I’m aiming for that ‘torch under the blankets’ reading atmosphere. So, I am working on a whispered version of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind In The Willows. I speculate that perhaps many listeners haven’t had that experience and are only familiar with being read at - which is why they then take against our recordings so strongly. It’s a different ‘feel’ to listening to a professional audiobook or radio broadcast. LibriVox recordings are sometimes described as “like a friend sitting in an armchair reading to you.” I think that’s a lovely way to convey the warm-hearted amateur approach of many of the recordings. We have some lovely versions of this in the catalogue already, so I wasn’t ‘cheating’ anyone by producing something that might be of very limited appeal. I mulled over several before settling on The Wind in the Willows. Eventually what popped out was the urge to record a simple book, perhaps something for children but not so babyish that adults wouldn’t want to listen. The idea snuggled into the back of my brain and percolated a while. ‘Why, I could do better than that,’ I thought.Īnd thus the stage was set. And the sound quality varied massively, too. It seemed like such a surreal choice to ‘relax’ to, before sleeping. But among them were several readings of Edgar Allan Poe. I found them more than a little creepy, and not especially restful. Amongst well-meaning lectures about not drinking caffeine after noon (no, really?!) and advice about room lighting levels were some fascinating YouTube relaxation videos. I’d been having a little trouble sleeping and so went searching for solutions. Last October I was grabbed by a particularly odd one. I have awfully random ideas from time to time.
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