by Greta Hammen

Radio Bumpers are straight forward and a good marketing announcement for the ds106 station. I thought about what words should be conveyed in a bumper and how I might bring excitement to the listener. Have you ever pondered if listening to the radio is very different from reading a book? We want to take our minds to a different place, for peace and a little distraction from our own thoughts.

I wrote the text and had www.elevenlabs.com give it a voice. I then downloaded the mp3. On www.freesound.com, I found music that I like Freesound – Melody loop by DaveJf. I combined the two elements in layers on Premiere Pro and exported as a MP3 for www.soundcloud.com.