The first sound I recorded from the final is a sound in the subway station when the train arrived. I also included several sounds from the street with strangers talking in different languages, such as Koreans, French, Spanish and English. I also recorded myself speaking in Chinese and mixed the sound in. I asked for my brother's help with the last part with piano as he knows how to play it. I had him recorded the sound and send it to me.
On the part of audio editing, I had a problem at the beginning as Audacity somehow couldn't load the sounds I recorded.
But I found the solution online and made it work. I played around with time shifting, cutting and sound effect in the program, and it was a lot of fun to explore once I got used to the basics.
I usually get very nervous using new programs but audio editing at Audacity was definitely easier than I thought. Overall it was a good experience.
I wish I had listened to your piece without reading your description at the same time, but like I too often do with sound, as soon as I clicked play, I started reading simultaneously while it was playing in the background! Why I wish I hadn't read it is because your message was so clear in your piece and very little explanation would have been needed for me to understand it - from the very iconic subway sound to the many languages to the very recognizable song about New York, you were able to tell a story and a point of view through sound. I appreciated how you were able to tell a message so directly and mold the medium to create a clear message (whereas I had made a much more abstract piece and hadn't thought about building a story/point of view). My favorite part was the different layered languages - I would have loved for you to have explored recording more languages and either expanding that section or making a new piece where you explore just the layering of languages themselves.
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