Announcing CASP's Partnership with Record Label Lexicon Classics

We are thrilled to finally announce the Cuban Art Song Project's partnering with Lexicon Classics! A division of Emitha Records, Lexicon combines a dedication to artistic integrity with cutting edge distribution techniques for the digital age. We were blown away by Lexicon's enthusiasm for our mission and know that Lexicon will help bring this music to a wider audience.

Coming April 25th: Cuban Art Song Project's first single, "Habanera tú"

Habanera tú is one of the most famous Cuban songs and a love letter to the beauty of Cuba. The track begins with an effect meant to evoke an aged vinyl record. As the song progresses you are taken on a nostalgic trip to Old Havana, with palm trees and sun, reflected in the eyes of a lover.

Lexicon will be distributing our 3 upcoming singles and full album. There will be lots of exciting updates, behind the scenes footage from our recording at Big Orange Sheep and more! Make sure to help spread the word by mentioning the Cuban Art Song Project's website to friends and family, and subscribing to the newsletter.

Photography by Vick Krishna

Album Design by Lilia Quinaud

Recorded at Big Orange Sheep in Brooklyn

Engineer: MP Kuo

Featuring Isabella Lamadriz, Pablo Zinger, Pedro Giraudo, and Takafumi Nikaido

The countdown to Habanera tú starts, now!

Feliz día de San Valentín

Happy Valentine's Day CASP familia. I'm so excited for CASP's upcoming performances next week. Next Friday February 21 Pablo and Isabella return to New Jersey to perform an hour of Cuban love songs at the West Windsor Senior Center. Extend your Valentine's Day celebration and hear well known boleros like Dos gardenias, Quizás, quizás, quizás and lesser known songs like La volanta, El quitrín and more. Details below:

Valentine’s Concert CASP at West Windsor Senior Center

February 21, 2025, 1:00 – 2:00 PM|271 Clarksville Rd

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Cuban Art Song Project is thrilled to kick off the Jean C. Wilson Music Series Sunday February 23rd from 4:00-5:00pm in Newburyport MA. This is a ticketed event, secure your ticket now! I hear there will be salsa dancing following our concert.

Tickets for CASP at the Jean C. Wilson Music Series: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jean-c-wilson-series-presents-cuban-art-song-project-tickets-1138308012909?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Cuban Art Song Project at the Jean C. Wilson Music Series

February 23, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00 PM|Newburyport

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From our rehearsal for our upcoming performances, Acercate más

Abrazos,

Isabella

PS Next month's newsletter will be dedicated to the upcoming album. I know many of you have been patiently waiting and we'll finally be able to announce all the exciting details!!!

Behind the Scenes of CASP's Debut Album

We had the opportunity this week to go back into the recording studio for a surprise single. We're so close to announcing release dates, I can't wait to share this music with you all!!!!

In the last 6 months I've now recorded at 3 different studios in New York City. The first was Big Orange Sheep in Industry City (Brooklyn) with the entire band. Sadly since our recording, Big Orange Sheep has closed its doors. We are so fortunate to have recorded there. Their piano (a Fazioli) is still one of the best pianos I've ever heard and our engineer MP captured it beautifully in the recording.

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Photo credit: Vick Krishna

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When we met with MP the first decision we had to make was how we wanted to record all the musicians. We chose to capture each player with isolation booths. Each musician had their own room so that our engineer could isolate and put the voice, bass, piano, and percussion on individual tracks. If we all had recorded in the same room MP wouldn't have been able to make the same sort of adjustments and edits. We wanted our album to have a clean and crisp sound to it. We later added more percussion that Taka wouldn't have been able to do in one take, and I preferred to be able to return to the studio for more vocal dubbing so that my voice could stay fresh throughout the entire recording.

Our other two studios CASP recorded in were 2nd Story Sound and Renaissance Recording, both in Manhattan. These two spaces were perfect for the vocal dubs. The next two clips are from Renaissance.

Isabella works through the vocal dubs of Dos Gardenias at Renaissance Recording. Video credit: Jon Price

Isabella works through the vocal dubs of El sunsún at Renaissance Recording. Video credit: Jon Price

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Any areas of the songs that could be a little tighter, maybe more whispery or fixing some diction issues were able to be addressed because we went back into the studio post the band recording.

I hope you enjoyed this behind the scenes look at recording the Cuban Art Song Projects first album!

Abrazos,

Isabella