This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/a-spray-of-lilac-and-other-poems-and-songs-by-marie-hedderwick-browne/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68579Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a prominent member of the literary world. This volume of poetry reflects here Scottish heritage, and poems of nature and sentiment, including "In An Old Churchyard" and "Wee Elsie" written in Scottish dialect. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
Deadline: Please submit your recording within ONE MONTH of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.
Claiming sections: Look in the Magic Window below for the list of available sections. Post a reply in this thread asking for the section you would like to record.
Please claim no more than FIVE sections at a time.
New to recording? Please see our Newbie Guide to Recording for further instructions. A quick guide to our required technical settings can be found here. When you post your file, please tell the BC what name you would like to use in our catalog.
Prooflistening level: Standard
Prospective PLs, please see the Guide for Proof-listeners.
Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process unless you are the BC or PL. Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!
Magic Window:
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READING NOTE Because these are very short poems there is a ONE MONTH limit for submitting your recordings
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.
Say:
"[Poem title], by Marie Hedderwick-Browne, read for LibriVox.org by [your name]" or some variation on that, adding date, location. etc., if you wish.
• Then read the poem.
• At the end, say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain." and leave five seconds of silence.
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs, by Marie Hedderwick-Brownel."
Filename: sprayoflilac_##_hedderwickbrowne_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. sprayoflilac_01_hedderwickbrowne_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please contact an admin)
MC to select: TriciaG
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
