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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

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.

~~Matt

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.

~~Matt

Hi Matt!

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

Cheers,
Matt

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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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!!!

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.

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!

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

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

John

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

John

Thanks John! I had that in mind for the revision as well. Funny enough the story of the song isn't actually so much about describing the Christmas holiday... and I had hoped the song would find its niche among the zillions of other Xmas songs because it offers a slightly different perspective... More bells probably involves a revision of the lyrics, too. I am really grateful for the great advice I got so far. Lots of things I put on my list for the new version

Cheers,
Matt