Monday, July 30, 2012

Scrappisode II - Bada Bing, Bada Boom - Da Scrappy Chihuahua Podcast

     So Bill says to me one night, "You should look into recording these shows yourself so you'll know how in case anything should ever happen to me. Could be you wake up one morning and ol' Bill's not around anymore. You wouldn't want your show to be stuck." Of course I'm paraphrasing but that's as verbatim as I can remember. So he told me what shareware to use and described his method. I got to thinking about other ways and found a good one but it would depend on the actors' willingness to put in a little extra work. Fortunately all were very willing and suddenly the entire sound changed! What was it that we did? Sorry. It's like that dish soap commercial from the '70s: "Shhh! Ancient Scrappanese secret!" 

     Beth was getting back to singing with her band and so I began searching my Facebook friends for possible hams who might like to have a little fun with this. I saw a note posted by one of them about performing as an alter-ego, personifying, and some talk of masks and why they're used. I commented on it and got an appreciative response. On a gut instinct I asked the lady if she'd be interested in playing characters on the podcast, like old radio shows. She decided it would be an interesting new avenue for herself and so came Cilla Albee into the Green Room. Bill, Michael, Joe, Cilla and I worked on some ideas for the program, we rehearsed Script II and revised and improvised on the spot.

     Cilla did a great job as the doctor and as Scrappy's mama, Lola. Joe solidified his role as Ace. And Michael brought us the very first villain. Or is that, bully? Dominic the Doberman. Yes. He does have a little bit of Baby Huey in him. LOL! It was my first attempt at editing/mixing. I was pretty happy simply by accomplishing it. I did notice some long pauses of silence. Those were the first things I worked on eliminating in Scrappisode III. But here is Scrappisode II - Bada Bing, Bada Boom






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Friday, July 20, 2012

Scrappisode I - Chihuahua Rising - Da Scrappy Chihuahua Podcast

     It was way back in April, 2011 we began posting audio plays of characters who play Mafia Wars on Facebook. Bill Lara started a Mafia Wars update medium titled The Daily Post. He approached me about adding a podcast featuring this ruough-cut but loveable little dog and his friends. It started  out with humble beginnings. I asked some of the closest friends I'd made via the game if they'd like to try out some acting skills. We ended up with Michael Balk narrating, Joe Lyons as Ace, Beth Carter as the messenger and myself as Da Scrappy Chihuahua. Bill Lara himself recorded and directed this one. It's the springboard for some hilarious ideas we thought we'd try lampooning Zynga with. Here is Scrappisode I: Chihuahua Rising.







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