Have you ever been so hungry late into the night, that you had to get up and go on a food run? I have many times. This post is appreciation to those nights. In this skit I recorded I play two characters. The employee who works for McDonalds and the customer who is ordering from …

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This is my third audio assignment for this week. In this assignment, we had to upload a new sound or…

This is my second audio assignment of the week. In this assignment we had to create a conversation between the…

This is my first audio assignment and was the one assignment that we were required to complete this week. We…

I run a small record label called Petty Treason Records, mainly putting out my own music, and that of friends. I’m also friends with a guy who runs a group on Facebook specializing in music promotion, called Cult XLV. A little while ago we worked on putting together a compilation album/mixtape like thing of a […]

The Sex Pistols are by far, the greatest boy band of all time. You cannot debate me on that. They were a band put together by record producers, featuring people who couldn’t play their instruments (at least Sid Vicious), but I still love them. Motley Crue, is my favorite band, and sure, they wore makeup […]

For my final audio assignment this week I had to record myself ordering fast food from a restaurant using some sort of accent. I chose to use a British accent because my Mother’s side of the family are all from England, so I thought it would be fun to mimmic them. I also decided to … Continue reading "Fast Food"

The third assignment I completed this week was to create my own mixtape, I really enjoyed this, and I decided to make a work out warm up tape. I went a little overboard with the songs and made my mix over thirty minutes long, because I really enjoyed making it. All of the songs stick … Continue reading "Peep my mixtape fam"

My second assignment I did this week was the required one, I had to tell a story only using sound effects. I was watching the show Cops when I started the assignment, and I was inspired by what I was seeing on T.V. I decided to make my story about a robbery and a police … Continue reading "This is a stickup"

This was the first audio assignment I completed this week, I had to create my own 15-30 second radio bumper, which is basically a signature intro to a radio station. I had a lot of fun with this assignment, because I used to really want to have my own radio station and work as a … Continue reading "My attempt at being a radio host."

Can you guess this peppy tune’s original title? If you want to try guessing, you probably should before reading the next paragraph! It might give a little too much away. This assignment seemed like fun; I wish I had a … Continue reading →

This is my third audio assignment for this week. In this assignment, we had to upload a new sound or…

Straps are weak, innovation (and lanyard string) is strong @ds106dc #tdc2014 pic.twitter.com/T7GMhC9C0C — Sarah Roche (@saradigitellsit) July 15, 2017

The poem I read for this audio was “With Whom, Then, Should I Sleep?” by George Ives. George Ives is really underrated, as historical figures go. He was a huge social rights activist, a scholar, and a poet (though I’ll … Continue reading →

As tempted as I was to listen to an episode of RadioLab for this blog assignment, I opted for “I Was Just Trying to Help,” an episode of  This American Life. Although I’m very familiar with Ira Glass’s voice, I’ve never quite felt the intrigue to listen to his work. I was always frustrated by …

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The Story Behind the Story Routine is something we desire, it is an evolutionarily-sculpted advantage. We can organize our daily lives into sequence and let the hands on the clock take hold of our own and guide us. Usually I dread but accept these routines, as they are pervasive. I see no reason to attempt …

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For this assignment, I made my own ringtone in Audacity. I imported two separate clips from freesound.org of a piano and violin then cropped and joined them as seen in the photo below. I chose these sounds because I like more quiet, subtle tones rather than loud, startling tones. I don’t want sounds coming from …

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Last month I took a 3D printing class just for fun. I found out there’s a lot of useful things you can make such as this back panel clip. The only downside is 3D printing feels like it takes forever. Just for this little clip, about one inch in length, took about 35 minutes. I’ve …

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Cleaning and organizing can be difficult in silence. That’s why I must have a cleaning playlist. I like for most of the songs to be upbeat to keep me moving. If classical music was playing, I’d probably end up laying in bed while looking at old photo albums or something. Then I wouldn’t get anything …

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This week was aimed at learning all about audio. From audio design to podcasts and radio we covered it all. To start this week off we looked at two of the greatest radio broadcasters to ever do it: Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad. Both of these men gave great tips on how to tell stories successfully …

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What an awesome week it was and I promise that’s not sarcasm. I was definitely excited for this portion of the class but also quite nervous because I hate doing voice overs or recording…it’s such an uncomfortable feeling. In terms of this week overall; I think I completed the assignments accordingly and hopefully a little bit above and beyond. This…

Are you ready to hear Taylor’s manly voice? I don’t think the world is ready for this opportunity. Anyways, for today’s audio assignment, I did a text impersonation! And lord have mercy on my soul, I did so many takes of this that I couldn’t even… So the text I used for this impersonation was by the awesome tumblr user…

This is my second daily create this week. We had to photoshop Chris Christie into a picture of a place…

I honestly don’t keep up with anyone in the political world because I don’t like how people argue about those touchy topics. So I really don’t know much about this guy, but I figured I’d put him in a desert since that’s basically the opposite of a nice, pretty beach with salt water as far …

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This post was amazing to listen to. The first thing I did when I clicked on the link was read the description. It talked about how this podcast was based on a real speech that was written for Nixon, to be read in case the astronauts never made it to the moon. In this “story”, …

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Jeremy is a rather lonely man in a very nice apartment. He inherited the piano in his living room from his grandparents when he was very young, and learned how to play it mostly just because it was there. If … Continue reading →

For his next vacation, Christie closes another beautiful destination in Jersey, Fort Lee Lane… @ds106dc #tdc2013 pic.twitter.com/kbcg6ruiuN — Sarah Roche (@saradigitellsit) July 14, 2017

It was so interesting the use of background music in addition to the commentary. The selection started out by introducing the subject of the talk (Sherry Turkle). They introduce her without any background music. Then when they started telling the story, the background music started. They paired the happy moments in the story and the …

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The last assignment I chose to do this week was to make a mixtape of my choice. The day was rather gloomy and I wasn’t feeling the best so I decided to make a rainy day mixtape. The theme of these songs were slow, lots of piano or acoustic instruments, but some have an uplifting …

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The required assignment for this week was to make an audio clip that tells a story completely with sounds effects. My inspiration came from when I was a kid going to baseball games with my dad. I always remember driving to stadiums and the closer you walk to the stadium the more the chants come …

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