Re: Listen To Me Sing In Rokbeigalmki! (I Promise Your Ears Won't Bleed)

Steg wrote:

> Not that long ago people were talking about sound files of their
> conlangs.  For some inexplicable reason, my computer's microphone decided
> to be nice and work properly, so i have just recorded two and a half
> Rokbeigalmki songs for you to listen to and comment on.  One thing i'd
> like to know is if my IPA transcriptions of Rokbeigalmki have been
> accurate, so i'm doing all of them here in standard X-SAMPA with the
> customary Conlang-L use of /&/ for |aesh|.
Seems I'm the first to congratulate you! Very very good! And my
ears didn't bleed one bit! ;) I'm listening to them right this
minute. Nice melody and nice voice you have. Excellent!

I can imagine adding some kind of brass instrument, like a
clarinet-like thingy (I suck at instrument theory).

The language really gets new depth (or reaches new heights? :) when
it's sung like this. Wow! I'm gonna have to do this too one day. I
know Sally Caves have long REAL songs like this as well. Anyone else?

(And the effect of having "Tii Raflep" followed by Breeders'
"Cannonball" cannot be underestimated. :)

Anyway, in summary I think it was great! They'll go into my
regular Winamp playlist.

Oh! I just remembered the Gamah hymn! That was you wasn't it?
That one was just hilarious! I can still hear it in my head.

Daniel Andreasson

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