of “Charlie Bit My Finger” to interperate my 911 call I also used police sirens. When I was listening to the police sirens, I thought of the song Gangnam Style so I added that to the video. Check it Out 911 Call  […]

This week was actually pretty fun and relatively easy for me. Luckily, like I have said before, I have a little prior experience with Audacity. I also have a resource to help me with Audacity should I need it. I didn’t need any this week though (WOO WOO). I actually did one extra assignment this […]

Thoughts on the Jen Ralston Interview with Jim Groom and Paul Bond How lucky we were to have instructors able to land such a great interview!  I really like the honesty of Jen Ralston’s comments regarding how sound editing is under-appreciated and she saw a niche forming there when she was the only student being […]

I am enjoying this season of The Wire so much more than the last season, especially because it is the same team working on the case, but it is a very different case. I like the mob and murder aspects of the mystery instead of just waiting to see if they can catch drug dealers. […]

I think some of the very best quotes of Season 2 come out of Episodes 3, 4, and 5.   Lester’s clothing being characterized as “tweedy impertinence” by Landsman is worthy of a chuckle. Stringer saying “I’m an XL” is the essence of his ego.  My all-time favorites are Beadie Russel in Episode 4 asking […]

So I finally got a chance to listen to the interview with Jen Ralston, from The Wire, and I really enjoyed the interview. There was some things that she talked about that I had simply never thought about before, like portraying silence in a show or movie is done by having sounds that would usually […]

In a unit that’s specifically focused on audio work and storytelling, it’s a privilege to be able to hear and learn from a professional in the field. It’s even more of a gift when that person turns out to have worked on The Wire. The interview with Jen Ralston taught me lots of fascinating behind […]

With the impending radio project always looming on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking of possible ideas for what to possibly talk about. When I usually listen to NPR, i usually love informative, almost scientifically focused broadcasts like Radiolab occasionally does. So while most people seem to want to do broadcasts focusing on the […]

Guess the reversed song..  Can you guess this song?   Give you some hints… It’s a duet,  From the Country hits, and He’s not afraid to get a little mud on the tires…   Loved doing this.  I had to find a kind of back way into this.  I could not get my uploaded song […]

Audio Assignment | Reverse Audio Quiz:: Find an audio file and reverse the music. Once you have reversed the music place the file in a blog post and give three hints as to what it is. See who can figure it out… Continue Reading →

This week was audio week and definitely made me stretch both my abilities with technology and my thoughts on audio storytelling. I did my post on Jennifer’s interview, which I found really interesting. I definitely started to pay more attention to the audio in the Wire after listening. Listening to episode 3 of the Wire […]

So I can’t get this to upload to Sounndcloud right now, and I’m not sure why (I’m hoping it is just taking a while and will show up later). This is the Music Mashup that I made for an assignment this week. I decided to use two very different sounding songs, that both talked about […]

This is a sound story that I put together about my days at work. I drive to the train station very early in the morning, take the train in to DC, work/drink tea from the keurig all day, and then take the train back home I made this by downloading sounds from freesounds.org (links will […]

  Here is the link to my Radio Ad for DS106 Radio.  I used a trance demo from Freesound. org that was created by Oceanictrancer titled “Deep Melodic Beat”.  I loved the music.  I used Audacity to blend my voice with the music track.  Once the file was saved as a .wav, I used Itunes […]

This afternoon, while sitting at my desk at work, I found myself deep in thought over what would be an interesting topic to talk about if I were to run a “Wire” themed radio show on the ds106 radio.  I listen all day to talk radio so I know the importance of always having a […]

Sound Scapes: This is my sound scape to take you directly to the docks of Baltimore’s ship harbor.  If you close you eyes, it will sound exactly as if an episode of Season 2 from The Wire is about to start.  I collected my sounds from Freesound.org.  They are a mixture of sounds but I […]