We’ve always wondered about radio drama outside of the traditional sources in North America and the United Kingdom. It seems like there are solid traditions in places in Africa and some nations in South America, now China has perhaps the beginning of a new renaissance in the medium (one can only hope) with the production of Murders on the Pacific Ocean. This crime suspense was written about a real-life murder case and represents a shining light in the burgeoning Asian radio drama industry. This Global Times article tells more…
Author: Jack (Page 88 of 175)
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!
Tonight we complete Big Finish Productions awesome promotional release of The Prisoner. Now’s your chance to own the entire series. Head over to Big Finish right away and tell them the Sonic Society sent you to pick up the rest of the series today! And special thanks to Michael Hudson for his work in getting this incredible release to us!
It’s Audio Drama Time!
BONUS TRACK: John Bell’s Bell’s in the Batfry episode #156!
What would the holidays be without Colonial Radio Theater? Actually, what would modern radio drama be without the incredible guiding light of Jerry Robbins and the CRT crew?
Jimmy and the Star Angel has been a labour of love by the founder of Colonial Radio and this incredibly rich musical preview explains why. Get ready for the magic of Christmas!
Thanks to Sonic Society member at large- Michael Hudson and the incredible folks at Big Finish we’re thrilled to feature as a promotional release part one of Big Finish’s adaptation of The Prisoner. Head over to Big Finish right away to purchase the rest of the series and don’t forget to tell them the Sonic Society sent you!
It’s Audio Drama Time!
Tonight Wireless Radio Theatre opens their door with a free episode “The Chief” and Jack and David are ready for AUDIO DRAMA TIME!
Tonight Jack and David close off Halloween month with “Rites of Autumn” from John Ballentine and Campfire Radio Theater as well as a new podfict A New Winter. It’s AUDIODRAMA TIME!
I’m going to have to call myself a Futurist. Thirty years ago I had the insight that in the future, there wouldn’t be anymore actors on television. We’d get to a point in our computer animation and voice work that we could take the very best actors from the past, and using 3d modeling create entirely new virtual movies with new plots. Imagine new comedies starring Marilyn Monroe or Jack Lemmon, or a new dystopic science fiction thriller starring Charlton Heston and Raquel Welch. I saw “live” or “studio” recordings to be relegated as part of the art school, and most actors who wanted to express their craft would have to go back to a kind of vaudeville act on stage.
In my original assessment the visuals would come first, maybe beginning with the actors voicing their own lines like they do in animation. But according to TwistedSifter Adobe Audition project VoCo has just leaped in front with text-to-voice capabilities. How capable this technology is yet, it hard to tell. But in the demonstration, the editor can type text and create brand new audio the speaker never said. Admittedly, these would be short pieces, but long will it be before those expand to full scripts?
So what does that mean? Imagine scanning the recordings of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley, and James Doohan. Suddenly the classic stories of Trek go on long past the lives of the original actors. And who owns the voice that never recorded these recordings? One could argue someone’s image can’t be used without their permission, but how can you legally argue someone’s voice that is manufactured electronically can’t become the lead in brand new audio dramas? And don’t get me even started on the possibilities of slash fiction.
It appears we’re entering not just a new age of technology, but a new age that questions the very uniqueness of one of our most personal attributes. Our voices.
Brave New Worlds indeed!
Paul Sating’s Diary of the Madman joins us for some more horror and John Bell’s Bell’s in the Batfry episode #155 Halloween edition for some horrific fun rounds off this week’s show. Jack hosts with David and explains why he’s been a little spotty as hosting the past couple months.
His name is Bob Goyetche and back in 2008, my co-host and I ventured to Kingston, Ontario to the Podcasters Across Boarders conference. If memory serves I spoke at either that one or the next or both. I remember that I had convinced the crowd I was British. My accent was decent enough that someone told me later I sounded passably Canadian. Bob and Mark Blevis were our connection to a series of other podcasters back then. It was our first conference of podcasters in Canada. We didn’t end up going to all the PAB conferences, but we really had a good time when we went. It was with sadness that I learned that Bob passed away November 10th. Bob was a loving father, a loyal friend, and of course, a forerunner podcaster.
To all of Robert Goyetche’s family and friends, from all of us at the Sonic Society our best wishes through this difficult time.
Tonight David presents our feature show from 11th Hour Audio Productions and . The exciting new psycho-thriller “Heavenly Deception” kicks off AUDIO DRAMA TIME!