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This first story is of Jami Miyamoto and her adopted daughter, Daily. Daily was born in the midst of China’s “One Child Policy”, meaning that her parents could not keep her. Jami came to her rescue when she was ten months old, and here the pair recount the story in a heartwarming exchange. The audio… Continue reading Beau Whiteside StoryCorps Blog

Hattie Altmann The two stories I chose to listen to were both under the parenthood stories category. I decided to look in this section because I find it very interesting how different parent and child relationships can be and how they evolve as the kids get older. The first story I listened to was titled… Continue reading Storycorps Analysis

For my first story, I listened to “An Adoptee Reflects On The Mother-Daughter Bond That Carried Her Through the Loss of Her Birth Family”. This story stuck out to me between it was mentioned how the daughter was adopted from China during the one child policy, and she didn’t really understand the circumstances that her… Continue reading Story Corps Analyzing

Abigail Ali, COM 304 Student I reviewed many Story Corps stories to prepare for an assignment for class. Two stories, in particular, stood out to me during this process. One is about a surgeon who mentored aspiring Black surgeons and the other is about the bond between a mother and her adopted daughter. Both stories… Continue reading Story Corpse story-telling

Jeanine Ikekhua The first story I analyzed was ‘When we take out big chunks of history, that diminishment diminishes us”. In this story, Timothy Harris interviews Nellvie Williams about her passion for teaching. The entire episode is dedicated to Ms. Williams talking about her personal experiences. Although Ms. Williams’s son is interviewing her, the listeners… Continue reading Analyzing Story Corps

Joe Meek was a pioneering music producer and composer that was active from the late 1950’s until the mid-late 1960’s. Like other notable producers of the time such as Phil Spector, his productions have a very distinct shaped sound that was unique at the time. His recordings have a modern, artificial signature that could only… Continue reading Joe Meek “I Hear a New World”

How the evolutionary app TikTok takes original sounds, and songs and transforms them into something new, inspiring others to create and do the same. TikTok videos adapt sounds from different modes of media like film, television, podcasts, radio, etc. This film I found a sound trending on the app from a Disney Princess film that… Continue reading The Evolution of TikTok Sounds

The most important part of a skate video is obviously skateboarding, but the second most important is one that may go unnoticed by some, music. When videographers and editors sit down to put together a three-minute video part, one of the biggest decisions to be made is song choice. Scoring a video is quite a… Continue reading Music Supervision in Skate Videos

Known today as one of the most influential albums in music history, The Beach Boys’ revolutionary record Pet Sounds did not receive the same critical acclaim when it was first released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records. At the time, the eclectic avant-garde album featuring sounds of bicycle bells, passing trains, and drink cans… Continue reading The Brilliance and Impact of Pet Sounds

John Williams is one of the most legendary modern composers of all time. He has written scores for a large number of big budget movies and many of those themes get stuck in people’s heads regularly. Some of his most notable work is in the Star Wars series, Harry Potter, and Jaws. Williams originally wanted… Continue reading The Genius of John Williams