If I were to have a radio show that was themed after the Western genre, I wouldn’t have that many ideas which would

This was the most frustrating assignment I’ve done because of the Audacity software. I couldn’t figure out to do things even after playing

This assignment was so fun to do, and gave my friends and I all a good laugh. I chose to do the lyrics from the song Drops of Jupiter, and then picked Blank Space by Taylor Swift for the background music. I sound pretty horrible and would catch myself wanting to sing. I created this … Continue reading Drops of T.Swift

 

I just finished completing the Sound Effects Story assignment, and wow was that frustrating! I could not figure out how to layer files in Audacity, so after 30 minutes of trying on my own I finally decided to look for help on the ds106 page and lone behold there was a video on how to … Continue reading Agnus heads to work

For this assignment, we were supposed to use sound effects to tell a story. I wanted to tell a saloon

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There are always two paths in life, take the one less traveled! #tdc1495 #Xmarksthehills pic.twitter.com/0fqvtgNDAv — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) February 11, 2016

One of the assignments we were required to complete this week was the Rooty Tooty Speech of the West. I decided to pick a chorus of a very popular song, See you again by Wiz Khalifa, and change it up with some western lingo. I used the suggested website that was attached to translate some … Continue reading See y’all again

Audio can make or break a story. It can shape appropriate moods for the underlying story or create awkward and uncomfortable pairings. One of my favorite movies is Interstellar, this is in large part due to the soundtrack (and the visuals are pretty fantastic). While many critics have joked that the soundtrack is just Hans Zimmer falling … Continue reading "Audio Storytelling"

Brainstorming Radio Show Ideas Here are just a few ideas that we could hold our radio show around. This is just a rough draft, and input/ other ideas are greatly appreciated! Sports Event: There is always radio broadcasting for big basketball games, football games, and other big sports events, so why not have a radio broadcast […]

Radio Bumper Assignment: Create a DS106 Radio Bumper 3.5 Stars Assignment Description:“Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station. What is a bumper? It is a short recording that identifies the radio station with signature music or an expression that makes sure the listeners know […]

I’ve Got Bills I Gotta Pay Assignment:Dramatic Reading Remix 4.5 stars Assignment Description:”For this assignment, take a song that you love, and record yourself doing a dramatic reading of the lyrics. Then take another piece of music (obviously without lyrics) and set your dramatic reading to it. This should result in something that sounds very different […]

My invention = flip flops with brillow pads on the bottoms so senior citizens can clean their showers. @ds106 #tdc1493

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Here is my radio bumper for DS106 Radio, according to the assignment that asks us to put together something that reminds listeners of what they’re listening to. I am extremely happy with how this little blip turned out. I think the guitar mixed well with the wind background, and my voice sounds pretty clear (thanks … Continue reading Radio Bumper →

DS106 Radio Show The drama is increasing in this movie on #ds106radio !! #western106 — Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) February 10, 2016 The music makes it sound like theres about to be a big fight! #ds106 #western106   — Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) February 10, 2016 Where did that chorus come from? #western106 #ds106 — Christina Gaul […]

This entire week was all about audio, something I never really have done anything with or focused much on. I learned a lot, like, a LOT! I have my audio reflection on what I learned via a story about the moon and through my first ever ds106 radio experience so you can check that out! … Continue reading Weekly Summary 2/5 – 2/12

Umw eagle express! #tdc1494 #dailycreate pic.twitter.com/2a4I5BJXX3 — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) February 10, 2016

I participated in Wednesday’s tweet-along, during which we listened to Gunsmoke: Doc Holliday and Frontier Gentleman: Aces and Eights. Tweeting along with others made the podcasts fun and interesting, especially as we pointed out the different audio cues and uses of music. In my opinion, Gunsmoke was a lot more fun to listen to than … Continue reading Tweet-Along: Gunsmoke and Frontier Gentleman →

Week Five: check! I found this week to be one of the most difficult. However, I feel I learned a great deal. I think I found it hard because we had many audio assignments to complete and prior to this week I have not had much experience editing music and sounds. As such, trying to … Continue reading Week 5 Summary 2/5-12/2016

Have you ever heard of the podcast “Stuff You Missed in History Class?” The two presenters pick out fun/interesting historical topics that aren’t well known. I was thinking why not do that with our western theme! An older western story, character (real or legend) or scene could be broken down and explained. Any one like … Continue reading "Radio Show Ideas"

One of this week’s assignments was to create a bumper for the class radio station. This assignment challenged me in multiple ways but in the end, I feel it was a good exercise for me to complete. I listened to our class radio show for the first time last Monday. By doing so, it gave me … Continue reading What station is this?

I chose to complete the audio assignment ‘rhythms with things’ an assignment worth three stars. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/rhythms-with-things/ For this assignment I used a pen, kleenex box, and hands to create a rhythm. For this assignment all I did was play around with a couple beats until I felt comfortable enough to replicate the rhythm for an […]

This assignment was completed to satisfy the creation of a bumper for ds106 radio. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/creat-a-ds106-radio-bumper/ I used Audacity to create an mp3 which I uploaded to soundcloud. I converted a youtube file to an mp3 using an online converter. Afterwards, I recorded a voiceover using audacity. This assignment was straightforward. The only challenging part of it […]

My radio bumper involved three recordings laid on top of each other from freesound.org ; 1)a man shouting “yeehaww”, 2) my voice, and 3) banjo music. I tried putting some twang in my voice (not sure if I succeeded) and worked on fading out the banjo music on audacity so it didn’t end so abruptly. … Continue reading "Audio Assignment – Create A Ds106 Radio Bumper"

Tree Express #tdc1494 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/lddz3KlXhm — Maria Rivas (@marsbars610) February 10, 2016 My invention: The Lazy, only $10 that will get you to open & close the door without standing up #tdc1493 pic.twitter.com/bL97YPVvdx — Maria Rivas (@marsbars610) February 10, 2016 I saw a guys who looks like Dr. Oblivion on the field…. coincidence???#tdc1492 @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/0RravUCZLM … Continue reading "Daily Creates"

So I’ve listened to Moon Graffiti and a few other examples of audio storytelling from previous weeks to get a better idea of how I feel about audio and storytelling. I’ve taken a couple film classes so I’ve thought about this quite a few times, though that usually involved a picture to go with the audio. … Continue reading "Storytelling Through Audio"

Lewis and Clark are huge names regarding the Wild West and discovery of new territory. In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson

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This week in Digital Storytelling, we have to do 8 stars worth of audio assignments from the audio bank. So I wondered what

This assignment is a submission for the Sound Effects Story assignment. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/sound-effects-story/ I utilized the sound effects downloaded off of free sound in audacity to create my story. This story reflects my characters need for a drink. He walks into a saloon. His footsteps are heard up until he reaches the bar. The bartender displays […]

For this week to make eight stars of audio assignments I did one 3 1/2 star, will be doing another 3 1/2 star and to finish up I have this 1 1/2 star assignment. This was the May I take your order assignment. What you had to do was pretend to be ordering at a fast […]