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Scotland Saves the World!

February 25, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

aliens Nicola Sturgeon has the challenge of her life. She’s to save the world from alien invasion!

The first time an actor was called upon to do this may have been Orson Welles, but it was hardly the last. BBC 4 has Sturgeon playing in a modern retelling of the classic John Wyndham 1953 apocalyptic novel ‘The Kraken Wakes‘, which has been adapted by the Scottish crime writer Val McDermid.

Find out more of this upcoming two-part drama from this Huffington Post article and enjoy more radio drama classics!

Audi-acious!

February 24, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

Audie-Awards-2016-1-800x445 Every year the gold standard of professional audio dramas can be found at The Audies. The Voice Over Herald article points out that this year Audible Studios and ACX has been nominated in twelve categories including one for celebrated actor and Academy Award winner John Malkovich. The Audie Awards include more than audio drama and focusing on all things audio such as Best Female Narrator, Best Male Narrator, AutobiographyMemoir, Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Middle School. Romance, Original Work and many others.

Check out the nominees and start polishing your audio works up for next year!

Episode 460- Holmes is Where the Art is

February 23, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

The Andy Holmes selection is tonight’s feature as we get into episodes one to five. David is your host and Jack is back next week. So will his back be back.

Radio Without Limits

February 23, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

erica-jong In an IBT article entitled, BBC Radio to air uncensored adaptation of Erica Jong’s feminist novel featuring sex scenes BBC is dramatizing for radio scenes from the famous novel Fear of Flying. BBC began to air scenes last night, as they break the novel into five different episodes.

Fear of Flying was a controversial book for iconic feminist Jong, as it depicts sex scenes spattered with expletives. Concern is noted from some listeners that while adult programming conventionally occurs after 9 PM on television stations, radio has no such requirement. So listeners are requested to be aware of the content.

Twilight Zone Appears Over England

February 22, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

twzone The BBC has made arrangements to carry the famous Twilight Zone Radio Dramas from producer Carl Amari. For those of us familiar, Stacy Keach’s rich voice fills the role of narrator once held by the iconic Rod Serling for the original television series. In an io9 article, we discover that ten episodes will be released featuring the voice work of such well known actors as Jane Seymour, Jim Caviezel, Michael York, Malcolm McDowel and many others.

Curiously, the first episode An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge was originally a silent French short film that Rod purchased the rights for and modified for the Twilight Zone. So fascinating to see how the voiceless is given voice in a new generation. But that’s the power of the Twilight Zone, and the power of radio drama. Look for the episodes on BBC 4 coming soon!

Dramatic Students

February 16, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

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 submit their pieces to the NYU Radio Play Contest via email by March 1. Submissions will be judged based on narrative quality and writing style, among other criteria.

Ana Maria Allessi, Vice President of Digital Innovation and Publisher at HarperAudio believes that the submissions should be natural extensions of the students’ current work. The winner will receive 25 percent of net profits of total digital recordings sold and 10 percent of total CD units sold. HarperCollins, a publishing company since the 50’s has all the specified terms and conditions and exclusive rights distribution rights to the winning piece.

Episode 459- Spring Fever-2

February 16, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

We’re back to Sandbox Radio Live to complete our “Spring Fling” with their live performance. How goes your work in NADSWRIM? Have you completed your writing quest this year? Only 2 weeks more to go!

Master of Mayhem in Warner Brothers

February 15, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

treg The genius of Carl Stalling has long been accepted. Often considered to be one of the most innovative composers of the 20th century. Sometimes forgotten is the Costello to Stalling’s Abbott- that of Tregoworth Edmond Brown . “Treg” as he was called (although I’d be tempted to call him “Doc Brown” myself), was a brilliant composer himself, and an article from Neatorama called The Sound Effects Genius Behind the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies will give a look at the amazing man and his inventive work. As audio drama producers everywhere tinker with the right sound, imagine Treg recording live bits, placing sounds together from Foley in his cabinet or rummaging through old film clips. However you put it, the success of the Warner Brother Cartoons had as much to do with the sound of the shorts as it did with the visuals!

A Valentine’s Present from You!

February 14, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

valentine-heart1 Dear Sonic Society Members,

You rock! David and I know you rock. For over a decade you’ve been the most patient, dedicated, and growing fans sharing the explosion of modern audio drama or radio drama, or pulp audio or sonic cinema whatever you’ve wanted to call it to people you love.

And you’ve done it again. We rarely look at our stats. We’re not interested in how much we’re growing, but rather that we keep bringing you the best that is out there. However, this past show, we noticed a massive spike. How much of a spike? After a pretty low January over all, we’ve had over a hundred thousand downloads from our podcast in in less than a week all surrounding Valentine’s Day.

So with apologies to a murdered saint, we love you too. Thanks so very much!

Jack and David

xxx ooo

Gear Month!

February 13, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

Last month we shared that EVP we purchased a new R24 Zoom Recorder for in-house and live recording mixing. This week we have 2 new 415B Apex three pattern wide diaphragm studio condenser microphones and a brand new set of studio headphones to help complete the upgrade of the studio system.

We’re very excited to give the new mikes a whirl! What are you using today?

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