December Post

As winter break approaches I am planning the editing I will do over the break. I have two interviews lined up during this week. On Thursday I will be talking with Danny Whelchel about drumming and on Friday I will be interviewing Amy Jiang about her song writing process. I'm really excited to interview these two really interesting musicians and I'm even more excited to edit and put together my podcasts over winter break. Looking forward to spring semester!

November Post Two

As I look into the future I am starting to plan my next steps. I plan on interviewing two more people next week and editing all three of the recordings over winter break. I will then put them into a Sound Cloud which I will share with the school. After people listen to the segments I will ask them to fill out a short survey saying which parts of the segments they liked and disliked. I will do this once or twice more over the course of Spring semester.

November Post 1

After recording with Sam I went to visit Chris at the station. Not only did he give me many WEXT stickers but he also gave me lots of advice. He laughed as I cringed at the sound of my own voice and consoled me with the fact that even the best announcers hate it. We went through my recordings with Sam and decided which parts I should keep and which should be deleted. Basically keep as little of my voice and as much of her answers as possible. It was a really awesome experience and I can't wait to start editing.

What's next?

Since I have completed recording my first podcast I now plan to meet with my off campus mentor, Chris, to discuss editing it down to a simpler and more condensed episode. I hope to have my first podcast out by winter break. This process has gone slower than I had hoped in the beginning of the year due to school work and other responsibilities slowing me down. I am excited to meet with Chris and to learn about what is essential and what is not in a final product. I'm especially excited to finally be able to publish my very first episode and have my peers listen to it!

First Interview

For my first podcast I interviewed Sam, a close friend of mine. Sam is creating electronic music for her own Signature project. I chose to interview Sam for my first interview because of the very fact that I know her so well. My off-campus expert, Chris, recommended that I interview a friend in the hopes that the jitters of my very first interview would be lessoned. Of course there were the fair share of giggles and mistakes from both Sam and myself but that was all part of the fun. Over all it was a really fun experience to see my simple questions be transformed into many word answers that told a story. I tried to use the tips that Chris had told me about in an attempt to get the most natural and smooth sounding interview. I can't wait for what's next.

Timeline

September:
Meet with Chris twice and discuss interviewing techniques.
Look into sound recording options at school.

October: 
Meet with Chris twice.
Choose/learn about my first interviewee.
Create my first podcast with help of Chris.
Find the best way to share the podcast with Emma community.

November:
Choose/learn about interviewee.
Create podcast.
Share podcast.

December:
Choose/learn about interviewee.
Create podcast (this may have to be for December and January due to winter break)
Share podcast.

January:
Choose/learn about interviewee.
Create podcast (this may have to be for December and January due to winter break)
Share podcast.

February:
Choose/learn about interviewee.
Create podcast.
Share podcast.
Create a my Exit playlist for Ext. 97.7

March:
Choose/learn about interviewee.
Create podcast.
Share podcast.

April:
Choose/learn about interviewee.
Create podcast.
Share podcast.

May:
Prepare for my presentation.

Autobiography

As a child the radio was on constantly. The duo on the morning show became my constant companions on the way to school. I had the donation phone number memorized for the public classical music station. I learned about celebrity drama, real news stories, and about the area where I lived. 

I would imagine myself having my own radio show, and the idea of being alone in that small recording studio being able to talk to an audience that I couldn't see both terrified and comforted me.

Growing up I searched for every opportunity to be heard. While other kids groaned at the idea of presentations I was overjoyed. I was able to present my ideas more clearly while speaking, thoughts that wouldn’t be understood on paper were clear from the connotation of my voice. It wasn’t so much about what I was saying as it was about the fact that people were listening and that I could keep them interested. When I visited WMHT, the local public broadcasting station, at a camp I was sold. I saw the faces that were connected to the voices I had heard all my life and saw their studios that were covered with experiences they’d had on their show.

All of this led up to now, the start of my Signature project. I am excited about what I will learn and gain from my experiences and cannot wait to begin. 

-Liana 

First September Post