Audio Editing
Over the course of many years I’ve had a lot of fun with my voice mail, and my friends have gotten a few laughs as well. This is what happens when your friends are as crazy as you are.
Through this journal of twelve years, you’ll meet various friends and faces, including even my Mom!
This project is an experiment in human reactions and original uncut humor that is produced over the phone line. The first original CD’s are mostly the actual messages with a few recordings remixed to musical beats. While the later are experiments of merging the recordings mostly into musical items.
- CD 1 – Answering Machine
- CD 2 – Answering Machine 2 – Drawing That Fine Line
- CD 3 – Answering Machine 3 – No God! Make Him Stop!
- CD 4 – Answering Machine 4 – He’s Gone Too Far This Time!
- CD 5 – Answering Machine 5 – This Is It! We Swear! Honest!
- CD 5.5 – Unplugged Live
- CD 6 – No Case Required
- CD 7 – No… But Really
- CD 8 – Going For The WhatNot
The story thus far…
The story of the Answering Machine Project started way back in 1998.
I was attending the Columbus College of Art and Design and my group of friends took on the personalities Muppets; goofy, innocent, honest, and wacky!
Over the years I started collecting various bits of my friends being goofy and wacky on my answering machine/voice mail systems. Around this time I was listening to a TV theme song CD and the idea of using the Knight Rider popped into my head.
So I recorded myself singing, “I’m not home, I’m not home, Anthony isn’t home” to the theme of Knight Rider. The response was fantastic between all of my friends. Soon everyone was calling leaving his or her own goofy message, either singing back or coming up with their own weird, strange response.
After Knight Rider came other TV show theme songs and then I decided to put all of this onto a CD for a Christmas Present.
The CD not only included my actual Answering Machine Intros and my friends’ goofy and wacky responses, but a dance mix with everyone’s messages mixed to the beat.
The first CD was distributed with some anticipation. Soon after everyone started calling to see what new message I had on my machine every other week, and within two months I had enough material for Volume 2!
I included some class projects, some flubs and various other bits on Volume 2. Before I knew it my friends has starting passing Volume 2 around and people were being introduced to me and would say ‘Oh you’re that guy with the Answering Machine Messages!’
Volumes 3,4, and 5 came shortly afterwards and then the collection of all the dance mixes formed the ‘No Case Required’ album. Each recording has been met with enthusiasm and some rolling of the eyes, but mostly appreciative fun.