The purpose of this assignment was to create a mash up of a band’s or artist’s greatest hits, in your opinion.

I chose to create a mash up of what I consider some of Bruce Springsteen‘s greatest hits. I chose to look at Springsteen’s songs because I had been listening to his songs a lot lately and figured more people should have the opportunity to hear some of his work.

The five songs I chose to create a mash up of were, Born in the USA, My Hometown, Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark, and Born to Run. I did not have a particular order to the songs in the mash up. However, I did start with Born in the USA because I felt a greater number of people would be able to recognize that song whether they were an avid Springsteen fan or not.

In order to create the mash up I used Audacity. I had the five songs in my iTunes library so I simply imported them from there into Audacity. Once they were imported, I trimmed each of them using the Trim tool. Then I proceeded to use the Time Shift tool so one song started when the previous song ended. Finally, I added the Fade In effect to the beginning of each song and the Fade Out effect to the ends,  so they flowed together better.

Here’s the final product.

This assignment was worth 3.5 stars and the link can be found here.

Greetings….fellow agents. Soundcloud still does not like my files this week so I will have to infiltrate their headquarters to force them allowed. it would be a dangerous task. The outline of my detailed plan can be decoded from the audio file below. Agent Smith, signing off.

-Agent Smith

I was sifting through the audio assignment bank and found this assignment. I thought it would be fun to put together five songs from one of my favorite artists. I decided to choose Edvin Marton. His music is not what I generally listen to but, I am a figure skater and his music is very good to use for skating routines and programs. As such, I used audacity to put these five songs together. In order to blend these songs I used the fade in and fade out effect tools. I did not use the entire songs but just enough of them so the listener can gain a sense of Edvin Marton’s style. The first song is called Tango Amore, the next is Chopin, then his version of Romeo and Juliet, followed by Carmina Burana, and lastly Dark Angel. Hope you enjoy these songs from Edvin Marton!

This audio assignment was worth three and a half stars, adding to the 10 star requirement for this week.

For this assignment I had to choose an artist and pick at least 5 of their songs and create a mashup, at least 5 minutes long. I chose to do New Politics for this because I’m fairly obsessed with them and it happened pretty quickly…I saw them live and fell in love. So while they are not my all time favorite band, they’re a current favorite for sure.

I used audacity to mix the songs and I started by listening to each song all the way through and then looking for places where I could combine them. If the time requirement was a little shorter, I definitely would’ve chosen mashing points in other places. I played around with cutting and pasting in audacity and actually had a little trouble getting it to work at first, but about 45 minutes later, I was pretty happy with the result. The last two mashes were a little rough to coordinate, but I think they still work for the most part. Hope you guys like it!

Audio week is back again, and the assignment bank is back in action. This week we are required to do 10 stars, with at least 5 dedicated to our character. While this assignment is not dedicated to Blair, it was still fun and worth 3 stars. The assignment was entitled So and So’s Greatest Hits. The task: There are some bands/musicians/artists out there who constantly make solid songs/albums. Using Audacity, pick a band/musician/artists and create a mash-up of what you consider to be some of their greatest hits. It needs to be at least 5 songs (if you can’t find 5, then they might not be as great of a band as your think they are) and at least 5 minutes, but feel free to go over if the music is groovin’. Upload to soundcloud and introduce us to your favorite band and their songs! Have fun!

Thanks assignment, I did actually have fun doing this. I decided to feature one of my favorite bands from my high school days (and even today) Boys Like Girls. Teenage Mia would be quite excited for this assignment, if you ask me. If you haven’t heard of them, you should look them up.

Using audacity, I took all of the songs I wanted to use and cut them into pieces. I then molded the pieces together to create one solid audio. My transitions could have been better, but overall I was pleased.

It was really hard to pick songs, because I love every single one, but these are the ones I chose off of Youtube

Up Against the Wall

The Great Escape

Hero/Heroine

The First Time

Five Minutes to Midnight

Two Is Better Than One (feat Taylor Swift)

The process wasn’t difficult, but it was time consuming to edit the pieces to somewhat mesh together. It was also hard to pick just certain parts of the songs because all of the songs in entirety are amazing. This assignment pushed me, like all of the assignments do.

At one point, I accidentally deleted a section and couldn’t figure out what had happened. By the time I realized, I was angry and annoyed. I had to re upload one of the songs and recut it (after I had cut it PERFECTLY! ugh. Technology). However, I was able to cut it almost as perfectly again, and then all was well in my life.

I couldn’t upload to SoundCloud because of copyright (which we talked about last week and you can read my feelings on here), so I just uploaded it to my post instead. Hopefully the next sixish minutes will make you love Boys Like Girls just as much as I do.

3 stars down!

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/so-and-sos-greatest-hits/

(Three Stars)

This is a mash-up of five of my favorite Kendrick Lamar Songs. I combined his songs “Faith,” “Blow My High,” Ronald Reagan,” “The Recipe,” and “High Power.” I used Audacity to combine them and the split tool to break the songs up. I chose Kendrick Lamar because he is one of my favorite artists and I think he has a unique sound.