NEW YORK – December 7, 2010: The top Fox show “Gleeâ€? added to its hit-making track record via its November 9th episode, scoring its first #1 iTunes single ever with its cover of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream.” Robert L. Smith of Defy Recordings recorded and mixed the project, helping to make the daring choral version into a radio-ready smash in its own right.
 
RECORDING THE “DREAM� CHORUS
Tommy Faragher produced the track, with Smith recording the show’s newest star Darren Criss and Tufts’ famed Beelzebubs men’s choir at NYC’s Avatar Studios. “The scene this song appears in is empowering and socially-minded,� Smith says. “An amazing choir presenting a great pop/dance song in this way really captured something special.�
 
Smith oversaw a fast-paced but meticulous recording session that recorded each vocal performance one at a time, an intensive process that more