1. @wade_764

    The organ is a challenging instrument!

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    This assignment is one that I have made up myself! I have been learning to play the piano and church organ since returning to college full time in my spare time! I think this is a fantastic hobby for several reasons. I am learning a skill and putting my extra time into something that I can, in turn, make art that is meaningful to me. The other reason is that learning to play any instrument is essential because it keeps alive the memories and talent of previous generations. I wanted to share these videos that I recorded this past weekend…
  2. @Bendire Thrasher

    Coroner’s Tale

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    {TW: mentions of blood, dead body, and a coroner}  So I was thinking about what environments tend to have recordings, and I thought about the coroner’s office. My only knowledge of such things comes from movies or tv or books, but there seems to be a consensus. When doctors or physicians perform autopsies, they have […]
  3. @OliviaF98845588

    DS106 Radio

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    I tuned in one Wednesday at 8pm for the final ds106 radio session for the week. It was really cool and interesting to hear some of my classmate’s radio bumpers. Shoutout to Emily who said ‘Nights’ by Frank Ocean was your favorite song in your bumper, it’s one of my favorites too. Listening to the ...
  4. @amick_hailey

    Song-Maker

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    For this particular assignment, I would like to present you with my artistic short song! This website has many different small, colorful interactive music activities that you can develop fun ideas through. For this assnment I had to create a song, my specialty! You can choose from many different options. First I made my chords to go behind a melody. As a musician, I can depict that this is built off of two major scales so I have a few built different chord structures that will flow together. Then I made a percusive rythmn to give it more texture. After this, I made an interesing melody to go with everything. Which created this: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/song/4604593824071680 I throughoughly enjoed this assignment and I hope you will love it as well!
  5. @wade_764

    I Hear a Storm a Comin’

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    Brainstorming has always been something a bit challenging for me. I think of projects I would like to complete but often find I set the bar too high none the less I would like to try a few different ideas. Keeping in touch with this class’s theme, “The Joy of,” I want to consider some radio drama that makes people happy. I also think that I could somehow incorporate some original music into this story. I think what I am most excited about with this project is the chance to work in groups because that might make for some more…
  6. @wade_764

    What’s all this #ds106radio chatter?

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    What a cool concept, radio for the people by the people! I had a lot of fun listening in the last couple of nights. The biggest thing that I take away from these discussions on Discord is how the added sound effects to the narration bring to life so many emotions. The first night discussed this topic and included segments from radio broadcasts of days old. I was able to find a good copy on YouTube of one of the featured stories. The next night covered more on sound editing and effect but featured more contemporary topics. Overall I thought…
  7. @CeliaSdigitally

    Pretending I am Running A Ted Talk…

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    As I was looking through the possible assignments for this week, I stumbled across one that was a challenge to better speaking skills. This is something that felt valuable to me and my future. As a future educator, I will be speaking every day. I know that I always talk too fast when I present … Continue reading Pretending I am Running A Ted Talk…

UMW Spring 2024 (Bond & Groom)

Welcome to Paul Bond and Jim Groom’s Spring 2024 ds106

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