[FULL] Battle-Pieces by Herman Melville -jo

[jramd]

Section 15 - The Battle for the Mississippi - 3:40
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_15_melville_128kb.mp3
This is my first real recording - so please comment if recording or protocol not up to scratch.

Hi Juliana
Thank you for your recording
The text is correct and clearly read

Just 2 minor corrections needed:
- at the beginning please say "The Battle for the Mississippi by Herman Melville, read for Librivox.org by Juliana (April 1862)" rather the introduction you have used.
- please leave 5 seconds of silence at the end (this is a requirement for all Librivox recordings)

Then upload again with the same Filename.
Very good for a first recording

Sorry! Do I need to re-record the poem? Or just edit?
Thanks,
Juliana

[adrianstephens]

Sorry! Do I need to re-record the poem? Or just edit?
Thanks,
Juliana

I hope Alan won't mind my jumping in to answer this.
You edit just the parts that need to be corrected.
The reason is that Alan, as the dedicated proof listener (DPL) has already invested time into listening critically to your recording.
If you re-do the whole thing, he would have to listen to it all again, which is unnecessary and a waste of his time.

As you do longer pieces, you will end up with a number of flaws that need to be fixed, regardless of how many times you recorded it.
So, it really doesn't work to attempt for perfection on a reading. Just accept that there will be flaws that need to be fixed, and learn
how to edit these effectively.

If you don't know how to do this, my videos (link below) describe this process.

Regards,
Adrian Stephens

[alanmapstone]

Sorry! Do I need to re-record the poem? Or just edit?
Thanks,
Juliana

Hi Juliana
As Adrian has explained, you do not need to record the whole poem again, just make a recording of the correct introduction and edit it into your original recording in place of the introduction you had before. Then export the whole file again with the same filename as an mp3 and upload it again.
If you have any further queries, please ask

[jramd]

Sorry! Do I need to re-record the poem? Or just edit?
Thanks,
Juliana

I hope Alan won't mind my jumping in to answer this.
You edit just the parts that need to be corrected.
The reason is that Alan, as the dedicated proof listener (DPL) has already invested time into listening critically to your recording.
If you re-do the whole thing, he would have to listen to it all again, which is unnecessary and a waste of his time.

As you do longer pieces, you will end up with a number of flaws that need to be fixed, regardless of how many times you recorded it.
So, it really doesn't work to attempt for perfection on a reading. Just accept that there will be flaws that need to be fixed, and learn
how to edit these effectively.

If you don't know how to do this, my videos (link below) describe this process.

Regards,
Adrian Stephens

Hi Adrian,
Thanks so much for your advice and instructions.
Juliana

[jramd]

Sorry! Do I need to re-record the poem? Or just edit?
Thanks,
Juliana

Hi Juliana
As Adrian has explained, you do not need to record the whole poem again, just make a recording of the correct introduction and edit it into your original recording in place of the introduction you had before. Then export the whole file again with the same filename as an mp3 and upload it again.
If you have any further queries, please ask

Hi Alan,
Will do - thanks for your help!
Juliana

[adrianstephens]

Hi Adrian,
Thanks so much for your advice and instructions.
Juliana

You're very welcome, Juliana.
But I do want to respectfully correct you, or at least correct an impression.
None of us are going to give you instructions. Instead, we give you information that
you can use to create an acceptable (i.e. meeting Librivox's standards) recording.

It's a subtle thing, but we're all volunteers, and nobody tells anybody else what to do!

Regards,
Adrian

[alanmapstone]

Section 20 is Ready for PL!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_20_melville_128kb.mp3
1.34

[silverquill]

Section 20 is Ready for PL!

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_20_melville_128kb.mp3
1.34

This is PL OK as are all of your previous submissions!

[alanmapstone]

Section 20 is Ready for PL!
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_20_melville_128kb.mp3
1.34

This is PL OK as are all of your previous submissions!

Thanks Larry

[alanmapstone]

Hello Alan,
Here's section 25:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_25_melville_128kb.mp3 3:39

Hi Adrian
Just 1 PL note:
at 1.10 the text is But up and up each linking troop but I hear up and down
otherwise OK!

[adrianstephens]

Hi Adrian
Just 1 PL note:
at 1.10 the text is But up and up each linking troop but I hear up and down
otherwise OK!

Oops. Here's the correction: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_25_melville_128kb.mp3

And section 26: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_26_melville_128kb.mp3 11:39

[jramd]

Sorry! Do I need to re-record the poem? Or just edit?
Thanks,
Juliana

Hi Juliana
As Adrian has explained, you do not need to record the whole poem again, just make a recording of the correct introduction and edit it into your original recording in place of the introduction you had before. Then export the whole file again with the same filename as an mp3 and upload it again.
If you have any further queries, please ask

Here are the corrections:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/Melville_-_Battle_for_MS.mp3

Thanks,
Juliana

[alanmapstone]

Oops. Here's the correction: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_25_melville_128kb.mp3
And section 26: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/battlepieces_26_melville_128kb.mp3 11:39

Section 25 is now PL OK!
Section 26 is Ready for PL!

[alanmapstone]

Hi Juliana
As Adrian has explained, you do not need to record the whole poem again, just make a recording of the correct introduction and edit it into your original recording in place of the introduction you had before. Then export the whole file again with the same filename as an mp3 and upload it again.

Here are the corrections:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/Melville_-_Battle_for_MS.mp3

Hi Juliana
The introduction is now correct so this can be marked PL OK|!
Congratulations on your first completed recording.

Note: you did get the filename wrong this time, which is odd as you got it right first time, but I have corrected that.

[jramd]

Hi Juliana
As Adrian has explained, you do not need to record the whole poem again, just make a recording of the correct introduction and edit it into your original recording in place of the introduction you had before. Then export the whole file again with the same filename as an mp3 and upload it again.

Here are the corrections:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/Melville_-_Battle_for_MS.mp3

Hi Juliana
The introduction is now correct so this can be marked PL OK|!
Congratulations on your first completed recording.

Note: you did get the filename wrong this time, which is odd as you got it right first time, but I have corrected that.

Thanks for your help
~Juliana