Our lovely friend (and contributor) Lizanne has brought it to my attention that her reading of Jason Sanford's story "The Ships Like Clouds, Risen by Their Rain," is now up over at the Starship Sofa podcast. Jason Sanford is also a friend of the show, so go o'er there and check it out sometime.
Also, Rish voices the Mayor in that story. And has absolutely no memory of doing so.
Strange.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
That Gets My Goat Ocho
Can nothing please these people?
Right click HERE to download the episode, select Save Link As, and save the file to your hard drive.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Rish on "Space Vessel Bird"
Recently, Big asked me why I hadn't used this blog to plug the voicework I'd done without him (ie on my own incredibly crappy microphone at home), and I told him I thought this blog was about the 'steef only, or at least the Dunesteef team.
But he disagreed, so I figured I'd mention something I stumbled across just today.
A few months ago, Big and I had a bit of a crisis of faith when it came to the podcast. We shut down production and didn't work on it for a while, choosing to lick our wounds and pursue other endeavors. But I still wanted to be able to act and read stories and such. One of our listeners (and I apologize for not remembering who it was) mentioned that he knew of an audio drama that was looking for voice talent, and recommended I give it a try.
I checked out what people were asking for, still wishing I hadn't missed the chance to try for my dream voicejob of Jayne Cobb in the "Firefly" podcast. I recorded a couple of auditions, and despite my laughably terrible microphone, I managed to snag a couple of really exciting roles (one of them, a fun adaptation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"'s Season Eight comic book, can be found here: www.lightningbolttheater.com/default.aspx).
Among them was an interesting and well-written adventure set in the "Star Trek" universe called Space Vessel Bird. I got the part of Captain Zachary Beck, the disgraced former starship captain now stuck in a Starfleet penal colony. I hadn't heard back from them in a while, but I checked their website today and found that their first episode went up in September. If you're interested, give them a listen (I'm doing so now, and it's an interesting experience. As we've dealt with on our own show, the audio quality of different participants really varies, which is frustrating. And, of course, I can't help but scrutinize my own performance, but ah well).
During that period this summer, I recorded quite a lot for a bunch of different podcasts and audio dramas, but if they don't tell me the shows have dropped, I'll never know. I'll keep y'all posted, though.
Rish "Master Thespian" Outfield
But he disagreed, so I figured I'd mention something I stumbled across just today.
A few months ago, Big and I had a bit of a crisis of faith when it came to the podcast. We shut down production and didn't work on it for a while, choosing to lick our wounds and pursue other endeavors. But I still wanted to be able to act and read stories and such. One of our listeners (and I apologize for not remembering who it was) mentioned that he knew of an audio drama that was looking for voice talent, and recommended I give it a try.
I checked out what people were asking for, still wishing I hadn't missed the chance to try for my dream voicejob of Jayne Cobb in the "Firefly" podcast. I recorded a couple of auditions, and despite my laughably terrible microphone, I managed to snag a couple of really exciting roles (one of them, a fun adaptation of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"'s Season Eight comic book, can be found here: www.lightningbolttheater.com/default.aspx).
Among them was an interesting and well-written adventure set in the "Star Trek" universe called Space Vessel Bird. I got the part of Captain Zachary Beck, the disgraced former starship captain now stuck in a Starfleet penal colony. I hadn't heard back from them in a while, but I checked their website today and found that their first episode went up in September. If you're interested, give them a listen (I'm doing so now, and it's an interesting experience. As we've dealt with on our own show, the audio quality of different participants really varies, which is frustrating. And, of course, I can't help but scrutinize my own performance, but ah well).
During that period this summer, I recorded quite a lot for a bunch of different podcasts and audio dramas, but if they don't tell me the shows have dropped, I'll never know. I'll keep y'all posted, though.
Rish "Master Thespian" Outfield
Friday, October 8, 2010
"Two Truths and a Lie" Really Gets My Goat
And hey, let us know if you want more of this sort of thing, or just the regular b**ch sessions.
Right click HERE to download the episode, select Save Link As, and save the file to your hard drive.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
This Week
Last night, Big and I got together for our weekly recording session. We were unable to do so last week because of familial obligations, so we really tried to make up for it. We recorded some lines for Abbie Hilton, a couple of promos, an episode for an upcoming Michael Stone story, and tried to finish up our next episode, a story called "Tattletale." In it, there are two children (ages six and four), and both of them have to give a fearful performance and do a lot of screaming.
I had my niece do one of the characters the other day, and she did well. For the other child, Big sat his little girl down in front of the microphone, and got what I think is the best performance out of her so far. He's a little more patient than--okay, he's a hell of a lot more patient than I am, and I hope that pays off in the finished product. My suspicion is that absolutely no one would have faulted us had we just voiced the little children ourselves (or gotten Liz to do it, since she sounds about thirteen on a good day), but I hope the story works better with actual children, even if it's a lot harder to get them to be natural and believable. We'll see in a few days.
After that, we went for our weekly walk (pretty much the only exercise I get nowadays), looked at Halloween costumes at Walmart, got some gas, and came back for (what we thought would be) a brief "That Gets My Goat."
And oh, the humanity, it spiraled out of control, to the point where we (or more accurately, I) were still yammering on at three in the morning. I'll probably end up cutting that show into two or maybe three parts, if you're interested.
And the episode of the show proper we recorded consisted of us spinning our wheels, since we both had very little to say about the story itself. We insulted each other and joked around for most of it, laughing harder than we do on three shows. So my prediction is thus: either it's going to be everybody's favorite episode, or it'll be the one that makes them quit the show.
Either way, should be fun.
Rish "The Mouth" Outfield
I had my niece do one of the characters the other day, and she did well. For the other child, Big sat his little girl down in front of the microphone, and got what I think is the best performance out of her so far. He's a little more patient than--okay, he's a hell of a lot more patient than I am, and I hope that pays off in the finished product. My suspicion is that absolutely no one would have faulted us had we just voiced the little children ourselves (or gotten Liz to do it, since she sounds about thirteen on a good day), but I hope the story works better with actual children, even if it's a lot harder to get them to be natural and believable. We'll see in a few days.
After that, we went for our weekly walk (pretty much the only exercise I get nowadays), looked at Halloween costumes at Walmart, got some gas, and came back for (what we thought would be) a brief "That Gets My Goat."
And oh, the humanity, it spiraled out of control, to the point where we (or more accurately, I) were still yammering on at three in the morning. I'll probably end up cutting that show into two or maybe three parts, if you're interested.
And the episode of the show proper we recorded consisted of us spinning our wheels, since we both had very little to say about the story itself. We insulted each other and joked around for most of it, laughing harder than we do on three shows. So my prediction is thus: either it's going to be everybody's favorite episode, or it'll be the one that makes them quit the show.
Either way, should be fun.
Rish "The Mouth" Outfield
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Rish and Big read a story on "Drabblecast"
As mentioned previously, Big and I got to read a story over on Norm Sherman's award-winning "Drabblecast." It's this week's episode, part of one of his Trifectas, with three short stories by three different authors. As big fans of The Drabblecast, it was an honor to get to do it.
The story we performed is entitled "Toaster of the Gods" by Randall Coots. Believe me, it's every bit as fun as it sounds.
The story we performed is entitled "Toaster of the Gods" by Randall Coots. Believe me, it's every bit as fun as it sounds.
Friday, October 1, 2010
That Gets My Goat 7
Also, it's October first, and that means The October Scary Story Event is underway. It's a contest to write a scary story (any length) within the month of October, and submit it to us (that's submissions(at)dunesteef(dotcom) and put OSSE in the subject line). Our favorite story or two will be made into an episode of our show.
Who knows, Rish may even have something to complain about there too.
Right click HERE to download the episode, select Save Link As, and save the file to your hard drive.
*At one point, Rish refers to Don Hahn as the director of TANGLED. He was confusing him with Glen Keane, who was the film's original director, later replaced by the guys who directed BOLT.
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