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Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by Lipskimusic » Wed Feb 15, 2017 11:41 am

Dear All,

I have been working on this Christmas song last year and would like to put in some more work before the first Christmas song listings come in :)

Please let me know your thoughts.

https://soundcloud.com/lipski-1/my-cale ... ey-holiday

Cheers,
Matt

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Re: Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by VanderBoegh » Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:05 am

Hey Matt, it's a really nice song. Would be good for adult contemporary listings - minus the Christmas lyrics.

For a Christmas song though, I'm not getting a very Christmas'y vibe. Maybe some sleigh bells jingling along, and some tubular bells or something might give it more of a holiday spirit?

Also, you'll probably want to compose a real definitive ending for this song, as nearly all Taxi listings these days specify non-faded endings. Would be a shame to make a killer Christmas tune that fits a listing perfectly, then have it get shot down because of the fade.

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Re: Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by Lipskimusic » Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:01 pm

VanderBoegh wrote:Hey Matt, it's a really nice song. Would be good for adult contemporary listings - minus the Christmas lyrics.

For a Christmas song though, I'm not getting a very Christmas'y vibe. Maybe some sleigh bells jingling along, and some tubular bells or something might give it more of a holiday spirit?

Also, you'll probably want to compose a real definitive ending for this song, as nearly all Taxi listings these days specify non-faded endings. Would be a shame to make a killer Christmas tune that fits a listing perfectly, then have it get shot down because of the fade.

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Hi Matt!

Many thanks. Stinger ending is definitely on my list + percussion!

Cheers,
Matt

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Re: Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by Telefunkin » Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:13 pm

Great commercial song Matt! :)
There's a listing for a Christmas instrumental right now that ask us leave off the bells a bit, so maybe it would work as an instrumental for that too. I really like the vocal though, and it would be a shame not to use it as a song next time there's a suitable listing.
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Re: Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by Lipskimusic » Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:53 am

Telefunkin wrote:Great commercial song Matt! :)
There's a listing for a Christmas instrumental right now that ask us leave off the bells a bit, so maybe it would work as an instrumental for that too. I really like the vocal though, and it would be a shame not to use it as a song next time there's a suitable listing.
Best of luck with it.
Thanks for this! I will check out that listing :)

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Post by WillieGirl » Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:15 pm

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Lipskimusic wrote:Dear All,

I have been working on this Christmas song last year and would like to put in some more work before the first Christmas song listings come in :)

Please let me know your thoughts.

https://soundcloud.com/lipski-1/my-cale ... ey-holiday

Cheers,
Matt
I like it!!! I'd call it "You Are Christmas", instead of "My Calendar". Good Luck!!!

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Re: Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by Lipskimusic » Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:18 pm

WillieGirl wrote::
Lipskimusic wrote:Dear All,

I have been working on this Christmas song last year and would like to put in some more work before the first Christmas song listings come in :)

Please let me know your thoughts.

https://soundcloud.com/lipski-1/my-cale ... ey-holiday

Cheers,
Matt
I like it!!! I'd call it "You Are Christmas", instead of "My Calendar". Good Luck!!!
Thanks! I had considered that but I felt it sounded a bit generic. But I know where you're coming from.

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Re: Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by WillieGirl » Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:30 pm

Please don't let being 'generic' stop you! Folks LOVE a song title with a few syllables that have the word Christmas in it, with a hummable melody. Re: 'Last Chrismas', 'All I Want for Chrismas is You', "Do They Know it's Chrismas'. Your song would hit in my opinion! Joy!

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Re: Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by Lipskimusic » Sat Feb 18, 2017 12:05 pm

Pvgeldrop wrote:Love this one, Matt! Great vocals, amazing voice!

For Christmas, some lyrics might need some sweetening up (mentioning Hell, for example, doesn't really fit in my opinion), bit more candycane and generic honey-sweetness going on. ;-)

Good luck! You've got time until Christmas. ;-)

Paul
Thanks Paul!

Cheers,
Matt

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Re: Christmas Song - Thoughts?

Post by johnlewitt » Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:56 am

It's a great tune and production. I'd add in some sleigh bells - it needs some more Christmas flavour!

John

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