Sonic Dash: How 'Tales From the Cloud Sea' Improvised Their Way to the Grand Prize

<p>Take a peek behind the scenes of how TALES is made in this interview from Silver Sound NYC. Twice a year, they hold a contest where podcasters have 48 hours to make 2 minutes of audio.</p><p>Turns out, we won! The Skytanic crew discuss how the contest entry differed from a regular episode, and why improv gave us a special advantage.</p><p>- Original Show Notes | July 10, 2026 -</p><p>Twice a year, contestants from around the world compete in the Biannual Sonic Dash, where they have only 48-hours to build a two-minute piece completely from scratch: meaning no pre-existing music, no archival audio, and no generative AI is allowed.</p><p>So how do they do it? This season on the Sonic Dash Podcast, we&#39;re taking you behind the scenes of our finalists&#39; processes. You&#39;ll hear the genius audio tricks and creative solutions our finalists used to create audio magic.</p><p>In this episode, host Cory Choy (founder of the Dash and Emmy Award-winning sound mixer) sits down with the members of Tales From the Cloud Sea, the Grand Prize winners of the latest Dash. Their winning piece, &quot;Go For Broke, or Gopher Broke?&quot; took home the $1,000 cash prize and a haul of industry gear.</p><p>Tune in to hear how they created a winning piece without a script, how they used creative constraints to their advantage, and more.</p><p>Listen to more from Tales From the Cloud Sea here: https://www.talesfromthecloudsea.com/</p><p>Learn more about the Sonic Dash here: http://sonicdash.nyc/</p>