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Dead West Review

It’s the Gilded Age of America, and Conrad Ward (Devin Steffens) sees dead people. Conrad Ward lives in the American West in an era of thiev

Here’s my review of the Western horror podcast Dead West; a brilliant series with great writing, cool music and gruesome sound effects. Five stars!

A timely quote.

Dutch was many things, but at the end of the day he was a Dreamer.

RDR2 informs a lot for the show and if you ever want a peak into the creative process of the podcast know that most episodes of DW come with a few hours of riding around in RDR2.

Little doodle I did a few months back. Copic markers on simple sketch pad paper.

New Episode! Tales from the Dead West: La Loup Garou is live!

Our new podcast segment Tales from the Dead West is live! These are stand alone episodes from the wider world of the Dead West which allows us to both fill out the world and give you (the rabid listener) more of our weird little world! For this one we peek in on a moment in the life of Louis before his death. Please be aware there is a LOT of content warnings for this episode. Be sure to check them out before diving. ================================================ LISTEN HERE: SPOTIFY APPLE WEB RSS ================================================ Don't worry, these are going to be highly irregular on the main feed but if you like them then be sure to check out our Ko-fi and Patreon pages for more of these as they will be regular offerings for supporting the show.

Very excited to be a part of this! Come hungry, it'll be a feast for your ears!

Professor Pandemonium's Peculiar Panoply, the Writers

Wanderers and wonder-seekers, strangers & star-gazers, we are pleased to introduce the writers for Professor Pandemonium's Peculiar Panoply!

@ash-alder Corvyn Appleby @stardustshimmers @dead-west-podcast @the-official-account Elliot Somerfield @primefactorx01 (our fearless editor, who doesn't get near enough recognition) @idontreallyunderstandanyofthis @rubedeckillerofficial James Big @doctorloup Maddie Girouard Milo Machin SJ Ryker

The show's website is still a work in progress, but you will eventually be able to find it at

https://pppp.lawofnames.com/

Sometimes while I am writing for or editing an episode of the Dead West Podcast I get these images in my head and I have to get them out in some way or another. It normally comes out in some version of photo bashing or editing as I am still learning how to draw. This one is my edit of the American Gothic painting by Grant Wood. This came to mind as I was writing about the Davis Family in our first few episodes of the show.

A recommendation to all the audio drama creators out there:

Always listen to your show in the way your audience is listening to your show.

We tend to edit using nice gear. Good over-the-ear headphones. Quiet rooms. But most of your audience will not listen to your show this way. A recent poll indicated that almost 20% of AD listeners listen with a *single* earbud in. Almost 10% listen on their phone speaker. That's a significant part of your audience that is listening in a mono environment or with tiny speakers (or both). You also likely have listeners with hearing loss in one of their ears*, and you want your show to be accessible to them. Before you release your show, make sure to listen to it at least once on a single earbud in a noisy environment. Is your show still legible this way? Can a listener still enjoy it like this, and understand all the plot beats and character moments? If not, it's a good idea to spend some more time on your edit so that they can. (And it's still definitely OK to make your show sound *great* for those who have a great audio setup! Just make sure the show still works for those who don't.) *You likely also have audience members with hearing loss in *both* ears. Transcripts are important. I'm behind in getting them posted for Metropolis, I need to get on that. (Episode 3 of Metropolis is live, BTW. Just waiting for Spotify to pick up the RSS feed before the big announcement. 😅)

The Glasshouse by Iness Rychlik

Aka, Something I would expect to see in the Gospel of Haven.

My feeds are just mood boards and references for podcasts that I love now.

Now Hiring

Are you an extremely reliable, organized person who could use a little extra cash and currently has some bandwidth to pick up work? Do you have an ear for picking out great performances from several takes and a working knowledge of audio editing? Can you execute high quality work on a reasonably fast turn-around?

I'm currently looking for someone to sift through cast recordings of Starship Iris season 3, choose takes of each line, and cut those takes together into a vocal cut for our sound designer to work from. Pay would be $350 per episode, for 3 episodes (one of the three has most of the takes already chosen and notated on the script; that one would be more just about assembly). Prior experience doing this kind of thing would be a huge plus!

If you're interested and qualified, please email iriscasefiles at gmail with "Audio editor" somewhere in the subject line. Deadline is this noon this Sunday, the 15th of December 2024.

Signal boosts appreciated!

Inspired by our friends @theholmwoodfoundation who posted theirs here as well. Be sure to check out their show! If you do, leave them a rating/review and let them know the team from Dead West sent ya!

So here is our presentation on why YOU should listen and support The Dead West Podcast!

Spotify

Apple

Youtube Music

Podlink (Links to all the apps) Spotify playlist as mentioned above Also, honorable inspiration mentions for Hunt Showdown 1896, Wild Wild West, Rango, Alex Grecian's Red Rabbit, Hayley Stone's Make Me No Grave, the Never Whistle At Night Anthology, Bone Tomahawk, the 1973 WESTWORLD, The Wickerman, Weird West from WolfEye Studios, and Inscription by Daniel Mullins.