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by Newgatenovelist » November 17th, 2017, 3:08 pm
Hi Claudia,
Thank you very much! It's very good of you to say such generous things. As for the poem, I know it's easy for me to say this, but it probably isn't as bad as you think. I'm completely serious. How you hear it will be very different to how someone else hears it. This has happened to me. I have uploaded files that I wasn't happy with because I told myself 'you're overthinking it, just upload it, and if a listener doesn't like it there are other readers' versions available', and then been told that such-and-such about the poem was good. I know that I wasn't 100% happy with it, but maybe somebody else ended up liking it.
I like the link! German speakers never believe me when I say it, but I love the sound of German. It's such a beautiful language.
I've been really cowardly and only recorded in English! And to be honest, there are days when I'm in front of the mic and it feels as if I don't even speak my own language! Some days are just like that, I guess. I speak three languages, though if I'm completely honest, not all to the same level, and certainly not all to the level I would like. I realise that's nothing for someone in Switzerland!