The Bob Dylan Translator

I was in an audio-production class my sophomore year. It was a blast, and among other projects there were PSA's, music mixes, and even a DJ show. We had to make a few 30-60 second commercials with original content, and for this particular commercial, I directed two friends (you would think that they were actually PROFESSIONAL voiceworkers!), Andrew Stewart and Joe Olafsson - two overall cool guys.

I don't know where the idea for a Bob Dylan Translator came from...but I was just getting into his music at the time, so it was a great opportunity to utilize my new favorite artist. The commercial goes like this: two fellas are hangin out, and one laments that he cannot understand what Bob Dylan sings sometimes. The other, luckily, has the official Bob Dylan Translator that helps decipher his lyrical genius.

It's pretty silly, but I thought the humor was there. The robot-like translated part came from recording my Mac's built-in text-to speech capabilities. I wrote out the lyrics and then highlighted them and pressed the command key I set up (I'm not sure what the default is, but mine is option+s) You can learn how to use it here.

The volume is a little low, so you might have to turn up the speakers a bit to hear it properly. To view it on YouTube, check it out here.