COMPLETE [W P] Midsummer by William Cullen Bryant - dl

[aradlaw]

Midsummer
by William Cullen Bryant (1794 – 1878)

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/midsummer-by-william-cullen-bryant/

This poem taken from the Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant, Household Edition. (Summary by David Lawrence)

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Magic Window:

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Please be sure that your recording software is set to the following technical specifications:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHz

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Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
(Please leave no more than 0.5-1 second of silence at the beginning of your recording!)

Midsummer by William Cullen Bryant, read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, your location, and/or your personal url.]

Then read the poem:

A power is on the earth and in the air
From which the vital spirit shrinks afraid,
And shelters him, in nooks of deepest shade,
From the hot steam and from the fiery glare.
Look forth upon the earth—her thousand plants
Are smitten; even the dark sun-loving maize
Faints in the field beneath the torrid blaze;
The herd beside the shaded fountain pants;
For life is driven from all the landscape brown;
The bird has sought his tree, the snake his den,
The trout floats dead in the hot stream, and men
Drop by the sun-stroke in the populous town;
As if the Day of Fire had dawned, and sent
Its deadly breath into the firmament.

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End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.

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File name - all in lowercase: midsummer_bryant_your initials in lowercase.mp3 (eg. midsummer_bryant_klh.mp3)

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Artist Name: William Cullen Bryant
Track Title: Midsummer - Read by YOUR INITIALS (eg. Midsummer - Read by KLH)
Album Title: LibriVox Weekly Poetry
Comments: (optional) Recorded by [your name]

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[Vandermast]

For hot and dry I went for quiet, therefore close to mic, therefore recording a bit furry. But okay I think.

URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_jcm.mp3
Duration: 1:27.

[jannie]

Sitting here in the Pacific NorthWet, I wouldn't mind a bit of the heat sent up my way - still waiting for summer

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_jm2.mp3

1:11

[Vandermast]

What is this "summer" of which you speak? It sounds like devil's work.

[LenXZ1]

Not exactly "the good old summertime" where "the livin' is easy," is it? These fish ain't jumpin' and the cotton probably ain't high.

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_llw.mp3
Duration: 1:18

Len

[jannie]

Jason - your whispered devilish heat has convinced me to recant my soppy wish and look at the rain in a better light

[tekksavvy318]

Here is my version, should you decide to upload it to MW!
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_ts.mp3
1:11

[AlanW]

Here's mine:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_aw.mp3 (1:10)

AlanW

[dmccollaum]

my attempt: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_adm.mp3

duration: 1:07

Being a volunteer is not like a regular job.

Dean

[Kaffen]

Here's mine: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_mfs.mp3

1:06

[aradlaw]

This poem sounds a lot like a disaster movie.

Thank you Jason, Jannie, Len, Alan, Dean and Mark.
tekksavvy, your file needs Noise Reduction and the silence cut down to 5 seconds, please.

[Algy Pug]

Here's a reading from Ernst:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_eep.mp3
1:38

Cheers

[guitarwoman]

First try at recording. How'd I do?

Feedback welcome

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_bm.mp3

duration 1.35

Hot and Humid here just north of Toronto.

[Claire]

Here's mine at 1:10:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/midsummer_bryant_lah.mp3

[aradlaw]

Thank you Ernst and Lee Anne.

Good first recording Bonita All the tech specs are fine.
* Please let me know under what name would you like to appear in the LV catalog and if you have one, we can put your personal URL link on your catalog page too.