Here is the original James Bond theme song, that I am sure you are plenty familiar with. Here is a cover of the James Bond theme song,  re-imagined in violin form. Although the original version beings back a plethora of nostalgia from the old Bond movies and the 007 video game for the Nintendo 64, the …

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For the second assignment from the audio assignment bank, I decided to the One Question. This assignment was rated 3 stars. I decided to relate this to the spy theme of the course by asking the question “If you were a spy, What would your spy name be?” I went to work and asked my … Continue reading "One Question, Many Answers"

http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLRP8d7hhpoQ&start1=2&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dy8AWFf7EAc4&start2=80&authorName=Chris+Markham My punny title has nothing to do with spring break, other than it being right around the corner. I chose Hallelujah because there have been many very good covers of the song with a variety of sounds to them. The Pentatonix version has arguably surpassed Jeff Buckley’s original version, but the two are still …

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The Pink Bond, or the James Panther? http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dye8KvYKn9-0&start1=7&video2=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DHhHwnrlZRus&start2=1&authorName=Chris+Markham So for this, I thought it would be fun to pick the two most cliche spy theme songs: James Bond and Pink Panther. Both had very similar sounds, which made them blend together pretty well. The two both have jazzy-sounding music, with the Bond one had a …

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This was based on the assignment found here (http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/row-row-polyphony/). A polyphony is when a subsequent chorus of the same verse chimes in during a song. So with this assignment it was a matter of not only recording t...

I did this based on the assignment found here (http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/sounds-effects/) We had to make a sound effect. One type of sound effect I really like are quiet or subtle ones, so I went with a sort of quiet clinking crackle nois...

I made this based on the assignment found here (http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/favorite-song/). The assignment wanted us to take one of our favorite song’s and remove the lyrics, while trimming it down to around 30 seconds or so. I find a lot of songs sound odd to me without lyrics, however “kids with guns” by Gorillaz is pretty good without lyrics as it just becomes a very relaxed beat.

This week started the famous or infamous radio show week. Which I had been warned by previous DS 106ers was an important set of weeks. The unanimous comment was “make sure you get a good group” in which case they all agreed it was a great time. Admittedly I had yet to finish last weeks […]

Radio Week for me started with the frantic trying to find a group and more specifically a group with like minded ideas and work ethic. I knew that was important so I posted I was looking for a group right away. In my way to try and help people understand what I had ideas on […]

The Text Impression assignment (worth 2  1/2 stars) was all about reading aloud text from Facebook or other social media site’s comments and trying to impersonate the people in the text. I decided to look through my own Facebook for inspiration. Originally I thought “oh easy i’ll just pick one of those times someone elses […]

So I tried out the Dramatic Song Reading Remix for 4 1/2 stars. I decided to read out the song put the gun down by ZZ Ward. So there were a couple of reasons I decided to use this song. One was that the song lends itself to being dramatically read because it’s talking about […]

This poster that I created is used to promote our upcoming radio show. I thought that it would be a good alternative to the other assignments that we could do because no one else was probably thinking about promoting it first. I am really excited about this poster too because it will hopefully be a … Continue reading Promo Poster for “Agents on Air”

My group has been making great progress. We have made bumpers, have a radio show name, and have poster. I personally really love doing radio bumpers so I did one of those. I thought it would be cool to include a phrase in it to make sure that listeners knew what to expect from the … Continue reading Radio Show Progress: Group 1

This week I learned a lot. I learned about a new tool that allows you to crate a poster. It is really cool because you don’t have to worry about copyright issues or anything. You pick a templet, add your own words, and can delete or add more images too it. We also got a … Continue reading Week 7 Summary

  This is really personal and it feels good to open up. I am sure not many people will listen but this might be a new thing for me. It’s like an audio journal. I decided to talk about being engaged at 22, living alone, and being engaged with a side of anxiety and depression. … Continue reading 2 Minute Life Story

For this radio bumper I decided that it would be fun to incorporate some type of interesting background music that plays on the agent theme. With this process, I decided that I was going to include what we talk about on the radio show because I think it is important to let listeners know what … Continue reading Agents on Air Radio Bumper

For the commercial, I tried to think of something that agents might struggle with. Then I came up with the idea of “Dare2BeDoubled”. This company would make a robot that was so realistic that even your closest family couldn’t tell the difference between you or your double. It would solve the problem of living a … Continue reading Commercial for Agents on Air

Greetings….fellow agents. I have been…instructed to work with a group for the next infiltration mission. However….several of my team members are AWOL at this very moment and another is very…skeptical of staying in one place for very long. Communications seem to be down apparently but perhaps that will be fixed by the weekend. It’s a […]

I borrowed help from good old Paint and Google Images again to create this poster. First, after some brainstorming, I thought of several icons that I can use for a radio show. Second,  I wanted to make it as simple as possible and radioshowpromo

As anticipated, group work is not the easiest thing in the world. There are so many factors that need to be taken into account, such as availability, individual input, and technology. Because communication is limited, one of the group members shared a Google Doc for us to converse online. I thought that was a great idea since none of us …

Pretty happy with this one. I actually based my ship design roughly on an actual prospective design made by NASA and other scientists for a warp-drive-powered interstellar ship. Background image is a NASA free-use image of a nebula, and it took a few minutes to make the ship itself (mostly because of frustrations with Photoshop). […]

Took me a few minutes to find the perfect font and to come up with an idea. If I had to pick one, I would say elephants are my favorite animal, so they were the obvious choice. I also like the Animals, so that was cool. @ds106dc Elephants are obviously the best animals, so… #tdc1880 pic.twitter.com/Ag12dEEVI1 […]

This week finale post came a little bit early because I am leaving for a study abroad trip over spring break. This week definitely felt very rushed. So many assignments due at the end of the week needed to be finished by mid week, it was torture. But here I am and I made it. …

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The radio show is going well at a good pace. The most important and probably the hardest part is just getting into groups. A couple members reached out to me and asked if I wanted to join and the rest is history. Currently we have a few ideas floating around of what we want to …

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This is an ad for my group’s radio show. Instantly you can see that this ad is very simple. This ad follows a theme of minimalism. My group’s radio show will be on the topic of surveillance, which is why there is a large camera directed towards the audience. The sky blue background makes it …

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This week was mainly used to master Audacity by creating bumpers and combining sounds, which skills will be instrumental in creating a quality radio show. My group members seem really engaged in their characters and ready to get to work! it will be great meeting up with them and editing all of our parts. I was able … Continue reading Week 7 Summary

After the group formation Monday I started the Google Doc for our group after receiving everyone’s contacts. My group members responded right away and so far have been very outgoing and proactive in trying to figure out the best times to meet to collaborate for this radio show project, As of now it looks like we will go ahead … Continue reading Radio Show Progress

For this assignment I was to make a fictional radio ad for a fake company or imaginary business. My ad is for the company “Real Fake Doors” that sells real fake doors, doors that won’t open. This is not my original idea, but my ad is a take of the original one from Rick and …

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This is my radio show promo, I hope everyone likes it! I wanted to keep it in the same theme as the whole semester and that only made sense because we will be using our secret agent characters during the radio show. I was able to complete this Promo using Microsoft word, copying and pasting and … Continue reading Radio Show Promo

For this assignment I had to choose a song that made me feel nostalgic and explain why. I chose the song It All Feels Right by Washed Out.  This is the perfect summer song that really brings me back to just a summer of no worries and responsibilities. Listen to my post to hear more …

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