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For the re-mediating assignment, I chose to work with a comparative essay that I wrote for my English 125 class.\u00a0 This essay compared two versions of Kanye West\u2019s song \u201cAll Falls Down.\u201d\u00a0 I knew that I wanted to re-mediate it into an audio essay with actual sound clips from the two versions of the song.\u00a0 However, I did not know what the appropriate program to use because I have had no previous experience with this.\u00a0 After doing some research, I decided to use Garage Band.\u00a0 While I did find that it was fairly simple to use, I had a hard time deciding what the best way to incorporate the music would be.<\/h4>\n

The first step for me was creating a \u201cscript.\u201d This script basically color coordinated the various words or lyrics to indicate which version of the song I would be playing.\u00a0 I wrote down the exact time that each of the lyrics appeared in the song, which made it easy for me to cut the music.\u00a0 The next step was recording my own voice, which was actually harder than expected.\u00a0 At first, it felt unnatural to read so slowly and pause between sentences and paragraphs.\u00a0 Each time I listened to the recorded I felt myself cringing at the sound of my own voice.\u00a0 The most beneficial part of this process was realizing that parts of my essay did not sound good when said out loud.\u00a0 Some sentences sounded very wordy, and others did not seem like they were explained well enough.\u00a0 I think this could be a valuable tool while editing my final papers.<\/h4>\n

The last step in creating my audio essay was piecing together my voice recordings with the music and making sure that it flowed effortlessly.\u00a0 This project was much more time consuming than expected, but this was mostly due to my lack of experience with using Garage Band.\u00a0 Once I got the hang of it and became more comfortable listening to my own voice, it was much easier. I was actually really pleased when I listened to the final version of the audio essay.\u00a0 It gave the paper a completely different feel and created an interesting contrast between my own voice and Kanye West\u2019s.<\/h4>\n"}