{"id":6350,"date":"2015-08-02T16:52:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T20:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/?post_type=product&#038;p=6350"},"modified":"2022-10-28T19:48:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T23:48:49","slug":"were-all-born-singing","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/product\/were-all-born-singing\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re All BORN SINGING"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" style=\"text-align: center;\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h2>We\u2019re All BORN SINGING<\/h2>\n<p><strong>the new CD &amp; BOOK by<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Elise Witt<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a9 2015 EMWorld Records<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6475 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"We're All Born Singing\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-655x655.jpg 655w, https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-20x20.jpg 20w, https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ-175x175.jpg 175w, https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CD-book-SQ.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I have heard that in Central Africa, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to unite the community, the Itaru people sing until everyone feels that true harmony is reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have heard that in Latvia, when meetings aren\u2019t working, the people start singing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know that singing was a major factor in dismantling apartheid in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know that we have a lot more work to do to end oppression, and I believe it must be done singing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have felt the air around me change, standing in the midst of singing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have seen the look on your face when singing entered your body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have felt your back, belly, and both sides vibrate when you were singing those bass notes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have seen a group carried away on song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have had my most delicious delirious deep moments singing.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-row\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xI5kDB93siM?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"260\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-1-2\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xn_w4vxzuz0?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"260\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International songstress and winner of the William L. Womack Creative Arts Award, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ELISE WITT<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has released her 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recording on the independent EMWorld Records label. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re All BORN SINGING is a wild departure for the Swiss-born Atlanta singer. Spoken word, choral pieces, and soundscapes, join with an array of lush arrangements celebrating the power of singing to vibrate us body and soul, and bring us together as community. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re All BORN SINGING was recorded in Georgia and California and was co-produced by Elise and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terrygarthwaite.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terry Garthwaite<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from the iconic San Francisco Bay Area band Joy of Cooking. Vibraphone, octave fiddle, trumpet, sax, flute, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beverlybotsford.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cross cultural percussion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spice up the arrangements, and Terry adds her bluesy vocals and solid guitar rhythms to the mix. Perhaps the most alluring instrument on the CD is Brien Engel\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glassharp.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glass Harp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 50 glasses sized from a giant brandy snifter to tiny shot glasses create musical magic on the songs <\/span><b>Bees Make Honey<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Amoeba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collaboration is the name of the game for this collection of Elise\u2019s original songs. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ooolation.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malcolm Dalglish\u2019s Ooolation Singers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are recorded live at Yosemite National Park on the rhythmically haunting <\/span><b>Song Deep In Your Bones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Students from the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalvillageproject.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Village Project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a school for teenage refugee girls in Georgia where Elise serves as Artist in Residence, are featured on <\/span><b>I See You With My Heart<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a multi-lingual musical collage, and <\/span><b>Break the Silence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, written for Eve Ensler\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onebillionrising.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Billion Rising<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A portion of the sales from this CD benefit the Global Village Project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>On the Radio &amp; in the News!<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ Honors the notions of language and culture\u2026 Crosses the line that separates the performer from the audience\u2026 \u00a0Inspires people who listen to then sing!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wabe-atlanta-composer-and-educator-were-all-born-singing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wabe-atlanta-composer-and-educator-were-all-born-singing\/<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interview with Amy Kiley on \u201cCity Lights, \u201c WABE-NPR, Atlanta<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~ Witt\u2019s activism is gentle but consistent, like water on a stone.<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wabe-atlanta-composer-and-educator-were-all-born-singing\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/arts-atl-elise-witt-soars-with-an-eclectic-batch-of-world-music-on-new-cd-were-all-born-singing\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article by Gillian Renault for ArtsATL<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Reviews<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elise took a leap on this cd. It is theatrical as well as deeply musical, cross-pollinating all the beauty of her life&#8217;s work. It is tremendous, brave, and beautiful!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhiannonmusic.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rhiannon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Author of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vocal River<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; Founding member Bobby McFerrin\u2019s Voicestra<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What a beautiful creation! I\u2019ve been listening, weeping and laughing, hitting repeat, and whooping in delight. Your voice &#8211; what beautiful work you\u2019ve done! I love how you weave the experiences, people, sounds, and notions of your life so completely in this CD. It\u2019s all there. You\u2019re all there!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbaramcafee.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barbara McAfee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Author of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Full Voice<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; Singer, Composer, Vocal Coach<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the album where Elise completes the transition from &#8216;singer&#8217; to &#8216;artist,&#8217; an appellation that is used all too frivolously\u2026 but not in this case. Well done!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/home.earthlink.net\/~deluxevaudeville\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rodger French<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Deluxe Vaudeville Orchestra; Author of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Dispatches<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This album is a pinnacle of Elise\u2019s life&#8217;s work: inspiring people to create musical community. She weaves a tapestry of voices in song, shedding light on the ethereal mysteries of dust, love, human kindness and what the world needs more of &#8211; singing! <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinswinger.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Swinger<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Singer; Composer; Improviser<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elise\u2019s provocative songs ask you to think, to act, to enjoy, <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to fully engage in life. 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