Tony Palermo's RuyaSonic Site

Telling Stories with Sound

(formerly known as Radio Drama Resources)

Audio Theatre, Sound Effects, Technology, Technique, Dreams & Sonic Magic

Tony Palermo is a sonic showman who uses voice, music, and sound effects to create worlds before your very ears. An internationally recognized audio theatre artist and educator, he hosts this website to share the magic of telling stories via sound. Tony's worked for the United Nations, public radio, audiobooks, theaters, museums, libraries, schools and colleges across the world. Also known as SPARX, Tony lives in Los Angeles California, but travels far and wide to perform and teach.

Ruya is Arabic for dream/vision and this site seeks to deliver dreams via sonic artistry.

Features:

• Tony's Radio Activities - Tony Palermo's most recent performances, broadcasts, activities and the newest additions to the RuyaSonic website.
   
• Table of Contents - How to find your way through the new, expanded website. Also, use the search engine below.
   
• Radio Drama Resources - HOW TO  - How to write, direct, produce, score, engineer and make sound effects for audio theatre.
   
•  Special Holiday features:
  
          
  • The Silly Holiday Cards of
    Tony & Carla
    Our crazy Christmas and other cards dating back to the late 1980s.
     
  • Tony's essay on Solstice = Christmas = Hanukkah
    Comparing holiday mythologies to find the "true" meaning.
     
  • The Twelve Sound Effect Cues of SFXmas - MP3 clip (1.58 Mb)  
    Note: all sounds in this one minute clip are homemade. NO  samples.
     
  •  Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol script & score for radio
     You can produce my radio adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic.
     
•  SPARX's Educational Sonic Storytelling Programs - Tony's alter-ego teaches dynamic literacy through sound--for assemblies and workshops.
   
•  Free RuyaSonic Downloads - Dramas, scripts, sonic singles, music cues, and sound effects.
   
•  The Depot - Radio drama scripts, music cues, sound effects, unique audio gear and how-to info
   
•  RuyaSonic.com FAQ - Information about this website
   

Contact Information

Tony Palermo/SPARX is available for bookings to teach, conduct workshops, produce, write, direct, or perform sound effects for broadcast, stage, or recording. You can also buy scripts, music cues, SFX devices and other audio theater related gear.

Postal address

940 S. Windsor Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019 U.S.A.

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TONY PALERMO is an audio theatre producer, performer, and educator living in Los Angeles, California.
He performs professionally, conducts workshops, and produces programs for hire.

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