Radio Chthulucene 87.9 FM

I am done editing my project, happy with it, letting it go, accepting that it is done. I feel that I could probably work with it for a full week more if I was doing this as a pure passion piece without deadlines. There is something so haunting about having to listen to your own voice for so long though. I hope that hearing it at the installation feels very rewarding.

I was able to incorporate the musical elements I briefly reflected on during my rewriting process. I think it adds a lot of character to the piece. In fact, I think a lot of my reading and tone (or lack thereof) makes the piece so much funnier to me (simply because I can’t take myself seriously). (Not out of malice. I just find myself to be a charming individual, what can I say?)

I do think this project has allowed me to stop caring so much about editing out what is natural and authentic in my work. I let my personal reflections, humor, mood swings, and character bleed into this piece. I find it is a lot more fun to work with your self as the speaker than with a character you’ve meticulously crafted. Though, in a way, I guess I did end up crafting a character who represents me only to a certain extent.

Editing that work really made me reflect on everyone’s podcast aspirations, I can see why it’s so fun and also so grueling to edit.

My location is waiting for me in Geisel, I’m hoping my partner will help me try out my SD card later in the week so I can install it with confidence. I made a nice label for it, I want to print it out along with my written version tomorrow. I feel like I read my piece just fine (except for the imperfect pronunciations that will haunt me), but I myself struggle to process audio sometimes I feel that a transcript version along with the radio would help listeners immensely. 

I am thrilled to have dived into this format and journey of seeing what sticks with audio and what doesn’t. I believe I found myself ad-libbing in between multiple recording takes, sentences or pieces that wouldn’t have come to life if I had been merely creating another written piece. This has inspired me further to read my work out-loud, in all its different drafts and forms.