Cypress Sessions
Cypress Sessions features music artists; local, national and international filmed and recorded live in studio.
Produced by Cypress Bartlett, Cypress Sessions was created to bring a wide array of artists to record live studio sessions in his birth city of Gosford, and to highlight the amazing musicianship that lives a half-hour drive north of Sydney.
Filmed live at Damien Gerrard Studios, the mantra is ‘rehearse on the day, film some takes, and pick the best one’. With this goal in mind, musicians create unique performances on the moment, creating one off performances that highlight the incredible nature of adaptation in live performance.
Cypress Sessions #1
Cypress Sessions #1 - Never Too Much by Luther Vandross.
Personnel
Vocals: Zoe K. - Electric Guitar: Nic Drescher - Rhodes: Arturo Escudero - Piano: Patrick Harrison - Bass: Ryan Hurst Drums: Cypress Bartlett - Percussion: Steve Marin
Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Adrian Breakspear - Engineer: Murray Dilger - Videographer: Pablo Sirreno
Cypress Sessions #2 - Arturo Escudero
Cypress Sessions #2 - Seventy-Eight by Arturo Escudero & Cypress Bartlett.
Personnel
Rhodes/ Moog: Arturo Escudero - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Adrian Breakspear - Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger
Cypress Sessions #3 - Ewan Lund
Cypress Sessions #3 - Nocturne no. 9 by Frédéric François Chopin.
Personnel
Electric Guitar: Ewan Lund - Electric Bass: Harry Brus - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Adrian Breakspear - Audio Engineer: Andrew Beck - Assistant Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger
Cypress Sessions #3 - Heading in the Right Direction by Garry Paige and Mark Punch.
Personnel
Vocals: Zoe K. Electric Guitar: Ewan Lund - Electric Bass: Harry Brus - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Adrian Breakspear - Audio Engineer: Andrew Beck - Assistant Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger
Cypress Sessions #3 - Man’s World by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome.
Personnel
Vocals: Zoe K. Electric Guitar: Ewan Lund - Electric Bass: Harry Brus - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Adrian Breakspear - Audio Engineer: Andrew Beck - Assistant Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger
Cypress Sessions #4
Cypress Sessions #4 - Turkish March by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Personnel
Violin: Kieran Ledwidge - Nylon Acoustic Guitar: Ryan Hurst - Double Bass: Darryl Neve - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Cypress Bartlett - Audio Engineer: Andrew Beck - Assistant Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger
Cypress Sessions #4 - Sonate No. 8, Pathétique, 2nd Movement by Ludwig van Beethoven
Personnel
Violin: Kieran Ledwidge - Nylon Acoustic Guitar: Ryan Hurst - Double Bass: Darryl Neve - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Cypress Bartlett - Audio Engineer: Andrew Beck - Assistant Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger
Cypress Sessions #4 - Badinerie by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Personnel
Violin: Kieran Ledwidge - Nylon Acoustic Guitar: Ryan Hurst - Double Bass: Darryl Neve - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Cypress Bartlett - Audio Engineer: Andrew Beck - Assistant Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger
Cypress Sessions #5 - Nana Koizumi
Cypress Sessions #5 - Close to You by The Carpenters
Personnel
Vocals and Trumpet: Nana Koizumi - Electric Guitar: Nick Drescher - Piano: Arturo Escudero - Electric Bass: Ryan Hurst - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Arrangement by: Nana Koizumi - Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Adrian Breakspear - Audio Engineer: Andrew Beck - Assistant Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger
Cypress Sessions #5 - Bye Bye Blackbird by Ray Henderson and lyricist Mort Dixon.
Personnel
Vocals and Trumpet: Nana Koizumi - Electric Guitar: Nick Drescher - Piano: Arturo Escudero - Electric Bass: Ryan Hurst - Drums: Cypress Bartlett
Arrangement by: Nana Koizumi - Studio: Damien Gerard Studios - Mixed by: Adrian Breakspear - Audio Engineer: Andrew Beck - Assistant Audio Engineer: Murray Dilger