{"id":1336,"date":"2021-02-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2021-02-11T10:11:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T18:11:19","slug":"the-story-behind-respire-the-upcoming-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/?p=1336","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind “Respire,” the Upcoming Single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Matthew S. Rosin, “Respire,” to be released by Meristem Music on March 12, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I recorded “Respire” in 2014 as a way to rediscover my own breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sang in falsetto with a resonant space in my mouth but lips closed and vibrating slightly. I was inspired by how Arve Henriksen makes his trumpet sound like a cooing voice. I tried to do the opposite: make my voice sound like a gospel-inflected cousin of a trumpet, theremin, or flute. Doing so got me out of my own head and into my body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then I brought in the accordion, which also breathes: vibrating chords and the simple pull and push of air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I put the resulting piece away for another time\u2014until the COVID-19 pandemic, when I returned to “Respire” and finished the mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So many have suffered, struggled to breathe, and lost their breath entirely to COVID-19. “Respire” reminds me to be grateful for my breath and all that might flow from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May you, the listener, breathe easy and be well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Respire” will be released digitally by Meristem Music on March 12, 2021<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> via Bandcamp and all streaming platforms.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recorded “Respire” in 2014 as a way to rediscover my own breath. I sang in falsetto with a resonant space in my mouth but lips closed and vibrating slightly. I was inspired by how Arve Henriksen makes his trumpet sound like a cooing voice. I tried to do the opposite: make my voice sound … Continue reading The Story Behind “Respire,” the Upcoming Single<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,100],"tags":[91,102,11,101,105],"class_list":["post-1336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-recording","tag-covid-19","tag-meristem-music","tag-music","tag-recording","tag-respire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matthewsrosin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}