This is a weekly
series that will include a brief summary of the latest articles that have been
published on The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter. Hopefully, this will encourage you to go
check out some truly outstanding articles that have been published by a number
of truly outstanding authors. Moreover,
I hope this will also encourage you to want to become a contributing
member/author, as well. The “Hear
Ye! Hear Ye!” site explanation near the
top of the side-bar should answer many of your questions. Yes, this series also included an “SOS! (Spam
On Saturdays)” segment before, but it
just wasn’t working for me. Therefore,
that will be replaced by a republishing of one of the Trib articles.
[Jeremiah Was Actually A Bullfrog] has a video and the lyrics for Three Dog Night’s Joy
To The World.
[The Crackerhead Chronicles: Mom] contains the video for the audible book version of
The Second Crumb of The Crackerhead Chronicles.
[The Crackerhead Chronicles: Dad] contains the video for the audible book version of
The Third Crumb of The Crackerhead Chronicles.
[The Crackerhead Chronicles: From Miller to Poverty Point] contains the video for
the audible book version of The Fourth Crumb of The Crackerhead Chronicles.
[The Crackerhead Chronicles: Shell Knob] contains the video for the audible book
version of The Fifth Crumb of The Crackerhead Chronicles.
This is an attempt
(the first one, actually) to produce an audible version of The Crackerhead
Chronicles in my own voice. If it is not
already, it will soon become obvious that I don’t know much about audio
engineering, video editing, nor digital graphics. I have that on good authority, I’m told. Of course, my darlin’ wife, Arlynda, would be
a whole lot more enthusiastic about this project if I sounded a whole lot more
like THE CELERBRATED American actor, Sam Elliott. Hmm, I wonder if there’s an app for
that? Anyway, let’s move on to…
What
you just read is the text for the opening of each of the crumbs/chapters that
will be uploaded to YouTube. Since it
pretty much explains what is going on and is not included in written form
during the videos, it seemed appropriate to use it as the opening for this.
Alas,
I really should have a lot more accomplished than I do. For I only have one more crumb/chapter
actually ready to upload, but a couple are awfully close.
Speaking
of awful, what I would think would not be all that much has been a nightmare so
far. Suffice to say that I have newfound
great respect for those who can simply read something out loud without mumbling
and slurring. Furthermore, those who can
add true feelings to what they are reading are most certainly not getting paid
enough!
Of
course, what they are given to read does make a difference, and when it is not
right, their job becomes exponentially harder.
Despite countless attempts at proof-reading, there was/is quite a bit
about the text of [The Crackerhead Chronicles] that wasn’t right, and correcting
those mistakes has taken a lot time and energy.
In
all fairness, I anticipated the actual recording and video editing process as
being a lot more fun than what I wanted to participate in. For I did not even realize that there was
such a program as [Windows Sound Recorder] before I started this project—let
alone that it was already included as part of Windows 7 on my computer.
Oh,
but wait—there’s more! For I am using a
microphone that came with our first computer back in 2000, and I can hardly
hear what has been recorded without cranking up the speaker volume to 100%.
So,
some amplification was needed, and that has involved two more programs that I
never knew existed before. For
[Audacity] can amplify recordings, but it will only work with mp3 and WAV
files. Therefore, [Free Audio Converter]
was needed to convert the WMA files from Windows Sound Recorder to a WAV file,
and then used to convert the amplified WAV files to mp3 before they are be
added to the video.
The
video itself has not been as much of a nightmare as I thought it might be
beforehand. For I played around with
Windows Movie Maker a time or two before while trying to produce some
WhiteHeart videos, and the Windows Live Movie Maker that I now have to work
with is easier to get along with in many regards.
Still,
if anything was really easy to do, He wouldn’t be having me do it—now, would
He? Sigh.
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That voice, it's like listening to Arkansas.....
ReplyDeleteI am a fan of Sam Elliott and his lovely wife, and gee that photo sure did look just like it was him....I am a fan of all bull-frogs, Hehehehehe and that song too! Happy first week of the new year!
ReplyDeleteSo you may not sound like Sam Elliott but who does other than Sam himself? I think it's very cool to hear the voice behind the FishHawk name.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! Unlike hearing from Scotland?
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by again, my dear Karen!!! Ah, but you neglected to assure me that I actually sound better than him. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Arlynda is fairly sure that the cool would wear off much sooner than later. Double sigh and a moan.
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