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When singer-songwriter Teisha Helgerson died of leukemia last year, her friends discovered unfinished work in her journals and cell phone recordings. Thus began a collaborative effort to finish and record the songs. Some are performed in part by Teisha, others by her artist friends.

 

Teisha was the frontwoman for the Portland-based indie folk-pop-whatever ("latin-tinged country jazz") group, Amelia, and other bands that became increasingly popular in the Pacific Northwest and regional music scenes.

 

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A CD is to be released on August 23, but you can stream the tracks now at Teisha and Friends and even download in your choice of MP3, FLAC, ALAC and other formats on a pay-what-you-like basis ($10 suggested for the whole album, $2 for a track), with the proceeds benefitting patients undergoing bone marrow transplant treatment.

 

Learn more about Teisha here: Friends help Teisha Helgerson's voice 'Carry On' | OregonLive.com

 

Here is a track listing with DR values:

 

foobar2000 1.1.10 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1

log date: 2012-08-19 13:06:26

 

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Analyzed: James Low / Carry On (1)

Michael Jodell and Matt Brown / Carry On (2)

Mike Coykendall / Carry On (3)

Miss Tulie and Aaron Walker / Carry On (4)

Ritchie Young / Carry On (5)

Scott Weddle / Carry On (6)

Stephanie Schneiderman / Carry On (7)

Susannah Weaver / Carry On (8)

Teisha Helgerson (with Say Uncle) / Carry On (9)

Teisha Helgerson and Jim Brunberg / Carry On (10)

Teisha Helgerson / Carry On (11-13)

Wendy Pate / Carry On (14)

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DR Peak RMS Duration Track

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DR11 -0.39 dB -17.99 dB 2:25 05-Carry On

DR9 -3.19 dB -13.80 dB 2:49 03-100 Happy Goodbyes

DR12 0.00 dB -15.78 dB 2:46 08-Snowflakes

DR15 0.00 dB -16.13 dB 2:47 06-The Greatest Valentine

DR14 -0.18 dB -19.09 dB 2:43 13-Morgan May

DR14 -1.14 dB -18.70 dB 3:45 09-Nothing Fancy This Time

DR10 -1.20 dB -14.55 dB 3:21 14-Come Around My Love

DR12 0.00 dB -14.34 dB 3:06 02-The State That You're In

DR11 -3.44 dB -18.31 dB 2:47 15-Ma Seule

DR11 -1.28 dB -15.50 dB 1:23 11-It is What It is

DR10 -1.19 dB -14.25 dB 0:55 01-It's All Gonna Be Great

DR16 -0.14 dB -26.63 dB 0:51 07-Snowflakes

DR17 -3.87 dB -23.68 dB 1:05 10-It Is What It Is

DR10 -0.96 dB -14.70 dB 3:04 04-Toast to the Twilight

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Number of tracks: 14

Official DR value: DR12

 

Samplerate: 44100 Hz

Channels: 2

Bits per sample: 16

Bitrate: 762 kbps

Codec: FLAC

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Statistics for: 12-Arithmetic

Number of samples: 14219898

Duration: 4:56

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Left Right

 

Peak Value: -1.48 dB --- -0.22 dB

Avg RMS: -16.14 dB --- -15.84 dB

DR channel: 11.23 dB --- 12.15 dB

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Official DR Value: DR12

 

Samplerate: 48000 Hz

Channels: 2

Bits per sample: 24

Bitrate: 1416 kbps

Codec: FLAC

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Also check out this Amelia piece from a few years back:

Oregon Art Beat — Amelia · Oregon Public Broadcasting<p><a href="/monthly_2012_08/teisha_faces.jpg.c83a6a4cff5aef19cb78550f34010f77.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="28372" src="/monthly_2012_08/teisha_faces.jpg.c83a6a4cff5aef19cb78550f34010f77.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p><p><a href="/monthly_2012_08/teisha_carry-on.jpg.83b84d631b8a989dace9cf390ee16d78.jpg" class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image"><img data-fileid="28373" src="/monthly_2012_08/teisha_carry-on.jpg.83b84d631b8a989dace9cf390ee16d78.jpg" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" alt=""></a></p>