Hey there, it's JD at Sonic Con and I'm here with the Doctor.
I can't even talk. I'm here with Dominic Trice. Hello. And if
you're not familiar with him, where have you been? But he's an actor
and writer, sound asign our composer, I mean, he does a little
bit of everything, and he's an Audio Drama Alliance member. And so we're
just gonna kind of recap day one here. We're on the morning of day
two here, but I know that you had some flight issues and you we
were we were like, oh, no, is he even gonna make it.
I was hoping to make it for the opening ceremonies at least, and
thankfully we were rapped much earlier than that. So yeah, So one thing
that I liked about this year was how we had a really long opening time
of just exhibition hall mingling and networking. For sure. Yeah, I really
just being able to walk around talk to different people and meet different people,
introduce yourselves, hear what they're doing. You know, they want to know
what you're doing. It's just that time is invaluable. That's that's probably the
most important thing you can do it Sonic On Yeah, I think so too.
I should say, in case you're unaware, this is not a typical
audio Theater central episode. So if you're one, if you're confused, to
go back and find a non sonic on recap episode. Who's this dominic guy?
Whore's the normal host other than j D. So, yeah, we're
just excited because of there's there's just an energy in the room when you have
all these people there, they are all they're talking about audio drama and well
and you get you see all these amazing people walk into the room. You're
like, oh, that Paul McCusker standing two feet away from me talking with
Todd Pastige and Jared de Pascal exactly, you know, and John Fornaff and
all these industry that are you know, at least for me, I grew
up hearing their stuff, grew up kind of idolizing them to a certain extent,
just you know, my gosh, wouldn't it be great to be like
them someday? You know? Yeah, And then you get to see them
in person and meet them and they're friendly, they're personable. There, that's
it. Yeah, they really are down to earth And I mean we just
ran into Todd Bustied a few minutes ago here at breakfast at the hotel and
just a super cool guy. And speaking of Todd and Paul McCusker and Jered
deep a squall. They did a session where they went like deep dive into
some of the behind the scenes of the victory of Joan of Arc from Air
Theater. That session, it was kind of the thing that sort of kicked
off the Holy event after Chris Nelson did his opening and I thoroughly enjoyed that.
Oh man, so good. And of course they start with the trailer,
and the trailer is so well done, you know, and it makes
you want to hear the drama, and then they play several scenes from the
drama and extendency ones. So we had like, you know, twenty thirty
minutes of listening to audio drama in there, and then they would break down
what they did in the scenes and how they approached it, both from or
all from music, sound design, writing perspectives, directing, you know,
and their process there just their years of experience and knowledge, you know,
it really comes through. Yeah. And of piece, why am I having
trouble with everybody's name Peaches my podcast? That's me? Yeah, So so
that was what's so cool to me is like you have three experts like master
level, they're at the top of their game. With Paul, you have
just an amazing writer, amazing sound designer with Todd Busty and Jeredypesco one of
the pre imminent composers in this space. And just hearing them talk through their
thought process, I mean it was just it was gold. Yeah. I
mean your IQ points to go higher when you're listening to them, Oh yeah,
yeah there, and you're absolutely that's the other thing. They're also intelligent
too, oh yeah, And I just like listening to them talk. They
just have so much good to say and insightful. Then the rest of the
day, I mean that, I'll say it, that was the highlight of
the day for me. There were some other cool stuff that happened afterwards,
but I just loved, loved that session. We can't forget about your your
cool event. Well yeah, we'll get second, but I think that that
was a really good choice to start off the event with her. Yeah.
Well, and that's the probably the biggest audio drama to be released this last
year, and of course that they flew to London to record, so that
the most amazing actors and all that stuff yeah, makes sense. Then we
had a live audio drama root Sticks that's Sound and Fury Entertainment, which we
talked about on a previous episode, shared the synopsis of this new show that
Colton Grellier is working on. So so that was a really cool I mean,
I heard lots of people talking about it. I unfortunately wasn't able to
make it to that session, but I was backstage in the green room because
I had two sessions right after that, back to back, and so I
just like, I've gotta I've got to just decompress for a little while and
chill. And so I missed it, but I could hear the singing in
the backstage, and I'm like, man, that voice. Yeah, Mirky
Glavin, she did an awesome job. Is so beautiful. John Thornoff was
there. He played a role. Carol O'Brien was in it right now.
Caro Obrian last minute. I think a good actress and she can change her
look. I think she was not like she even looked at the script beforehand
or so she looked at it once. Yeah, they were talking to her
about it, yeah, and it was just she said, the colder to
read, the more fun because you have to be bold about how you put
your put your all into it. I think she's like her she was in
band I think years ago, to just said, you know, if you're
to make a mistake, make it a loud one. At least we're putting
her all into it. And boy I didn't hear any mistakes. Wow.
Yeah, but is really great too, like the conversation in the car with
mom and dad and her daughter and the passenger they had there just like kind
of And also it's really cool too because I know JD talked about this before
about silences and pauses like beats to not be afraid of the silences, and
there was quite a few of that just to add to that, like the
forness and that like that. That was great. Sean did a really good
job with playing that kind of dad. You know, he's just grumpy,
like, no, I don't know what I'm Also when he was attacked by
the dog or whatever that thing was, he's like and it went on for
like what almost thirty seconds. Yeah, well they're all doing dialogue lines over
top of him, but he's like, what he got my shoe? Was
so much fun. Well, and then right after that we had the Retold
World War two panel or Q and a session, whatever you want to call
it. I moderated Dad with Darby kern And and Josh Rodriguez, and so
we played the teaser and the trailer and got some audience questions. So that
was interesting. I enjoyed doing that, hearing people's reactions, like hearing them
laugh at the right points, you know, And so it was it was
like, oh, that's nice. I wish I could have been there.
I had I had to go to a Newark's rehearsal, and so I was
like, oh, I'm gonna miss the at least I've heard the trailer,
right, But I wanted to get some more insight into that project. So
yeah, I was listening back. Yeah, I was able to be there
for most I missed some of the beginning and some of the end, but
yeah, I was cool, you're here in production there Jonathan Cook on the
big speakers screen and uh yeah, and hear the questions about the writing process.
And part way through it, I was sitting here the back and somebody
involved in the project was in the audience too, and Ben Camp made a
surprise appearance. I hate the sound designer for the I think the teaser and
the trailer right yeah, oh that's right. Yeah, and boy it's well
produced that trailer, it really is. And a lot of ADA members right
in there. How do you Drama Alliance? I think Peter Pasari makes an
appearance. Jonathan Cook j JD. Yeah, our very own back voters,
did we Yeah, I think that's right. I think John John Total the
Throad maybe too, if if I'm not mistaken, But yeah, that was
cool. I I know I was read. I didn't hear this first time
of Derby post Is on his Facebook this morning that I think some of the
audience was I think a veteran, and they said that the dialogue that he
had written for the conversation, I think in the planers like that was very
realistic. It felt like it it's true to how they would probably talk or
something like that. So that's that was a big compliment. What a compliment?
Yeah, yeah, he said. I was thrilled when I heard that,
of course. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm really looking forward to where
they go with that show. It's it's amazing, it's amazing concept. It
is it's genius. You know. We don't know when we'll hear more from
that, but hopefully hopefully it's soon. Oh yeah, it seemed like ice
machine. It seemed like everybody was really into it, like they were really
enjoying the whole idea of it. And oh it's some good questions too,
well written, and just so fascinating because these are the stories you don't hear
normally, and you can only hear them from these people who tell them as
they remember them. Yeah, and these veterans and you and they they're very
they mix in the real narration from these interviews they recorded right mm hm with
these stories and dramatized things, and it was really nice too. Oh.
I was just going to say, retold podcast dot com if you haven't heard
the trailer or the teaser, they're both there and you can listen to them.
I think the first I think the first question that was asked is somebody
is saying, how can I give money? It's not don't That's a really
really great reaction to get from someone exactly. Yeah, that says a lot.
Yeah, yeah, Well, and then we capped off the night with
the ATC podcast recorded Oh yeah live. It wasn't live streamed. It was
recorded in front of a live audience with clarify that because It was a little
confusing to Todd Busteed because he's not in the audience. No, you know,
he wasn't there, but he yeah, he thought he thought it meant
that we were live streaming the show, but no, we did not do
that. It is recorded and it will be on the feed at at some
point. But I think it went really well. Austin. You did a
great job. Oh, thank you. It was It was a lot of
fun and a lot of just sitting back and laughing and yeah, serving in
the brilliance of Andy Harvey and Daniel Cross. That was someone. Man.
Those those scripts that they read were just awesome. They're just bouncing off each
other. You can tell they're really good friends, and they just nailed both
of those pieces and I was just blown away. I mean I knew they
were doing, yeah, but just to be there right next to them as
they're pulling this off, it's just like, guys, you're brilliant. Yeah.
Yeah. And did Daniel Cross and he's very I guess he's I don't
know if he's a method actor or not. I know for the one he
did, it's a wonderful life from George. Just to come out of the
river like he took his hoodie off so he'd be cold. His the air
was blown up there and instead of just acting like some people I know him
do that, but sometimes it's easier just to feel cold. And you can
really tell in his voice because he was actually shivering at that point, like
he got so into the character. Yeah, Yeah, he's like and he's
like, hold on, Daniel's got to get ready and he starts pulling off
his hoodie in and I'm like, what are we doing here? Yeah,
And he had a Witnesses T shirt underneath. I believed he had that little
fish logo with like the sound waves on the left side, like he should
have been covering that up he ship and repping Witnesses while he was there,
and they and they did, which he'll hear in the podcast, but they
both mentioned how much they enjoy Witnesses. Yeah. Yeah, And that's a
production I I've heard several clips of and have been so impressed, but I
haven't actually listened to all of them whole. I need to. Yeah,
especially Andy Harvey's performs at Semi and that one. Yeah, is Kara O'Brien
in that one too. I think she plays either Mary Magdalene or Jesus Mother,
Mary and the Lamb. Oh, okay, okay, I think Tracy
van Deldor, she plays one of the Mary's. Oh right, okay,
yeah, she's She's gotten some amazing talent on there recently. Oh. I
mean she started off with amazing talent with Phil Lawler and Nathan carl Nathan Carlson
and yeah, Mike at Touchet, and but lately, like just she's branching
out into a lot of these other people that have been working with Lamplighter for
a while and and and Jonathan Cook has been in several of the Lamb and
and yeah, it's just it's just amazing what she's doing. So and there's
another podcasts going on at the same time. It was at the same time
I wasn't able to go to that one, the how to Get Rich Quick
Fast, how to Become Successful, Rich and perfect or else. It's kind
of yeah. Yeah. So I felt terrible because at the end of the
retold session, I was supposed to announce a you know, fifteen minutes we'll
have the ATC podcast and this other podcast. But Chris told me that right
right before we went on, and then he said the room number that it
was going to be in. I mean, I spaced it like I think
I got the room number correct, but I did not remember the title at
all, and I felt bad for the people who were doing that. So
if you're listening, I apologize that I didn't remember the title of your show,
How to Become Successman. Yeah, but anyway, that's Day one.
And then we ended up at the hotel and just sat in the lobby for
a little while. Dominic and Darby and Josh and Darby's daughter Elizabeth and just
chatted for a little while. And it's always such an amazing time. And
here we're getting ready to roll into day two and we'll be back and share
some of our thoughts on that. But Day one has been an amazing success, awesome