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Divergent’s Last Flop is Good News For Audio Drama Fans

April 9, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

divergent-ascendant-radio-drama If you’ve been following the Box Office, Divergent‘s latest chapter, Insurgent, has been disappointing.

So disappointing in fact, that “they who hold the purse strings” have cut the final movie from the trilogy. But, unlike what normally would occur without any followup, the final book- Ascendant will be made into an audio drama.

The article in hypable by Katie Awad entitled crisply as Final Divergent Film to be Released as Radio Drama everyone involved seems genuinely dismayed at the thought.

But, we at the Sonic Society, see it differently.

How fantastic is audio drama’s rise that the Hollywood Film houses see even a marketable radio drama product can be made from lackluster movie sails. This can only bode well for our favourite medium!

Iowa Weekend!

April 8, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

Are you in southeast Iowa for the weekend? Check out The Ottumwa Courier‘s suggestions for 5 Things to Do This Weekend.

I’m assuming its in reverse order of importance because their #5 is Live Radio Drama!

From the article:

5. Laugh the night away with the Davis County Players this Friday and Saturday evening as they present a night of old-time radio with a Bloomfield twist in the tradition of “A Prairie Home Companion.” The audience gets to watch a radio show unfold right before its very eyes, complete with plays, sketches, ad parodies and fantastic music. It’s two evenings of live radio at the Iowa Theatre in Bloomfield, with the “State Line Old Time Radio Revue,” featuring five short radio plays by Broadway playwright Eric Coble as well as several additional comedy sketches, live music and much more — all under the guise of a fictional live radio broadcast on the fictional radio station, JMMG, 92.4. Showtime is 7 p.m. April 1-2. Tickets are available at Perfect Touch Wellness Center in Bloomfield or at the door before showtime.

The Art of Visuals Through Sound

April 8, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

From 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 / Jack / 0 Comments

cp_768_1_Gain-Staging_Mistakes_Fig_1 This 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!

And you will Listen, Pottermore

April 6, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

hpaudio Years after the books were released the audio books are still soaring to great heights. J.K. Rowling‘s triumphant children’s series Harry Potter is available at Pottermore where he’s hit past the million download milestone!

Check out this article Listen Up! by Shannon Maughan at Publishers Weekly and go get your own copies for great prices!

The Sonic Society Homebase

April 6, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

Halifax-750x400 We don’t often speak about our home town, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Sonic Society has a home around the world, with voices that speak to all sides of the audio drama world. Halifax is a wonderful place.

Don’t just take our word for it, look at the article by Katie Bridges about the Least Snobby Cities in the World. And come visit us!

Episode 466- Zut Alors!

April 5, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

We’re back tonight with the last of the Dayton Trench series from Zut Alors Theatre!

Trap Released…

April 5, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

The 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 / Jack / 0 Comments

somali-drama-640x480 It’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 / Jack / 0 Comments

If 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.