For my first audio story, I decided that I wanted to recreate the sounds that you would expect to hear on a morning walk!  I myself love early morning walk/runs, and these are some of the sounds that I hear when I am out early in the morning! This sound clip was made in Audacity,... Continue reading →

F or this assignment we are suppose to make a story adding 5 songs. I  have decided to write about the five stages of a relationship for this assignment I used Chris Brown song ” loyal” at the beginning questionning the relationship “Come on, come on, girl Why you frowning? Baby show me something” Then […]

“Pfft audio.. anyone can do that, how hard can it be?” Oh my goodness, I’ve nearly thrown my laptop across the room at least three times. Not only am I horrendously bad at anything in technology past Facebook and making… Continue Reading →

I went into this assignment thinking it would be super easy. I was so wrong.  This is an easy concept but it was hard to pull off and make it sound like I wanted. My original theme of just a love song kinda turned as I started working on this project.  I chose the wonderful […]

Here’s Ryu, my family’s German Shepherd, gracefully relaxing on his throne. (Sorry I posted this yesterday but somehow the post did not become official, so if it’s okay, I am going to repost this today.)

In this assignment we need to choose a song and reverse the music The song I choose is by two famous artist of two different genres one is a female RnB singer that was part of a girl group named “Destiny Child” the other is a male rapper known for his song “lollipop” In case […]

  So I chose the Sound Scapes audio assignment, which is worth 4 1/2 stars. This assignment was right up my alley because I love to produce music in my spare time. The idea for the track hit me instantly. … Continue reading →

Glass and Abumrad make a lot of interesting points about the value of audio storytelling.  One main point that was particularly interesting was the potential for empathy with radio, something that cannot be effectively conveyed through television.  When you hear someone tell a story, your imagination creates an image of the story in your mind,... Continue reading →

The audio I picked to listen to was Ghost Stories by the Radiolab. I chose this one because, I figured that ghost stories would have great audio techniques for not only telling the story but setting the mood as well. The first story was about a man who tries to communicate with the afterlife, the […]

The second audio assignment I chose for this week was to Create a Story of Lyrics (3 Stars). I chose a rhyme from Dr. Seuss that I think is such an inspiration to everyone. I embedded the picture above of what the rhyme is and what the lyrics make. This was a little time consuming […]

Ira Glass had a lot of really interesting points that caught my attention about storytelling. The first was the two major building blocks you must have in order to tell a good story. The first building block is an anecdote, which is the sequence of events that take place in the story. The second major building […]

Getting Away with it was all about stories of people getting away with something, some serious, some funny, but all with one common denominator…they got away with it. Getting Away With It Podcast  A lot of what is said is relatable. In the beginning the speaker is interviewing a guy on a plane and he […]

I do just about everything with my dog, Zeke. I love taking pictures with him, these are only a few of hundreds I have and I hope everyone had a good time with this daily create as I did. I am sure everyone’s pets mean a lot to them!

National Dog Day: My dog Hoops, chilling in the pool on a hot summer day!

My best friend!!! 

Happy late national dog day! This is my bud Rusty. He’s a Golden Retriever and the best dog I’ve ever had. He is extremely loyal, smart, and never ceases to make you feel like the most loved person in the world. I’m always greeted by his panting face when I pull …

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Book Collage:

Our daily create for today (9/19) was to post a picture of what you do/did with your pet. For this daily create, I chose this picture of my dog Lobo: Because when we get bored, we sleep.

Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad, both had some really intersting and helpful explanations toward Broadcasting. Something that just caught my attention really early on was how Ira explained how a story had to be a sequence of action. That it had to have momentum no matter how boring it was, the suspense had to be […]

Our assignment was to choose a set of audio stories, listen and reflect on how the storytellers present the story. Since it’s mid September and getting close to October and Halloween, I figured I’d choose Ghost Stories presented by Jab Abumrad... Continue Reading →

The title quote of this post–and the linked-to-moment in the embedded YouTube video–made me both laugh out loud and feel a rush of relief. As a perfectionist, to hear a professional artist who obviously has the same worth ethic and... Continue Reading →

I have been looking for a new dog. This little girl is at the Animal Control Shelter. I am so in love. I am in the process of convincing my roommates.

Three clues: 1) This Song is off of her new album 2) She is Queen 3) This is song is pure sex Any guesses?!! Now hopefully you guessed right. This song is Partition by Beyonce. It is one of my favorite songs. It is off of her new video album self named Beyonce. The video […]

This is my room. It is full of school books, cook books and of course Harry Potter.

This daily create was not meant to be difficult, but was for me. The basic goal was to make a photo collage out of three different stacks of books that represent who you are. You can read the full assignment and see other submissions here. I had trouble with the assignment, because I’m …

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Audacity? This was like a foreign language to me at first. I am a HUGE country music fan, but getting into the “behind the scenes” of music is not something that came to me right away. After playing around with Audacity for about 10 minutes I finally started to get the hang of it. I […]

This audio assignment was pretty simple once I got my bearings with audacity. I had to close and reopen the program because it did not cooperate the first time around. Below is a popular song by a female artist that was and is on the radio quite a bit. This song in particular has been […]