At long last, FinalRune Productions is back with the original story of a man waylaid on his way somewhere else, “Waiting for a Window.” Starring an incredible cast of voice actors including Bill Dufris, Joe Duley, Charly Duley, Ed Patterson, “Man” and long-time FinalRuner, Philip Hobby. Original music by Barb Truex.

Hear the story hear first, then buy it second! Available for download only on Echo Fiction.

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 89

It was pretty cool to stumble across this article in the Guardian Arts Blog which talks about the future of the audio theater, and features some of my opinions on the sad yet hopeful state of affairs (yes, me, quoted in a real newspaper!). I think one of the toughest things radio drama is facing right now is people not realizing its existence. So articles like this that raise awareness are incredibly appreciated!

There’s also an interesting discussion of devices to put “visual’ in the radio… which while they sound interesting, I can’t help but wonder, isn’t the joy of radio is that the only visuals are the ones in your mind?

Anyways, a really great article overall and worth a read, and maybe a comment?

In a remarkable about face for a major record company, EMI Music will be offering their entire catalog on iTunes at superior bit rates and DRM-free. If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the progress of music in the digital frontier, you can recognize how much of a landslide this is. For the past years we’ve seen the record companies take an aggressive, brutalizing stance towards consumers, whether it’s prosecuting college students for amassing enormous illegal music libraries, installing spyware-like software on CDs that prevents you from ripping multiple copies of them, or the hated DRM which makes it difficult to share files one downloads off iTunes. All these restrictions have made it much more tempting for the average consumer to simply download music illegally, and certainly hasn’t garnered any warm and fuzzy feelings for the companies. While we can certainly respect major companies’ battle to maintain relevance in a radically new world, they would be much better suited to embrace the digital age and to monetize music differently. And here, maybe, is the first step to that new model. Well done, EMI — we certainly look forward to a more functional download.

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Stumbled across an interesting BusinessWeek analyzing the monetization of podcasting and why it may be trickier for indie podcasters to make a buck where others, such as a-list bloggers, have succeeded.

To be honest, it’s a pretty amazing that anyone can make enough money off a website to quit their job, though I’m certainly not going to turn my nose up at the phenomenon!?

I think it definitely points to the power of the direct producer -> audience relationship that the new social media has allowed, and the good old fashioned ingenuity of those savvy enough to come up with ways to take advantage of an extremely accessible audience. But don’t worry, AdSense will never come to Radio Drama Revival!

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What happens when a meteor threatens big city and the only one who can stop it is working on his web site? What terrible event in his past makes him sacrifice all else to save kittens? Well, we find out this week in Great Northern Audio Theater’s Super Pal!

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Radio Drama Revival – Episode 11

While I’m perfectly happy reading and hearing words, it seems that a lot of people miss seeing pictures now and again.? To try and curb this trend, I’ve started snapping more pictures at my production sessions and have compiled what I have so far in a radio drama image gallery over at my sister site, FinalRune.com.