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"Songs We Sing" began in 2018, with the simple desire to play songs that we love. These could be pieces with strong associations, ones we had enjoyed singing and playing before, or songs we had never sung and that were, perhaps, even new to us. When the songs were written or what genre they might come from was not important. Original instrumentation (piano, harpsichord etc) and received ideas about vocal style were also not a priority. Finding a way of creating renditions with the tools at hand (Alwynne's voice and Hans Knut's harmonium) is what originally defined the project.
 
However, as we have worked on "Songs We Sing", it has become increasingly important to ask questions about how we can bring our own experiences into the process of sharing the songs, as well as how we can open the project up to participation from other people.

The more we have worked with these songs, the more we have found ourselves asking who the 'we' of the project title might be. Although "Songs We Sing" started as a desire for us to share some of the music that we love, it feels natural now to begin opening the project up to other people. As we find ourselves investigating the process of making these songs our own, we also find ourselves asking how other people might do the same and what impact this would have on our interpretations. 
 
For this reason, we have made a recording of Eden Ahbez's song "Nature Boy", which we invite you to download, rework and re-upload (return to SongsWeAreSinging@gmail.com and we will upload it here), so that our community can grow and the conversation around the project can expand. 

You can download the song here: https://barokk.no/sound/01%20Nature%20boy%20v1%20no%20reverb.wav

And find out more about "Songs We Sing" here:
https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1731095/1731096

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