In this blog post, I will build upon my audio story project by brainstorming experts I can interview, finding sample royalty-free music to use, and even creating my own Foley sound effect!
POS Project
As a quick refresher, my audio story topic was, “Why do you think rap music is one of the most popular genres of music today?” Two weeks ago, I recorded three people’s responses to this question, edited them together, and posted it on SoundCloud.
The resulting audio story can be found below.
Experts on... Rap?
To better understand why the popularity of rap today, I would need to interview people who are experts in music. Unfortunately, I’m not friends with any famous rappers, so they weren’t an option for me. I could also interview people who work in the music industry, such as somebody who works at a record label or company. Other people that I could consider experts on rap or music would include music majors, or, even better, music professors here on campus.
Background Music
For my background music, I wanted something that had a rap-style beat but still very chill and would not distract the listener from what was being said. I would start this music at 0:23.
Transition Music
My main goal for transition music was to find something that still had hip-hop/rap elements to it, but didn’t distract or lose the listener in the midst of the transition. I was very surprised yet intrigued when I found this beat because it reminded me of lo-fi style music while also having “rap” beat feel to it, which are two very different genres of music. I would start this music at 0:10 because that is when the drum kits start.
Intro Music
For my intro music, I wanted to immediately start off with a solid beat that sounds a lot like what would be behind a rap track. This would immediately give the listener a glimpse of what I would be talking about in the rest of the audio story. I would start the audio story by starting at 0:10 of this track.
Outro Music
I wanted my outro music to keep a similar style beat as my intro music, but be less intense than the intro so the listener knows that the audio story is reaching its end. A good way to do this would be to start the music at 1:32 and have it fade out at the end of the audio story.
Foley Sound Effect
Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. I created my own Foley sound effect of a record scratch by recording myself aggressively running a dry erase marker against a whiteboard, which didn't quite give me the sound I wanted. I immediately entered panic mode because I had absolutely no idea how I was supposed to make it sound like the real thing.
After what felt like hours of thinking, I had the idea to use FL Studios’ “Fruity Scratcher” tool to edit the audio into sounding actually somewhat like a record scratch. This sound effect relates to my audio story because the vinyl records play music, and the record scratch would essentially "stop" the music.
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