https://soundcloud.com/user-730363345/stuff I did a mash up using  Audacity to create a mash of Imagine Dragons – Redioactive and Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? for my #3 Assignment for Audio Media. I took the two songs and imported them into the Audacity file and tore the original songs apart …

For my first daily create this week we had to start with one word, and create a new word by changing one letter at a time. I tried to work my way down to a smaller word, and once I made it to a two letter word, I worked my way up to another seven … Continue reading "Daily Creates Week 3"

The Fat Boys were one of the most influential hip hop groups in the late 1980’s. They had a funky style and their swag was on point. They embraced themselves for being fat and had a positive outlook about their weight. Their song “All You Can Eat” is a hip hop classic. When we were …

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For this assignment, we were told to show an improvisation of something that we use everyday. For my improvisation, I decided to go with a picture of my improvised recording studio. I thought that this was a great picture that did a good job of representing myself. I like to record music, but I don’t …

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https://soundcloud.com/user-730363345/idk I made a combination of two songs Location and Xo Tour Life, to show the different in beat and vocals. In Xo its a faster pace, with less sentimental lyrics but in Location it’s a slow beat and more emotional lyrics. Both these songs are at the top of …

Sounds ignorant, but it’s true. I do not want to read a language that I have no reading comprehension level with, as I’ve never used it once in my life. I think that this daily create showed me a lot because of how beautiful of an assignment it was, even though I ended up not …

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For this assignment we had to do something that was making an instrumental with two instruments. For this assignment, I used Garageband. Garageband is great in this type of situation because it helps you find the missing sound you were looking for to perfect your song. In this assignment, I decided to use my bongo, …

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This right here, was a fun assignment. I loved doing this assignment because I love to create music. My music production isn’t the best, but I enjoy the overall process of music production. Using many different instruments to record a song is so fun! I get so fired up every time I do it, even …

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Using the audacity program, I took some sounds from the free sound cloud, taking small bits and putting it into a story without using words. I used one word throughout it though, “Taxi!” because I thought it was the best way to show that the person had traveled into the …

My favorite audio assignment I did this week was my ds106 rap. I like rapping a lot just for fun, so this assignment wasn’t too hard for me. I used Garageband for this assignment, as it is easy and simple to use. When I first started recording music, I would use Garageband as my recording …

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Reflections 1. Reflecting on Jab Abumrad and Ira Glass Radio Isn’t Dead 2. Reflecting on Audio Storytelling Guidelines Create Sound not Noise 3. Reflecting on This American Life: I Was Just Trying to Help Listen Up Daily Creates 1. Make Mate Mare Made Mane Mine Fine Dine Dune Done Cone Cane Lane Lame Lime Time …

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Part 1: Assignments Daily Creates with a short explanation I made this week can be found here. Twitter Poster Daily Create Tour Gimp Daily Create Improvise Comments I made this week can be found here. Shane  Taylor  Kayla  Sarah Shane  Leni  Audio Assignments I made this week can be found here. Sound Effects Story – …

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One of the initial things I noticed about the audio recording “Moon Graffiti” is that there are a lot of radio frequency sounds, an alarm signal, and the voices of the astronauts landing. After the astronauts had died, the audio creators used a deep voice (with no background sound) so …

Moon Graffiti is an audio drama made by The Truth Podcast and it is about when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in 1969.  The question this clip is based on is, what if they crashed? A speech had been prepared by Nixon in the event they did not make it. They use …

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I started Monday of this week as usual, by reading over our syllabus for week 3, looking at the information on audio that we were directed to, and deciding which audio assignments I would be completing throughout the week. One … Continue reading →

The first video I watched was Ira Glass’ Series on storytelling. He talked about the creating the story using an anecdote to make it a step-by-step process that captures the listener. By putting it as a step-by-step, suspense is built up. What is interesting about this piece is he highlights …

There’s a narrator for the story of an MIT professor named Sherri and her voice is used to tell parts of what she saw in a nursing home where a robot was being used to interact with the elderly. Uplifting music played while recordings of real interaction played because that’s what the robot was doing; …

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I found that these videos were very helpful and they set a good foundation for what we were going to be doing for the week. I have a small background in audio storytelling, but I wasn’t very comfortable with what we were going to be doing this week, but after watching the video I wasn’t … Continue reading "Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad Reflection"

After completing another week for DS106, I am starting to realize that each week is getting harder and harder. I…

Theme Verse-combine verses of songs to create a new verse. The Story Behind the Story I rarely hear song lyrics. I am fully consumed by how fluid the melody is, the way the notes float seamlessly together. Words flit in and out of my perception, usually I’ll only catch a few here or there. I …

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This is my fourth and final daily create for this week. We were supposed to annotate ancient astronomical text. I…

Emotions Through Sound-Tryto convey a certain emotion by combining sound effects Maybe it’s cliché that I chose to replicate happiness through the sounds of nature. But I thought for a very long time about what sounds make me happy, and they are the sounds of being outdoors. The sounds that bring me closer to the …

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Sound Effects Story: Tell a story using nothing but sound effects. The Story Behind the Story These days were Adam’s favorite. The rain fell gently, and the air was crisp with chilled humidity making the pavement of the carport feel damp. He sat with his legs splayed out in a V formation before him, toe …

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I felt that these recordings were really useful in creating my assignments this week. They provided many techniques and tips…

I thought these videos were very helpful for learning the basics of audio storytelling. They provided a good foundation for…

I thought this was an amazing podcast. The author did a great job writing this audio story. The way they…

Wake up. Boot Up. Log in. Hack. Shut down. Wake up. Boot Up. Log in. Hack. Shut down. Wake up. Boot Up. Log in. Hack. Shut down. On repeat for weeks until the problem is cracked. Anything from hunting bugs in a program to breaking into another secure computer. Forget to eat? Redbull and vodka. Forget […]

This is my third daily create this week. For today’s daily create we had to take a picture of something…

Although my favorite type of music would be generally labeled as rock (more specifically, 80s hair metal, 80s hardcore punk, and 80s thrash metal), I do enjoy some electronic music. Usually I listen to bands that combine electronic (ie: Industrial, Techno, or Ambient) with rock, like Rammstein (Industrial Metal), Burzum (Dark Ambient), or Atari Teenage […]

This is my fourth audio assignment of the week. In this assignment we had to create a mashup of songs…