Evening Star by E. A. Poe

cjorgensen

Genre: Spoken Word-Poetry

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An Edgar Allen Poe piece I put together for Halloween.

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EVENING STAR

by Edgar Allan Poe
(1827)

'Twas noontide of summer,
And mid-time of night;
And stars, in their orbits,
Shone pale, thro' the light
Of the brighter, cold moon,
'Mid planets her slaves,
Herself in the Heavens,
Her beam on the waves.
I gazed awhile
On her cold smile;
Too cold- too cold for me-
There pass'd, as a shroud,
A fleecy cloud,
And I turned away to thee,
Proud Evening Star,
In thy glory afar,
And dearer thy beam shall be;
For joy to my heart
Is the proud part
Thou bearest in Heaven at night,
And more I admire
Thy distant fire,
Than that colder, lowly light.

Song Stats

Hits: 1297
Comments: 17
Fans: 1
Plays: 183
Downloads: 93
Votes: 12
Uploaded: Oct 23, 2005 - 03:18:12 PM
Last Updated: Oct 23, 2005 - 01:24:39 PM Last Played: Nov 01, 2009 - 05:33:26 PM

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Keywords:

dark poetry edgar allen poe (1)

Hardware:

My tascam audio interface, my edirol pcr-30, my mic.

Software:

GB2 only

Comments

jmt	jmt said 1494 days ago (October 23rd, 2005)
	that colder, lowly light Nice! Aggressive! Check out my latest song called mARINERS lULLABY

cjorgensen	cjorgensen said 1494 days ago (October 23rd, 2005)
	that colder, lowly light Thanks. --- A Bloody Dark Pastryman http://www.christopher.jorgensen.name Check out my latest song called Gardens

DeputyDoofy	DeputyDoofy said 1494 days ago (October 23rd, 2005)
	Quoth the raven, "Nevermore." Cool. I love the halloween stuff out here. Working on my own cheesy, scary sounding thing... :) Check out my latest song called Sweet Smell Of Success

drakonis	drakonis said 1494 days ago (October 23rd, 2005)
	good edgey effects I liked all the sound effects, good lead-up, and the effected voice, made this sound cold indeed. But I would have liked it read a little more slowly and deliberately, it almost seemed rushed. I thought you gave it good emotional bite, sounded like you were almost hissing it through clenched teeth. ttfn, Drakonis Check out my latest song called Lullaby for the Inner Child

cjorgensen	cjorgensen said 1494 days ago (October 23rd, 2005)
	good edgey effects Heh, that's funny. I read this thing about 90 times, trying for the "right" mood. Most of them were wistful and whispery, breathy. This on is too, actually, but once I bit crushed it, and took it down a bit in pitch (not much) it got angry sounding. --- A Bloody Dark Pastryman http://www.christopher.jorgensen.name Check out my latest song called Gardens

screaming.org	screaming.org said 1494 days ago (October 23rd, 2005)
	I like You give time for the synthetic heartbeat to set mood before you bring in the swirling noise, and then you give the swirling noise time to set mood before you speak, and when you do it's a fierce delivery. Poe is fierce, and should be read that way. Check out my latest song called Bleed (alley-oop)

cjorgensen	cjorgensen said 1492 days ago (October 25th, 2005)
	I like Thanks. Originally I had a heartbeat track on this, so decided to avoid it, since I might want to try doing a longer piece (like the Tell Tale Heat), and maybe use it there. The delivery is that way because I didn't want to read it as some kind of romantic piece. --- A Bloody Dark Pastryman http://www.christopher.jorgensen.name Check out my latest song called Gardens

Peter Greenstone	Peter Greenstone said 1493 days ago (October 24th, 2005)
	scary Intense. It's scary to hear talk of "joy" and "glory" in a voice like that. Nice job. Check out my latest song called From Nothing

cjorgensen	cjorgensen said 1492 days ago (October 25th, 2005)
	scary Thanks. I sound old and angry. I had fun doing this one. It's cool to play with things not your own. Poe gets a little cheesy at times, and some things are better than other, but this has long been a favorite of mine. --- A Bloody Dark Pastryman http://www.christopher.jorgensen.name Check out my latest song called Gardens

Kevensor	Kevensor said 1492 days ago (October 25th, 2005)
	Duality in the vocal track is awesome. The overdriven whisper effect makes this really stand out. I liked this very much! Check out my latest song called Smoove

cjorgensen

cjorgensen said 1492 days ago (October 25th, 2005)

Duality
It's actually tripled. :)

Tack one and three are bit crushed a bit and pitch shifted lower a tiny bit.
One panned left, one panned right.

Track 2 is Orion vocals, in the center and not as loud.

All three of these made a nearly hiss free track get very hissy. I have just the
beats and cymbals originally. The Keyboard is brought in only as a wall of
noise to cover the track hisses.

I may do a remix, use the exact same file, but different vocal effects, see if I
can get a relaxed version. I do dig this one though and am proud of it.

Glad people are liking it.

---
A Bloody Dark Pastryman
http://www.christopher.jorgensen.name

Check out my latest song called Gardens

	said 1492 days ago (October 25th, 2005)
	very powerful voice Will you play this as the kiddies come for their treats? :)

Rebsie	Rebsie said 1491 days ago (October 26th, 2005)
	Fearful star Dark, intense and unsettling ... just as it should be. Very nicely constructed, and powerful delivery. That's a great idea themasses had ... I shall put this on automatic repeat when the little blighters come knocking on our door ... Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)

jgurner	jgurner said 1491 days ago (October 26th, 2005)
	Smoldering This makes me think of a fire, dying down after burning fast and hot, with the voice as the wisps of smoke rising up from the still hot subsiding flames and red hot embers. Very intense. Thanks again for puting this idea forward. It's been a lot of fun. Check out my latest song called Bourbon Street Dawn

atonalis	atonalis said 1490 days ago (October 27th, 2005)
	wow. loved it....then. loved it....then. well, still loved it. excellent Check out my latest song called lit with a wet match.

_nderscore	_nderscore said 1487 days ago (October 30th, 2005)
	awesome soundbed really love the sound you squeezed out of GB, dug the super-grungy vox FX.. yeah! some echoes in places would be nifty, too maybe. ya spooky bastid Check out my latest song called glyd

AquilA	AquilA said 1470 days ago (November 16th, 2005)
	Commands Attention Solid production and a riveting reading. Very nicely done. You have arrived, "By a route obscure and lonely", to "On a black throne reign upright". - brutally mutilated and exracted from Poe's Dreamland Check out my latest song called Bounce Buffet w/ Hectorious

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Name: Christopher L. Jorgensen

Christopher L. Jorgensen is lucky enough to make his living answering questions about Macintosh computers all day. In his spare time he likes to drink wine, play with webdesign, and learn new things about computers. He has an iron ego and lives fo... [see more]

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