Indie AF

"HELP! I don’t know how to make audio drama!

I have a script - what do I do next..."

Hey! Worry ye not you wonderful creatives!

I gotchoo. ***** IAF is here to help.*****

Helloooo! Sarah Golding here. How do?!

I was approached as an audio drama podcast consultant to help the wonderful NEIL MCLARTY fathom what to do next to create an audio drama from a nearly complete script he had been working on. I asked Neil if he wouldn't mind turning our chilled chat into an INDIE AF episode and...here we are! 

His show The New Edinburgh Demonological Society is out…now and you can listen…here #soproud!

We covered all things

• Reading scripts out loud yourself prior to casting / table read with others
• How the page of dialogue times out
• How long you might need in studio to rec
• Casting - what to do, to request, add tech info 
• Casting - link to a good example -
• Absolutely No Adventures (Season 3) Casting Call - Google Docs

• Casting - what kind of audition material to put on?
• Casting - how to categorise your thoughts on listening to auditions
• Casting - making sure you cast folks with different timbre, pace, accents, vibes ….reasons why!
• Casting - where to put the casting calls
• Cast n crew - what to pay them
• Giving back to your creative team if you cannot pay them…yet…
• Table read with actors
• Mistakes made by newbie audio drama folks
• How people listen to audio drama and changing your edit for that demographic
• Marketing - have someone else to help you lift the load of social media marketing
• HYPE! HYPE!
• Website or no? And if yes what to put in it?
• Distribution - WHERE WHERE WHERE?

And SO MUCH MOOORE!

I truly enjoyed this chat and hope its honestly helpful to ANYONE dipping a toe into audio drama creation for the first time

Thanks so much to my amazing patreons - so very very made up to have your support.

Thank you

And again

Please do share rate and review this podcast - AND it would be wonderful to get any feedback if this has been useful to you…honestly….it spurs me on to make more useful episodes….cos life is crazy rn and sometimes I do struggle to finalise these eps so dooo pop me a line if you’ve levelled up as a result of advice from some of my wonderful guests….or me! Annndd I do very much hope you have a joyous time making your story in audio

TIS THE BEST MEDIUM INDEED

Thanks for listening

Sarah🌞

Links to NEIL’S COOL

PODCAST WEBSITE

NEIL’S INSTA

NEIL NFTS SCRIPT SUPERVISING

NEIL LINKED-IN

Resources :

Fiction podcast news weekly

Podnews

Audio Drama Hub FB group

Discord Group for VAs

Casting Call Club

Mandy

Backstage

Art of the table read INDIE AF

Which podhost indie af

OZ9 Website 

Audio Af Auditions on Bluesky 

Descript for transcripts

Canva for artwork and socials

Libsyn

Buzzsprout

Wireless Theatre

Podchaser

How to make waves - interviews with INDIE AF VA’S https://www.howtomakewaves.com

People to find and follow and employ

Katie Seaton

Dayn Russell Leonardson

Tom Parsons

Oliver Morris

Georgia Cook

Kessi Riliniki

Shannon Perry

Beth Eyre

Meabh De Brun

Sarahs links of audio loving joy

⁠⁠⁠⁠SARAH BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠⁠

NOW GET OUT THERE AND MAKE THE THING!

Hello audio creatives!

Welcome to another INDIE AF - Celebrating indie audio fiction creatives making the very best audio stories for your ears….movies for the mind, theatre for the third eye, cinema for the cinemagination….you can quote me on all of those (and I only made up the latter 2) …but you knew that...

Let’s lean in to explore the success of spinoffs! Yes! You need not finish a season and leave it there - why not flash forwards…backwards…sideways...left a bit?! And explore your world building and arcs and nostalgias and histories in greater depths. 

Ah Gwan!

I chatted to the wonderful VINCE DAJANI of AUDIO OHM Media about allllll of the spinoffs from How I Died pod….yes…there is more than one!

• HOW I DIED 
• CROWLEY
• THE CARRINGTON EVENT
• MED SCHOOL PREQUEL
• AND…something secret (that’s not a title - tis an actual secret!)

EXCIITTTINGGGGG

So

In this episode we find out how much

• SARAH LOVES HUGH LAURIE (WHICH IS A LOTTTT)
• If Vince could do an actual autopsy with his knowledge of medical procedures
• What spinoff’s there are from HOW I DIED and how they were planned
• How sound design elements need to be researched for things happening in the past
• How you do not have to listen to How I Died to enjoy the spinoffs
• How delicious it was to explore elements of the world settings from different perspectives 
• Why you should buy Vince’s groovy book - BUTCHERBIRD
• How to manage and run a successful patreon and discord community
• How to market all the things 
• What the trailer for MED SCHOOL and CROWLEY are like ..teasers if you will
• Why ys can ask your audience what they want!

I truly love Vince’s work as a fan and as someone lucky enough to jump in and play in a role on one of his superb horror shows. So DO NOT HESITATE - If you have not found work from AUDIO OHM yet, jump in!

Thank you to my wonderful patreon supporters, who have helped me to keep this show grooving on and to help raise its profile by sharing - if you would like to join them, you’ll get exclusive access to the video versions - completely unedited - on video, and some Sarahisms….HERE...and hey, if you like this show, or think you’re in a space where other creatives can utilise this creative information and advice, please do share it - that means so much - and tag @quirkyvoices or @sarahofgolding on your posts, OR PING MY EMAIL - [email protected]! Thank youp

We have but 4 eps left of this season, and it would be wonderful to get information from you as to what you want from the next season which will release into next year….and will be more of an audio drama course style set of interviews from making the artwork and theme tune, to scoring, planning, writing, directing and recording, and hyping, social mediating and networking as well as awards and so much more beyond release.  So if you have anything to say on those things, and would like to be involved, please ping [email protected]

So hope this has inspired you to think on creating a spinoff for your wonderful show(s)….and hey, If you need a Sarah voice, my rates are reasonable! Ping me dooo [email protected]

HAPPY CREATING

Sarahx :)

VINCE DAJANI LINKS

CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE

SHOWS YOU CAN FIND ON THE WEBSITE>>>>>>

PATRON SAINT OF SUICIDES

HOW I DIED 

CROWLEY

THE CARRINGTON EVENT

MED SCHOOL PREQUEL

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT - Where Vince goes through his old scripts in attempt to improve his current practice - and I appear in episode 2…..! 

GET VINCE’S BOOK - BUTCHERBIRD! :

VINCE’S WORKS ON YouTube

AUDIO OHM  Discord link

VINCE ON INSTA

VINCE IN FICTION ON FB

PEOPLE WE MENTION

VYN VOX

SHAINA WAREING

CHRIS HARRIS BEECHEY

HUGH LAURIE

LINKS TO SARAH’S AUDIO GROOVINESS

⁠⁠⁠SARAH BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠SARAH LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠

NOW GET OUT THERE AND MAKE THE THING! 

And thank you for listening!

(Pls Pass it on!) (Fanks)

Hellooo you beautiful audio fiction creatives you!

Welcome to Indie AF - Thheee chat podcast for all things audio fiction creation = this show aims to help you level up your own practice and make more groovy audio fiction!

Here we have an interview with the super cool Finnur Nielsen who had an internship with the wonderful team at FOOL AND SCHOLAR! Yes! The lucky sausage!

HERUGE thanks to my patreons for their continual and valued support - thank YOU SO MUCHHH for supporting me throughout these wonderful and luminous times - if you want to see the video interviews - unexpurgated - of all indie af eps of recent times, please do become a Quirky Voices Patreon - here@!

Herein we chat all things what Finnur did and how anddd

... we mention...

Travis Vengrof

Kaitlin Statz

Dayn Russell Leonardson

...AND....We talked all things ...

• What Finnur did on the internship
• How he got it
• Why he wanted to do it
• What the ESU is
• What collaboration looks like on the daily
• Tasks he was given
• Getting feedback and appraisals
• Job prospects
• Expectations of 37 hours a week
• Important to agree Contracts
• Tech he uses
• Events at SONIC COLLEGE
• Most exciting recording Finnur has done
• Why folks should consider it as potential internship folks and as podcasters wanting to help train the next generation
• Why you should share this podcast!  

We also discuss the meaning of Forventningsafstemning =

- managing expectations 

- realising your expectations

#DANISH IS BRILLIANT

Fool and Scholar Shows

The White Vault

Dark Dice

SONIC DAYS -GO SEE FINNUR, KAITLIN AND TRAVIS

Things to look up and use! 

Frame.IO

Wipster

Soundly

Audio Drama Hub FB group

Reddit -r/audiodrama r/podcasting

Pro Tools

Logic

Mac M4

Mics / Headphones used

ZOOM H6  (in a beautiful black box)

ZOOM H2 - BUILT IN MICS

Senheisser MKE 600 - Shotgun mic

DT990 BIODYNAMIC 250 OHM VERSION open back

“THERE TRULY ISN’T AN INDUSTRY BETTER SUITED FOR SOUND DESIGNERS THAN AUDIO DRAMA” Finnur Nielsen - Employee of the month at FOOL & Scholar

Links to Finnur's Audio Cool

Linked in

Insta

Links to Sarah's Audio Groovy

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Hellooo you wonderful audio lovers N makers n shakers of the audibly fantastical in these challenging and uncertain times

- but yay for the craft of audio fiction creation and bubbles of grooviness where Audio Fiction Creative Folks can connect and enjoy the talents herein at such joyous events as a podcast festival!

I went to London Podcast Fest a few weekends ago, and caught up with a few amazing creatives who were performing, supporting and enjoying this fest of audio loving joy! At time of recording this, my voice had alll the allergies so is soft and gently soporific or some such, and the mic I was using to interview had to contend with high ceilinged thronging chatty podcast festival crowds, and I think did rather well buttt yes, the quality of the sound differs a little from the usual. Bear with...! The chats herein are super fun and you can learn about some more of the briliant folks in the space - both established and up and coming.

The shows at this fest for audio drama were:

Audio Drama Done Quick

Camlann

Long Cat’s Madam Magenta and Bernard (Featuring Beth Eyre)

We Fix Space Junk

Wooden Overcoats

Find them! Follow them! Buy their tea towels!

Thanks to all folks who I chatted to - 

Matt Boothman of I need a Miracle and More

Layla Katib of Victoriocity and moreand More

Jon Black, Sound Editor and more

Francesca Milod-Ford of Starstrider productions

Niamh Lynn-Devere

Em Smith

Maxamillian John and links to definitely human

DaMarin

Asha

Alec Caldwell Mockery Manor Discord /Kofi

⁠Karim Kronfli of….so much! ⁠

Also mentioned

Links to Laurence and Lindsay charity fundraiser

⁠Links to INDIE AF LIVE AT PODFEST 2022 ⁠

⁠Make your own ADDQ⁠

and Kings Place email for pitching your show - [email protected]

So the recordings were done in a big high ceilinged space with at least 200 people or more milling about and chatting, so…the audio is the best I could do ….with the tech I know how to use! So

Pls do

Enjoy!

Huge and grateful thanks to my patreons

I would not continue this show without their support and appreciate them all - thank you = if you would like to join them, please do here! You get to seeeee the interviews unexpurgated on the zoom recs - joyous indeed!

And doooo listen to DONE TO DEATH by Brendon Connelly - here!

And find , follow and employ the wonderful

Brendon Connelly

Katie Seaton

Fiona Thraille too !

Happy creating all

Sarah🌞

****

Links to INDIE AF LIVE AT PODFEST 2022

Make your own ADDQ

People mentioned

Oliver Morris

Amber Devereux

Lou Sutcliffe

Tobias Weatherburn

Fiona Thraille

Katie Seaton

Brendon Connelly

Ella Watts

Matthew Boothman

Lindsay Sharman

Laurence Owen

Mark Tesserbrot

Simon Kane

E J Martin

Beth Eyre

David K Barnes

Felix Trench

Tom Crowley

Shows mentioned

Audio Drama Done Quick

I need a Miracle

Lightning Bottler

Bird Dog

Camlann

We fix Space Junk

Long Cat Media

Wooden Overcoats

Victoriocity

Confessions of a washed up superhero

Dracula 2004

Landsions of London - Anousha Battersby

Woebegone

RE Dracula

Maddy Searle 

Tom Crowley

A Murray Mystery

Dance Macabre

Empyrean

Marscorp

The Infinite Bad

Monster Hunters

The Divide - a 60s thriller!

The Tower

Magnue Archices

Pantaloon Society

HG Wells Has His Regrets

Eira Major of Hanging Sloth

Spiti box radio

Not Quite Dead

Dungeons and Daddies

Welcome to Nighvale

Midnight burger

ORSON WELLES THE BLACK MUSEUM

The Many Lives of   Lives of Harry Lime

Damarin

Find them! Follow them! Demand they have their own face on  tea towels!

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⁠⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Who else wants to listen to allll the Dracula things in a row in the dark with….nice wine?

This new JOYOUS episode of INDIE AF looks at what its like to be a neurospicy creative with guests

• ANDI WHITE
• CARL G BROOKS 
• JEN DEHAAN

There is so much explored in this episode from how to utilise neurospicy fuelled creative skills and our beautiful unique brains to help make the very best audio fiction. Carl makes up a new word - rackedly - Andi becomes our dictionary of terms corner, and Jen shares many top tips on making working practices better.

We explore being and working with being  alexithymia hyperfantastia, dyslexia, interoception, ptsd and more. Yes, we may overshare, yes one project is just boring when seven will do, but mostly, we strive to get things done - and oh how exciting it is to actually finish something - like getting this episode out! It should be celebrated!

Why?

Because...

We also talk

• Why its almost impossible to work in a linear fashion
• Why Multi-tasking is the norm
• Why there should be a burnout warning indicator
• Why putting direction in the script helps actors and post prod to know what to do
• How shrinking the font helps actors understand you want them to talk quieter/whisper
• What ADHD means
• How finishing something is a major achievement
• How folks can help neurodiverse folks be their best and not have to mask up or shrink
• Why deadlines are missed
• What spoons are and why they’re important
• How having the ability to do asynchronous things can help
• Having very clear requirements sent in good time
• Why networking is difficult
• What RSD is
• What masking is

AND SO MUCH MORE±

HUGE THANKS to my wonderful patreons - I am ever so grateful for you all, supporting my works and helping get this lovely fun filled show out into the world and giving audio fiction creators a voice. If you want to help more eps get made, please feel free! Here

I truly hope you enjoy this ep, feel seen, and reach out if you need to to any of us or the links below.

Whatever happens, know you have a tribe in audio fiction creatives, and hope you can continue to make the very best of your inate superpowers, can unmask and be your authentic self and create.

HAPPY MAKING AF

Sarah🌞

Links to ANDI

INSTA

FB

LINKED IN

https://www.tiktok.com/@AndiGWhite

TIKTOK

Links to CARL

Dyslexic page

Website

Socials

Affiliate & Neurodiverse Producer:

dyslexy

Links to JEN

Audio Dramas

AuDHD coaching & Wired Divergent podcast/YouTube (a lot of further educational stuff about many of the things mentioned today too)

Your Improv Brain podcast/YouTube (neurodivergent & improv)

That improv site where you can "improvise with me" in scenes (it's a bit) mentioned near the end

Sarahs links of audio loving joy

⁠⁠⁠SARAH BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SARAH LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠

USEFUL LINKS

AUTISM SOCIETY

PDA SOCIETY

ADHD HELP

MIND

QUEER AND NON BINARY ADHD SUPPORT

ADDA USA

NEURODOVERSITY SUPPORT

Please email me to send any comments on this ep, or leave them on the Spotify app - would LOVE to have any new reviews, ratings or a simple share to your networks helps

Some other points to ponder gently from Andi:

• Always remember this world is set up for neurotypical people. 

• Find a tribe of similar people who really understand. I feel there's a high probability that if you (the listener) don't already know of several in your network as being neurodiverse, a good proportion of them will be and you don't know it.
• Following on.... there's probably others in your network who are, who don't know it yet.
• If you can, try to be open with collaborators about neurospicyness. It might help clear up possible conflicts and misunderstandings before they turn into big issues.
• Find ways to work that work for you. The rest of world may say you should focus on one project at a time - but if that isn't working for you, do something different. Experiment, find your own pattern and stay with that. 

TOPIC - SCORYTELLLING

Hello you wonderful creative folks - today we explore

SCORE-YTELLING - yes, telling story with music and score - and

with our super groovy expert guests >>>>

CAT BLACKARD 

AND 

JESSICA MUDD

They have a good number of superb shows you can find and explore, linked below - and some of which is showcased through clips on this 'ere indie af interview show with me, SARAH GOLDING - HALLO! >>>

Hunt and find and enjoyyyyy>>>>

• MOTHER SHE WROTE
• CALL OF CTHULU MYSTERY PROGRAMME
• DUNGEONS AND DORITOS

And more! 

Cat and Jess said>>>>>>>>

“We'd love to hear more original scores in indie audio fiction spaces and want to de-mystify this process to inspire more collaboration and offer storytellers a whole new toolset of storytelling possibilities.” 

Yes, I think this ep does that in abundance! Enjoy !

Hearty thanks once more to my amazing patreons who support my work on this podcast and help keep it buoyant - if you’ve like to support Quirky Voices and Indie AF,  and have more episode topics of your choice, please do… here! Or ping me a ko-fi here

I would love feedback which you can do directly on Spotify, by leaving a review or by emailing me direct on [email protected] with grateful thanks indeed.

We explore so much in the ep including>>>>

• Working for free to get cracking
• What to pay musicians you work with - and SAG AFTRA pay grades for actors
• Where to find collaborators
• Collaborating as a non musician with a composer
• Finding themes in music
• Creating character motifs with music
• Creating mood with music
• Blending instruments to give certain vibes
• What diegetic music does
• How to feedback notes to a musician

We truly hope this inspires you to work with a composer to enhance the awesome of your audio fiction, or if you are a musician, to advertise your wares on places such as the audio drama hub or audio drama reddit! and get collaborating! And do ping me on any of my links below and I will happily ping out your wares!

HAPPY MUSICI-NG AND COMPOSING AND CREATING!

Thank you so much for listening - please do share this in your own audio fiction loving circles!

THANK YOUP

NOW GET OUT THERE AND MAKE AMAZING AF AF!

Sarah🌞

People and Audio AF things we mention you should hunt and follow and work with! 

Tom Rory Parsons

Oliver Morris

Jess’ sound cloud

Ryann McQuinn

Sarah Rhea Werner

Katie Seaton

TAFCON

TECH mentioned

Complete control S88 Midi

BBC Orchestra Music library - Spitfire audio

WAVES - Ovox

Links to Cat and Jess

• A good general link for Cat
• Omniverse
• "MOTHER," She Wrote
• The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program
• Ryan McQuinn
• The Omniverse Discord
• Bluesky for Jess
• Bluesky for Cat

Sarah Links of audio joy

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⁠⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠

Fiction Podcast weekly home

⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠

HAPPY CREATING YOU SUPER LOVELY FOLKS

I am available for DIALOGUE EDITING, VOICE ACTING AND VERY BAD HARMONICA PLAYING....please hit me up on my email [email protected] or on any of the socials above!

🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

The wonderful 

*****FAITH MCQUINN 

AND 

*****FLLOYD KENNEDY

Join me to chat all things getting funded - or not - for your amazing audio drama creation. Some strive, surpass themselves and succeed and others sadly sink - for a sec - and strive again!

HEREIN LIE SOME UNMISSABLE CROWDFUNDING TALES!

 I truly love allll of my guests on this show and these two AND ALLL OTHERS deserve your attention too, so please follow the show note links below, find, follow and listen to their brilliant shows. 

Amongst much other INDIE AF goodness, We discussed:

• Which platforms these brilliant creatives utilise for crowdfunding
• How using Stripe for payments is just like PayPal or Wise….
• Where to ask and who to ask for help with crowdfunding - inc Tal Minear, Bob Raymonda
• PM folks to get them to contribute directly and tap your email lists for support!
• Get folks to commit in advance to the crowdfunder
• Don’t pop in bigger amounts as the crowdfunders take commissions  from it- tell them funds you have raised elsewhere so you don’t lose out! 
• Crowdfunding campaigns are a SECOND JOB PEOPLE - You Must COMMMIT!
• Ways folks connected with their potential audience
• How asking favours is ok! 
• Encourage your casts to help with fundraising by putting it in contracts so you can get more support and further reach! 
• Are newsletters important?
• Which socials to use for reach
• What pre-hype looked like
• Making an ep as a calling card to encourage contributions - proof in the pudding!
• What to do when folks donate!
• Perks given on different tiers for all projects 
• Mistakes made
• Merch created
• Valuing your time! 

AND OH SO MUCH MOOOORE!

HUUUGE thanks to my wonderful patient PATREON SUPPORTERS (join them by clicking here!) who have continued to support my Quirky works and this particular podcast. Their perks include getting the full undedited unexpurgated video chats of these podcasts, some Sarahness and more!

Yes!

Visuals! And alllll the mistakes! 😂

Huge thanks to you listener

Please do share this ep with your network, and help others find it, and oh it would be wonderful to have a review! Or send feedback or potential ep ir guest ideas and ep hooks you know we can chat on so folks will level up their creative practice... [email protected].

Happy creating all and hope your next crowdfunder goes brilliantly!

Sarahx

Links to Faith’s creative drawers of joy

observerpictures.com (that's all the things)

patreon.com/observerpix

ko-fi.com/observerpix

If people would like to see my old campaign: https://www.ifundwomen.com/projects/apollyon-final-season-1

Oh! And the place I use for stickers is Sticker Ninja. They are amazing.

Links to Flloyd’s inspiring drawers of audio groovy

www.flloydkennedy.com

www.thundersmouththeatre.com

www.AmIOldYet.com (AF podcast)

www.beinginvoice.co

People and Things of groovy mentioned in this show!

LAST DANCE

DASHERY for merch

SPRING for t-shirts and hats

BOB Raymonda

TAL Minear

Audio Drama Hub

Kickstarter

Indigogo

Seed and Sperk

Crowdfundrr

Ifundwomen

Sarah’s groovy links of audio joy

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⁠⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠

Now go thou to thine fav'rite place and Maketh more groovy AF indie AF!

Hello audio creatives - 'ow do?

I (excitedly) caught up with three very busy and brilliant AWARD WINNING PRO VOICE ACTORS about not being a newbie anymore -and we explore the good the bad and the noise reduction of being a feisty working VA. 

Thank you SO MUCH to my Wonderful guests:

• Karim Kronfli
• Marta Da Silva
• Margaret Ashley

Herein we find out how ridiculous a warm up sounds in an interview podcast, and what these wonderful folks have done to get where they re today! 

Though there be a squeaky chair, 

We discuss:

** Why we persevere in this industry

** Hurray for actors of a certain age

** Inspiration for working in audio

** Why amdram groups are groovy

** Auditioning top tips

** Fave tech Tools

** How once upon a time you sent recorded tape through the post to folks for auditions!

** Etiquette and tips for studio rec and home rec setups

** Why tenacity and begging for work are groovy things! 

** How smaller parts lead to bigger ones!

** Cold emailing - why not!?

** When these folks realised they had made it as a VA

** Developing the technical craft of acting

** What actor training and coaching is important

** Check Bluesky, Insta, Linked in, Tumblr, CCC, Backstage for work

** Careful to check the pedigree of projects you audition for

** Why TAFCON and HUBFEST are groovy things

** Why production companies need to make themselves findable

** Paper script etiquette (or…just get an iPad and i-annotate!) 

** Using AI in this space….(no fighting)…and how they can help

** BRILLIANT TRAINING COURSES AND FOLKS TO WORK WITH

** Why doing speed reading is amazing helpful

** Why you should tell my guests they are awesome, and share, rate and review this show! THANK YOUP

Please hydrate every time you hear the squeaky chair!

Thank you so soooo much to my wonderful Patreon supporters who help make me make this show, and without whom this may well have stopped as a resource! MUCH APPRECIATE YOU ALL - PAST AND PRESENT! You wanna help me keep going - please share the ep, or feel free to become a patreon for $2 a month and keep these chats a-cominnnn

HUZZAHS

There will be a short break for a few weeks from public ep releases whilst I have a wee holiday. (As in small, Its not a bladder problem)  BUT my patreons will continue to get the zoom vids of the Eos we create….

** aND A wee chat on voice reels…

HAPPY VOICE ACTING PEOPLE

Sarah🌞

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SOME SHOWS / NOTEWORTHY COMPANIES WE MENTION HEREIN>>

2000 AND LATE

FAN FICTION FOR BABYLON 5

AUDIO DRAMA PRODUCTION

HOLY SMOKES AUDIO - JOEL AND ADAM

JACKIE THE RIPPER

UNSEEN PODCAST

THE GRAY ROOMS

WIRELESS THEATRE

SOME PEOPLE WE MENTION

DAVID GOODISON

KESSI RILINIKI

NIC REDMAN

TRAVIS VENGROF / KAITLIN STATZ

GABRIEL URBINA

OLIVER MORRIS

TANYA RICH

Margaret Ashley links of cool>>>

Website

Spotlight

Linked-In

Insta

Marta Da Silva links of groovy>>>

Website

BLUESKY

INSTA

Karim links of audio fun>>>

Website

BLUESKY

SPOTLIGHT

Sarahs Groovy Links of audio loving joy>>>

⁠⁠⁠SARAH BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SARAH LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠

Sarah’s editing course of joy - please do email me if you want any help with a course on editing, voice acting, directing, producing... [email protected]

KARIM SAID>>>

'It's a selection game not a rejection game'

GOOO GEDDEMMMMM >>>

Please share rate and review this pod

And

CAST US ALL!

FANKS

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Hello INDIE AF creatives!

Hope your creative week is productive and as brilliant as you! 

I had a joyous eve talking to the wonderful folks from FOOL AND SCHOLAR - TRAVIS VENGROF AND KAITLIN STATZ-  and also there is a super special dreamy guest thought mind link to the wonderful PIP THORNE of THE AMELIA PROJECT on his thoughts on their Patreon - honestly - INVALUABLE ADVICE HEREIN. 

We chat all things

• Starting up and what is important?
• Is Patreon the right platform to choose?
• Choosing tiers and what posts work for engagement?
• Why the free tier is important
• Why in universe ads may not be cost effective
• What perks are worth it and what’s insane to tryyyyy!
• How the PATREON community functions have changed (for the better)
• Why Patreon is a wonderful place for fan engagement
• WHAT FEES ARE - ARGH
• Why the perpetual nature of it is hard!
• Who lurks in their Discord!
• FOOL AND SCHOLAR FINANCE BREAKDOWN - HERE!
• A little about taxes (booo the taxmansss) 
• Is video a useful part of Patreons wares
• Issues with APPLE SUBSCRIPTIONS
• Why the Sonic College is.a groovy place

Other places to use - DRIP / KO-FI / KICKSTARTER / MEMBERFUL 

Pip’s contribution was pinged in via WhatsApp so I DID MY BEST WITH QUALITY but he was out and about at some point too - so it has ambient stroll noises of the streets of Europe!

Truly grateful to Pip for this wonderful insight, and to Travis and Kaitlin too for sharing such amazing lived experience and advice - and long may they make recognised and well supported audio fiction! Pop onto their patreons - ah gwan - talking of which - feel free to join mine with grateful thanks!

Seee the videos of these wonderful folks and get a fuller ep

If you enjoyed this ep or any INDIE AF ep, please share and oh a review would be lovely - or you can leave a message on spotify too!

HAPPY CREATING!

Sarah🌞

Links to Travis and Kaitlin

Fool and scholar Patreon

Fool and Scholar Website

Fool and Scholar YouTube

Finnur Nielson Insta

Budget link Fool and Scholar works

Travis on bluesky

Links to Pip and The Amelia Project

Amelia Project Website

Amelia Project Patreon

Pip on Insta

Sarah’s links of audio Lovin joy

⁠⁠⁠SARAH BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SARAH LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠

LINK TO THE AMELIA PROJECT - LIVE!

DELIVERY AFTER DARK - Preview screenings

The first preview screenings of our new project, on 5th, 6th August 2026, after the live show! 

What happens when you strip cinema down and rebuild it with the grammar of audio drama?

This is a film you hear. The visual world is reduced to passing lights and shadows, while the real drama unfolds in sound, in the mind, just beyond the frame's edge.

Delivery After Dark is our strange new folk horror fiction, and you can be one of the very first people to experience it! 

Helloo <THUNDER> and welcome <sCREAMMMMM> to this super groovy chat <howllll> to the wonderful MARK NIXON of Shadows at the door, Earworm, Tides of Men and more! <Cheering>

THE STORM AT at the beginning was a true real life storm in Buckinghamshire uk that went over my house a few weeks ago - might put it on ⁠Freesound⁠ soon, where all the other SFX came from unless I MADE THEM MYSELF…

Herein we talk all things….

• Why horror? WHHHYYYY?
• Keeping production in the right order
• Adapting text to be audio ready
• Being neurodiverse in a creative field
• How amazeballs actors are
• Thanking our lovely Patreons
• Having boundaries to protect your good self and mental and physical wellbeing
• Should we start a support group to uphold boundaries?!!?
• What can we do better as a community for better diverse inclusivity 
• Mark’s Spotify playlist - A PLAYLIST TO THE CURIOUS
• Why we should in writing horror’ let the thing appear unobtrusively at first…’
• Why ALMOST TANGIBLE’S works are amazing
• WHY YOU SHOULD JUST MAKE YOUR THING
• Using surround sound mics

Thank you so much to my PATREONS OF AUDIO LOVING JOY who have continued to support my works across the years. Excited to welcome 2 new patrons this month - HUZZAHS AND THANK YOUS TO JOHN AND ANDI - So joyous to have you on the team! If you want to join for video perks and more, please do here! 

HAPPY CREATING FOLKS AND 

PLEASE do share this pod so others may find it, and, feel free to let Mark / me know if you specifically enjoyed the ep - you can do so on Spotify itself orrrrr ping the links below

HUGE THANSKS FOR LISTENING

Sarah :)

SHOWS MENTIONED HEREIN

⁠Tides of Men⁠

⁠Earworm musical⁠

⁠Shadows at the door⁠

⁠BIG FINISH TORCHWOOD - LANCASHIRE POACHER⁠

⁠BAFFLEGAB⁠

⁠UNCANNY⁠

⁠FIDGET by Eli Matelan - A horror piece for 11th hour ⁠

⁠MODERN ADAPTATIONS OF M.R.JAMES - THE ASHTREE⁠

⁠NO SLEEP⁠

⁠THE LIMPING WOMAN - BY S.H. COOPER⁠

⁠A ghost in your ear - theatre play - NEW HAMPSTEAD THEATRE⁠

⁠ALMOST TANGIBLE⁠

PEOPLES OF COOL MENTIONED HEREIN

DAVID AULT

ERIKA SANDERSON

JAKE BENSON

JEPPE BECK LAURSEN

ILANA CHARNELLE

VERNA VYAS

JEFF CLEMENT

NICO VERTESSE

JAMIE FLANAGAN

M.R.JAMES

ELLA WATTS

S. H COOPER

Links to MARK’S audio groovesome

⁠MARK-NIXON.COM⁠ - HIRE HIM! 

⁠IMARK ON NSTA ⁠

⁠Tides of Men⁠

⁠Earworm musical⁠

⁠Shadows at the door⁠

A PLAYLIST TO THE CURIOUS - Mark’s playlist to write to

Sarah’s links of audio Lovin joy

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SARAH BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SARAH LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠⁠

We should…

’Create the art and not worry about the home it gets’ 

MARK NIXON