Hey listeners, this is Mark R. Healy with some news about the Strata season 10. The plan is for new

episodes to appear in 2024 and I'm hoping they shouldn't be too far away. This season we welcome

back some old characters that you might not have heard from in a while. I've really enjoyed

working with the amazing voice actors who are reprising these roles and it was a lot of fun

continuing those story arcs.

Plus, we also welcome on board some exciting new characters who make a serious impact in the

world of the strata. But with that being said, the long-term future of the strata is still

something that I'm having to weigh up. The show is currently a season-to-season proposition.

This isn't due to any creative issues of already written multiple new

seasons, as is usually the case the hold-up is on the business side of things. I know I've spoken

about this before, but finances really are an ongoing battle for me, just like they are for many other

independent creators out there. Unless you've worked in the audio drama space, it's hard to appreciate

just how much time,

effort and money goes into these productions. In fact, there are indie audio dramas out there with

budgets of $50,000 to $100,000 per season, which is some serious cash. And the big studio productions,

the ones you might have heard with big name actors in the starring roles, those are way more

expensive again, many times more,

in fact. And before you scoff at those numbers, remember that an audio drama isn't that much

different from a movie production. Obviously, we don't need cameras and sets and CGI, but there

are a lot of other things we do need. We need writers, we need editors, we need a director and sound

engineers, music composers and sound effects. We need editors. We need a director and sound engineers, music composers and sound effects.

We need hardware like microphones, audio interfaces and sound booths. Lots of different audio software.

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