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Bear Creek Mama

Great Artists: Volume 1 by Jennie Ellis Keysor.

This audiobook is now complete and available to download from the catalogue page:-
http://librivox.org/great-artists-volume-1-by-jennie-ellis-keysor/

How to claim a part, and 'how it all works' here
To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are “up for grabs.” Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
New to recording?
Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording!
Is there a deadline?
Target completion date of this project: March 31, 2008 – but try to send your recordings as soon as you can. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it’ll go back to the pool. There’s no shame in this; we’re all volunteers and things happen.
Where do I find the text?
Source text (please only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/22564
Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)!
If this is your first recording, please let me know under which name or pseudonym you'd like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal website/blog.

(BC admin)
BEFORE recording:
Please check the Recording Notes:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430

Set your recording software to:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
DURING recording:
Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording:
Start of recording (Intro)
- "Chapter [number] of Great Artists: Volume 1. - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
  "Recording by [your name]"
- Say:
  "Great Artists: Volume 1 by Jennie Ellis Keysor. [Chapter # and Title]"
End of recording
- At the end of the section, say:
  “End of [Chapter]"
- If you wish, say:
  "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
- At the end of the book, say (in addition):
  "End of Great Artists: Volume 1 by Jennie Ellis Keysor. ."
Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!

Also, please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
AFTER recording:
Need noise-cleaning?
Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version 1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.

Save files as
128 kbps MP3
greatartists_vol1_#_keysor.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. titleinoneword_01_authorsurname.mp3)

ID3 V2 tags
(To find out more about ID3 tags, go to our wiki: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/WhatIsID3)
Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!

Title: # - [Section title]
Artist: Jennie Ellis Keysor
Album: Great Artists: Volume 1

Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.

Transfer of files (completed recordings)
Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file.
Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
- Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
  http://upload.librivox.org
  
  (If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
  You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: yy - yyyyy
- If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.

Any questions?
Please post below or PM me.
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Laura

Bear Creek Mama · Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject:

I could only find a birth date of 1860, but not a date of death. I would think it would be okay for anyone to read, unless she had an incredibly unusual long life.
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Laura

earthcalling · Joined: 08 Apr 2006 Posts: 6491 Location: London, England

Laura,

I'll MC for you, if that's OK. Great choice of work!

Quickly reading through your top post, the only thing I can see that needs changing is the filename:-
great artistsvolume1_#_keysor.mp3

Definitely get rid of the space, and I'd suggest abbreviating 'volume', just for brevity, and separating it out for clarity:-
greatartists_vol1_#_keysor.mp3

Window of magical magic coming up....
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Bear Creek Mama · Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject:

Thanks, David! Very Happy

I've edited the filename to show the changes and I appreciate you entering the titles in the MW.

Laura
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Laura

happy_stomach · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 17 Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Hi,

I would like to sign up for section 2 on Murillo and Spanish Art.

Thanks,
Sharon

Bear Creek Mama · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject:

kayray · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:02 am Post subject:

Durer! Oh, Durer for me, please :)
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http://kayray.org/
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"Mary wished to say something very sensible into her USB MacMice MicFlex, but knew not how." -- Jane Austen (& Kara)

Bear Creek Mama · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:15 am Post subject:

kayray · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:01 am Post subject:

Woohoo! Thanks! It's a long section but so very readable. Durer is one of my favorites, so it'll be fun to learn more about him. I'm getting two wisdom teeth pulled out tomorrow but I'll look forward to recording this when my mouth has healed up :) I'm glad you mentioned this in the podcast, or I might have missed out entirely!
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http://kayray.org/
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"Mary wished to say something very sensible into her USB MacMice MicFlex, but knew not how." -- Jane Austen (& Kara)