February Post 2

Next I will be preparing a "My Exit". This is a program they have at EXT 97.7 where people in the community are able to "be a DJ" and make their own show about songs that are meaningful in their life. Choosing the songs will for sure be a challenge but it will be really fun nonetheless. This is really exciting because I get to go into the studio and record using the fun fancy equipment, I can't wait to do it!

February Post 1

Today I finally had my interview with Katherine and Ava. After many rescheduling because of illness and long weekends we finally found a time that worked. It was so much fun seeing them together and the two of them are such great friends and so funny. We talked for about 20 minutes so editing it down will be a real challenge. Hopefully I'll be able to edit it this weekend and publish it along with Amy's. After that I plan on interviewing more people in the Emma community regarding music in their lives, not necessarily musicians. It should be a lot of fun!

Interview with Chris Wienk

Chris Wienk is a DJ on Ext 97.7, a local station out of the Capital Region. He can often be found saying the word "groovy" on his afternoon shows. He was born in Albany, New York and has lived here his whole life besides a time post middle school when he lived in areas around New York. He was always interested in radio and began DJing in college. He says that the DJ on the night show of an Ottawa radio was his inspiration. His advice to people wanting to go into radio is the standard "work hard and learn everything" but he also says that people watching is just as important as "school stuff" and that you should learn to be observant of other people. Chris says that he loves to meet new people and listen to new music every day but the main perk of the job is being able to share his love of music with anybody who is listening. You can find Chris on his page on the 97.7 website or on Facebook.

January Post 1

Winter break provided me with one step forward and two steps back. I successfully edited Sam's interview but alas the technology gods decided to turn on me. My two other interviews were lost in the abyss of my "full startup disk". This is obviously very disappointing but hopefully I will be able to rerecord and edit those quickly. I created a Soundcloud to share my interviews on but I'm waiting to finish up the other two before I share it with the school. Hopefully by my next blog post I'll be able to say that I have shared my work!

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.