Today I heard of open auditions for an ElfQuest audio drama and had to apply! ElfQuest is a beautiful, well-written comic book by Wendy Pini, and was my inspiration for making a comic book, which ultimately led to my novel writing. I read some audition sides, doing a couple versions of each.

Auditions for Treestump, Scouter, and Picknose:

Mark Rude-Treestump

Mark Rude-Scouter

Mark Rude-Picknose

Saruman and Gandalf having a friendly chat.
It’s difficult for me to do Ian McKellen’s softer voice without slipping into his louder tonals. Christopher Lee is a lot easier for me, which I guess is a good thing for a narrator.

I was screwing around while recording my audio books and did this. I learned how do get my voice to go really deep for a while, and I tweaked it with an echo effect. Then I found a breathing sound on YouTube and mixed that in. Enjoy.