MY AUDIO ESSAY!!!! First final draft!

So I guess at this point I'm wondering what everyone is having the most difficulty with. I feel like after deciding on which clips were applicable to my essay, it wasn't difficult to figure out where to put them, but the underlying music is a different story.

If I'm talking about one song, should I only use that song? If not and I use two different versions....does it sound weird to repeat it? When is too much, and when is it ok to break?

I played around with increasing the amount of instrumental music, but does that sound too similar? The underlying music can totally
change the mood of the audio essay and I recognize its importance.....but figuring out how to use it correctly has certainly been a challenge.

Check out my podcast....please comment with any suggestions/comments.

http://teachmix.com/dayblend/node/112

Ok so I'm almost done! I worked on this thing for hours tonight. The hardest part is getting the underlying music to have the effect and end when I want it to. Moving everything around can get pretty frustrating too.

After reading/listening to some of the info on fair use, I will probably have to cut down some of my clips, but at least I have down a general format of what I want.

Look over these sites to think about possible models we can use to deliver our final media pages. If you know of or discover alternative examples, add them as a comment to this posting.

These sites are primarily audio related:
American Radio Works -- http://www.americanradioworks.org/index.html

Sound Portraits -- http://www.soundportraits.org/

These sites are broader, which might be important as we look at images and film

Media Ed. http://www.mediaed.org.uk/

Healthy Roads -- http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/

I definitely have some things to work on in the essay. For me though, it's easiest to put it all out see if it works, and then figure out what changes need to be made, rather than nit-picking along the way.....enjoy!