super al Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 My band have had a pretty lean time this year. We've played 4 gigs, had 2 drummers and recorded 1 song...a Christmas song 🎅🏻 A little while ago a local radio DJ asked if any local bands had recorded a Christmas song, an original song or a cover, to play on his show in December. It kind of felt right to ask the lads to do this. Luckily our new drummer (the 4th I've played with since joining the band 2 1/2 yrs ago!) has his own studio of which we have been using for rehearsals. Jon the singer came up with some words and our two guitarists thrashed out some riffage for me to pedal along to 😁 Over two evenings we wrote and recorded this little beauty...ok, you can really tell it was knocked together in a few hours but I kinda love that low fi thing and you just can't help but feel all christmassy when you hear Chris' solo. Anyone else got something original in a Christmas vibe? Maybe we could do a BassChat Xmas compilation tape 😁 Even any Scrooges with an anti Christmas song are welcome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 No this year, but in 2022 one of my bands released the cover of I Believe I Father Christmas that we had been playing live for some time: It was recently listed on the Emerson Lake and Palmer YouTube channel as one of their favourite covers. My other band put out this original song last year: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDean Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 Not recorded, but we've done a doom arrangement of Walking in the Air for our gig on Saturday. One of the other bands has done Rudolph the Robot Reindeer. A bit screamy for me! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No lust in Jazz Posted Friday at 07:38 Share Posted Friday at 07:38 23 hours ago, BigRedX said: No this year, but in 2022 one of my bands released the cover of I Believe I Father Christmas that we had been playing live for some time: It was recently listed on the Emerson Lake and Palmer YouTube channel as one of their favourite covers. My other band put out this original song last year: I bought the latter through Bandcamp - it sits in a playlist alongside similar end of year music. It's inclusion in this playlist introduced me to the 'In Isolation' playlist which I'm very fond of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted Friday at 08:18 Share Posted Friday at 08:18 39 minutes ago, No lust in Jazz said: I bought the latter through Bandcamp - it sits in a playlist alongside similar end of year music. It's inclusion in this playlist introduced me to the 'In Isolation' playlist which I'm very fond of. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super al Posted Friday at 11:01 Author Share Posted Friday at 11:01 Great cover of I Believe In Father Christmas @BigRedX , one of my favourite Christmas songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super al Posted Friday at 11:21 Author Share Posted Friday at 11:21 December Snow is a proper earworm, that's going to be stuck in my head all day now! Cool video too (I wish we had the time to do a video). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted Friday at 11:54 Share Posted Friday at 11:54 45 minutes ago, super al said: Great cover of I Believe In Father Christmas @BigRedX , one of my favourite Christmas songs. Thanks! We started playing it after being asked to perform a Christmas song as a condition of playing a live session for a local radio show 7 years ago. We did consider doing "Wombling Merry Christmas" but "I Believe In Father Christmas" was thought to be more in keeping with our image. We've been playing it at any gigs in December ever since, and it was recorded during the summer heatwave of 2022. We'll be performing it for the last time this Saturday when do our farewell gig, as singer Ryan is calling it a day, and I will also be leaving as my other band is occupying too much time for me to be in both. 25 minutes ago, super al said: December Snow is a proper earworm, that's going to be stuck in my head all day now! Cool video too (I wish we had the time to do a video). And thanks again! IIRC the video cost us £30 through the Fiverr website. Our singer sorted it all out. They also did the video for "Tilting". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super al Posted Friday at 12:41 Author Share Posted Friday at 12:41 £30! @BigRedX ...bargain. Our singer was a cameraman in Germany for many years (our song Summer Jiving is a true story from that part of his life) so you'd think we'd be all over the visual side of things but no. Shame about your singer packing it in, I pretty much judge bands on the vocal sound and style...both songs have vocals that I enjoyed. The Wombles have come up a lot recently, I listen to Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt's Rockonteurs podcast. Apparently there was a lot of musical talent inside those Womble costumes on TOTPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted Friday at 13:59 Share Posted Friday at 13:59 IMO £30 is a complete bargain for what we got. It's described as a "Lyric Video" but the animation makes it interesting enough to use as our primary video version. On the other hand we could spend a lot more money and make a "proper" music video. I won't clog up this thread with them, but go onto YouTube and have a look at the In Isolation videos for "Trappist-1", "Not Noticing" or "The Man Who Hides From Love". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay2U Posted Friday at 14:02 Share Posted Friday at 14:02 (edited) I usually produce a Xmas cover on my YouTube channel. This year, however, I'll be returning home from holidays just before Xmas. So I don't know yet.... Edited Friday at 14:05 by Jay2U 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raslee Posted Friday at 18:02 Share Posted Friday at 18:02 (edited) Ha ha, funny seeing this post. We put this cheese together a few weeks ago…a million miles from what I’d usually do 😂 Edited Friday at 18:04 by Raslee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushbo Posted Saturday at 13:53 Share Posted Saturday at 13:53 One of my bands - Mr Apollo - did a live version of Lindisfarne's "Winter Song" for our website a couple of weeks ago. We had a great fun doing it - not perfect, but hearfelt. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12stringbassist Posted Saturday at 18:08 Share Posted Saturday at 18:08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted Saturday at 18:22 Share Posted Saturday at 18:22 We are a bit late to the party… But did the first takes today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
police squad Posted Sunday at 07:19 Share Posted Sunday at 07:19 loved that cover @BigRedX, lovely vocal where was the vid shot, looks like a lovely place 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted Sunday at 09:17 Share Posted Sunday at 09:17 I did one years ago. My wife says it's the best thing I've ever written. Around this time of year I think that I should have written another couple and put an EP up on Spotify, no idea how to do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super al Posted Sunday at 11:02 Author Share Posted Sunday at 11:02 16 hours ago, AndyTravis said: We are a bit late to the party… But did the first takes today. Bit of brass on a Christmas song? Can't wait to hear it. Jonah Lewie's Stop the Cavalry is another fave of mine, that brass band refrain just reeks of Christmas ☃️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted Sunday at 12:32 Share Posted Sunday at 12:32 1 hour ago, super al said: Bit of brass on a Christmas song? Can't wait to hear it. Jonah Lewie's Stop the Cavalry is another fave of mine, that brass band refrain just reeks of Christmas ☃️ Yeah - I said I wanted it to feel like market square Christmas brass band - it definitely captures that. Its also got a bit a Pogues FTONY vibe Just sorted the lyrics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BigRedX Posted Monday at 10:25 Share Posted Monday at 10:25 (edited) On 15/12/2024 at 07:19, police squad said: loved that cover @BigRedX, lovely vocal where was the vid shot, looks like a lovely place Thanks. The video shoot was done in a single day in Melton Mowbray, December 2022. Edited Monday at 16:32 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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