Just the recs, ma'am!

[annafugazzi]

• Not In the Hands of Boys, Not In the Hands of Boys, Not In the Hands of Boys, by fourth_rose. It has updated, updated, updated. Squeee!!
  
  
• And! Another one of my favourite WIPs, despite its hetness, updated! The Politician's Wife, by pir8fancier. HG/DM. Someday - they're not there yet, but oh the trip is a total, snarkalicious blast :) :) :)
  
  
• The Boy Who Lives, by iamshadow
  Summary: Harry comes to realise the repercussions of an important decision.
  Warnings: Angst. Violence. Self-harm and attempted suicide. And unrelenting grimness. And OMG so good!
  
  
• And speaking of iamshadow, her post-DH Harry/Ron Teapot-verse, which started with Miss Him, is now up to chapter 35. Yes, 35, Experimentation (NC-17 *eg*). They're 35 chapters but they're relatively short and many of them are more like standalones than chapters, so it's not much like a WiP, for those of you who don't like that kind of thing. In fact, I think the first five or so chapters weren't even planned to be part of anything longer; they just kinda started looking that way.
  
  In any case, go read. It's quite lovely. Must admit, I squeal loudly whenever I see she's updated :) :) :)
  
  
• OK, not just recs. I'm trying to decide between two songs for Ember to Ember, and can't quite manage it. They're Christmas-like and spiritual-like, and I like them both when my choir sings them, but the recordings I've got... meh. They're nice, but I can't listen to them without thinking My choir doesn't do that cheesy part, ugh!
  
  Praise His Holy Name
  
  The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
  
  Anyway, I can't decide which one to use. If anybody wants to download them and give me a shout re. which one they prefer, I'd appreciate it.
  
  Oh, and re their context: they're sung by Draco's grown-up choir during a Christmas concert. And no, I don't think he'd much like either one, but as he's not the director, he'd just have to roll his eyes and paste on a smile, act all enthused, and hope like hell the director doesn't ask them to clap and sway during the performance ;)

Comments

[cyane-snape.livejournal.com]

Yeah...gospel is not exactly his style. You should see my group try to clap and sway AND sing at the same time...they're not exactly rhythmically adept.

I went back and listened to your MP3. I slow it down to about 1/2 to 2/3 that speed for a real funky, 'down and dirty' gospel sound.

[annafugazzi.livejournal.com]

Yeah...gospel is not exactly his style. You should see my group try to clap and sway AND sing at the same time...they're not exactly rhythmically adept.
LOL yeah, my choir is mostly made up of middle-aged Ontarian Aryans. And our choir director loves African-inspired music - we even have a Black History Month concert every February - but sometimes it seems like Rhythm is refusing to have anything to do with us, just on principle.

I went back and listened to your MP3. I slow it down to about 1/2 to 2/3 that speed for a real funky, 'down and dirty' gospel sound.
Ooh, I should try to figure out how to do that...

[cyane-snape.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be confusing, I slow my CHOIR down for a funkier sound. I heard Anton Armstrong's choir at an ACDA convention in Chicago and they sang it slower.

I don't know if you CAN slow down MP3s..