A quick, one take of the Barbershop Quartet from the New Tradition Chorus. They are Tenor: Steve Davis, Lead: Oliver Merrill, Bass: Jay Giallombardo, and Baritone: John Davis. Here they are recorded in true ORTF, [110º angled and middles of the capsules are 17cm apart] using 2 MXL V67N microphones being run into a H4N Zoom Portable Recorder. The quartet stood about 3-3.5ft away from the middle of the spacebar. Since it is true ORTF, you can hear where each singer is standing. Barbershop quartets usually stand Tenor-Lead-Bass-Baritone or the reverse.

Background of the singers: These are all champion barbershop singers in one fashion or another, Steve Davis a multi Illinois Barbershop District Champion with many quartets over the years, Oliver Merrill is the lead of the 2005 Collegiate Barbershop Quartet, Men In Black. In the open contest, Men In Black got as high as 7th place internationally. Jay Giallombardo is an International Quartet Gold Medalist for the 1979 quartet, Grandma's Boys where he sang Baritone. Jay is also one of the leading arrangers for the barbershop style and arranged many of Grandma's Boys' charts. John Davis sang lead in the Illinois District Champion Quartet, Chronicle (with Steve Davis) and has sung with Internationally competing quartet, Rush Street.

Sweet Adeline

Just a short improvisation piece that we did in Ken Christianson's class. Recorded with stereo pair of AKG 414s into a Nagra VI. No effects, EQ, or Compression added. 

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Acoustic Improvisation

The Lake Zurich High School Symphony Orchestra playing the Leroy Anderson arrangement of Sleigh Ride. Recorded using a stereo pair of CharterOak E700 Microphones into a Mäag PreQ4, converted by a PreSonus FireStudio Project. Originally in 24/96, ORTF.

Sleigh Ride - Lake Zurich High School Symphony Orchestra

This was recorded at the edge of the stage at Finney Chapel in Oberlin, Ohio. Organist was Annika Sundberg (Senior), an Organ minor at Oberlin Conservatory. This was recorded the day after her Organ recital with pair of CharterOak E700 going into a Mäag PreQ4 into a Lynx Aurora converter.

12 Stücke Für Die Orgel, Op. 59 (Pipe Organ Recording)

This was a recording session at PianoForte Studios with The Whiskey Brothers. This comes off their most recent album "Cask Strength". 

Engineer: Victor LeJeune
Mixing: Joshua Arizmendi
Mastering: Victor LeJeune

The Whiskey Brothers contact information:
www.thewhiskeybrothers.org
www.Facebook.com/whiskeybrothersband

This, This is Christmas! - Sound of Illinois Teaser

Rascal Demo!

CharterOak & Soyuz side by side recording my short arrangement of When I Fall In Love on acoustic guitar. I'm just in my bedroom recording, not a professional studio. The combined has a little bit of panning and reverb. They pair together great!

Soyuz 013 - When I Fall In Love

CharterOak E700 - When I Fall In Love

Combined - When I Fall In Love

Teaser Track for Midnight Croon's new album!

Midnight Croon Teaser Track

Realistic representation of what my recordings sound like these days. Kenwood, LZHS Orchestra, and the Sound of Illinois are recorded on a stereo pair of CharterOak E700s, everything else is a multitrack recording.

Open And Shut Case - Kenwood Academy, Chicago, IL
Majesty - Lake Zurich High School Jazz Band
Mars, the Bringer of War - Lake Zurich High School Orchestra
Bob Mamet Live at PianoForte Studios
Come Close - McCulloch Jazz Trio (Soundmine Studios)
Can't Help Falling in Love - Midnight Croon (Soundmine Studios)
Caroling Caroling - Sound of Illinois (ISU's Center for the Performing Arts)

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Demo Reel 2019

https://www.barbershoptags.com/tags/Memories_Of_You.pdf

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