Pods Embed Error: Pod not found.
This is a fairly simple idea. Take any Imagine Dragons song and mash it up with another! It can be any song you choose- Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, or even Halsey! Whatever artist you think would fit with one of their songs works or just make something silly and choose Lady Gaga!…
Read more
For my final audio assignment, I created a solo vocal trio. The song, “Tomorrow Never Dies” was played in one of the old James Bond movies. If you ask me, the song makes me think of the movie, “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”. Kinda gave me the impression that her and her “spy” were fighting hard core and she’s telling him that he’s not the only spy in the game and that his luck is going to run out soon enough. Anyway, this was a hard assignment for me. Not only did I have to learn a new song, I had to sing it three times, and edit it to get it as in sync as possible. It is not perfect but it is pretty dang close. I used Audacity to mashup sand edit the tracks. This assignment took a very long time to edit and get things sounding right.
This assignment was worth 3 and a half stars.
For my next audio assignment, I had to merge a cover of a song with the original. I picked “No Tears Left To Cry” by Ariana Grande. The cover of the song is done by Miley Cyrus. I did about half of the song. Right from the beginning you can tell that Miley’s version is a lot slower and does not have as much background noise. Honestly, I liked Miley’s version better than the original. It was really interesting to hear how different each song sounds using the same lyrics. I created this mashup by downloading each song and then playing around with them in Audacity. It was pretty simple after I figured out how to get the flow of the songs right.
This assignment was worth 3 and a half stars.
For my final audio assignment of the week, I decided to continue exploring music in female secret agent stories by completing the Old Vs. New assignment, in which we are to combine an old song with a newer cover of the same song and highlight the differences between the two.
Continuing with creating assignments that we can possible discuss on our radio shows, I decided to make the focus of my Old vs. New mashup Kim Possible!
Kim Possible is a secret agent classic for many, and she is one awesome female secret agent! News broke about a couple of months ago that they were creating a reboot of the Kim Possible series with live actors.
The Kim Possible theme song is just as classic as the actual show itself, so I thought it would be really interesting to go back and fourth between the old song and the new song to see any differences between the two and if the new Kim Possible is going to be just as strong and tough as the old Kim Possible.
Creating my old vs. new song required me to use Audacity. Audacity was first introduced to me about two weeks ago, and while I have never heard of or used the Software before this class, it is quickly becoming a favorite of mine! To start of I downloaded both the old and new Kim Possible theme song. My old vs. new mashup starts with a layered track of both the old and the new song singing the same words as the same time. The song then breaks apart to feature solely the new song, which then flows into solely the old song.
Hearing both the old and new song side by side, there are definitely some similarities and differences between the tow. For the most part, the lyrics used in both songs are the same. the main differences between the old and new song appear to be the change in overall pitch and tone, switching to a much higher tone than the original.
I am interested to see however what the change in the song between the old and the new hints at regarding the story of Kim Possible? Kim Possible is a great example of a female secret agent because she is someone that is always forefront in the action and has a male sidekick instead of being the sidekick as a female. I think music tells us a lot about what to expect from a story, and I am wondering if the some of the changes in the new song from the old song contribute to the classic view of Kim Possible or if maybe it diminishes it?
It’s questions like these that my group and I will look to explore and answer on our radio show, which I am excited to get started on!
One of this week’s audio assignments tasked us to create a mashup of two songs and combine them to create one new song.
This assignment stuck out to me because the differences in music and audio between male and female secret agent films is one possible discussion topic my group and I thought about for our DS106 radio show called, “Girl Power.”
I thought it would be a really discussion starter for my group’s radio show to combine two secret agent theme songs, one from a female secret agent film and one from a male, and would be a really cool assignment to combine two songs and create a new song for my radio show, “Girl Power.”
the two songs I chose to combine were the James Bond theme song, and a Jane Bond themes song I found on the internet. Jane Bond is the female version of James Bond but sadly James Bond is more heard of than Jane. Since Jane and James bond are counterparts of sorts, I thought combining their theme songs to see what differences we can hear would be interesting.
To make my mashup, I first downloaded both the Jane and James Bond theme songs from youtube to MP3 files. One I had the audio files, I then imported them onto Audacity. Once both songs were on Audacity, I cut down and combined each song to make one new song!
Can you guess which song is the James Bond theme song and which is Jane Bond?
Well you can probably easily guess which is which because the James Bond theme song is much more recognizable, but in case you cant I will fill you in…Jane Bond is first and James Bond is second!
The most interesting part about combining these two songs is the difference that appear in the Jane Bond song versus the James Bond song. The Jane Bond theme song contains much higher pitches and tones, with a much smoother/fluid tempo. Listening to this song gives off the vibe of Jane Bond, an attractive, suave women. Meanwhile, the James Bond theme song contains much lower pitches and tones, with large changes in sounds that add to the drama of the tune. Listening to this song gives off the vibe of James Bond, a suave but strong and rugged man constantly caught in the middle of the action.
I think its really interesting how the musical audio choices used in theme songs even contribute to the possible idea that women secret agents tend to have a stronger emphasis on their looks rather than their capabilities, while the male secret agent theme songs have the drama that contributes to their “bad-ass”-ness.
Team Dunkin or Team Starbucks?
There’s one right answer, but no matter what team you are on, one thing is for sure. America runs on coffee!
I am an avid coffee drinker, and I take my coffee drinking very seriously. And any coffee drinkers like me know that Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks are competitors with one another. Avid coffee drinkers usually fall under Team Dunkin or Team Starbucks. I personally fall with Team Dunkin.
Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate Starbucks. In fact, I drink Starbucks a lot. But to me, Starbucks is overpriced and overhyped. And since I tend to only drink hot, black coffee, Dunkin is the way to my soul.
One of this week’s assignments gave me the chance to tackle the Dunkin vs. Starbucks debate in a fun design. The assignment called “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” tasked me to imagine my favorite company and take it’s trademark image or logo and reinterpret it in a way that reflects the design of its enemy. With that being said, I decided to take on the Team Starbucks and Team Dunkin debate and reimagine the two logo’s into one new logo.
Making my logo was a lot of fun but required a lot more detail than I thought it would.
In order to make my logo, I first downloaded the Starbucks logo (minus the weird looking mermaid). Once I downloaded the logo, I uploaded it to a new app called Movavi Photo Editor 5. This app is available on the apple store and was an app that I have heard friends use before but never personally used myself. Since I used Photoshop for my last design assignment, I wanted to branch out and use Movavi and compare which I liked better. Plus, I only have the free trial of photoshop so I figured I should try to find a replacement that I can use when my free trial is up because I am cheap and don’t want to pay. Movavi was very simple to use. Using the tools, I took the Starbucks logo and erased the color green inside. Once the green was gone, I was easily able to fill in the text with Dunkin Donuts signature colors.
While making the logo was easy, it required a lot of careful thought and calculation into how to design a ‘mashup’ of these two companies logos.
I had to make sure that I had an appropriate balance in my new logo. For example, I needed to design my logo that incorporated both Starbucks and Dunkin, but one didn’t overpower the other. I also needed to make sure that I was incorporating both of the company’s logos original essence. Both of these companies logos are pretty recognizable, especially in regards to color. Starbuck’s green and Dunkin’s orange and pink are so easily recognizable, that for my logo I thought it would be a good idea to keep Starbuck’s original message with their name, but add in the classic Dunkin colors.
This assignment brought up a lot of new ideas about Design. When you are designing a logo, things like colors or images are almost just as important as words. If you want to design something, you want something that will be easily recognizable and stand out.
And besides, with this logo, now team Dunkin and Team Starbuck can unite.
Hey there everyone, it’s me again, with another completed weekly assignment. This one gives me 4 stars, which puts me well over the 12 star target for this week. This logo merger assignment is something that reminds me of a daily create that we had near the start of the semester.
In this daily create, I used the label off of a 2L bottle of Coke to paste it onto a Heinz bottle. Interestingly enough, my new logo also has to do with Heinz. Initially, I thought to reference this old Coca-Cola mashup and to just do it again, but better. Instead of this, I chose to move forward with something kind of funny.
Anyone who has looked into the world of modern fashion- particularly streetwear, has heard of the ultra-famous brand: Supreme. People from the outside are often mind-boggled at the thought that people pay hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of dollars for their clothing items. Here’s an example of their most popular tee, that often costs $200 or more- used.
One might ask, “WHY?”- and they’d be mostly right. At a deeper look- though, they’d find out that these shirts retail for just $40-$60 dollars most of the time. The price inflation comes from their limited-number runs and extreme exclusivity. They treat their shirts as if they’re a precious commodity- and it has worked. Many people drool over these shirts simply because of the exclusivity of them.
With that background given, here’s the logo I made.
Here’s what I started with.
This was taken midway between the two logos. I used the color-matching tool to take the background color, and cover up the old “Supreme” logo with it.
I then took out the text editor, put “Heinz” in, and matched the font to the best of my abilities (I think it’s actually pretty close if you ask me). The final touch that made it really look close was italicizing the letters in the box. Anyway, let me know what you think! How much do you know about supreme? I know it’s kind of a meme now, and I suppose this Hienz-‘Preme mashup isn’t helping its case.
Thanks for reading!
Love Myself
Who doesn’t love a good Justin and Selena mashup? I personally enjoy the songs “Love Yourself” and “Hands to Myself.” These two songs are very emotional on both parts and I felt like they
” Take at least 3 household sounds (things you hear
I enjoyed doing this assignment, it took me a minute to figure out which effects i wanted to use and to what “strength.” But after i figured that out this went by pretty quickly.
Take at least 3 household sounds (things you hear everyday during your commute, work day, school day, etc.) and take them out of context. Mash them up, combine them, remix them any way you want, as long as the final product does not resemble the things the sounds came from. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/the-daily-remix/ The Work Itself: 3…
Read more
