Where is Dr. Oblivion? 2) Invention 3) Modern pony express

We had to select 8 or more stars of additional audio assignments this week and my first additional one is One-Man Play which is worth 3 1/2 stars. For this assignment you had to use Soundcloud and act out a scene from a play by yourself. I had a really hard time thinking of a play, but then […]

I struggled with this assignment mainly because I don’t have rhythm. My solution? Play with racquetballs. I took two of my racquetballs, began recording and simply played around with them. I even accidentally knocked over their container (which can be clearly heard in the video). By the end of it, I had a clip of … Continue reading "Audio Assignment – Rhythms with Things"

This week we had to pick and an audio assignment from the assignment bank. We were given four different options and I picked What a Song Might Mean to You. For this assignment you had to find a certain song that reminds you of a situation and then explain why you like the song as well […]

I had a lot of fun with this assignment, mainly because I enjoy whistling. It was easy to record myself on audacity and upload the file onto SoundCloud. Can you guess what song it is? It’s the chorus of a pretty popular song that I heard on the radio (and I just couldn’t get it … Continue reading "Audio Assignment – Can’t Get Out of My Head"

This week we had to listen a podcast called Moon Graffiti. This was an episode that showed what would have happened if Armstrong and Aldrin had crashed on the moon when attempting to have the first moon landing. I loved this so much! It was a really creative way of showing something that in all reality […]

My most prominent memory and initial learning of the power of audio storytelling was when my teacher in grade school introduced us to Orson Wells who produced a War of the Worlds broadcast. It has been noted that the 1938 broadcast of HG Wells work on CBS sent many listeners into a panic due to […]

In accordance with this assignment, here is a day in the life of Danny Keys through audio. His job is to play piano in a saloon, so the majority of the sound here is music. Here we go through his work day, warming up on the piano, playing through the day, and slowing down as … Continue reading Piano Story →

I chose to complete the Reverse Audio Quiz assignment worth 3.5 stars. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/reverse-audio-quiz-2/ I thought it’d be interesting to reverse a song and hear what the track sounded like. I used the Audacity program. With a little clicking around, I figured out how to reverse the mp3 file. The result is below: Figuring out the song […]

Audio in Storytelling Sight without Sound:When watching a movie, seeing a play, or even experiencing every day life, sometimes it is hard to realize how much sound impacts your emotions. Even if you can only hear the music/audio, it can still evoke feeling in you the way visual would. Maybe even more! A great example […]

For today’s daily create we had to create a postmark for something delivered on the Pony Express. What I did was find a cute picture of a pony (yes, he/she has a sweater on) and uploaded it to an editing app on the iPhone to add the stamp theme border. After this, I then uploaded the picture […]

Here is my radio bumper for ds106 radio! This was fairly easy to do, the hardest part was just trying to figure out what I was going to say. Once I did I just recorded my saying and then adding audio of a western song I found on youtube and then uploaded it to Soundcloud! … Continue reading Never goin’ east

Another blog post related to my dog, wouldn’t this be the coolest invention tho?! My invention is a dogaphone that allows dogs to be able to speak human! It goes for about $150 #tdc1493 #dailycreate pic.twitter.com/cf7Cb1u41v — Jenna Steele (@jsteele_ds106) February 10, 2016  

So I just finished live tweeting tonights radio show and I wanted to to share my thoughts. Tonights story was full of intense scenes, action and violence which made it interesting. I think what was really cool was that because they didn’t have the visual aspect of a show they used different sounds to set … Continue reading Live Tweetin’

This post is just a recap of my first ever listen to ds106 radio and my thoughts on it and audio in general. This is the second half of my post for my audio reflection tag, my first was moon graffiti. Without the visual of the movie being played in front of me, sound was … Continue reading My new old friend

I would love to put together a sort of narrative story for the radio show, which would require voice acting and quite a bit of audio manipulation, but I think it would be a lot of fun! Here’s some story ideas: A solo individual trying to survive out in the wilderness, a Man vs. Nature … Continue reading Thoughts on Developing a Radio Show →

Before I completed this assignment I wanted to listen to one of the radio shows on our class radio station (ds106radio). I thought it would be a good idea to do that so I had a better understanding of how the class radio worked and what types of shows aired on it. As such, I … Continue reading DS106 Radio show Ideas!

When watching movies, we don’t tend to think of sound as a method to tell a story, yet it contributes deeply to the whole story. We tend to think of the actor’s skilled voice and how it has an impact on the story. We criticize the actor and director, when we should be looking at […]

I’ve always wondered what it was like back in the day without television. How did people survive without TV with just a radio?

When I finished this assignment, I was surprised that my file was only 19 seconds long! For the amount of time I spent working on it I expected it to be longer, but I’m happy with the final project. The story I tried to create was that of my outlaw, Rose Oakley, running from the law. … Continue reading "Audio Assignment – Sound Effects Story"

So this post is just a nice little rough draft of what could be a good radio show. Like so rough that it’s in bullet points and this is all I have. I imagine everyone’s characters will have to tie in as well as what their characters do so these are some brief ideas. a … Continue reading Brain Blast!!!!

For this assignment I was to stage a fast food order taking place. I edited my voice so that the two sound differently when I speak so you can distinguish between the worker and customer. The customer’s order was complicated and half the things she ordered aren’t even from the same place. She also was … Continue reading Big Mac and a french fry Frosty

For this assignment we were to sing along to a song we used to get the lyrics wrong to. Taylor Swift’s Blank Space to the music world by storm and whenever it came on I would try my hardest to sing every correct word. However, one part where she says “got a long list of … Continue reading Starbucks Lovers

“You Don’t Have to Try so Hard” Assignment: What a Song Might Mean to You 4 stars Assignment Description: “Lots of people have a particular song that reminds them of certain situations, I know I do! Embed the video of your particular song and a short recording of why you really like the song, or what makes […]

Today’s daily create instructed you to create an invention, explain what it does and give it a price. I had to think about this for about 30 mins before I came up with an idea. Last week I had to do my long run at night and I accidentally stepped wrong in a pot hole (no worries, […]

Sound Only Assignment: Sound Effects Story Assignment Description: “Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds.” Not Playing Nice: My background with editing audio is exactly zero. However, I […]

What “Into the Fray” means to me:

This evening I completed my first live “tweet-along” with the ds106 radio! It was actually really entertaining! I tuned in to the ds106 radio station unsure about what I was going to be listening to and what I was supposed to tweet. But, once the show/story started and others began tweeting their thoughts, it became … Continue reading ds106 Radio “Tweet-along”! Monday, Feb. 8th

To fulfill this week’s eight star requirement I completed this two star audio assignment. I chose to complete this assignment because I really like to read poems and I feel they can hold a significant meaning and create joy within the readers and listeners. For this assignment I had to pick a poem and create … Continue reading Poetry Reading- What’s the story?

For this assignment we were required to tell a story of only sounds while using our character. This story is of Sally and her daily life, just without words. All the sounds used are from freesound.org. I started off this project by writing this here post you’re reading and thinking of how I am going … Continue reading Sally’s sounds