COMPLETE Lamia by John Keats - rap

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Lamia, by John Keats (1795 - 1821)

This project is compete and all audio files can be found in the catalogue https://librivox.org/lamia-by-john-keats/
In his wonderful interpretation of the classic tale of Lamia - the mythological entity portrayed as being a deadly threat especially to children and young men - master poet John Keats construes this timeless and enigmatic story with a view towards intrigue, deception, loyalty, honor and fervor of a young man's lust for a life of passionate bliss with the newly found woman of his dreams. In retrospect, considering certain aspects of her past and recent serpent-like incarnation, the beautiful and seductive Lamia was a poor choice for the young man Lycius. But infatuation and the recklessness of youth superseded any rational thought and the wild attraction of the two lovers grew stronger.

It would take his elderly mentor Apollonius (he "robed in philosophic gown"), to alert Lycius to the hazards of this new relationship. However, whether Lycius will heed the warning of his "trusty guide and good instructor" seems uncertain. In fact, Lycius has marriage in his plans, although he is concerned about a certain inexplicable stress exhibited by Lamia in the presence of Apollonius.

In an attempt to cool this mad romantic obsession of Lycius and rescue his student from a dubious future, all Apollonius can do now is try to expose Lamia for the evil entity she really is. An old philosopher's cold logic and reason versus the hot passion of youth in a newfound love. It must be tried. What could possibly go wrong.
(Summary by Bruce Kachuk)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/lamia___00keat

Target completion date: 2021-08-31

Prooflistening level: Standard
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:
"Section # of Lamia. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Recording by your name."] "Lamia, by John Keats. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section # of Lamia, by John Keats. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Recording by your name."]
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Lamia, by John Keats."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: lamia_#_keats_128kb.mp3 where # is the section number. (e.g. lamia_1_keats_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: Rapunzelina

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
Last edited by brucek on July 29th, 2021, 7:54 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Hi Bruce! Magic Window is in place and you should have access. I also signed myself up as the DPL :D

Feel free to adjust the intro if you'd like to use the short one. You can use "Lamia, Part 1 / 2" or "Part 1 / 2 of Lamia" or even "Lamia" and "Lamia, continued" or anything else that makes sense.
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Rapunzelina wrote: July 24th, 2021, 10:41 am Hi Bruce! Magic Window is in place and you should have access. I also signed myself up as the DPL :D

Feel free to adjust the intro if you'd like to use the short one. You can use "Lamia, Part 1 / 2" or "Part 1 / 2 of Lamia" or even "Lamia" and "Lamia, continued" or anything else that makes sense.
That's wonderful, Rapunzelina, thank you so much. :)

I've already begun to record, so it shouldn't take too long at all.

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Bruce.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Moved to Going Solo.

(I will probably be unable to download files this week.)
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That will work out perfectly! I am planning to upload Section 1 Tuesday August 3.

Thanks,
Bruce.
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Rapunzelina wrote: July 25th, 2021, 10:30 am Moved to Going Solo.
Hi Rapunzelina,

I've just uploaded Section One.

Thanks,
Bruce.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

:clap: :clap:

Section 1 is PL OK!
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Rapunzelina wrote: August 3rd, 2021, 2:04 pm :clap: :clap:

Section 1 is PL OK!
Thanks very much, Rapunzelina. I'm planning to upload Section 2 on Saturday.

~~~~~
Bruce.
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Rapunzelina wrote: August 3rd, 2021, 2:04 pm
Section 1 is PL OK!
Hi Rapunzelina,

And here we go with Section Two.

Thanks,
Bruce.
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Section 2 is PL OK. Tragic end!

I will prep for cataloguing.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Cataloguing went extremely smoothly!

https://librivox.org/lamia-by-john-keats/

Congratulations on another perfect audio book!
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Rapunzelina wrote: August 7th, 2021, 8:57 am Cataloguing went extremely smoothly!

https://librivox.org/lamia-by-john-keats/

Congratulations on another perfect audio book!
Thanks very much, Rapunzelina! It has been a pleasure working with you again. :D

Best regards,
Bruce.
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