Radio Play

On Saturday, I had my first experience with a recording studio.  To give greater context to the importance of this particular event, those who know me fairly well know that one of my life's ambitions is to be a voice actor.  I love working with my voice, creating different characters and persona solely by working with vocal cords, projection, enunciation, and so on.  If I were to do this professionally, it can be assumed that at some point I will find myself in a recording studio, making it both a work place and a home away from home.

To come to a clearer point, I loved it.  I loved being in the room, I loved hearing what I could do with my voice (which wasn't much at the time, granted, because we weren't there for jolies; we were there to record some Ragnarok), and I loved messing around with Kasey vocally, finding the humor that existed in changing vocal intonation.  I was reminded that, yes, actually, I would like to do this for a living, thank you.

Since then, an idea has been floating around in my brain.  In everything I do, I try to find ways to combine my skills.  I'm a writer who hasn't written; I'm a voice actor who hasn't had his chance yet.  The answer came to me so fast, I had it before I even thought of the question: I want to write and produce a radio play(s).  I want to create a weekly series that people will listen to and enjoy the various things that happen.  I haven't decided whether it will be one continuous story, various stories, or just a comedy act.  You might be able to tell that I am getting some of my inspiration from one Mr. Garrison Keillor.  I won't rip him off entirely, but he certainly is one of the only contemporary inspirations I have.

This summer, I fully plan on spending every week writing this show.  What I want from anyone who reads this blog is ideas or commitment: I'd like this to not just be something for me, but something I produce with my friends.  I've already got a couple of my actor friends interested in this.  If there are any writers interested, I'd like to work with you in hashing out ideas.  Anyone else who has ideas, you are welcome as well.  Please; help me make this something that will never be forgotten and will always be enjoyed.

Random notes of the night: I love finding out that the same composer for the 2009 Star Trek also wrote the music for Ratatouille.  Also, a little girl dropping her popcorn, looking at it, saying "My popcorn is dead," then walking off has so much cuteness embedded in it that it makes me walk off for a little bit from a cute overload.

Thank you for reading.  Love you all.
David