Thursday, June 15, 2023

In The Digital Media Studio of the Joliet Public Library

Early in the planning stages for the radio play, one of the members of WriteOn Joliet said we should record and audio version and pitch it to small, independent and/or cadio stations.

We held An Evening with WriteOn Joliet: Readings to Entertain and Inspire You on April 22 at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Theatre. 

And last week, we went into the recording studio in the Digital Media Studio at the Joliet Public Library to record audio tracks. One person at a time read through his or her lines.







Pictured is Duanne Walton




Pictured is Mauverneen Blevins




Pictured is Cean Magosky




Pictured is Steve Cordin





So it was a lot of hurry up and wait.

Last night, we started editing those tracks, a process that's going to take a few weeks.

Recording and editing is a lot different than reading a play on stage.

But it was amazing to hear how all the tracks come together, how our lines are cleaned up, how clear our voices sound.

Our opening piece was a play "Enjoy," by Holly Coop. Each of us read a line, and the lines flow one into the other. We all speak the last line together.

Even though all eight of us recorded that last line separately, the final version sounds as if we were in the same room saying it together.

We are really learning a lot.




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