This is an open collection of poems for the month of January 2009. When this month is over, another one will be started.
How to record a poem - Initial Guidelines:
• All poems read must be in the public domain (that is, not copyrighted).
• You do not have to "sign-up" to submit a poem; as long as it's clearly in the public domain, just start recording!
• There is a limit of 2 poems per person per collection.
• Poems can be as short as you like, but not longer than 30 minutes (approximately 5000 words).
• To see what's been recorded already, you can search the LibriVox Catalog - but remember that we welcome multiple versions!
Find a public domain poem:
• The Poets' Corner is a great resource for public domain poetry. Other sources to try are Bartleby and Project Gutenberg.
• You may use other websites if you like, but we will have to check them to make sure they are not copyrighted.
• See this page for more info on copyrights. You can always ask me in this thread if you're not sure whether a poem is public domain.
BEFORE recording:
• If you are new to LibriVox, please check the Recording Notes thread first.
• If this is your first time recording, you'll find this useful as well: The Newbie Guide to Recording.
• Set your recording software to:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz (44100 Hz)
Channels: 1 (Mono)
DURING recording:
• At the beginning of the recording, read the abbreviated "LibriVox disclaimer": "[Poem title], by [author], read for LibriVox.org by [your name]" or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal URL, etc., if you wish.
• Then read the poem.
• At the end, say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain." and leave a few seconds of silence.
• No recordings can be accepted without the LibriVox disclaimer.
Title: Poem Title (e.g. The Road Not Taken) Artist: Author Name (e.g. Robert Frost) Album: LibriVox Short Poetry 075
(You can put "Recorded by [your name]" in the comments section if you wish)
• Save file as:
[poem's title]_[author's last name]_[your initials].mp3 Put file name all in lowercase, and the title all in one word (no leading articles - the, a, an, and NO SPACES): (e.g. roadnottaken_frost_apc.mp3)
When submitting, please follow this template:
Poem by Author (BIRTH - DEATH)
Text URL:
MP3 URL:
Duration:
Upload your completed recording:
• Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: 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: JC
• When your upload is complete, you will receive a link. Please click "Post Reply" at the top left of this thread, and post the link there.
• Also post the following information:
The title and author of the poem.
A link to the poem's text online (Poets' Corner, Bartleby, Gutenberg, etc.) so it can be verified as public domain.
The length of your recording in minutes.
If this is your first recording for LibriVox, please give us your name as you'd like it to appear in the catalog (that is, either your real name or some pseudonym). Also let us know if you have a personal URL you'd like to list (e.g. a personal blog).
Please provide the birth and death dates for the author. Thank you.
My first recording! Please list me as Jason Mills, and for what it's worth you could put a link to my irrelevant website , http://www.vitalspot.f9.co.uk.
I listened to your recording, and really enjoyed it. You have a fantastic voice, and the pace was just right.
I would only consider perhaps amplifying the volume, either by turning up the input volume, or by using the Amplify effect (if you're using Audacity)
( http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/Amplifying )
Also, please remember to leave 5 seconds of silence at the end of the recording.
Thanks a lot for your contribution!
Put yourself in the Readers' Accents Table. See this post.
(Busy real life & traveling, sorry if not here often.)
Vandermast wrote:Howdy-doody, Jc. I did amplify it a little, but next time I shall be a bit less timid with the slider!
Silence at end too, got it, roger and wilco. This is fun!
- Or do you want me to do those things to this recording and re-upload it? Happy to do so, just not sure if you were giving me notes or instructions.
A lot of people seem a bit afraid to amplify, it's not just you.
It would be nice if you could tweak your recording a bit an re-upload. They're not major problems, but do help the listeners (especially the 5 seconds at the end. I think RealPlayer tends to clip the last few seconds, so we make sure nothing gets lost by having a bit of silence at the end)
Glad to see you're enjoying it!
Put yourself in the Readers' Accents Table. See this post.
(Busy real life & traveling, sorry if not here often.)
"Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable
people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress,
therefore, depends on unreasonable people." George Bernard Shaw
Please list me as Jason Mills, and for what it's worth you could put a link to my irrelevant website 
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