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This week was interesting. It wasn’t too labor intensive for me and my group, though I know it was for others. The biggest problem that we had this week was just hammering out the issues with our radio show. Overall I think it turned out really well. Exactly what I …

Wire Buyers: The Final Cut

We did it.  Our first group project, and my first experience with making a radio show.  Never thought I’d be doing any sound editing, much less participating in producing a show for airing on radio.  How cool is that?  I have a new appreciation for how much work goes into …

Orlando’s Gentlemen’s Club Commercial

It had to be done. This is the result of several hours of wading through sound clips for clubs, bars, and various establishments with poles as a main feature.  My ears were bleeding, but I managed to get what I wanted into the commercial, and kept it classy (considering the …

Chicken in the Joint

This is my commercial spot for Kentucky Fried Chicken in our radio show project “Wire Buyers”, featuring product placement in “The Wire”.   You’ll hear Homer Simpson, Peter Griffon, Jason Alexander in addition to Wee-Bey, Avon, and D’Angelo discussing KFC’s finest virtues.  I went for funny, with segues that follow the …

Radio Show Promotion

As you all know, we are required to create a promotion of some sort for our radio show. My GIMP skills are grown tremendously over the weeks and this totally proves it. The main focus of our radio show will be  about the science behind The Wire, as you can …

My First Ever Radio Bumper

My first audio assignment for this week was the “DS106 Radio Bumper” Assignment (1.5 stars). I decided to do it since we have our radio shows this week and next week and we need some bumpers for them! I didn’t do this assignment in the previous audio week …

The Wire Radio Show Ideas

I think a “What would you do” radio show would be a fun and interesting topic to discuss. Prior to the discussion there would have to be a list of questions or situations that will be discussed. My thought was putting yourself in the shoes of one of the characters …

The Idea That Keeps Popping Up

When I was still in the commuting world, I used to listen to quite a bit of talk radio. Don & Mike and Howard Stern were on in my car on a daily basis. I even went on the Don & Mike Show on three separate occasions so their conversations …