librivox: buyer beware
I have a fan! I just got this sweet email from someone somewhere regarding one of my LV recordings…what a nice fellow.
Fuck Huuuuuuuuugh,
I just got done listening to your “performance” of the last chapter of Frankenstein on librivox. Jesus fucking Christ Hugh, I know it’s only a free service, but if you aren’t going to do it right, don’t fucking do it at all. What were you high when you read that? The volume was too low, every other sentence is a jumble, one second i can barely hear you, the next you are breaking my eardrums. There are tons of repeat loops on there, do you or does anyone fucking edit or listen to it before they throw it up on that site? I’ve listened to a few books on librivox, and for the most part the narration was ok, there was one chick who stuttered but I think she can’t help that. You could have at least reviewed your work and taken some pride in it. You probably won’t get the Larry David reference, but Fuck Hugh
yowza, I’ll have to listen to see how bad it is. If you’d like to, here is the mp3:
Frankenstein, Ch 24.
UPDATE: listened at randomish to some samples. seemed ok .. a couple of stumbles, but par for my reading.
I listened to it–seems alright to me. It’s good I think that someone took the time to craft such a great complaint letter, in stream of drunken semi-consciousness style
Comment by skinner — October 15, 2006 @ 11:05 pm