I. Create a ~60 seconds sound/text ‘poem’ using any audio editing software (like the free Audacity). The form should include three distinct events or sections within a texture of at least three sound layers. One of the elements should be a recording made on campus. 

II. Export it as mp3.

III. Upload the mp3 file to your website.

IV. Write 2 paragraphs summarizing your process.

V. Create links on your Music32N page to your Poem and Process page.

If you chose to use Audacity, under Help choose “Quick Help (in web browser)”. Get an overview of the software by reading the following links with half-page descriptions:

• import and play an existing audio file
• record your voice, guitar, standard turntable or tape deck
• edit sounds, including applying effects
• save or open an Audacity project
• export to an MP3

To learn more how to use the software efficiently go to Help and choose “Manual (in web browser)”. Then read: Tutorial 

• Editing an Audio File Tutorial 
• Mixing a Narration With Background Music Understanding Audacity/Foundations 
• Audio Tracks Understanding Audacity/Editing 
• Clips - individual sections within an audio track Understanding Audacity/Editing 
• Effects Understanding Audacity/Editing
• Mixing Audio Tracks

Instructions: Use recorded and found sounds some of which must include spoken words. You can import sound from any source including http://www.freesound.org/ (you will need to create an account but the sounds are free) Songs or other preformed artistic materials must be excerpted and/or significantly transformed to show your own structure in time, a personal creative stance. It is often useful to create a graphic sketch/score, which shows the different audio elements and spoken words on a timeline. 

VI. The class reading from Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, offers an example of stream-of-consciousness narrative that may serve as an inspiration for almost-musical structuring of your text. The first chapter of Audio-Vision by Michel Chion explains the impact of sound on image.