Small multi voice project for Good Omens??

[pandarus]

Hello my lovelies - I’m BILLIONS of years out of the podficcing loop and presently rather low tech, but I’ve had a little time on my hands lately and have recorded a number of short fics in a small flurry of productivity.

And I was wondering whether perhaps four other people might be interested in collaborating on recording a short mukti-voice podfic?

It’s this piece:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17752469

Which I haven’t yet asked permission to record, I must admit, because to do it properly it needs to have a multivoice equivalent to the found texts that are spliced into the narrative - a film review, an academic text etc. (I was planning to read the narrative sections myself.)

Does anyone out there fancy collaborating? If so, name which extra section tickles your fancy, and if we can rustle up enough people (and assuming the author is cool with it) I’m happy to splice it all together.

Any takers?

Comments

[desireearmfeldt]

If you don't mind an American voice, I'd be up for it.

[pandarus]

Yay! All voices welcome! Do you have a preference as to which section you’d like to read?

[pandarus]

Looks like the Jarman section and the first section have been bagsied....

[desireearmfeldt]

I'm happy to take whatever's not yet claimed -- but it looks like you may have more volunteers than sections?

[pandarus]

Nope, we’re bang on, four for four! :D

Semperfiona - FOUND TEXT 1
''Bitterest Torment of Soul': Junius' An Invocation to Ezraþāl and the Narrative of Demonic Temptation,' Marcus Kelso, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Volume 10, 3 (November 1954).


Desirearmfeldt - FOUND TEXT 2
Recent posts:
The Angel Ezraphael: Forgotten Queer Ally and Patron of Same-Sex Desire
Thursday 13th March, 2005 – Leonora Gomez

Lazulus - FOUND TEXT 3
Sight and Sound, Vol. 145 (February 2004)
The Icon of Iconoclastic Cinema: Remembering Derek Jarman – Thomasin Kelly.

Dark_dreymer - FOUND TEXT 4
TimeOut London – Online – Art and Culture – Exhibitions – New This Week
Angel in the Out!House: 4/5

Should we say mp3?

[semperfiona]

Oh I loved that one! I'd be up for some nice academic paper reading (and I am also American, in case it matters to you).

[pandarus]

Hurrah! It sounds like perhaps you fancy the first section? Or which one would tickle your fancy?

[semperfiona]

Yeah, the first one. That's as far as I reread today and went "Ooh shiny". :-D

[pandarus]

Sweet!

[pandarus]

So we’re looking at:

Semperfiona - FOUND TEXT 1
''Bitterest Torment of Soul': Junius' An Invocation to Ezraþāl and the Narrative of Demonic Temptation,' Marcus Kelso, Anglo-Saxon Studies, Volume 10, 3 (November 1954).


Desirearmfeldt - FOUND TEXT 2
Recent posts:
The Angel Ezraphael: Forgotten Queer Ally and Patron of Same-Sex Desire
Thursday 13th March, 2005 – Leonora Gomez

Lazulus - FOUND TEXT 3
Sight and Sound, Vol. 145 (February 2004)
The Icon of Iconoclastic Cinema: Remembering Derek Jarman – Thomasin Kelly.

Dark_dreymer - FOUND TEXT 4
TimeOut London – Online – Art and Culture – Exhibitions – New This Week
Angel in the Out!House: 4/5

Should we say mp3?

[pandarus]

Hi!

Sorry, I did not ACTUALLY fall off the face of the earth, I swear - but it took a while to get all the recordings in, and then the past two weeks have been a bit manic, with stressful home stuff and then stressful work stuff, so it’s only the past couple of days that I’ve sat down and wrestled with my laptop to pull this all together.

I am NOT a sound engineering wizard, even slightly, so the sheer gall of me having a crack at this is either hilarious or horrifying - But I think that it works? Even if I’m sure that somebody not me could have balanced the files better?

Anyhow, I’m sharing the first draft with you all - at present it’s my voice saying everyone else’s names (and almost certainly mispronouncing things), because not everyone included a recording of their names, but I can splice that out and replace if folks who didn’t include their names want to send them? And I seem to have an ungainly 4 minutes of additional time at the end of the file which, uh, I’m sure I can figure out how to crop away. Probably.

::sweats::

BUT, technical things aside, I think it’s lovely, and I have SO enjoyed listening to your voices, you absolute rock stars. Thank you so much for putting in the time and effort with these stonking performances!

So I’m sharing that file here, to see if you’re okay with me uploading it to the AO3 & here more or less as is, or if you’d like to make any changes.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wrm344nm8m1ixm/Such_Surpassing_Brightness%20.mp3?dl=0

[semperfiona]

I'm so excited <3
I'll listen to it sometime today!

[dark_dreymer]

I haven't recorded in a while so my voice may be a bit rusty, but I'd be happy to pitch in :)

[pandarus]

I know that feel! But it’s like riding a bike. Welcome aboard!

Any preferences? We may have to rock paper scissors it or something if everyone wants the same section, or just go with first come first served...

[pandarus]

The first section and the Jarman section have both been bagsied...

[dark_dreymer]

The section about Tomasz Kowalczyk would be lovely :)

[pandarus]

Hi!

Sorry, I did not ACTUALLY fall off the face of the earth, I swear - but it took a while to get all the recordings in, and then the past two weeks have been a bit manic, with stressful home stuff and then stressful work stuff, so it’s only the past couple of days that I’ve sat down and wrestled with my laptop to pull this all together.

I am NOT a sound engineering wizard, even slightly, so the sheer gall of me having a crack at this is either hilarious or horrifying - But I think that it works? Even if I’m sure that somebody not me could have balanced the files better?

Anyhow, I’m sharing the first draft with you all - at present it’s my voice saying everyone else’s names (and almost certainly mispronouncing things), because not everyone included a recording of their names, but I can splice that out and replace if folks who didn’t include their names want to send them? And I seem to have an ungainly 4 minutes of additional time at the end of the file which, uh, I’m sure I can figure out how to crop away. Probably.

::sweats::

BUT, technical things aside, I think it’s lovely, and I have SO enjoyed listening to your voices, you absolute rock stars. Thank you so much for putting in the time and effort with these stonking performances!

So I’m sharing that file here, to see if you’re okay with me uploading it to the AO3 & here more or less as is, or if you’d like to make any changes.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3wrm344nm8m1ixm/Such_Surpassing_Brightness%20.mp3?dl=0

[dark_dreymer]

No worries about the timing, I know what a tedious time the editing stage of a project can be.

I'd been really looking forward to listening to the finished podfic though and I have to say I was not disappointed. You did such a good job with the character voices and there were so many moments that made me literally laugh out loud while I was listening :D

Thanks for organising this, it was a lot of fun ^__^

[pandarus]

Yay! So glad you enjoyed it! And you did such a marvellous job with your section - I *so* enjoyed listening to it (and the others) and the contrasting tones of them all juxtaposed was just ::chef kiss::

Go Team Us!

[lazulus]

I am getting my head around recording again and would really be up for a joint project!

p.s. I love your podfics and am glad to see you back recording. :)

[pandarus]

Aww, cheers, mate! And welcome aboard! Any preferences which section you fancy?

[lazulus]

I'd love the Jarman section but am happy to do any of them, although the Anglo-Saxon one may be a stretch with pronunciation. ;)

[pandarus]

Sounds good to me! (God, I laughed out LOUD at the Jarman section- it’s all so very very well done, but the Jarman section in particular cracked me up. Annie Lennox indeed.)

[fleurrochard]

You already have enough voices, but let me just tell you how utterly delighted I am to see so many new podfics by you pop up! <3

[pandarus]

Aww, cheers! Lovely to see your pixels again!