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06-24-2005, 01:55 PM
| | |  Jim Dale talks HBP
Jim Dale, the US audiobook reader, was recently interviewed. In the piece he talks about what it's like to record a book and be one of the first people to have read ' Half-Blood Prince'. Quote:
"I couldn't even tell my wife what happened," he adds. And you can bet plenty of people are testing Dale's secret-keeping ability. "The children and grandchildren of some of my friends are begging me to tell them what happens."
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Dale recorded the huge volume (early press reports say the book is 672 pages) back in April at Merlin's Studio in New York. "Isn't that the perfect place to record a Harry Potter book?" Dale asked.
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Dale says most days he was in the studio from 9:30 a.m. until 4 or 4:30 p.m., or "as long as my voice held out." As a trained actor, Dale knows how to take care of his voice. One of his tricks for soothing this throat is tea with honey. Dale even raises his own bees at his second home to make honey, which he enjoys, and gives as gifts to friends.
The rest of the interview can be read here.
Additionally Barnes and Noble have put up this new video interview with Jim Dale in which he talks about how he creates the voices for characters. Only once has J.K.Rowling had to correct him on accents, preferring him to use a Yorkshire one for a certain character rather than Scottish.
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06-24-2005, 02:12 PM
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Oooh... That would be so hard to do! The honey trick is an old one...
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I wish he could tell us something about the book...
The book is shorter right? 
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06-24-2005, 02:15 PM
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Only once has J.K.Rowling had to correct him on accents, preferring him to use a Yorkshire one for a certain character rather than Scottish.
Hmm...I wonder if she told him that about a character in HBP, or maybe it just concerns a character we've already met? Stan Shunpike perhaps?
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"The children and grandchildren of some of my friends are begging me to tell them what happens."
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06-24-2005, 03:13 PM
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Jim Dale is awesome! I've listened to all 5 of them... and he does a great job!! Now I know why! He has a great work ethic.... but he even keeps the secrets from his wife!!?? 
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Oh lucky lucky guy!
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that's cool. it must be hard not to be able to talk about the book with anyone!! i have to talk about it when i read them!  | |
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How much money does he want to tell us something?
I am sure that the site can rise some money to send Mr. Dale.
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The book is shorter right?
Only slightly. It's shorter than GoF in the UK and shorter than OotP in the US. Quote:
Hmm...I wonder if she told him that about a character in HBP, or maybe it just concerns a character we've already met? Stan Shunpike perhaps?
He was talking about pre-HBP in the video interview.
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06-24-2005, 05:32 PM
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He'll have to be very careful nowadays because HBP is very near now.
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06-24-2005, 06:09 PM
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argh!! I want to know!! It's great that JKR has only had to correct him once! I really like the voices he uses. | |
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keeping it secret is so tough..........he must be a strong guy holding sooo much of the book in him...hahahaha.......
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Sounds like hard work
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WOW!!! he has alot goin' 4 him 
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06-24-2005, 10:52 PM
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thanks for info..
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Sounds like a lot of work...Wonder if he's gonna need security soon...just incase coz so many ppl wanna know wot happens
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i am not surprised he is not telling us anything, if jk barely gives us any hints...of course he isn;t. though i wish he could
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