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 world of the future brought to you by the past!
NASA has released large TIF images of a bunch of their posters. You can bet you’re going to see some new Biff Straker images come from these. Do you need art in your audio drama?
Head right over to The Jet Propulsion Lab and remember the great worlds of what yesterday’s tomorrow can bring!
Texas Radio Theatre podcast with Rich Frohlich presents “The Atomic Trap” from Sky King in a live read through performance, while our actors at Electric Vicuña Productions take the stage with Gunsmoke “Sins of the Father” and the guiding hand of Richard Summers. All here on the penultimate episode of Summerstock Playhouse 2016!
It may sound a little bizarre to all of us at the Sonic Society, but Ki Sung at KQED News finished an article entitled Listening Isn’t Cheating: How Audio Books Can Help Us Learn.
I remember reading some time back an experiment that had hooked up an MRI to various participants. Those who read a book had a lot of “magic” happening in the brain as readers need to envision settings, characters, sights, and sounds. However, Audio Drama works the brain even more, as a single sound may be the only cue a listener gets in which to build a world. Audio books sort of bridge the two mediums.
However you slice it, audio is good for the brain.
Oh, and television? You guessed it. Leaves the cranium with a cold whistling sound in comparison.
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 part of the Creative Commons. So go to the Kevin Hartnell Free Music Archive Page and use whatever tracks you can for your next great opus. Just make sure you follow the CC instructions and give the man credit where credit is due!
David Cummings of the No Sleep Podcast provides a fantastic Lights Out episode this season with “Death Robbery“. David Ault is your announcer!
The ever-so-missed Kung Fu Action Theatre is back! Creator, writer, director, actor, and host, Rob Paterson announced the return of this beloved gem. While, KFAT has opened its doors beyond the audio drama realm, to read and written stories of all kinds, we’re grateful that maybe we’ll get more of the pulp audio dramatic form from the eclectic author. In the meantime, make sure you have your bookmark. As Mr. Paterson points out on his site:
What is this place?
Kung Fu Action Theatre (KFAT) is your gateway to swashbuckling action-adventure stories from across time and space. Whether your choice is written fiction, audio readings, or full-cast audio dramas, KFAT has you covered. So what are you waiting for? Click a link and explore!
Now to go make some D-Ranger fan fiction….
This week on the Sonic Summerstock we have the classic comedyMy Friend Irma reproduced lovingly from Electric Vicuña Productions‘ Shadowlands Players starring Colleen MacIssac, Ali House, Keith Morrison, Guy Earle, and Daniel Roy. Directed by Jack J. Ward and produced by Richard Summers with music from Sharon Bee.
David Cummings of the No Sleep Podcast provides a fantastic Lights Out episode this season with “Murder Castle“. David Ault is your announcer!
A ghost of a tale starts this season of Sonic Summerstock with Pete Lutz’s Narada Radio Players performing the classic Quiet Please with “Good Ghost”. Sit back in the playhouse as your host David Ault gets us into audio drama time!
The library used to be a quiet place to read. Librarian’s cold death stares to the noisy have long been fodder for teen movies. But lately, they reflect more of a cross between an Internet and Starbucks cafe. Books are the least of your experience in a library today. For example, the Clark Library allowed their patrons to see and hear a performance of “The Wizard of Menlo Park” last Tuesday night from Ranconteur Radio.
All the details can be found in Tap Into Clark website. Now, how about organizing a radio drama night in your local library?
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