Gracia – Amazing Grace
Gracia – The Amazing Grace House Remixes.
Produced by Jason Serrano, Joel Vanni & Teo Skylark featuring Vanessa Athens.
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Sample of the Spanglish version, The full length compilation is available at iTunes, Wayango, Amazon and Juno Records.
Track Listing:
1. Gracia – English version
2. Gracia – Spanish Mix
3. Gracia – Sendero de lagrimas
4. Gracia – Radio mix
5. Gracia – Instrumental
The complete Song Lyrics written by John Newton are available here. The Spanish Translation written by Vanessa Athens is available here.
“Gracia” was inspired from the timeless classic New Britain, Faiths Review And Expectation or more commonly known as Amazing Grace. Written by John Newton and adapted to Spanish by Vanessa Athens. The E.P. contains five original versions of the composition and is the collective effort of Jason “Jase” Serrano, Theo “Dj Teo Skylark” Skudlark and the labels latest additions writer / producer Joel Vanni and singer/songwriter Vanessa Athens.
Joel Vanni has worked with Skylark Recordings for many years composing tracks with Jase and Dj Teo. A published artist and writer, Gracia celebrates Joel’s first release under the label, which has been years in the making. Joel has many projects in the works both solo and collaborative productions that you may find published under Skylark in the future.
Vanessa Athens, A veteran performer who has worked both on and off the stage for over two thirds of her life is Skylark Recordings featured vocalist and songwriter providing vocals for Gracia. Vanessa translated the composition into Spanish and performs both English and Spanish versions of the composition in addition to a Spanglish version that compliments both languages combined on the E.P. Gracia is Vanessa Athens first release under the label as a recording artist. You will find other titles that Vanessa Athens has provided vocals for as a studio musician under the labels catalog.
The original English composition first appeared as a promotional piece in September 2007 and was featured in a runway fashion show produced by Poised Marketing Group for OOMM Clothing at the Mansion Restaurant and Nightclub in Hollywood, Ca. The composition was additionally licensed to the organizations for inclusion onto the score of the video for the fashion show. Which can be viewed online by clicking here.
Gracia, when translated into English means grace. Ironically the first versions of Gracia where recorded during a studio session for another Artist working with Skylark as a vocal exercise by Vanessa Athens while practicing to perform back up vocals as a studio musician. Somewhat of an accident and playful recording became the basis and corner stone for the Gracia compositions, indicating that the playful accidental recordings where no mistake.
Gracia is available via iTunes as a Digital Album.
The history of Amazing Grace can be found here. The story of the compositions writer, John Newton is compelling and can be found here.
Why is the Gracia release subtitled The Trail Of Tears E.P. “Sendero de Lágrimas”? The trail of tears story and how Amazing Grace correlates can be found here.
