Redbubble Pirate Radio
The brainchild of Ms Natalie… Redbubble Pirate Radio is spreading like spilt rum!
NOBODY STRIKE A MATCH WHATEVER THE HELL YOU DO!!!
What you can do however, is make an attempt to record a shout out to all your friends at Redbubble, and maybe even dedicate a song – it is radio after all ;) We want to hear your voices!
It’s not overly hard to do, even for the most tech retarded among us. And I count myself as the flag waving leader of that particular little band! It doesn’t matter how crap you think you might sound either… hey, I sound like a 12 year old! It’s all just for a bit of fun :)
So far we now have three editions of Redbubble Pirate Radio, for a giggle and some good tunes you can listen to them by clicking on the clicky things below.
Edit: More
You can read all about how this started and get some expert help on the how to’s over here.
So get recording! And spread the word! Tag your journals with Redbubble Pirate Radio so we can find you all and/or leave me some linky love.
Can’t wait to hear you!
midzing
Honestly Rhana,,,, I am the biggest tech retard there is,,,, and plus,,, I dont think anyone wants to hear the Drama Queen ,,, its bad enough that they have to look at my big boof head with my self portraits!! :)) but great idea though,,,,
Rhana Griffin
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Ah see now that’s where you are wrong m’dear… Of course we want to hear the wonderful Drama Queen!!!
And I’ll flip ya for Queen of the Tech Retards ;)
John Robb
What’s a radio? ...and does asking that make me technically challenged?
Rhana Griffin
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Pass me some salt to eat my hat with :)
RavenSoul
HOW AWESOME!!!
Rhana Griffin
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Isn’t it just? Najeroux sounds like a totally funky chicky babe :)
RavenSoul
You sound great by the way and not like a 12 yr old lol
Rhana Griffin
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hehe maybe I have grown up just a little… ;)
RavenSoul
Im trying to figure out what to dl so you can crack up if you listen to my deep southern voice and Okie accent lol
Rhana Griffin
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Omg!!! Please do!!! I just lurrrrrrve women with deep voices ;)
Rhana Griffin
And I noticed that Mr Gladwin faved this journal, so I am hoping against hope that he is going to join in too, that would make my day!
RavenSoul
Well you will Love me if you can stand the southern drawl lol Ask Paul he has heard me Live lol
Rhana Griffin
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I am waiting patiently :)
robpixaday
Wooohooooooooooo terrific!!!!!! You sound DELIGHTFUL!!
You guys inspired me, too….
HERE
But I was too half-asleep to think of anything to say, so I went to the music FAST…LOL
Will try again later!
Rhana Griffin
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Oh
My
Freaking
GAWD!!!!
I could listen to your voice for hours!!! Yes, you really really MUST do more later! (insert happy sigh here)
Lucindawind
ohhh Rhana ..you sound so adorable .. love the accent!!
Rhana Griffin
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Adorable? I don’t think I have been called adorable since I was in nappies! Love ya Lu ;)
Matt Penfold
LOL, I had your voice pegged and I liked it much better than your song ;-)
Rhana Griffin
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Ok now Mr Penfold… I am going to have to ask for clarification on just what all you mean by pegged hmmm??? raises one eyebrow
Actually… I didn’t raise one eyebrow, I WISH I could pull that off but when ever I try it I just looking like some stupid wigging out owl… type.. thing…
It’s not pretty ;)
Mel Brackstone
teehee
Rhana Griffin
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Look at you over there giggling in the corner… what’s so funny there missy? hmmm?
Mel Brackstone
oh nuffin…..
Rhana Griffin
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ratbag
robpixaday
Oh, gosh… that’s nice! MANY thanks!!
I just added some pix of Sweetie (my cat) to part of the audio track to make a “movie” and will embed it in a journal entry, if I can. I TRIED to embed the audio track by itself but haven’t figured out a way. It’d be great if we could….
::runs back home::
Matt Penfold
When I heard somebody else’s voice for the first time, I said I thought it sounded sort of like what I expected your voice to sound like. She said you didn’t sound anything like her but I reckon there are similarities. It’s one of the things I guess that just happens by osmosis (or something similar) when we think we know someone just from their writing or art, it’s likely to be wrong most of the time but occasionally we get it right LOL Mel’s having fun in the corner by the sound of it ;-)
Rhana Griffin
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Awwww… now you are payng me a very high compliment Matt. I think “she” has a voice like an angel, and the dimples to match! ;)
Yes… Mel likes to play in the corner by herself. We just throw her some M&M’s every now and then and she seems happy enough ;)
jo beerens
What’s next, the Redbubble Internet Choir? I get vision of hundreds of voices singing the same song solo in front of their pc and Stefan Sagmeister mixing it all together later as the soundtrack for the Happy project.
Rhana Griffin
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Wouldn’t that be the perfect song for it? And hey! I can sing (fairly well) and dance (very badly – picture Elaine from Seinfeld ;)
Why do the words “Feeeeeeed the woooorrrld” start swimming through my brain I wonder?
robpixaday
OK, here’s the video, but it’s not good. I’m hoping someone will tell me how to embed AUDIO by itself, the way we can embed video.
See you later!
Rhana Griffin
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Great job!
Julie Langford
I will have to get myself a microphone, although the Welsh accent can be pretty scary :)
Rhana Griffin
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Well now… I happen to adore the welsh accent almost as much as an irish accent so yes! You will have to go get yourself that microphone Ms Julie!
Matt Penfold
You gunna be in big trouble for mentioning the “D” word … ;-)
Rhana Griffin
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HA! She’ll have to suck it up. Or smack my bum next time she sees me ;)
robpixaday
I forgot to mention that anyone who’s on a Mac could probably use GarageBand to do the audio tracks. Audacity is SUPER, but GarageBand’s easier for…er…Macs….
Well, it was for me anyway.
Sorry for being a pest.
Rhana Griffin
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I’m on a mac and audacity worked sweet as for me :)
robpixaday
Hey that’s great!
Maybe I have an old version…I grabbed it from a PC…it won’t let me save to mp3 directly.
I’ll go find out! Thank you!!!!!!!!!
Rhana Griffin
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I downloaded the “lame” plugin which converts the .wav file to mP3 neat and sweet :)
robpixaday
Oooooo…..........I cold never make that work on the PC so I didn’t even try it on the Mac!! WOW!
That’s the answer!
MANY thanks!!!!!! Now I’ll be able to transfer old LPs with the Mac…...!!!!!!!
DeviousLili
Well. I’ve downloaded Audacity, installed it, created a blog on Tumblr and now I guess I must record something, hmm? At the moment I’ve lost most of my voice because my son and I are a bit sick with a virus but, erm, if you give me a few days I can submit my contribution … as American as it might be. ;)
Rhana Griffin
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I love listening to American voices… makes me feel like I am listening to a movie.
Hmmm… that sounded way more betterer in my head.
Hope you and your babe are feeling perkier very soon ((hugs))
DeviousLili
Aww! We both listened to each of the linked Radio submits. He giggled endlessly (in a great way) at the Aussie voices and it cheered us both up so much. Hooray for reaching out and happiness! :D
My voice is a wreck. My mother was raised in Brooklyn and I’ve lived in 5 other states … deep South of the U.S. and sunny California … it’s almost silly. Hopefully I don’t embarrass myself too badly. :”>
Rhana Griffin
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Well now that there alone makes it all worthwhile :)
I have to say that this little adventure has been lovely for me tonight too. My youngest caught too much sun at school on Friday and has a bit of heatstroke I think. I was up last night with him until 4.30am, and he is restless again tonight – its already past 1am – with a bit of a temp and his eczema has flared up too. So it has been nice – when everyone else is asleep – to be able to pop to the computer in between sponge baths and cuddles to reach out to my Redbubble family.
Paul Tupman
Would you like me to do a roving report in down town Jeddah? Smooth English accent meet rough Arabic!
Loved listening to the stuff that is up already and had to laugh at the mistakes in trying to get the music started! Nothing like a good bit of raw unedited broadcasting! Will look forward to seeing how this progresses…
Rhana Griffin
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Omg… how funny would that be? If only we could have smell-o-vision to so we could smell the heat of the desert :) And what do I know of broadcasting? I’m just a photographer! lol! I stuffed up quite a bit more than what you heard too ;)
Natalie Tyler
Robpixaday sounds like she’s broadcasting from the 60’s ;) Wonderful. I’m going to add these to the list over here. I want to hear more accents. And I think we need some more manly tones … where are the lads?!
Rhana Griffin
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I’ve just had a scan, and I am yet to listen, but I have a feeling Mr Gladwin has come through with the goods for us Nat ;)
Pip Gerard
I can actually imagine hearing your voice on breakfast radio… chatting with a group of comedians or giving a traffic report :)
I was thinking I might (that’s a big might) give this a go… but I’d assume you’d need either a webcam or microphone? I can’t stand my voice recorded though. The very very few times I’ve done it when younger and played it back I just went completely red in the face and shook my head thinking for sure that was was an imposter and not me on the recording! Isn’t it strange how we hear our own voices differently when talking… but then hear it in a recording an it’s like a stranger speaking… or is that just mental me? :)
Rhana Griffin
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You know Pip, there is just one thing wrong about me being on breakfast radio… I’d have to get up before the sun! {{{{shudders}}}}
It’s all just a bit of fun Pip, go on… give it a go. I would love to hear your voice! And if it scares you too badly, you don’t have to listen ;))
UncleWiggley
Ok…I have had a go….I have added a Redbubble Radio Page to my website. You just have to click the appropriate link at the top of the homepage. Don’t bother looking at the photos…its the same gumph I have on here LOL…...I have added some video too….It may take a bit of time to load so if you start to drool and/or eat paper and have to navigate away I will understand.
Here is the URL
UncleWiggley
Sorry, try this
Rhana Griffin
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Simon… Simon Simon Simon…
so I have finally stopped laughing long enough to be able to use my fingers :)) You are a complete and utter mental case, you have to know that right? How freaking cool that you went to the effort not only to put your intro on to video, but also to painstakingly point out (with bubble paint fingers) where the big island and the little islands are! I haven’t had a chance to listen to your songs yet, but have bookmarked for later aural pleasure ;)
It did take a while to load… but was so very very worth it!!
PS: it didn’t take so long that I had to start eating paper though ;)
Rhana Griffin
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SIMON!!!! Where did it go????
Sad faced gurrl here now :(((
DeviousLili
Aww. Please tell your little one to feel better and that we (my son and I) lit a candle for healing and smiles. I’ll work on my first installment of RedBubble Pirate Radio (RPR as it shall henceforth be called) on Monday if my voice has returned. Grocery shopping today and housecleaning and photo shoots tomorrow (squee!) so yeah! :D
xox
Rhana Griffin
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Bring back Stephs voice!!!!
coppertrees
Cool sounds like a quest…..
Rhana Griffin
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Yay hey! Another player!
Ric Alexander
Rhana, Will you please press that button ROTFLMAO ! Got to go listen to the other guys now, this is so cool.
Rhana Griffin
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I really am a bit of a tech retard Ric ;) Come on, where is yours? The very least you could do is let me have a giggle at your efforts too ;)
Mel Brackstone
And I quote
Richard Tognetti’s requiem for the disappearance of the ratbag from Australian public life was more than just a lament for the way we were.
Warning how the arts have suffered since outsiders were pushed into the cold, the ratbag, Tognetti said, was one of the essential bacteria of Australian culture, “like acidophilus is to yoghurt”, and that only by breathing in ratbaggery would the nation become less likely to fall to the illness of moral hypocrisy.
Rhana Griffin
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Bwahahahhaahaahahahaaaa!!!!
Well then… I have only one thing to say to that Mel.
Just call me Acidolphilus. :)))
Matt Penfold
@ Mel, good on you, you are a fountain of information, thank you for standing up for yourself and supporting my cause too ;-)
Rhana Griffin
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Can we call you Bacteria? I know it’s not as pretty as Acidophilus… but that’s already taken ;)
Lisa Jewell
Dimples? did I hear that word??
hehe babe, if you were not in your pink fluffy I’d not recognise your voice ;) LOL
hehe I’m laughing my head off….xxx
come on press the button…
hehe great song choice…LOL ok I’m going to pee my pants..xx
Rhana Griffin
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NOOOOOO!!!! Don’t pee your pants!!! That really isn’t a pretty look in a grown woman ;) Love you bunches babe xxxx
Charlie
Rhana!!! Love your voice…and great to put it with that gorgeous face of yours!! You need an anouncer in the States…me!! :) Puuuuuuush the buttoooooooon! LMAO!!!
Rhana Griffin
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Yes yes yes… we do need another announcer in the States, particularly of the male persuasion! Get gargling and spruce up your voice Charlie, I wanna hear it!
Pip Gerard
This will be a perfect use for people’s writing. They can now do readings and attach them to their writings.
Rhana Griffin
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What a freaking cool idea!!!!
Pip Gerard
I remember hearing someone mention it ages ago when I first joined. (it’s probably in the ideas area of RB most likely).
wouldn’t it be great to hear stories acted out with one or two people… or even more. And character voices would be so cool. (and even a little soundtrack… background music would add even more). Possibilities are awesome for those that run with it. Would just add that extra dimension to certain stories that could enhance them so much. (also would be a lot of fun I’m sure for the writer and actors to do)
Mel Brackstone
Acid fer short?
Mel Brackstone
Bwuddy phones….... Ferdot da smiley fing :)
Matt Penfold
Watch it microbe! ;-)
Matt Penfold
I took the plunge Rhana
Rhana Griffin
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I love that you decided to read your poetry instead of play music Matt. It really gives a little extra something to hear a piece read by the person who wrote.
RavenSoul
He I Be
Matt You DID AWESOME!
RavenSoul
Here I Be LOL
Rhana Griffin
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Sexy sexy chicky babe… ;)
tuffcookie
awesome stuff! Now i just have to find my mic so i can do one too! :)
Rhana Griffin
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Yes please!!!!
tuffcookie
oh and i better wait til i drop this cold! lol according to my daughter i sound like crap right now lol
Symmetry45
I’m a drummer of many years so I mean Cashmere by Led Zeppelin? Are you kidding! Only one of the greatest songs EVER in the history of history! LoL
This is fan-freaking-tastic!!!! I had my drum sticks out and was air drumming. I am buying a mic for my pc no doubt, and soon!
Rhana Griffin
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You’ll have to thank Nat for the Led Zep ;)
Matt Penfold
And a journal entry
Rhana Griffin
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Thankyou for spreading ze worrrrd xx
Cathleen Taraw...
What fun! I just want to hear all of your foreign voices; to put a voice to the beautiful images/writign you have done. And to be able to hear so many friends from all ove rthe world, ain’t technology great. When you can work it out or kick it in the harddrive goolies.
Rhana Griffin
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Isn’t that the best bit? I love hearing all the accents from around the world too :) What about you Cathleen? Going to throw some NZ’er into the mix? Please? batts her eyelashes prettily
najeroux
RA RA RHANA!!! Keep ‘em coming!
najeroux
Rhana Griffin
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Woo Hoo!!! ANother member for my cheer squad! ByGeorge will be so happy he is not alone any more ;)
Mel Brackstone
ok, I’m here
Mel Brackstone
bugger, gotta find out the right link…
Mel Brackstone
gaaaaahhhhhhhh
Rhana Griffin
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I so so so soooooooooolove that song!!! WHo was it by again?
Mel Brackstone
Afro Celt Sound System – Release
funkyfacestudio
You are as cute as a button ! he he
Lovely to hear you Rhana !
Jack McCabe 15 days ago
Pretending to do a hick southern radio station skit with the kids!
We’re using our best hick voices… maybe you’ll get a chuckle!