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Born to Teachers and Amateur Audio Enthusiasts in the small rural community of Belwood, Jack's first love was stories- writing, reading, telling, and singing. He developed his acting skills through High School, University, and through film and community theatre.
Jack writes the lion's share of Sonic Cinema Production's (previously Electric Vicuna) Audio Drama scripts and has his own writing site at www.jackjward.com. Jack also is the middle of book writing, screenplay production, and is the CEO of the Mutual Audio Network- where he and the best people in the world Listen & Imagine, Together!.
He's thrilled to co-host the Sonic Society with his wonderful, talented, friend David Ault as they enter their second decade in the medium!

The Art of Visuals Through Sound

April 8, 2016 / / 0 Comments

Malaka-Dewapriya-209x300From The Sunday Times, filmmaker Malaka Dewapriya talks about his long time love of radio drama and two of his new releases:

will launch his two audio CDs tilted “Kanata Parak” (Earful of Visuals) containing  14  Radio Plays at 3. 00 p.m. onwards on April 7 at the Auditorium of the Mahaweli Centre, Colombo.

The main speakers at the event will be Dr. Dharmasena Pathiraja, Lucian Bulathsinhala, and Dr. Sunil Wijesiriwardana and they will speak on the subject of contemporary radio art. The anchor will be eminent playwright, E.M.D Upali.

The collection in ‘Kanata Parak’ includes twelve Sinhala medium and two Tamil medium plays. The titles of these plays are “Tharuwan Saranai(Blessed by Star)”, ‘Nihon Sepalebewa’ (May you attend comfort worldly life in Nihon)”, “Alayaka Damanaya (Love Tamed)”, Nirabhishekana (Felicitation)”, “Nirwasthran ParamanSukhan(Naked is the best policy )”, “Funsalak”, Roma Ruupana (Perform in Rome )”, “Suwadena Agni (Soothing Fire)”, “RangadenaKapuwo(Trickster Matchmakers)”, EkathanaKerakuma(Stagnation)”, “Nawanalu Dahama (Tele Actor)”, and “Bashmaanthara( inter action )”.

 

Gainsaying

April 7, 2016 / / 0 Comments

cp_768_1_Gain-Staging_Mistakes_Fig_1This fantastic help document on Gain Staging- 5 Mistakes to Avoid by Joe Albano, does an incredible job of going through some of the most parts of recording. What is gain staging you ask?  According to the article, “gain-staging is, in practice—optimizing the level at the input and output of each step in the processing chain (real or virtual)”. So now that you know, make sure get an opportunity to erase mistakes for your next productions!

 

Trap Released…

April 5, 2016 / / 0 Comments

ackbarThe audio drama and Star Wars world is whirling at the news that Erik Bauersfeld passed away. Known widely as Admiral Ackbar from the famous Return of the Jedi episode of the original trilogy, Bauersfeld was known mostly as a radio man who acted for decades in our favourite medium. NPR has a great series of references to his iconic Star Wars character in this article about the Star Wars Voice Actor…  Bauersfeld stumbled into the famous role while working on an audio drama for Lucasfilm. A prolific and respected radio dramatist as well as a longtime fixture of Berkeley station KPFA, Bauersfeld worked in radio for much of his life. He adapted, performed and produced full-length productions of classic dramas for radio, including the work of Eugene O’Neill, Edgar Allen Poe, Guy De Maupassant, Franz Kafka and Fyodor Dostoyesvsky.

Audio Tips for Migration

April 3, 2016 / / 0 Comments

somali-drama-640x480It’s not often that Brietbart mentions audio drama, but they took the time to talk about a BBC Radio Drama that they feel gave practical tips for illegal migration out of Somalia.

Of course, one might consider that the Old Time Radio series I Was a Communist for the FBI might be giving practical tips on being a Communist during the Cold War Era as well.

Read for yourself in the article: BBC Radio Drama Gave Tips For Illegal Migrants in Somalia and decide for yourself!

And the Award for Best Audio Fiction Journalism Goes to…?

April 2, 2016 / / 0 Comments

02SARAHS-master675If you talk to people who have been making audio drama for years there are two things that frustrate them the most:

  • people who think that they have single-handedly brought back radio drama from the grave
  • people who don’t recognize the amazing trailblazers in the audio drama movement

We read this time and time again from Audio Drama Talk and the Facebook group we created back in 2009, the Audio Drama/Radio Drama Lovers Facebook Group. Member Jodi Ellyn brought us this New York Times article: And the Awards for Best Audio Fiction Go to…

The article refers to the Sarah Awards from Sarah Lawrence College to honour the best in Audio Fiction.

We love more light shone upon the audio drama world, but you can imagine our concern when the author, Joshua Barone made some erroneous assumptions about AD.

For example, Mr. Barone said, “…Sarah Awards, billed as the first award ceremony for audio fiction.” but long time listeners know that The Audie Awards and The Mark Time Awards are two far more well known awards.

We hope that Ann Heppermann, a founder of the Sarah Awards will take some time to listen to what’s out there, and realize we have a very robust community of audio drama already happening in the 21st century, and we welcome your participation.

 

The Best Kept Non-Secret

April 1, 2016 / / 0 Comments

635944127228984985-Orson-Welles1-jpgAccording to Marc Saltzman, the web’s best kept secret is free radio dramas. If that’s the case, everyone in The Sonic Society has double-ultra level 45 top secret clearance.

We don’t mind that the world is catching up. We love the company!

One of my personal favourites is Boxcar 711 Old Time Radio, which pumps show after show on the feed. Once you subscribe, your challenge will be to keep up!

But Mr. Saltzman names off some of the other favourite sites like archive.org or RelicRadio.com

Read through the list to Mr. Saltzman and send him a note letting him know that you’ve always been a fan of the old and new radio drama you can find right here.

In the meantime, I’m going back to reminisce to last season’s tenth anniversary special series Sonic Echo. Good times!

Vintage Live

March 31, 2016 / / 0 Comments

V033016-805_t180Live from the Vienna Community Centre some classic old time radio will be provided Friday, April 1st and Saturday, April 2nd. Be prepared for the “Adventures of the Thin Man: The Case of the Goofy Groom,” and “The Big Story: Manhunt in Manhattan.”

Read all the details in the article Vintage Radio Plays Come to Life in Vienna and grab your tickets if you can!

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