Audio Drama Production Podcast: How to make radio drama, radio plays, & audio fiction

This is the final chat with Scooter Mann as co host. He's still going to help out from time to time though!

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/adpp-scooters-send-off

Austin and Matthew talk about a new direction, and Matthew teaches Austin a couple tricks in reaper.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/adpp-sort-of-a-new-direction

just a quick update

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/adpp-update-from-matthew

In this episode, Austin has a chat with Jessica Rainville creator of Chris an audio drama inspired by a real cold case

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/s4e3-jessica-rainville-and-turning-nonfi

In this episode Sean Howard, co-creator of Alba Salix, Axe and Crown, and The End Of Time And Other Bothers gives us a breakdown on the success of their Patreon Growth.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/s4e2-sean-howard-and-patreon-growth

Scooter Mann and Wildclaw Theatre's Ele Matelan talk scriptcrafting for sound! Vocal exercises and a new host!

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/s4e1-ele-matelan-and-writing-for-audio

Scooter and Austin Chat with Steven Jay Cohen of Spoken Realms Audio about contracts, business, and so much more! Spoken Realms (https://www.spokenrealms.com/) Dochub Adobe Document Cloud (Docu...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/adpp-150-contracts-business-and-your-sho

Scooter and Austin have a discussion about music in storytelling and Dayn Leonardson of Koach Studios and Broken Bard Studios tells us about the process he uses to compose for a show, and Joe Gri...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/adpp-149-music-for-your-show-with-dayn-l

In this episode, Austin talks to Dave Robison about Archivos, a world building program for storytelling. for more information visit https://archivos.digital/

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/adp-148-talking-archivos-with-dave-robis

We talk with KC Wayland about the dos and don’ts of building a studio in your home. We go from room design, sound treatment, to what we’ve done in our own home studios. Links Bombs Always Bee...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/147-building-your-home-studio-with-kc-wa

Austin speaks with Matthew Boudreau of Aural Stage Studios, !!th Hour Productions, Audio Drama Network, and the executive producer of this show, about immersive sound. we experimented with google...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/stereo-and-multichannel-panning-edited

Summary: Scooter and Austin have a discussion about different forms of believable dialog. Showcasing scenes from shows that have good examples of dialog paired with clips from some of the show cr...

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Going from Concept to Completion Summary: Austin and Scooter try to flush out their ideas for a new dog based Audio Drama. Enlisting the help of James Oliva of What’s the Frequency and David Be...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/adpp-ep-144-the-brainstorm

Executive Producer Matthew Boudreau introduces the new team. Then the crew brainstorms a story pitch with What's the Frequency's James Oliva! Agoraphobic lumberjacks and implanted dryads! Listen...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/143-the-pitch

Were you unable to make it to the Vault Festival this year to hear the ADPP live show? Well worry not! This special episode of the Audio Drama Production Podcast brings the Vault Festival to you!...

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In her final episode, Sarah interviews the creators behind the Amelia Project. Learn how they masterfully crafted a listenership well before the their premier episode, the team's influences, tabl...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/142-philip-thorne-and-oystein-ulsberg-br

Join us as we sit down with the brilliant George Maddocks of Dead London. Listen as takes us through the art of location recording, it's pitfalls and artistic rewards.

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Sarah sits down for a conversation with the production crew behind the audio drama podcast Tribulation about how their show grew from one episode to an entire series. We also receive deep insight...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/140-tribulation

Start your audio drama with a bang! Some intrigue? A dilemma? A talking mouse? This week, Sarah talks with the effervescent Heavenly Deception writer and creator, Steve Schneider about hooking ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/139-awesome-openings-with-steve-schneide

How on earth do you start to design your sound effects from scratch? What do you need to create some horrific horror sounds fight scenes or exploding bits for audio? How do you plan and prepare f...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/138-foley-with-ele-matelan

Hello! So excited to share this insightful interview with you -  Mac Rogers, writer of The Message, Life After and Steal the Stars - all supreme audio dramas released into the wild with except...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/137-writing-for-audio-with-mac-rogers

Crafting an Anthology Series with Jonathan Mitchell Anthology audio drama shows with quality stories every time are few and far between, and yet somehow The Truth Fiction Podcast shines like a ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/136-crafting-an-anthology-series-with-jo

135 - Editing and Directing with Eli Mcilveen If you need some top tips on directing VA's in a recording studio and directing remote actors, and how to organise your editing processes, this epis...

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 134 - Mischa Stanton and Home Studio Tech Setups Hello! The wonderfully talented Mischa Stanton of The Bright Sessions, Ars Paradoxica, and The Far Meridian shares some top tips on organisi...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/134-mischa-stanton-and-home-studio-tech-

The inspirational John Dryden of Panoply talks us through making innovative audio creations and pitching to a Network, and Directing Audio Drama, giving gems of advice on being part of a Networ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/133-john-dryden-and-paul-sating-networks

Creating Satirical Characters with Peter Oldring and Dexter Guff Need more funny in your life? Like satire? LEver wondered what Thought Leaders do? What they're like? Why they're like what they'...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/132-creating-satirical-characters-with-p

Here is some wonderful advice ON HOME AUDIO TECH KIT from Steve Blizin, Tanja Milojevic, Kevin Hartnell, Regan Adler and Boyd Barrett. We also have a good catchup with Write Now and Girl in Spa...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/131-sarah-werner-and-home-recording-setu

Two absolutely inspiring and excitingly talented ladies have for one reason or another embarked on a relaunch of their podcasts. How did they do it? Why? What have they done And what else are the...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/130-relaunching-a-podcast

Sarah had a wonderful catch-up with the ever-exciting audio supermen known as Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris about their adventures in recording the X-Files this summer, with the well known tel...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/129-recording-the-x-files

If you haven't heard any of Rick Coste's amazingly creative, fun, endearing, thought-provoking audio drama - where have you been? All explore relevant issues and themes important to the well-roun...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/128-childrens-audio-drama-part-two

11th Hour Audio Productions exists to bring you hair raising amazing horror audio drama for World Audio Drama Day. It is all recorded edited and produced entirely during the month of October and...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/127-eleventh-hour-collaborations-world-a

Have Your Say: The ADPP 2017 Winter Survey Why aren't there more kids audio shows? Why isn't there horror? Sci-fi? Comedy coming voluminously out of - and into - children's ears? We ponder the au...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/126-why-arent-there-more-childrens-audio

BARBARA MORGAN - Executive Producer, Organiser and General Superstar Austin Film Festival Guru. The Austin Film Festival has been going for a while - it's a burgeoning and exciting event in the...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/125-austin-film-festival-encouraging-new

Need a serialised epic fantasy drama in your life? Loved Cabin in the Woods? Then you should already be fans of The Once and Future Nerd. Fiona interviews Christian - Co-Creator, Executive Prod...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/124-the-once-future-nerd-conception-to-p

This hugely successful political audio drama hit the podcast charts by storm in the midst of the recent tumultuous 2017 actual US President Election. Terms follows the progress of the end of o...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/122-terms-conception-to-production

We can't wait for you to hear this fantastic interview with the multitalented man behind this years' hit Podcast thriller Blood Culture....Lance Dann >>>Writer, Director, Producer, Fundraising h...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/121-blood-culture-conception-to-producti

Want to find out the best demographic group hobbyists to target for listening to podcasts? Ever wondered what a Dramaturg can do for your script? Should you record an Audio Drama in a hotel? Why ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/120-jarnsaxa-rising-conception-to-produc

James Oliva has been a screenwriter, a voice actor and more, and is about to unleash his thrilling new podcast - 'What's The Frequency' upon the world. Hurray! We caught up with him to discuss ho...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/119-whats-the-frequency-conception-to-pr

Order yourself a pint, pull up a bar stool, and join Kathleen Kidd (The Scottish Audio Co-Operative, A Night of Horror, Into the Murk) for a chat on all things Audio Drama. Kathleen is part o...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/118-teaching-audio-drama-in-the-pub

In the second of our Conception to Production Summer Season shows, we interviewed the wonderfully creative and proactively ambitious Pacific Obidiah. He took some time out of Producing, Writing, ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/117-lake-clarity-conception-to-productio

TRAVIS VENGROFF AND KAITLIN STATZ - LIBERTY PODCAST We were lucky enough to catch Travis and Kaitlin not writing, not drawing, creating, designing, producing, recording, at work or at a conventio...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/116-liberty-podcast-conception-to-produc

Looking for a range of top notch expertise on a variety of script writing tools to add to your last eps knowledge? Look no further than HERE for pro advice from the AMAAZING Monique Boudreau of ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/115-script-writing-tools-scene-2

If you've ever wondered if it's better for your audio drama writing to try a script writing programme with formatting or not then listen to this - part one of two on how active audio Drama profes...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/114-script-writing-tools-scene-1

Helloooooo! We were lucky enough to speak to the superbly talented James Oliva and Zach Valenti about their Voice Acting experiences to date, and we delve into some more of our findings as workin...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/113-the-voice-acting-guide-act-2

Hello! Interested in voice acting and wanting to know more, or already doing it but looking to take it up a level or more? What training opportunities are there? Where do you find jobs? How do yo...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/112-the-voice-acting-guide-act-1

Hello! We have fabulous contributions from a number of wonderful audio creatives who spend hours of fun time directing Voice Actors. What does a director of audio work actually do? We find out wi...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/111-directing-voice-actors

Have you ever wondered what a Comedy producer actually does? Ed Morrish has been responsible for producing a plethora of amazing shows - mostly on Radio 4 - and you’ll have heard his name on th...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/110-what-does-a-radio-comedy-producer-ac

In this packed episode, we hear from some amazingly inspiring active creative audio drama producers re: their favourite DAW. There are hints and tips and why people prefer one DAW over another. T...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/109-daws-whats-the-best-audio-production

In this episode we have focused on answering some listener questions and had a chat around how to get a larger audience for your show, how many VA’s does it take to make an AD, a potential Netf...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/108-listener-q-a-and-special-guests

A look at the business side of audio drama, including contributions from audio drama companies who have found successful business models for professional audio drama productions. With thanks to ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/107-business-models-for-audio-drama

In this International Women’s Day Special we’re celebrating women working in all areas of audio drama production. Thanks to our contributors. Sarah Buchynski, sound engineer, sound designer...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/106-women-in-audio-drama

This episode is a celebration of audio drama pushing the boundaries of storytelling through using stylized performances, creating atmosphere through soundscapes – digitally, or through layering...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/105-experimental-audio

An episode on discovering and appealing to your listener demographic.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/104-listener-demographics

A discussion on finding a balance between work, life and audio drama.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/103-audio-drama-work-life-balance

It’s a new year and a new era for the Audio Drama Production Podcast. Matthew and Robert will be stepping aside and handing the presenter hats to Fiona Thraille and Sarah Golding. The ADPP wil...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/102-the-changing-of-the-guard

It’s part two of the Audio Drama Production Podcast’s 100th Episode. Listen to part one. What advice would you give yourself before you started making Audio Drama? That’s the question tha...

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It’s part one of the Audio Drama Production Podcast’s 100th Episode. Listen to part two. What advice would you give yourself before you started making Audio Drama? That’s the question tha...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/100-ultimate-advice-for-making-audio-dra

It’s episode 99, it’s Halloween, and it’s time to talk about terrifying your audience. Featuring an all-star panel of Audio Dramatists from around the world. In order of appearance, Tanja ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/099-how-to-scare-your-listener

Make your audience laugh with our panel of Audio Dramatists from around the world.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/098-how-to-make-your-listener-laugh

Podcast hosting platforms and iTunes rankings

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/097-media-hosting-itunes-rankings-new-no

When difficulties arise, when is it time to scrap a show and begin again?

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/096-should-i-quit-start-again

Political Messages, Character Beliefs, & Prejudices

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/095-political-messages-character-beliefs

Pitching Audio Drama Ideas - The Story Pitch!

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/094-pitching-audio-drama-ideas

Listener Habits, Trends, and Bad Reviews

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/093-listener-habits-trends-and-bad-revie

Matthew with Kc in Anaheim. In the background is ‘The Arena’ that inspired the infamous We’re Alive storyline. Kc Wayland isn’t just the guy behind We’re Alive and Lockdown. He’s the...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/092-kc-wayland-on-lockdown-audio-theater

Download numbers are discussed, and sometimes obsessed over by podcasters. However, it’s better to focus your attention on those who are listening, rather than stressing over those who aren’t...

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There’s five things that are really important in the writing and production of quality Audio Drama, and they all begin with C. Conspiracy? Well, that does too. So what are the five Cs of maki...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/090-the-five-cs-of-making-audio-drama

On this episode we’re joined by Zoe and Leon from WordPlay. I’ve been keen to get them on the show for a while to talk about the audio drama workshops they’ve been running in schools, books...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/089-running-audio-drama-workshops

Unless your entire cast are working remotely, you’re going to need a place to record your Audio Dramas. There’s no ‘one size fits all’ answer here, and there are a lot of factors that com...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/088-finding-creating-recording-environme

Episode Lengths – How Long Should My Audio Dramas Be? It’s a frequently asked question in Audio Drama, and an interview with Brian and Jerry at Great Northern Audio Theater (which can be hear...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/087-episode-lengths-how-long-should-my-a

Having a great story and cast, along with excellent recording and production values should be enough to take your show to the top, but that isn’t the case. If you have poor cover art and a web...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/086-your-shows-all-round-packaging

In an age where we have access to an almost limitless supply of information in the device in our pockets, it’s very difficult to become truly bored nowadays. Neil Gaiman once remarked that his ...

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Wooden Overcoats – a story of two rival funeral directors on a small fictional island – is a Audio Drama series that ticks all the boxes. Brilliantly written, with a talented cast, and first ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/084-making-an-audio-drama-sitcom-wooden-

Shownotes at audiodramaproduction.com

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Big thanks to Joseph Tucker, creator of The King Strikes Back, who sent us a great interview with Chris Winstanley. Chris recently pitched an audio comedy series to Audible and was commissioned b...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/082-audible-commissioning-revisited

John Dryden is the man behind the Audio Drama that’s taking the world by storm at the moment. The epic Tumanbay. I wanted to ask John his thoughts on ‘Audiblegate‘, as well as find out exa...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/081-finding-your-style-with-tumanbays-jo

Bryan Lincoln returns with another Audio Drama writers roundtable. He’s joined by Jay Smith and Chris Jarvis as they discuss how to execute the adaptation of an existing work for Audio Drama. ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/079-writing-for-audio-drama-adaptations

If you’d really like to start making your own Audio Drama, but you have 101 reasons why you can’t just yet, then this episode is for you. We’ve got two guest segments. The first is from Br...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/078-doing-it-all-yourself

Some of the most famous and classic examples of sound being used to tell stories come from the world of cinema. On this episode we’re joined by Dr Kenny McAlpine of Abertay University as we tak...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/077-what-can-we-learn-from-film-sound

Happy New Year to you. We’re kicking off 2016 with the SVP of Original Content at Audible.com Eric Nuzum. Eric spent 11 years at NPR as the Vice President of Programming and has a wealth of exp...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/076-how-do-you-get-commissioned-by-audib

Are you still waiting to make the leap and start creating your own shows? How long does it take to become an Audio Drama producer? We’ve seen a few new faces emerge in the world of Audio Drama...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/074-becoming-an-audio-drama-producer

The Winter’s Tales UK International Radio Drama Festival is taking place from the 22nd to the 27th February 2016 In Herne Bay, on the South East of England. winters-tales Joining us on this ep...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/073-uk-international-radio-drama-festiva

When you plan out a story or write a script you will begin to introduce characters. These characters need to have lived their entire lives up until the point where they arrive in your story. You ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/072-fleshing-out-your-characters

Sound effects and soundscapes are an integral part of your Audio Drama, and often the best way to get your hands on that perfect sound you envisaged when you wrote the show is to go ahead and mak...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/071-making-sound-effects-building-sounds

We’re podcasting live from the middle of Hurricane Abigail to bring you these 7 tips that you can put into action in your own Audio Drama. 1. Do a scene-by-scene breakdown of a professional qu...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/070-7-tips-for-improving-your-audio-dram

If you’re planning to write a serialised Audio Drama there’s a lot to think about in terms of your wider story arcs, individual episodes, and characters. In the first of these ‘Writing for...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/069-writing-for-audio-drama-characters-s

It’s hard not to get excited by the thought of listening to Audio Drama in 3D. Though binaural audio isn’t a new thing, it’s still relatively rare to encounter unless you are actively searc...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/068-how-do-you-make-a-3d-binaural-audio-

Story ideas probably creep up on you all the time, you could be in the shower, out running, or lying in your bed. They could be fully fledged story ideas, fragments of stories, individual scenes,...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/067-developing-story-ideas-audioflix

There are tried and tested ways of growing your audience, none of which involve any short term or overnight routes to success. You can spend hours each week blasting links all over Facebook, Twit...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/066-how-to-promote-your-show-grow-your-a

We’ve been listening to some great podcasts recently – most notably, The Black Tapes, and brand new show The Message (by the way, check out the story behind this one). These shows are audio f...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/065-the-rise-of-the-docudrama-audiobook-

The adaptation of Locke & Key – originally a best-selling graphic novel series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez – into a thirteen and a half hour Audio Drama is one of the most significant d...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/064-audio-drama-on-audible-locke-key

The task of making an Audio Drama is a big one. From the story outlining and scriptwriting, to the casting, and production, these things are all going to demand a lot of your time and attention. ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/063-being-productive-working-with-others

A = Anthology or Serial? What kind of series would you like to make? Doing a serial with ongoing story arcs and characters will give your listeners that extra reason to come back for more. But i...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/062-the-a-to-z-of-making-audio-drama-new

One of the toughest challenges when you begin producing Audio Drama is looking at ways to bring in multiple pieces of dialogue, recorded by different actors, on different mics, in different condi...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/061-setting-dialogue-volume-levels-roomt

Nostalgia might be a bit of a fad at the moment, but we’re genuinely delighted to have comedy double act Trev and Simon back in our lives. The pair were essential Saturday morning viewing in th...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/060-funding-projects-writing-comedy-tv-i

Background conversations are an opportunity to subtly fill your story with bits and pieces of information, as unnamed characters chat amongst the dips in your main dialogue. Master this art and y...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/059-background-conversations-walla

The fantastic Tanja Milojevic joins us for a chat about voice acting, visual impairment, and more. Tanja has her own Audio Drama series, LightningBolt Theater of the Mind, and has also starred in...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/058-voice-acting-visual-impairment

Making Audio Drama with children

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When you write or build a scene in your story, you are visualising a living, breathing world in your head. Is it your job then to try and recreate the most “authentic” representation of this ...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/056-what-does-your-world-sound-like

On this episode, Sound Stages Radio’s Sibby Wieland joins us for a chat. Sibby has carried out a lot of great work in the Audio Drama community over the years, and most recently organised a pan...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/055-audio-drama-identity-discoverability

With Dan Black of A Writer’s Life When you begin your journey as an Audio Drama creator, there’s a lot to learn. Whether your main interest lies in production, writing, or both, you’ll pic...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/054-mastering-your-craft-being-a-writer

The big news in Audio Drama this week was the funding of We’re Alive: Lockdown on Kickstarter. They raised nearly $5000 over their $50,000 target with over 1000 listeners pledging money to ensu...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/053-release-schedules-crowdfunding

On this episode we’re taking another look at gender equality in the medium as we invite friend of the show Fiona Thraille on to offer her own opinions on this topical discussion. Links mention...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/052-inequality-character-inner-voices-me

You probably don’t create Audio Drama specifically to make money, but wouldn’t it be nice to get paid for doing something you love? Traditionally, creators would need to find someone to comm...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/051-profiting-with-your-audio-drama

It has almost become expected in modern audio drama production circles that you need to do everything when it comes to putting a show together. Writing a good story as a script that works in audi...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/050-are-you-focused-voice-actor-recordin

The music you use can make or break your production, so it’s about time we talked about it on the podcast. On this episode, a household name in Audio Drama – the legendary Kevin MacLeod of in...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/049-composing-music-for-audio-drama

Creating an Audio Drama is a huge undertaking. It’s going to take up loads of your time and energy, and you’ll probably earn little or no money from it. So why are you doing it? In this episo...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/048-why-do-you-make-audio-drama-cast-gen

There was some pretty big news in the podcasting world last week as Libsyn (via their own podcast The Feed) announced that they were partnering with music streaming giants Spotify. By the sounds ...

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If you want to build a business, earn a bit of extra pocket money, or even just get creative and have fun with audio fiction, there are other ways to do so outside of the traditional podcasting m...

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The Sonic Society‘s Jack Ward returns to the show, looking to break down and analyse the nuts and bolts of what makes up an audio story, and what forms that story can take. The segment features...

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The dilemma faced by all audio drama creators at some stage is whether they should make a serialised story, or an anthology series. Here we give examples of two of our favourite serial dramas, E...

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Make those vital opening minutes count, give the listener reason to stick with you “The moment of arrival. This is how you drop your listeners into the story. Don’t give them a warm bed with...

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Writing dialogue is one of the most important things you’ll do when creating audio drama. Without it your story wouldn’t even exist. So what makes for ‘good’ dialogue, and how do you go a...

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We’ve come up with a list of ways you can help your fellow audio dramatists to succeed and grow, which aims to help the whole audio drama community move forward as one. After that, we have a gr...

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Remember the who, the what, the where, the when, and the why. “The microphone, in addition to being the ears of the listener, is where all the action takes place. In stage theater it would be...

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“To produce fan fiction, or not to produce fan fiction, that is the question” (Sylvester Stallone, Terminator 2, 1997) Direct Download Well, this episode has been brewing for a while now. V...

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Getting stuff done, working with composers, & panning

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What is a reviewer looking for in your work?

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Continuing on with our location recording discussion, John Ballentine of Campfire Radio Theater talks about the making of the brilliant Hungry Hollow… “We used a Zoom recorder, it’s a Zoom...

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Should I record on location?

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How do I convey thought in audio drama?

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How to create a local audio drama group

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“For me, practice has always been important, as a way of understanding something, you know. It’s all very well reading about it, and listening to it, but actually, when we put things on their...

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Audio Drama is global, your cast can be too. And how do you give helpful, actionable feedback to others? Fiona Thraille of Cooperantem Audio talks about why satellite/remote recording has given ...

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Take your listener on a bumpy ride Story structure is important; you don’t want to create linear fiction that begins, before walking straight to the end without setbacks or incidents, so what ...

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In this episode we chat about why we thought it would be a good idea to put such a guide together, and how helpful we hope it will be to have basic production questions answered in one accessible...

https://www.spreaker.com/user/audiodramanetwork/22adp-creating-your-first-audio-drama

You’ve got a great idea for a story, but what makes audio drama the best medium to bring it to life? Creating an audio drama provides a unique, accessible, low cost, and intimate platform for g...

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