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Showcasing the very best in new Audio Drama

Tales of Our Miss Brooks

| January 19, 2019

Silent Films and Films that are Dark

| December 21, 2018

I’m always fascinated with how Audio Drama compares, contrasts and connects with other media. This fantastic piece on how silent movies sing when the original orchestral music is played in concert with the film. Music has a powerful effect on the way we take in stories. It’s fascinating that no matter whether you see your stories […]

Need Some Music?

| September 3, 2017

Scott Mosher who is currently working on the revamp of “Faith” for EVP sent along this handy music production site. You’ll find it along with other resources in the Public Domain Resources section as well. The Audionautix site has a lot of cool music for various purposes in your upcoming Audio Drama. Check it out!

Hartnell! Do you Hear That? Free Music!

| August 17, 2016

Kevin Hartnell’s music in the audio drama world is right up there with other greats like Kevin MacLeod from Incompetech, Jeffrey Gage from Colonial Radio Theatre, Peter Van Riet from Epic Audio and Sharon Bee from EVP. So, it’s always with the enthusiasm of Christmas morning that we get news of more of his work being […]

Dramatic Students

| February 16, 2016

The Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts has an exciting opportunity for students to create professional radio drama. HarperAudio worked with Goldberg to create a contest for burgeoning audio dramatic writers. According to this NYU News article: Undergraduates, graduate students and alumni who graduated no earlier than 2013 can […]

How Well Can You Hear Quality?

| June 3, 2015

NPR asks the question “Can you hear quality audio?” with this interesting series of music segments that included compressed and uncompressed elements of songs, Jacob Ganz challenges you to pick the WAV. Go ahead, and take the test! We’re not afraid to say that we failed, but then again, none of these clips are audio […]

Sonic Speaks- 0112- The Musical Voice of Sharon Bee

| November 23, 2014

  The incredible singer, musician, composer, Sharon Bee is our special guest this week on Sonic Speaks. Sharon talks to us about writing the music for Electric Vicuña Productions like The Dead Line, Gate, Wavefront, and Firefly- Old Wounds

Panda gah-LORE!

| February 27, 2013

It’s HERE and you know you can’t wait for it! Mask of the Red Panda Issue #1 from Monkeybrain Comics, art by Dean Kotz and written by our own amazingly prolific Canadian pulpster Gregg Taylor! It’s just 99 cents, less than a cup of Joe and much more satisfying! Have a gander, Gus!   And […]

Old Wounds- The Sound Track

| June 22, 2009

It’s HERE! It’s HERE! It’s FINALLY HERE! BROWNCOATS STEP UP AND GET YOUR FULL LENGTH CD OF FIREFLY OLD WOUNDS MUSIC! Straight from the Composer/Songwriter- Sharon Bee! FOURTEEN TRACKS OF ORIGINAL MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE AMAZING FIREFLY SERIES BY JOSS WHEDON! Check out the music Buy the CD!!! Bring back the great memories of the […]

From Hit Audio Drama to Music CD!

| January 11, 2009

From the minds of Jon Baker and the other good folks at Dick Dynamo comes “Dick Dynamo, the 5th Dimensional Music Experience”. There are many types of modern audio drama companies out there. Many companies offer a variety of fair, and some precious few focus on one or two ideas to put all their efforts […]