Find a cover of a song and combine it with the original version of the song to create a new/remixed version of the song. After you’ve finished remixing your version, listen to it and see what kind of emotion it now makes you feel. In the early 1970’s, when Dolly Parton and her husband had …

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In the Ira Glass series, he talked about storytelling and his take on it and how to be succesful. In the first episode of the story, he told of, making sure your story has a sequence, what happened and then what followed. You want to make sure the viewer and... Read more"Ira Glass series and Radiolab summary"

#ds106 #tdc1978 The Nordic Ministers summon… Nessie's cousin pic.twitter.com/RUV4dIOdvl — Jenna Wood (@jwoodds106) June 9, 2017 Today’s daily create inspired me to use Nessie as the thing being summoned. It only seemed natural because the Ministers were standing near the water, and Nessie’s native region is rather close by. I have also been binge watching …

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Audio Assignment Week 3 – # 4 Sound Effect Story  http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/sound-effects-story/ To begin this project, I opened up Audacity and selected my main background noise, which would be the Fire Engine Siren City Centre. I’ve always heard this type of background when it comes to describing a city, and after spending nights in cities on […]

https://soundcloud.com/mikey-barnes-180369384/bumper For this assignment, I was to create a bumper for the DGST Radio station. I made a 15 second video, letting the viewer know we were taking a quick break from the action. I made this through audacity and then posted it to my sound cloud. This bumper assignment... Read more"Create a DS106 Radio Bumper"

The product I am selling is the game of Kan Jam. It is a game that has recently become the addiction of all my friends and I, so why not promote something I love. I made a script for it and rather than trying to do too much to the video,... Read more"Make your own radio commercial: Kan Jam"

Daily Create Week 3 – # 3 What are the Nordic Ministers Summoning? #ds106 #tdc1978 #ds106dc Obviously they called a reaper. The world just needs a little push to work together. 😝🛸 pic.twitter.com/gHSZ7QUHgG — De. Norman (@de_normal1) June 9, 2017   http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1978/ I mean, seriously, the second thing I thought about was Nordic mythology, but then […]

Week 3 Reading – Moon Graffiti  As this audio journey began, I was sucked into the time of Neil and Bud, sitting right behind them on the ship in space, wondering what was wrong. Everything felt enclosed, as if I couldn’t move and really might not want to. Then, in a snap, I landed back […]

You thought he was cool before. You followed him on Snapchat. You follow him on Twitter. Michelle, too. When you got an email with his or Michelle’s signature, you kept it, and you still have it. Is it just me? But now we find out… he’s been chillin with us the whole time!!! NICE!!! #tdc1977 … Continue reading Barack’s big secret… (clickbait title ahoy)

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. Sound effect story on my SoundCloud Charlie McHue was a NASCAR driver with a passion for speed. This made …

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Check out this link to see my Talk Obama to Me video. #mellencamp #tdc1977 @ds106dc http://talkobamato.me/synthesize.py?speech_key=b7c1337fb3bb1b0d8198dc3406fe6bbd

Daily Create Week 3 – # 2 What Might Obama Say?  #ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1977 Why not make a poem? ✍🏽https://t.co/EjqcSG3rJn — De. Norman (@de_normal1) June 8, 2017 http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1977/ I wrote a poem. It’s as sappy as maple syrup. Every day is something new Sometimes awesome, sometimes I don’t have a clue DS106 is a story […]

Yes, that is Beyoncé and Obama put together. I did my best, okay? Today’s daily create was something I had seen before on Youtube, but I never thought I could make an Obama lip dub video!! I was very excited to do this daily create, and Beyoncé seemed like a natural choice, given her amazing …

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Listening to Moon Graffiti by The Truth Podcast was a very eerie experience. I felt as if it were real. The use of the real speech Richard Nixon would have given in the event of a failed moon landing lent the piece an air of reality. At the beginning, a short bout of intro music adds …

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https://soundcloud.com/mikey-barnes-180369384/snoop-dog-convo For this assignment, I was supposed to make a conversation with my favorite movie character. This assignment is the Soundboard Conversation audio assignment, which was 4 1/2 stars Snoop Dog, though prominent for his rap career, does have his share of movie personas. He has been my favorite character... Read more"Soundboard Conversation: Hanging out with Snoop Dog"

https://soundcloud.com/mikey-barnes-180369384/sounds-of-a-baseball-game For this assignment, it is the sound effects story, which was 3 1/2 stars. I used audacity to do the recording and recorded the individual sounds. I made this recording to tell a short story of being at a baseball game. You walk into the ballpark and you’re sitting... Read more"Sound effects story: A day at the ballpark"

Audio #3: Music Mash Has anyone ever asked you, “if you could be born in any other decade what would it be?” When I get asked this question I always say the 80’s. I love the clothes they wore at the time, the movies they made, and the music that was written (for examples of Read More

Daily Create #9 Today’s daily create involved making our own rendition of a weird latte by using the new avocado latte’s as our inspiration. I decided to make mine pun related (what else is new) by photoshopping latte art onto a Tabby kitten. I created this image by using my Samsung Galaxy S7’s built in Read More

Today’s TDC was all about ridiculous lattes… I’ve never actually had a latte that was decorated, even with the regular art that looks like a fern. Now all I want is a latte with a pokemon on it. That’s the ONLY kind of latte I want. excited for the new pokemon games coming in november!!! … Continue reading Fancy schmancy lattes

Wow! This was well worth the time to listen to. I really appreciated ScottLo in Saudi Arabia. Having spent a significant portion of my life there and having listened to more than one call to prayer it was nice to hear the call of the […]

Man, if only I could have a watch that was filled with a latte. Who needs a smart watch… actually, I do. A smart watch that makes latte’s! That’s the dream.   I call it the walatte! The watch-latte. #ds106 #tdc1976 pic.twitter.com/GOMQ8uYx6o — Andrew (@Andrew21663620) June 7, 2017

Audio #2: Combining Covers Stand By Me is a classic song by Ben E. King. But what happens when you mix the original with it’s cover? Well that’s what I had to discover for this assignment. I took Ben E. King’s classic and combined it with Florence + the Machine’s cover version. I chose to Read More

The TED radio hour demo  and the detective stories examples both gave me insight into why things are done in radio. The comments at the bottom gave good, real-time tips that will help me to analyze radio shows I listen to in the future. The shifts in music were very apparent in the TED demo, and they …

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I can only ever recall listening to one radio show, in the car with my dad called “Elliot in the Morning.” I don’t even know what station its on. It’s pretty funny, sometimes inappropriate, and takes callers which I like. I never listen to it by myself but if I’m ever in the car with him …

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Daily Create Week 3 – # 1 Ridiculous Latte  #ds106 #tdc1976 I call it Baymax Blackhole Latte. Courtesy of the universe being destroyed. 🌌 #ds106dc pic.twitter.com/ytPnFLsTaI — De. Norman (@de_normal1) June 7, 2017 http://daily.ds106.us/tdc1976/ I saw Latte, I searched google for art. I saw Baymax, my heart turned to marshmallow goo. I instantly thought, space, […]

Audio Assignment Week 3 – # 3 Make Your Own Ringtone   http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/make-your-own-ringtones/ As someone who always has her phone on silent, a ringtone really has no place on my phone. Really the only sound that comes out of my phone is an alarm to wake me up in the morning. Those ringtone sounds make […]

For this week’s first daily create I first took to Google for some inspiration. I know there is a crazy latte trend going on, and my search results were not disappointing. I stumbled across this photo and was immediately inspired to insert this latte into an actual pac-man game. I then found a blank pac-man screen …

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Wow, that was a lot of listening!!! I really enjoyed the Dissecting Joanne Rosser, Papermaker piece. The format of “here’s what to look for/here’s the story/here’s the analysis” was a HUGE help for me in understanding how audio shapes the way we understand stories. The way the sounds are edited in really help tell the … Continue reading Part 2: Paro, Scottlo, radio

I actually had no clue what this was from. I’ve always seen it around but never watched it. I guess I should do that at some point.   I hope Hulka would be proud. #ds106 #tdc1975 pic.twitter.com/ZNKT2mPrDM — Andrew (@Andrew21663620) June 6, 2017

A few weeks ago, my dad and I drove from Spotsylvania all the way south to Orlando. It was a 13 or 14 hour drive, and we listened to radio dramas most of the way down. We make this drive every year or so to visit family – I’m the only one left who isn’t … Continue reading You’re not an old-timey newscaster, ya nerd.