Today’s podcast is the premiere of the Ghost Pepper Challenge at my school. It will be a series of students and teachers eating peppers and trying to answer questions while lasting 5 minutes without milk, water or grapes. I recorded the audio and the water sound effect.
Let me know in the comments if you have ever heard of eating grapes to counteract spicy foods. Mostly, because I never have.
I loved the band while in high school and college. My audio recording details my experience and excitement. I recorded my own voice-over and used common licensed sound effects and background music. My Recording and mixing were done using a DPA condenser mic, zoom recorder, and AVID ProTools as my DAW for editing.
We all love listening to music right? Well, do you know the origin of your favorite songs?
“What’s da Sample?!? Cover” by Cameron Chisolm is a derivative of “Headphones” by blacklerphotos is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Originally downloaded 2/15/2022 and edited with Canva photo editor.
Most of them happen to use samples from other songs that were made before their time. Listen to my podcast “What’s da Sample?!?” to discover the original songs that your favorite bops came from. You’ll be surprised by what you already know and you just might want to add the original songs to your music library. So join me every Saturday as I quiz you on your music knowledge. Also, feel free to send me any songs and their samples that you think will stump/surprise other listeners.
In honor of Black History Month, we will be discussing samples from phenomenal black singers all month long. I’m super excited for this one so take a listen at Episode 31 and quiz yourself on this week’s sample.
“Local Legend” would be a podcast that is a mixture of true crime, history, and culture all set to the backdrop of geography. This could feature Civil War-era haunted houses in Charleston, South Carolina or a bank heist in Lincoln, Nebraska in the 1940s. We could cover everything from unsolved mysteries to famous residents and everything in between. I’d image that this could be a podcast enjoyed on a road trip or by locals of a particular city who want to get a kick out of their city being mentioned in an in-depth podcast.
In this audio I’ve used a combination of sounds of people talking that has been blurred together to create an ambient noise, music, and my voice-over introducing the podcast.
“Morning Talk Podcast Cover Episode 3 Variant” by Cynthia Moving. Originally downloaded 2/14/2022 and edited with Canva photo editor.“Morning Talk” by Cynthia Moving is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
Morning Talk is like any other daily drive podcast except the main focus is on the variety of local sunrises and sunsets at any given moment. Episode three introduces one of its key guest speakers, a renowned expert on morning sunrises (as opposed to the lesser known but less beloved morning sunsets). While it may seem odd to others that a sunrise could possibly ignite guest speakers, it is a common occurrence amongst for the podcast host.
The podcast includes vocals provided by myself and a guest speaker. The other two sound effects include the sound of burning and gentle ocean waves. The ocean waves were the background noise provided to give the impression of recording at the beach. The sound faded out as speakers took over and only rose again as the burning sound effect took precedence. The burning was intended to arrive suddenly and linger towards the end.
“Tales from Beyond the Veil” is a podcast idea I thought of while thinking about how I could incorporate horror into my project for the future. I found quite a few horror sounds and while some might dislike the sharp sounds in the beginning, I think it conveys that abrupt horror and disdain rather nicely. The idea for the podcast would be to tell short horror stories at night, likely with a different theme each night. Since it would likely be a midnight podcast for drivers, I would try to incorporate tales on the road, which could even be its own spin-off series!
The sounds I chose were all different ambient sounds likely created with a waterphone which is the strange-looking musical instrument that many horror movies use to create all the horror sound effects. The beginning song was a radio intro that reminded me of the “Twilight Zone” and “Tales from the Crypt”. I recorded myself briefly introducing a tale and let it play out. In longer clips, the sounds would lead into a sound that would begin the story. I ended up combining 1 song, and 2 ambient sounds as well as my own voice recording. I chose a forest with fog to simulate a “veil” as terror often comes from the unknown.
Bar Life podcast is a podcast about different liquors to try and different ways to have those liquors. With each podcast, we highlight new liquors that are out in different bars that you should try and how to drink that liquor whether it is to have it neat, on the rocks, warm, chilled, or mixed. The sounds used in the podcast are bar crowd conversations just how the podcast is supposed to feel that it is a conversation at the bar trying new liquors and new ways to drink it. Other sounds that are in there are glasses cheering and drinks being made.
“The Table Turns – Episode 1” is a derivative of “Mother Love Bone” by robertodiaz (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) & “Eddie Vedder” by DennyRamone (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). Originally downloaded 2/15/2022 and edited with Canva photo editor.
My podcast, The Table Turns, looks at the albums and musicians that formed the 1990’s alternative scene made famous by Seattle, L.A., Athens, and New York. Many bands formed in the 80s only to make it and breakthrough in the 90s with grand hits that stirred up the music scene and gave 80s glam metal a run for its money. Kick back and listen to stories about the trials and tribulations of these musicians to make it in the mainstream, or tragically not make it all through misfortune and then fame.
The podcast contains 3 sound effects and myself speaking. A record player starting, a rock guitar intro, and background noise of a Seattle marketplace bustling with activity, topped by me making my best impression of a radio DJ introducing the next segment of the morning talk shows.
What Makes A Champion is a biweekly podcast in which I interview soccer coaches and players about what makes a championship team successful. Tune in as I go beyond the soccer field to try to understand all the work it takes to hold that championship trophy. This episode features soccer star Jody Brown from Jamaica, who already has a championship under her belt at the age of 19.
This podcast makes use of the sound of ambient sounds, music, and voices. I chose the crowd cheering and a sports commentator to get the audience excited and engaged. I then added in music that was soft but still engaging while fading out the crowd cheering. Then, I quieted the music when I started my narration.
My podcast is called “Kaiju Konversations” a podcast dedicated to talking about the long history and future of giant monster movies. Whether it be original Toho made, the Legendary studio’s adaptation, fanworks, or any other variant of giant monster rampage in movies and other media. Managing to capture the feel of these movies was very tricky. Many of the elements that first came to mind were all likely not creative commons, public domain, or otherwise able to be used in this assignment. But I found myself wanting to stick with the concept so I tried to think of ways around it…
I wound up leaning on the sound of a siren, which is a very common sound in kaiju movies as people are warned to run from the incoming monster. I also added in audio of a news clip from Japan, as a nod to the origin of these sorts of movies as well as to reference the also common motif of some form of news broadcast discussing the attack. Lastly I opted for a techno theme, largely since when I listened to it I could easily see this sort of track appearing in many of the more modern takes on Godzilla.
