I produced a couple of soundslides in the last day or so.
I gathered and mixed the audio for one called Yappy Hour, a fundraising event for the Winnipeg Humane Society that one of our columnists covered for the paper.
Then the same night I was asked to put together a slideshow of images from one of our freelance photographers who accompanied a bunch of kids on a one-day trip to Disney World in Florida with Dreams Take Flight Winnipeg.
No audio was gathered from the assignment, so my first 'draft' of the soundslide was silent. I submitted the piece and it was posted the next day.
Also the next day, the photographer submitted more photos that the editors wanted to include in the soundslide, so I went back in. In the process of adding new photos and re-ordering the existing photos, I decided that the piece really needed sound.
So, I had to find something that was free to use off the internet. In the process I discovered something called Creative Commons licencing. From there I was able to find ccmixter.org where you can search for types of music that you are interested in.
I wound up choosing an instrumental guitar song by Andy Sullivan who also happens to be a journalist.
Very cool.
