For this fine #audiodramasinday we bring you a voice acting tip: don’t stuff your voice in the basement (unless you’re really good at it)! There’s a longer version on our Patreon (patreon.com/sparkholdermedia) that goes into more detail. Oh and- The Fall of Stormcrest is in production now! 😤

Hello #voiceactors ! We need more Asian voice actors to audition for some of our supporting roles! We have south, southeast, east, and north Asian roles so please, get your voices in! Most of these require masculine voices OR actors who are comfortable portraying male and masc nonbinary characters ✨

What's that? We're casting AGAIN? It's true! We're currently looking for LA-based actors/musicians for our project PHANTOM PULSE, about a 90s rock band that exorcises ghosts with their music. More info on our website! www.atypicalartists.co/casting

Sliding under the wire for #audiodramasunday, we have a new Patreon update! Our voice actors are poised to sweep you off your… ears? Get the whole story- Patreon.com/sparkholdermedia

Tomorrow our cast gets together (virtually- they’re all over the globe) for the table read. 🤩 Want to be in on the action before it gets cool? We publish weekly updates on our Patreon- Patreon.com/sparkholdermedia The Fall of Stormcrest- coming this autumn to a platform near you. #audiodramasunday

Want to follow along with our little one-shot fiction audio drama? There’s no better place to do it than on our Patreon. Or you can just view the little summaries here on Bluesky. You’ll get the idea at least. Patreon.com/sparkholdermedia

We have our final cast selections. Notices will be sent to the actors tomorrow/later today (it’s after 1am here). But for now- sleep, if only so we don’t send out silly mistakes. 😴

We have tentative selections for the judges. Casting is hard, y’all. Next up: reviewing the selections for Hylín and Sir Voxian, just in case they somehow magically became less awesome in the last hour.

Sir Voxian came down to a tie, close enough that we went back to the first audition for more material to compare… But we have our pick. 😤 Next up: selecting our Judges.

We’ve made our selection for Hylín. We’ll move forward and review the finalists for Sir Voxian next, then come back and listen again to be sure. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t crazy excited. This person nailed it. NAILED. IT. 😍

The auditions for the Judges have been sorted according to which one each performance is best suited for. Because even tho the 3 judges don’t have names, they do have distinct personalities. Next up: final selection for Hylín.

Sir Voxian is down to the final 8, with a strong favorite. All their auditions will be reviewed again before final selection is made. A quick break, and then we’re cycling back to the Judges to select the final 3. 🤩

Hylín is now down to the final 9 contenders and I have to go walk around for a minute until the adrenaline subsides. 💀 All of the performances- literally all of them- gave me the anxiety, which is EXACTLY what was supposed to happen. Narrowing these down is painful bc I wish we could cast you all.

Going through the callback auditions for Hylín and the performances are so believable that I can feel my anxiety rising. Noice.👌

Might as well live skeet the process as it gives me an excuse to go stand next to the AC. The casting pool for the judges has been whittled down to 18 candidates/ 6 potential actors for each available role. Fun fact: one of the finalists didn’t audition for a judge, but we put them there anyway.

Audition stats: Judges Edition! 723 total auditions b/w the online form and CCC. Some were discarded due to not following directions. 😔 68 made it to the initial shortlist. There will not be any callbacks- the three judge roles will be chosen tonight, along with Hylín and Sir Voxian. 🤩

When your usual work space is over 90 with the AC running so you abandon ship and continue sifting through auditions at the local library/café combo.

When the audition volume is suddenly VERY LOUD.

Voice actors, let’s talk about accents. If you put on an accent for the first three words of an audition line… you really need to keep using it for the rest of them. That is all. 🙏

A few days late, but we have a public post on our Patreon about our casting process. As a bonus feature, you can hear my kid hollering in the background. I’m hiding from him in my hallway, hence the superior production values. 👌 www.patreon.com/posts/few-wo...

Back from vacation and back to audition reviews! Random observation that there are so many of you with absolutely BEAUTIFUL voices that we could listen to all day. 🥰 (Follow up observation that acting is still what makes or breaks an audition!)

Audition stats- Callback Edition! Between Hylín and Sir Voxian there were a total of 765 auditions submitted. 36 were invited to do a callback for Sir Voxian, and 35 were invited for Hylín. Congratulations to all who advanced! (cont. below)

Whittling down the shortlist before sending out callback notices and y’all have made this job so hard 😩🥹

Audition stats: Sir Voxian Edition! 352 total auditions b/w the online form and CCC. Some (30ish) were discarded due to not following directions. 😔 59 made it to the initial shortlist, which will be whittled down further before callbacks go out.

No Kings Day threw a wrench in the schedule, so no audition stats tonight, but we’ll definitely have some for you tomorrow. In the meantime, pro tip: if the audition tells you not to slate… …then don’t. ☺️

Audition stats: Hylín Edition! 413 total auditions b/w the online form and CCC. Some (20ish) were discarded due to not following directions. 😔 87 made it to the initial shortlist, which will be whittled down further before callbacks go out on Sunday.

Currently working through all the auditions for Hylín, just under 200 to go. I LOVE hearing all these takes! Shortlist notices are coming…

New Patreon update: casting is kinda sorta happening, music is kinda sorta happening, next week’s update will kinda sorta be an update. Get it? Got it. Good. Patreon.com/sparkholdermedia

The selection process begins… #casting #castingdirector #audition #audiodrama #voiceactor #fiction #podcast #narrator #funny

Final tally: 1569 auditions. 😱 Thank you to everyone who submitted to our casting call! We were NOT expecting this much attention. Thanks for believing enough in our little production to step into character and bring it to life, even for just a few minutes. 🖤🧡 And now, we review!

3 hours to go… linktr.ee/sparkholdermedia

1507 auditions. Five hours remain.

Looking to hire a graphic artist to layout our upcoming TTRPG book, funded through Kickstarter. Please post your portfolio or send us an email at [email protected]! Rates are open to discussion, but would most likely be around $750 (again, open to negotiation!) Please share this thread!

Watch me make a mess in my recording booth by banging rocks together that I nicked from my landlord’s landscaping. 👌 Patreon.com/sparkholdermedia

Happy #AudioDramaSunday! And Happy #pridemonth! Madison is an ally featuring gay and trans characters (and actors) ❤️ 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ linktr.ee/madisononthe... #OldTimeRadio #audiofiction #audiodrama #fictionpodcast #madisonontheair

At least 1345 auditions will not be selected for Fall of Stormcrest. Not because they weren’t good, or because we didn’t like them, but because there’s only 5 roles and a thousand eager voice actors!! We love you all. 🖤

We're up to 1350 auditions and they don't close until tomorrow night... Get 'em in while you still can! We're not casting before the deadline, and at this point we're not casting anytime soon anyway. This is slightly more enthusiasm than we anticipated. 😅

New update is now live on our Patreon! Listen to me talk about how scheduling is hard, and read about why I think genAI stinks. patreon.com/sparkholderm...

We thought we must be creeping up on a thousand auditions by now, so we checked the numbers… …and we’re past 1100. 🤯

On this fine #audiodramasunday we’d like to announce that there’s ONE WEEK left to audition for The Fall of Stormcrest! Get on it, voice actors- docs.google.com/document/d/e...

You know what would’ve been a real surprise? If we *didn’t* have a Patreon. But we’re not that surprising, at least not today. Our Patreon is just a baby, so there’s not much there yet. But we’d love for you to join us as we build our story catalogue from scratch! Patreon.com/sparkholdermedia

We have 800 auditions for The Fall of Stormcrest! 🤯 If you haven’t auditioned yet, there’s still time- deadline is end of day June 8th (EDT), and we will NOT cast before the deadline. Keep ‘em coming!

Behold- our audio logo! Why? Because it’s fun and we can. Casting call is still open for Fall of Stormcrest! linktr.ee/sparkholderm... #audiodramasunday

Someone reported our TikTok casting announcement as branded content. We solemnly swear we did not accept money from gladOs, Cave Johnson, or the turrets in exchange for wearing an Aperture t-shirt. We just like cake. 🎂

Why the heck are we making The Fall of Stormcrest, anyway? Read all about it (and it's kind of a long read) on our Patreon- it's free! www.patreon.com/posts/why-ma...

Hey voice actors! If the casting document asks you to send us one take as an mp3 via online submission form, please do not send us three takes as wav files via email. 🙏😌

The absolute effing worst part of holding a casting call is that you want to make everyone’s day by casting them all but there are only FIVE roles. Why can’t we be like Oprah? YOU get a role, and YOU get a role! EVERYBODY GETS A ROLE! On that note, casting is open thru June 8th. 😆 Link below.

As we cruise past 150 auditions, we’re seeing a lot of people who are brand new to voice acting putting themselves out there for the 1st time. 🥹 It makes my heart so full to see/hear people jumping into VO, and it’s a privilege for FOS to be the thing that inspired that first action.

We’ve gotten almost 100 auditions in one day! 🤯 Keep them coming- we want to hear you! The casting call will be open until June 8th and we will NOT cast before the deadline. Get the deets and submit your best take: docs.google.com/document/d/e... #castingcall #casting #audition #voiceactor

CASTING CALL - PAID 1 F, 1 M, 3 any The Fall of Stormcrest needs #voiceactors! Our one-shot #audiodrama pits the subversive against the corrupt, picking at the quandary of what to do when what’s right and what’s true are 2 different things. Casting doc: docs.google.com/document/d/e...