The Ballad of the White Horse is a poem by G K Chesterton about the idealized exploits of the Saxon King Alfred the Great, published in 1911. Written in ballad form, the work is usually considered an epic poem. The poem narrates how Alfred was able to defeat the invading Danes at the Battle of Ethandun under the auspices of God working through the agency of the Virgin Mary. In addition to being a narration of Alfred's militaristic and political accomplishments, it is also considered a Catholic allegory. Chesterton incorporates a significant amount of philosophy into the basic structure of the story. (Introduction by Wikipedia)
IMPORTANT - soloist, please note: in order to limit the amount of languishing projects (and hence the amount of files on our hard-pressed server), we ask that you post an update at least once a month in your project thread, even if you haven't managed to record anything. If we don't hear from you for three months, your project will be opened up to a group project as soon as a Book Coordinator can be found. Files you have completed will be used in this project. If you haven't recorded anything yet, your project will be removed from the forum (contact any admin to have it re-instated).
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This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
Soloist - please provide the following:
[list]
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_K_Chesterton
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia: -
[*]Number of sections this project will have: 9
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: yes
[*]Original publication date: 1911
[*]Year of author's death: 1936
[*]The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
Start of recording (Intro)
"Chapter [number] of The Ballad of the White Horse. - 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: "The Ballad of the White Horse, by G.K. Chesterton.
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of The Ballad of the White Horse, by G.K. Chesterton. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain.
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name]"
Only if applicable, say: "[Chapter 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 The Ballad of the White Horse, by G.K. Chesterton."
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: G.K. Chesterton
Album: The Ballad of the White Horse
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I hope that I have filled out this form-thing correctly I have never had to do one yet, so if it needs fixing let me know.
Also in regards to the target completion date, I really expect to have it done sooner rather than later and perhaps the completion date doesn't need to be that far ahead. Does any one reading this have any suggestions/comments/opinion on whether or not August.5.2011 seems to be a reasonable date?
-Gayle Cato
-Gayle Cato
"Its nice for everything to be well and fun, but we learn better from misery"
-Prof. Gary Burbridge
The date totally depends on how soon you can upload your recordings. If you're someone who records regularly and uploads like, say, at least one a week or so, then you'll be way ahead. That being said, it's always good to add something like a buffer to the target date. You know, unforeseen circumstances - common cold, noisy neighbors, noisy neighbors' dogs, etc (ask me, I'd know ). I've seen a lot of soloists put in a target date months away and finish the project less than a month.
I'll MC this for you. Be right back with the MW.
So I could in theory start recording,etc. as soon as there is a magic window, or have I forgotten something I need to do first? (because so far this solo business seems to be much less complicated than I had expected it too be)
-Gayle Cato
"Its nice for everything to be well and fun, but we learn better from misery"
-Prof. Gary Burbridge
The MW's up!
It's not complicated at all. Have you ever handled an MW before? I'll send you a PM with lots of helpful hints.
All you have to do is record as usual, and upload to my folder, and manage the MW.
Gayle, I've sent you a PM. If you need anything else, let me know.
Good luck with your solo! Happy recording.
Let's hang around here for a couple days and see if we can get a PL/DPL.
Section 1 is PL OK!
Just a note for going forward, there were several clicking noises throughout the recording. They weren't annoying enough for me to note them for you to edit out, but just wanted to let you know.
Good work, Gayle!
). I've seen a lot of soloists put in a target date months away and finish the project less than a month. 
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