As a boy Andy Adams helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. During the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trails.
A Texas Matchmaker is a narrative that describes the work of a cowboy on a large southTexas ranch during the late 1800’s. Adams is considered to be one of foremost writers of the life of the real American cowboy.(Summary by Richard Kilmer)
Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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BC Admin
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Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction; Westerns; Romance
Keywords that describe the book: fiction, adventure, romance, western
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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 A Texas Matchmaker. 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], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Say: "A Texas Matchmaker, by Andy Adams. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Chapter [number] of A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
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 A Texas Matchmaker, by Andy Adams. "
There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.
Example filename texasmatchmaker_##_adams_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. texasmatchmaker_01_adams_128kb.mp3)
Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Andy Adams
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: A Texas Matchmaker
Transfer of files (completed recordings) Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file. Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.
Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: KiltedDragon
When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
There has been a recent change about the silence at the end of files. All files now need only 5 seconds of silence regardless of file length. Here is the URL that explains it. viewtopic.php?p=1310595#p1310595
