Interview/Music Mashup

_cokwr: In the 70s, Dickie Goodman created a series of interviews where the interviewee responded with snippets from popular songs. They were hilarious. , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDNlSpKLEEo, _chk2m: Laura Blankenship, _ciyn3: 78, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Product Review

_cokwr: This one is simple. Just find something around the house that you enjoy using, find helpful on a day-to-day basis, or even something that you own but don't find worth the money you payed for it. Once you have your item, record yourself giving a product review. Be thorough, don't just skim the surface with general comments. Show us how the item works, what it's used for, what it's features are, what you think of it, etc., _cpzh4: Video, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW9IQou5xkA, _chk2m: Joe Proffitt, _ciyn3: 154, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Make ’em Laugh!

_cokwr: Find a good, brief joke in a language other than your mother tongue; if you don;t know any other languages this might be a good way to start learning. Record your voice telling the joke focusing on pronunciation and try to make it sound as natural as you can with appropriate vocal inflections. Add a (cc) music track underneath (maybe from jamendo.com) and a laugh track (soungle.com is a good source) at the end. , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://allthingsaudio.wikispaces.com, _chk2m: Darren Kuropatwa, _ciyn3: 77, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Make Your Own Ringtone(s)

_cokwr: Using Audacity, trim, join end-to-end (cut/paste), and/or play side-by-side audio files in order to create your very own ringtone. Ringtones should be a maximum or 40 seconds to conserve phone memory (besides, most cell phones don't ring longer than 30 seconds or so...the extra 10 seconds is just in case). Be creative, you might want to actually use it on your phone. Please properly cite all sources used -- Remember, fair use requires money to use as a defense., _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: Joe Proffitt, _ciyn3: 152, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

WIRED Feature – What’s Inside You?

_cokwr: Based on the regular Wired magazine feature "What's Inside" found in the paper version of the periodical. (http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/15-07/st_redbull) Create a what's inside poster all about you. Make it humorous, make it serious, extra points if you can turn it into a formidable replacement for your CV! , _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.techsavvyed.net/?p=1752, _chk2m: Ben Rimes, _ciyn3: 150, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

SongStory

_cokwr: My memories fade over time, but sometimes there is a song that can take me back to a place that revives the memories of my past. The song allows me to remember things I thought I had forgotten. So, for an assignment, pick a song that does that for you, and tell some stories about what you remember. An example for me would be to pick a song off of the Journey "Escape" album, and talk about the summer job I had cutting the grass for my high school the summer before my senior year. The smells, the grease, the noise, the sunburn, the boredom, the friends. In the assignment you might want to mix your voice over parts of the song, give an intro, tell the story first and play the song, break up the song with the story - lots of options. But nothing too long - my attention span is short. These would be great to post on ds106 radio., _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: Jerry, _ciyn3: 75, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Audio Dream Stories

_cokwr: This is a variation off of AudioAssignments70: Sound Effects Story, except the main goal of this assignment is to create a story using only sounds (no words) found on the Internet that tells the story of a dream using audio. Restrictions: use only sounds from freesound.org and a max of 2 minutes. Please remember to credit those who you have sampled. Also, please refrain from having 6+ "layers" in a dream. We all know from watching Inception that by that time, you're way beyond the normal dreaming mind constructs and into the subconscious., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://nogoodadvice.somethingkindaooooh.com/2011/02/18/ds106-fo-lyfe-track-1/, _chk2m: Jordan, Andrew, & Colleen (Krollinghachy), _ciyn3: 73, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Autotune Something

_cokwr: You've heard Carl Sagan. You've heard Bed Intruder. You've even heard Gardner Campbell autotuned. Now it's your turn. Take something not typically musical and autotune it., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B4C0CBooYBY_YzU5OTYzZTUtNTM5OC00ZWEzLTlmZDgtNzAzZDUxNmZhZmJl&export=download&hl=en_US, _chk2m: Jason Green, _ciyn3: 72, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Missing Persons Poster for Dr. Oblivion

_cokwr: Help #ds106 find Dr. Oblivion. Create a poster to help the search!, _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.michaelbransonsmith.net/blog/2011/06/23/help-find-dr-oblivion/, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 142, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Context

_cokwr: Take the audio from one movie, the ambient sounds, a few words, etc. Remix it into something entirely new., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GkjMZu2FrQ, _chk2m: Tom, _ciyn3: 71, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: