One of this week’s require assignment is Audio Assignments 36—Create a ds106 radio bumper (2 stars). I confess that I have not yet tuned into ds106 radio. To get a sense of some of the other bumpers that have been created I started trolling my way through other campers blogs, noting what I liked or didn’t about each piece.

Ultimately, I wanted to do something that would stand out and be attention getting. I don’t like the sound of my recorded voice so I wanted to minimize my vocal participation. I started thinking through song lyrics and tunes that might be cool to smash together, but my technical skills are inhibiting me.

Then I remembered a classic scene from the movie “When Harry Met Sally”. You know the one…in the restaurant, Meg Ryan’s character Sally shows Harry her version of a fake orgasm. It was a great scene that makes many people giggle and blush. When Sally is done, an older woman at another table tells the waitress “I’ll have what she’s having.”

I thought that sounds effects of the fake orgasm and the older woman’s line would be a great way to peak curiosity about ds106.

DS106 I’ll Have What She’s Having… by Chanda Sorrell Cowger

Once I had my idea, I went in search of the sound clip from the movie. Finding it on JoBlo.com, I downloaded the mp3 file to my laptop so that I import it into Audacity. Once in the program, I listened to it a few times, trimming it and looking for where to incorporate the DS106 plug. I was about to shortened the pause in the clip, when I decide to just use that break in the sound to insert the words DS106 there. I like the way it turned out. Simple to do and effective, I think.