Radio Chthulucene 87.9 FM

My project is fully done! I was able to call my Tio yesterday and explain the radio project and worked with him to create the mp3. Originally I wanted him to read the Spanish part to a tee, because it was funny and I thought he would rush to mimick my grandfathers voice. But when we started talking, I realized that it felt very robotic for him to read off a paper, and not natural to what he felt my grandfather would say, and this is when we changed routes. I then just asked my Tio what my abuelo would say, and that is when the tone of the recording changes to a more casual tone and one that is more assertive and less humorous. I was contemplating trying to get this on track again, but then I realized that this new dialogue was more grounded in how queerness looks like within a family as sucess-orientated as me. The voice being stern and being referred to as my whole name is accurate, along with being told, that my girlfriend is in “my path” and that even with a new love, I still need to remain focused on being someone for my family and for the world. I also decided to leave in my Tio saying ” this is what abuelo would say” at the end, because I wanted to break the illusion that this voice is accurate to the family figure, and because I thought the moment was sweet. I additionally added “la vida es un carnival” by Celia Cruz in the audio, because my abuelo loved that song and because it speaks about enjoying life happily admist sadness and suffering. I played around with an audio software to make my tios voice more distorted and to make the song so soft you have to focus to hear it. I really loved this project and even though the audio did not go to plan, I think the final result created an exchange of honesty and comfort that was important for me to portray. ❤