Hello. It's Monday, the girls are ALL in
school, and I'm sitting upstairs at
Viva
writing and working on this site. Viva has a wireless Internet connection, and I
like writing here. It feels right, and I don't have the distractions of being at
home.
RLP user "revsparker" has
posted a part of a conversation that took
place in the chatroom here recently.
Viva Books in San Antonio
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So let me tell you a little more about
the audio book.
Last week I told you that I went to a local
studio to begin recording an audio version of my Christmas story. That was an
experience. Who knew that it would be so hard to read the exact words of the
text, go slowly, execute good interpretive reading technique, but also sound
like you are speaking naturally. Ben King of
Talking Taco Music has composed some wonderful guitar music for
the audio book. I was knocked out when he played some for me.
And yes, I plan to put some sample mp3 here in
the near future.
I'm thinking of using this image
on the cover of the audio book.
The recording studio was in the home of Covita,
one of the members of the San Antonio Vocal Arts Ensemble. Their work includes a
series of CDs that revive an ancient sacred
music from South America and
"Scriptures," a CD inspired by ancient
Christian, Jewish, and Islamic texts. Very interesting stuff.
Anyway, I tried to be as professional as
possible, but I didn't know what the heck I was doing. I'm going back to the
studio Wednesday, hopefully to finish recording the words. Then Ben will add the
music. We're determined to get this thing done well before Christmas. I'll get
Ben to snap a picture of me behind the microphone on Wednesday so you can get a
good laugh. ;-)
I talked with Matt Sturges this morning,
and there will be a couple of new things here soon. If you are a user, you'll be
able to view the entire list of registered users, as well as see the list of who
is currently online at rlp. If you are a user, make sure you enter your blog
address in your profile, so people can find you and flame you if they don't like
your comments. (Just kidding)
Also, you'll be able to click on a user name
and invite them to meet you in the chat room, or leave a message for them if
they are not currently online. When you log on, you'll get any messages that
people have left for you. Should be pretty cool!
People are asking when the discussion forums
are coming. Soon. Matt doesn't like the forums that come stock with Drupal,
so we're looking at an outside piece of software, sort of like we did with the
chatroom. Matt hasn't given me a date, but I'm thinking days rather than weeks.
Finally, a word about email. My inbox is
130 messages in it. I'm going to try to dedicate some time today and tomorrow to
get everything answered. If I get caught up I can usually stay on top of it.
Then I have a relapse and get behind. If you sent email, and I haven't answered,
hang . I'll get to you as soon as possible.
rlp
