I Sing, U Swing

"I Sing, U Swing" was composed and engineered by Eric Lindsay with Alejandra Martinez, Dexter Griffin, and Maria Izzo-Walker on vocals. Artwork done by Amanda Duba.

"I Sing, U Swing, explores music making in the electronic/hip hop genre. Children get a chance to practice call-and-response while differentiating between straight and swung divisions of the beat."

-Eric Lindsay

Eric Lindsay

Music composer, oboist, sound engineer and educator

Amanda Duba

Print maker and media artist

Dexter Griffin

Bloomington singer

Maria Izzo-Walker

Bloomington singer and actress

Alejandra Martinez

Bloomington singer and librettist

Eric was in California at the time of recording so he Zoomed in and worked with sound engineer, Kyle Houpt.

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Echo patterns while listening (ages 0-8 years):

Gordon syllables in slower tempo, using ta/titi/tripleti:

1. ba ba bababa ba

2. bababa ba bababa ba

3. ba bababa ba ba

Gordon syllables in groups of 2 in faster tempo (children repeat each pattern):

1. ba ba baba ba

2. baba ba baba ba

3. baba baba ba ba

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