A remix of the King James Bible and a track by Nickleus, "FunkyRuralBanjoBeats", Track 4 from his album Miksen Mætsj (Creative Commons Attribution license). https://soundcloud.com/nickleus/04-funky-rural-banjo-beats

I used this as a soundtrack for a videopoem: https://vimeo.com/75128141

The text appears in my chapbook Breakdown: Banjo Poems from Seven Kitchens Press. (Order the book here: http://sevenkitchens.blogspot.com/2013/09/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems.html )

Banjo Proverbs

I read "The Fifth String," a poem from my new collection Breakdown: Banjo Poems, over-top Steven Sherrill's cello-banjo rendition of "Cluck Old Hen" (used by permission): https://soundcloud.com/steven-sherrill/cluck-old-hen-wma 
This became the soundtrack for a videopoem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/09/the-fifth-string-videopoem/
 (Order the book here: http://sevenkitchens.blogspot.com/2013/09/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems.html )

The Fifth String

I read a poem from my new collection Breakdown: Banjo Poems, accompanied by a track from Bald Mountain Band (used by permission), originally a song called "Jenny Got Naked at a Party in 1989." My cousin Tony Bonta is the banjoist. http://www.reverbnation.com/baldmountainband
http://sevenkitchenspress.com/our-authors/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems/

This is also now the soundtrack for a video tribute to women banjo players: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/10/luck-videopoem/

Luck

Reading a poem called "Banjo vs. Guitar" to the accompaniment of Juan Cordero's wonderful arrangement of "Cielito Lindo" for clawhammer banjo, classical guitar and bass, used by permission:  https://soundcloud.com/juancorderog/cielito-lindo-reprise-banjo

This is also the soundtrack for a video http://youtu.be/ZXPpOtSA7AA , one of a series of videopoems I'm doing in support of my collection of poems about the banjo. See http://sevenkitchenspress.com/our-authors/dave-bonta-breakdown-banjo-poems/

Banjo vs. Guitar

A version of this without the opening quote (which appears on-screen)serves as the soundtrack for a videopoem, http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/10/how-jefferson-heard-banjar-videopoem/ 
The banjo player here my brother, Steve Bonta (a modal tune whose name neither of us can recall). Additional sounds are from freesound.org user Meffy Ellis, a recording of a swamp in Virginia, licensed attribution-only under the Creative Commons.

How Jefferson Heard Banjar

The soundtrack for a new videopoem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/10/shackletons-banjo-videopoem/ 
The music is a blend of "Arctic core samples" by admiral bellybutton (Creative Commons Attribution license): https://soundcloud.com/admiralbellybutton/arctic-core-samples and a digitally altered version of my brother Steve Bonta playing "Shady Grove" on clawhammer banjo. 
I recorded my reading with a Zoom H2 digital recorder and mixed in Audacity.

Shackleton's Banjo

Soundtrack for a videopoem, http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/11/medicine-show-videopoem/
The solo banjo is by Tim Hosgood, TDHP: "Down to the Valley to Pray": https://soundcloud.com/timhosgood/down-to-the-valley-to-pray
The heartbeat audio is from freesound.org user GrimmjowJ, http://www.freesound.org/people/GrimmjowJ/
Text of the poem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2009/12/medicine-show/

Medicine Show

Now with a much better vocal track (recorded on a Zoom H2 rather than a cheap Logitech mike). A remix of the King James Bible and a track by Nickleus, "FunkyRuralBanjoBeats", Track 4 from his album Miksen Mætsj (Creative Commons Attribution license). https://soundcloud.com/nickleus/04-funky-rural-banjo-beats

I used this as a soundtrack for a videopoem: https://vimeo.com/75128141

Banjo Proverbs (take 2)

A brand-new reading with a better mike,  mixed as before with Steven Sherrill's cello-banjo rendition of "Cluck Old Hen" (used by permission): https://soundcloud.com/steven-sherrill/cluck-old-hen-wma 
The videopoem: http://www.vianegativa.us/2013/09/the-fifth-string-videopoem/

The Fifth String (take 2)

A soundtrack for a videopoem: https://vimeo.com/105941480
The poem comes from The Poetry Storehouse, where it may be read: http://poetrystorehouse.com/2014/09/06/jennifer-martelli-poems/#white
The reading is my own. The music is by ccMixter user Pitx:
http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/24309
Both music and poem are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial.   


White Birches - a poem by Jennifer Martelli

Soundtrack from a videopoem for the New Year made with footage shot in London in December and a text in response written and read by Luisa A. Igloria: 
https://vimeo.com/150411351
The music is "London in Winter" by The Passion HiFi:
https://soundcloud.com/freehiphopbeatsforyou/london-in-winter-hip-hop-beat



Song For Turning by Luisa A. Igloria

I make videopoems. So I come here to look for Creative Commons-licenced works I can use on the soundtracks. (I also record natural sound sometimes, and should really upload some, I know.)

http://www.vianegativa.com
http://www.movingpoems.com

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