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I make music of my own, but this was outside of the box for me. It was interesting making more of a spoken word audio rather than a hip hop oriented track, which is what I’m used to and I enjoyed the process. I chose to read a story called The Wolf and the Dog, a tale from Aesop’s Fables. In this particular story, a hungry wolf encounters a well fed but tamed dog who offers to help him get fed and tamed by the dog’s master. The wolf initially agrees, but on the way to said master notices the differences between him and the dog. The dog has to wear a collar and cannot leave his dwelling at night, while the wolf is used to being a free animal. At the end, the wolf decides it is better to be a free, hungry being than a well fed slave, and bids the dog goodbye. In this recording I used several sound effects. The first effect I used was a dog walking effect I found on frveesounds.org. I used this effect as the dog first approaches the wolf. The second effect I used was pouring food into a bowl when the dog offered to help feed the wolf. The third effect I used was multiple dogs walking and breathing to signify the wolf and dog walking into town together. The last effect I used was a wolf’s natural howl at the end of the story, to signify his choice to be free and live untamed. I compiled all of these sounds, along with the recording of my voice on Logic, and mastered them myself.