Most of us hate waking up to alarm clocks. Especially the ones that come with our phones. Upload the alarm clock sound or song you would have liked to wake you up this morning. You can’t say no alarm clock and just keep sleeping. You MUST choose one. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1325 group.

“The word “soundscape” was coined by composer R. Murray Schafer to identify sounds that “describe a place, a sonic identity, a sonic memory, but always a sound that is pertinent to a place” (Wagstaff, G. 2000).” Says the British Library. Describe a place in your day only with sounds. You can edit the sounds in an editor if you wish. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1301 group.

People Making Dial-Up Noise on tumblr should give you all the inspiration you need. But how would dialing-up to #ds106 have sounded different? Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1241 group.  

Record yourself rapping a short story about your day! Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1230 group.

Sing a few verses of “Old MacDonald” but using animals not regularly found on a farm, like elephants, lions, etc. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1215 group.

Imagine you are shipwrecked on an island and the only thing that survived the wreck was a tape recorder with room for 30 seconds of recording. What do you say? Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1201 group.

Learn a sentence in a language you have no experience in, then record yourself saying it. Bonus point for some awesome background music! Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1196 group.

Record sounds through your day and put them together into a sound map. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1180 group.

Do a reading of the poem you created yesterday.   Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1168 group.

DS106 Radio noir shows are coming up. Make an old time radio commercial. For inspiration you can listen to those available at Archive.org and if you really want a quick create I have found a library of vintage radio scripts! There are some nifty commercials in the scripts, have fun finding inspiration there.   Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1132 group.

If your life were a sitcom, what would be your theme song? Remix or write your theme song for us to enjoy. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1125 group.

Go ahead and record your best yodel. Share it out. There are all sorts of funny things we could write about this create here but it no doubt would pale in comparison to the sounds of all of us yodeling in Soundcloud. Make your yodel heard! Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1110 group.

Record 10 seconds of what you are hearing right at this moment! Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1077 group.

You want to take #ds106 in the Spring? Let me know, we’ll force add you #noir106 — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) November 6, 2014 Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1068 group.

You know these mobile phones, that produce strange noises and signals. Make the ultimate ds106 mobile phone ringtone. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1017 group.

John Green, popular Young Adult author, seems to have a fetish for famous last words.   Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1011 group

@DrGarcia posted 26 Beatnik Slang Words and Phrases We Should All Start Using. Create a radio bumper for DS106 radio that uses as many as you can make make sense in a short radio bumper. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc1003 group.

Beatbox, SFX, Sounds – Make your own beatbox, sound effects, or play a few notes on an instrument. Then edit them so they are all their own clips, and fit them together to make your own song, all from your own sounds! Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc996 group.

In the middle of your day, stand still and record the ambient sounds where you are.   Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc993 group.

Or any other station. Create an audio track. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc991 group.  

It can be written in the style of a self-help article or book. Or you can take it in a more subtle self-help direction. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc979 group.  

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GNA’s birthday is June 27, but it’s celebrated earlier in Australia and New Zealand. Celebrate with us by recording a birthday song, shout out or special message for her. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc900 group. Not sure why we’re celebrating? Check out GNA’s Twitter stream, Notes to self Tumblr and Refractions blog to learn more about her awesomeness.

You can find details, listen to a few episodes on EduTalk, read the 106 bullet post that inspired the show and pick a bullet to write a bumper for at http://theds106shrink.tumblr.com/post/80870369356/colinpods-every-sunday-at-8-00-uk-time-check A bumper is “a term used in the radio broadcasting industry to refer to short clips of signature or theme music used to buffer transitions between programming elements. Bumper music is commonly employed when a syndicated program takes a break for local station identification or ‘goes to a radio commercial.’” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_music) It will take us a while to complete this project, it would be great if it could be something we can all do together to help people learn why DS106 is always a good spell! Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc818 group.

Three years ago today Grant Potter announced the birth of ds106 Radio. Create an audio bumper that celebrates this day — please enable downloads so we can put it on the station! Learn more about ds106 Radio or tune in live! Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc746 group.

Yesterday’s Daily Create asked to write a story that went with the previous day’s one (“Create a visual that might accompany one of the mashed up headlines from @twoheadlines”) — now make an audio track that might go with a story, dialogue? music? Be sure to include links to the previous TDC story. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc699 group.

This is a question Bryan Jackson’s question for his Philosophy 12 students (an open online high school Philosophy class he teachers). Contribute to their thinking by sharing your own response. It should be your definition, not some dictionary’s version. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc617 group.

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Learn more about voice foley, the creation of sound effects made solely using your voice. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc336 group.

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Find a copy of this public domain poem. Upload your recording to SoundCloud and add it to the tdc279 group.

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