CU Sings Vol.1 : LET IT BE

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Musicians in order of appearance:
0:09 & 1:47 - Mark Woolwine
0:12 - Kayla Brown
0:17 - Noah I. Brown
0:20 - Sara Siders
0:25 - David Howie
0:29 - Olivia Tasch
0:33 - Pauli Carman
0:38 - Kathy Harden
0:42 - Jen Hood Sturm
0:45 - Lindsey Gates-Markel & Larry Gates
0:51 - Bill 'Griz' Stephens
0:56 - Carrie Chandler
0:59 - Holly Monet & Charlie Harris
1:05 - Paul Kotheimer
1:09 - Karena Tse
1:12 - Andrew Duncanson
1:18 - Emily McKown
1:22 - Eric Enger
1:25 - Jake Fleischli
1:32 - Chase Baby
1:35 - M K Nova
1:39 - Candy Foster
1:53 - Ray Wiggs
2:00 - James Treichler
2:01 - Ian Shepherd
2:03 - Justin Simmons
2:05 - Tom Grassman
2:11 - Jerry Erickson
2:14 - Branson Ravanh
2:17 - Dave Cooper
2:20 - Jonas Standerfer
2:24 - Andy Baylor
2:27 - Jeff Kerr
2:32 - Matt Stewart
2:35 - Sarah Durbin
2:38 - Aaron Short
2:41 - Rebekah Songer
2:48 - Elizabeth Allen
2:52 - Terry Luttrell
2:56 - Oliver Groff
3:02 - Aaron Davidson
3:06 - Gloria Roubal
3:10 - Kenna Mae
3:16 - Cara Maurizi
3:19 - Justin Walden
3:23 - Alan Honeycutt
3:30 - Anika Emily
3:34 - Nico Hualde
3:37 - Mike Ingram
3:44 - Amy Mitchell-Esteves
3:47 - Drake Maxson
3:50 - Ryan Groff
3:59 - Sarah Cramer
4:02 - Kristen Johns
Video Editing, Audio Mixing/Mastering by James Treichler, Wave Upon Wave
Guitar solo edits by Mark Rubel, Pogo Studio/Blackbird Academy
Additional Engineering by Ryan Groff, Perennial Sound Studio
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Champaign-Urbana, Illinois holds a great treasure in the form of its music and art community. In the midst of this strange pandemic we all find ourselves in a remarkable group of 41 singers & 15 instrumentalists have come together to elevate the spirits of their city and beyond, with a recorded musical message and video: “C-U Sings Volume 1: Let It Be”. All proceeds from the recording will be donated to Promise Healthcare who work diligently to provide affordable and accessible high-quality health care in Champaign-Urbana and Champaign County Health Care Consumers who help provide quality affordable health care for all and environmental health and justice.
The project was conceived by music fan and businessman James Barham of Barham Benefit Group during a bicycle ride in the country. Barham enlisted artist/producer James Treichler of Wave Upon Wave Production, artist/educator/studio owner Ryan Groff of Perennial Sound Studio, and engineer/producer/audio educator Mark Rubel. Together they assembled a cross-section of musical talent, including Groff’s young son Oliver, REO Speedwagon/Starcastle vocalist Terry Luttrell, Champaign’s Pauli Carman, and a host of singers and players of various genres. James has gracefully paid for the production and all donation fees, so 100% of all proceeds will go to Promise Healthcare and Champaign County Health Care Consumers.
A fund has been established with the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois and additional donations for these organizations can be offered through the Community Foundation’s website at www.cfeic.org or to the Community Foundation at: 307 West University Ave., Champaign, IL 61821.
Recording safely was a challenge, but by observing health protocols in studios, and even having some people record their own parts at home, everyone stayed safe while putting it all together. “Our only regret is that we couldn’t include more of the wonderful talent that Champaign-Urbana is so lucky to have”, says Rubel, “but hope that we speak for the arts community in saying that we are in support of the entire community, as it has supported us. We look forward to being able to perform for you in person, and hope that this might speak for us all until that time.”
Paul McCartney wrote “Let It Be” as a message of positivity which remains relevant and necessary today. The message was a result of a dream where Paul’s mom Mary, who had died during surgery for breast cancer when he was 14, was reassuring him saying it’s going to be okay, just let it be. He was so taken with the positive message of those 3 words he wrote the song.
For more information:
James Barham: jab@barhambenefit.com 217.369.6964
James Treichler: [e-mail]
Ryan Groff: [e-mail]
Mark Rubel: [e-mail] 217.621.8150

[@bobbimccall833]

Absolutely splendid. All ages come together.

[@paulhixson5757]

CU's got talent!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@theGreatCoverUp]

Amazing, amazing, amazing.

[@marciae.nelson7793]

Music pulls us together. So good to see local faces/talent. Thank you.

[@jimhansen4564]

Fantastic

[@cupeachy9609]

Love it. CU has talent. Thanks to the performers!

[@larrywilliams3423]

Beautiful! Little tear in my eye. Love all of you!

[@TheLongtimelistener]

A partial composite of all the great musicians in town -- thanks to all of you for your continuing contribution to the delight of living here.

[@chasebaby4554]

❤️❤️❤️

[@cuconfidentialheadquarters8510]

Very well done. Thanks for pointing towards good causes with it.

[@brendakimble3845]

Loved Ray Wiggs on the organ!

[@swald1970]

Great performances, kudos artists!

[@dcborgeson]

Way to go C-U! Beautiful!

[@mikehudson7846]

Truly thankful for our local musician community. Love you all. This is wonderful!

[@maspading2953]

Absolutely incredible!!! Thank you to all!!

[@sunnybeaches22]

So much talent!!! These musicians/singers have had a rough few months with the fallout from the pandemic, but here they are doing what they love. They are also trying to raise money for others when most of them could probably use some themselves. Amazing people!

[@cindyingold4824]

So beautiful!!

[@davidbutler3628]

Wonderful work everyone!

[@michelep4704]

I MISS home in C-U. This is so wonderful. Great love to each of you from Austin, TX. I so needed to see your faces and hear this song. Thank you.

[@patriciahrubypowell9464]

That is so cool. And so well done. Great to see those familiar faces, all with great intonation. Thanks.

[@mikeingram4840]

I've watched this like 22 times already.

[@dougharps]

A wonderful collaborative production showcasing some of the incredible musical talent in C-U. Thank you all for your performances and the production work! KZbin videos usually don't bring tears to my eyes...

[@lindaevans4075]

Beautiful!

[@ziggyseeds]

Maybe it's because it's local talent, or the pandemic is making me crazy, but this is outstanding, much better than I ever thought it could be with so many pieces to knit together. Kudos to James Barham, Mark Rubel, James Treichler, Ryan Groff, and all of the performers for an outstanding creation!

[@judyg6369]

So impressed! Recognized several of you from our outstanding musical scene in the CU community! I hope you raise a lot of money for this great cause. This was so needed in our troubling times. ❤️

[@Doromart1]

Lot of familiar faces there. Enjoyed it all, and the surprise of Kristen's cello at the end.

[@jaydenadamson9586]

subbed from my grandmother Kathy Adamson. much love. I appreciate it.

[@roberthays4793]

God, I miss this place!

[@deblister6236]

Loved seeing some of my CU musician friends. And Ray on organ!! My former bandmate!!

[@champaignunderground]

Deb, Carl Johnson was so excited to see Ray, who is his church organist. He said the audio was fantastic and it was awesome to hear him with such full volume. I loved it too!

[@rickroyse8323]

That was fantastic!!! Thank you so much to you all. Beautiful!!!

[@kcenger1]

Beautiful rendition of an incredible song. Well done!

[@allisonjones5207]

This was beautiful!

[@harshpro]

my fav is linds and larry

[@sarahcramerbass]

😭❤️🔥 love this

[@rebeccanettl-fiol9493]

Super cool - and that's my sister in there!!

[@harshpro]

also SKID FTW!!!

[@robk6831]

Hi everybody.

[@motthebug]

Yes I want names for these people I've seen ;)