In August 2023, I gathered a group of my friends and we sang some of my song circle songs together. I wanted to capture the feeling of socially singing with friends in a living room, so that’s what we did. It was a wonderful afternoon of music, and the feeling of community in the space was tangible. I hope some of the joy of singing with friends I felt that day comes through in these recordings.
Tag: mixing
I’m so proud to announce the release of my first EP, created together with Kevin Allswede.
released April 19, 2017
Mixed by Emma Azelborn
Produced by Adam Shead, Kevin Allswede, and Emma Azelborn
Mastered by Devin Kerr
Emma Azelborn – composer, vocals, flute, ukulele
Kevin Allswede – composer, rhodes, vocals
Mike Perlman – upright bass (2, 4), electric bass (1, 3, 5)
Alex Huryk – viola (1, 5), violin (1, 2), acoustic guitar (4)
Adam Shead – drums (2, 4, 5)
Casey Batterbee – drums (1, 3)
Brennan Quinn – electric guitar (1, 5)
Teagan Faran – violin (2)
Evan Veasey – guitar (2)
Mitchell Graham – engineer
Clem Turner – assistant engineer
John Dinunzio – assistant engineer
Lena Sutter – album photo
Recorded in the Goodhertz, Inc. studio. Entirely acapella.
Kevin Allswede and I were given the opportunity to record the University of Michigan Orpheus Singers performing works by Tomás Luis de Victoria.
The singers chose to sing in two concentric circles around the microphones. We used a blumelein configuration for the main stereo pair and added two room mics to add space.
The recordings are posted in the University of Michigan SMTD media gallery as well as on my soundcloud. The project is described in more detail here.