- "Playing Indian" from Playing Indian by Andrea Dancer. Released: 2019. Genre: Blues.
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In today’s crowded podcast landscape where every voice competes for attention, finding your voice and standing out is a formidable task.
That’s where Andrea’s brilliance shines.
Andrea’s life revolves around sound and audio production / podcasting. Her expertise extends to every aspect of the process, from concept to production to publishing
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It all begins with listening.
The more I listen, the more aware I am of myself in my surroundings — and the more present — the more depth of being I absorb.
Immersed in sound, our lives unfold: we tell ourselves our stories and the stories of others and this shapes who we are, how we are in conversation with everything, how we live and how we let go.
I am on a mission
My aim is to bring aural richness back into listening. This is at the heart of my work with audio production, including podcasting. Podcasting, as a medium and business, is increasingly coming into its own. Your audio offerings will define podcasting.
Just listen as you are, where you are.
I’ll meet you there.
We have a problem.
half of all
podcasts fade away.
podcasts fade away.
The myth that podcasting requires minimal resources and training has led to many underwhelming independant shows and a bleak statistic for the amount of work put in.
Some understand the depth of voice, storytelling, and audio production that sets podcasts apart.
Many are frightened of the perception that it takes a crushing amount of work to achieve this.
Few understand that superb podcasting requires knowledge and this knowledge is power capable of increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of podcasts and their process, actually exceeding one’s ROI.
Andrea Dancer knows this.
With over two decades of study and hands-on experience in related fields, she has unraveled the intricacies of creating truly captivating podcasts.
Andrea leads listeners into an enriched listening experience to open to perspectives they may have missed had they not been listening.
Andrea cultivates audio excellence.
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Andrea’s depth of study and experience will inspire your listeners.
Offering a fresh perspective, Andrea unpacks how to elevate podcasting journeys.
She champions a podcast landscape filled with enriched content and deeper understanding of the medium.
Your podcast listeners take away valuable insights, practical tips, and a new appreciation of podcasting.
Leaving a lasting impression, Andrea inspires both novice and experienced podcasters alike.
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The simple skills every DIY Podcasters needs, but doesn’t know it.
How to use your voice to build trust and authority.
The power of sound and story to engage listening Audiences.
A run-down of essential podcasting knowledge.
The state of podcasting and how it’s evolving.
The art of recording: studio, home studio and in the field.
the real potency of podcasting as a marketing tool.
Podcast as oral Story and listening techniques.
Highways and Byways
Founder of audiocene amalgam; providing service to the audio Industry.
MFA in Radio Documentary-Feature.
Ph.D. in Sound as Arts-based Research in Curriculum Studies.
professional podcaster Profiling Artists, entrepreneurs, and practitioners.
Freelance Producer for the CBC, NPR, and EBU.
Established International Sound Composer and Artist.
Audio Educator and Consultant
Sound Activist.
Published Author, Essayist, and Poet.
sound works
Playing Indians* is a radio documentary-feature about the German obsession with idealized North American Plains First Nations. It was produced, written, and narrated by Andrea Dancer for the program Ideas at the Canadian Broadcast Corp. (CBC). It is in the style of the radio documentary-feature originating with Peter Leonhardt Braun, who formed and lead the largest documentary production house in the world, Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), from 1974 through 1994. The feature form, that wove rado documentary elements with sound sculptures with interviews and narration, was brought to Ideas by Don Mowatt who, from 1964 to 1997, produced over 500 full-length documentary-features and plays, and interviewed dozens of major figures. He was also the principal western contributing producer to the Ideas series from 1982 to 1997. He was Andrea’s teacher and mentor until his retirement in 2005.
*The misnomer “Indians” is an offensive term used by settlers to oppress First Nations and take their land. It is being used here in context and ironically.
Maurice Spira's Dystopia
- "Mspira volume match_Maurice Spira Mixdown 1". Released: 2020.
Dystopia is a podcast (in a series) produced for the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre as Andrea’s contribution to her community. It profiles Maurice Spira, an international artist and local character, well-known for his prophetic works that comment on the evolving military-industrial complex and visualizes a dystopic future. At the time of the interview, Maurice foretold the current reality.
Unfuck Your Marketing
- "E & C Podcast Episode 6 FINAL". Released: 2022.
UnF*ch Your Marketing is a podcast series developed by Data Driven Rebel. Without audio experience, Chrissie and Eliya teamed up with Andrea for expert advice. She provided goal setting, scripting advice, recording tips, equipment suggestions, speech coaching, brand music options, and precise audio production. Their podcast series was effectively marketed as part of a subscription.
Walking Sound is a sound composition that traces walking paths across one day and through iconic soundscapes in Prague. It is a collaboration between Andrea and Michael Kindernay and was commissioned by the Czech state radio program Radio AcoUstiCa and the EBU. It is recordings of sounds and lived moments, like Kate Atkinson’s accordion playing on the river bus.
- "Podcast Texem-ay Edited Derek". Released: 2019.
Homalco carver Derek Georgeson, mentored by cousins Bill and Darren Blaney, comes from a lineage of carvers. His Squamish grandfather, Albert, shared traditional canoe carvings throughout the Salish Sea, Canada’s southern west coast. Derek and Andrea conversed at the Texem-ay (Red Cedar) exhibition, while he carved a totem pole. The podcast is an important legacy piece.
This poetic soundscape composition aired on CBC’s Living Out Loud program, was performed at the Deep Wireless Festival in Toronto (spoken word and spatialized audio), and as a gallery installation in Prague. It’s a musing on how living in two places caused the banks of the Vltava River and coastal BC to mimic each other… in Andrea’s belonging-longing expat mind.
- "Donna May Balma Exhibit Curated by Nadina Tandy Podcast". Released: 2022.
Donna May Balma was an iconoclastic artist on the Sunshine Coast, BC, where Andrea resides, and in Vancouver. When she opted for assisted suicide and held a going away party, the earth under our feet trembled. Andrea produced a podcast to pay homage and speak with Nadina Tandy, curator and Balma protegé, about her mentor whose eccentricity and art stirred everyone.
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