{SOLO/Poetry} Yanks A.E.F. Verse from WWI - kd

[johng]

Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI, by various

Introduced by Stars and Stripes editor, John T. Winterich (1891-1970) this is a compilation of poetry by members of the American Expeditionary forces in the last 9 months of WWI and the first 7 months of peace after the war. (Summary by John Greenman)

Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69980

Target completion date: 2024-06-30

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History/Modern (20th C); *Non-fiction/War & Military; *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography/Memoirs; *Non-fiction/Essays & Short Works; *Non-fiction/Literary Collections/Short non-fiction; *Non-fiction/Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Keywords that describe the book: world war one poetry, wwi verse, american expeditionary forces, poetry on the frontline

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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 (or Chapter) # of Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI, by various. Section Title."

For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:

"[Poem title] by [author], read by John Greenman for LibriVox dot org"

End of recording:
Say:

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

If you are recording the final section of the book, add:

"End of Yanks - A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Forces) Verse from WWI, by various."

Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: yanksaefversewwi_##_various_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. yanksaefversewwi_01_various_128kb.mp3)

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

MC to select: KiltedDragon

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.

[johng]

BIG QUESTION!!!!
Can the individual poems (some of them quite short) be individualized in files??
Otherwise, can someone suggest a way to categorize groups of the poems?

[KevinS]

BIG QUESTION!!!!
Can the individual poems (some of them quite short) be individualized in files??
Otherwise, can someone suggest a way to categorize groups of the poems?

I have done a few collections like this and simply---rather arbitrarily---decide on a number of poems for each section and then charge on. To listen to individual, short poems is tedious for me, especially as we use the intro each time (even though it can be the short form.)

[johng]

Thanks!
I’ll work on keeping the size of sections to under 30 minutes.
I agree about hearing the intro too much! Wish it were even shorter!!

[alanmapstone]

I have done a few collections like this and simply---rather arbitrarily---decide on a number of poems for each section and then charge on. To listen to individual, short poems is tedious for me, especially as we use the intro each time (even though it can be the short form.)

The one advantage of having each poem as a separate section is that it allows the listener to pick and choose which poems they listen to rather than having to listen to the whole lot.

[johng]

I have done a few collections like this and simply---rather arbitrarily---decide on a number of poems for each section and then charge on. To listen to individual, short poems is tedious for me, especially as we use the intro each time (even though it can be the short form.)

The one advantage of having each poem as a separate section is that it allows the listener to pick and choose which poems they listen to rather than having to listen to the whole lot.

I agree....but the ONE advantage, I think, is overshadowed by the "trauma" of having to listen to all the intro /extra material!
grumble, grumble!!!!

[johng]

I've figured 16 sections should do it...giving about 10 "pages" per section.

[alanmapstone]

I agree....but the ONE advantage, I think, is overshadowed by the "trauma" of having to listen to all the intro /extra material!
grumble, grumble!!!!

If you use the short poetry disclaimer rather the one you specify it can be less tedious.

[johng]

I agree....but the ONE advantage, I think, is overshadowed by the "trauma" of having to listen to all the intro /extra material!
grumble, grumble!!!!

If you use the short poetry disclaimer rather the one you specify it can be less tedious.

Great idea!!
I'll look for that.

[KiltedDragon]

Hi John, I will MC for you. MW is set up. I counted 84 poems plus the Foreward; let me know if the number of sections is not correct. Use the long disclaimer for the Foreward and use the shorter disclaimer I added that is used in the poetry collections for the remainder. Since not all of the poems have an author, we can't add the authors name and since this is a solo, I think you could just say "[Poem title], read for LibriVox dot org" if you don't want to add your name to each one. I also shortened the filename as it was a little long. Hopefully, this is all correct. One of the other admins may come along and correct me if it isn't.

[johng]

Thanks so much, Barry!!
I think this sounds like the best way to go! I wish I didn’t have to say “recorded for LibriVox” at the beginning of each one, however
Could that go at the end of each one, instead??

[annise]

butting in , and this can be deleted but personally listening to poetry I like to have a thinking time between them . Are you planning to read the names, ranks etc of each verse ? In some ways that is part of the relevance.

Anne

[KiltedDragon]

He is planning on reading each poem as a separate section. Some of the poems have the authors name and rank, some just have the name, some just have the initials, and some have nothing. Those that have identification have it listed at the end of the poem and it could easily be read that way.

[silverquill]

Here's another option:

Group the poems, let's say three or four (could vary depending on length of poems) so each poem could still be listed in the MW, and hence in the TOC for the completed book. That way the listener can still see exactly what poems are in the book and which section they are in. For the intro, just the title of each poem, fowled by author if given, then poem, and a voice credit, if desired at the end of the last poem. But, I don't think there is any problem doing each poem as a separate section, even the short ones. That is probably the way I would set it up if it were a group project anyway.

Did anyone volunteer as DPL yet?
If not, I'd be glad to.

[KiltedDragon]

John, we are going to go with the disclaimers the way they are in the template. You can leave your name off if you choose to do so. For the poems with no author, you could leave that blank though saying “author unknown” would let the listener know it was not just forgotten.