For my audio story project, I have created a narrative story segment in a podcast style. I thought this format would be best to complement the existing content that is part of my blog already. I chose a story of how I found the best happy hour in the Pullman-Moscow area for this project because it relates to my food review topic. This story helps connect the listeners to the experiences I have when visiting these restaurants.

The elements of my audio stories are the intro, the main story, and the background music to make the story more relaxed. My intro was inspired by the introduction used on many podcasts where they have a signature sound to make the podcast more recognizable. For the end of my introduction I also recorded sounds of me opening and drinking out of a can. This element was inspired by the production credits shown at the beginning of movies where short and concise images are shown to let the audience know what companies were involved with the making of the film. I thought this would be a creative way to specialize my podcast from others.

For the background music, I visited the website that was suggested within our readings, Freesound.org, and used the audio titled Free Music Background Loop uploaded by the user Slaking_97. This audio is free to use and remix as long as the owner is credited. This audio can be found at https://freesound.org/people/Slaking_97/sounds/459706/.

After posting my draft version of my audio story, I received feedback that I needed to have a clear beginning, middle, and end to my story and to focus more on the main details. To help this issue, I re-recorded my story being clearer and more concise, as well as adding more of my personality into the audio. I made sure that I knew exactly what points of the story I wanted to get across so the listener could follow along better. Another critique that I had received was the fact that the background music was too loud, so I lowered the volume to make sure the audio was not being overshadowed.