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Seasons Greetings Forum Friends! I know it's a bit early for a Christmas song but Thanksgiving is tomorrow and Santa will be in the parade. Eve and I wrote this song for Christmas last year but I didn't record it until after the holidays so I've been waiting a while to post it. I do a bit of performing around the holidays and the song got very nice reaction. Although I play all the Christmas standards I've always found "Oh Christmas Tree" to be a bit dull and repetitious so I wanted something new. As you listen, you may hear a few unusual lyrics since we're trying to tell the holiday story from the perspective of the Christmas ornaments. It's not completely secular and I'm planning write a more religious Christmas song this year if I can find the time. Anyway, we hope you enjoy 'Round the Christmas Tree http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=11902064&q=hi&newref=1No RealTracks in this one, just Midi and me on keys. Wishing you Holiday Cheer! Mike
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Mike - VERY nicely done. Haven't heard a good NEW Christmas song in a LONG time. Now I have! Great job.
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Nice Christmas song. Good harmonies.
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Very nice. I love the harmonies.
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I agree SD nice job! Hope you have a Great Thanksgiving!
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OK, I"m in the spirit now!! Thanks for kicking off the season with this..so "right" in the caroling mood--singable melody, nice story, simply done. This needs to go right into the Christmas Carol book. Excellent job!
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SpaceDog, I agree with Floyd: Quote:
VERY nicely done. Haven't heard a good NEW Christmas song in a LONG time.
The happiness you present in the song is so nice.
Your vocals/harmony fit the song so nicely.
Thanks for sharing the holiday music with us!
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Wow! I'm glad you all liked it. Thanks for your kind comments.
Guenter, Joanne, FrankB,
I'm humbled to admit the harmonies are TC Helicon but I did layer them a bit.
I gave the song to a few music teachers last month in hopes they'd let their students choirs sing it. I think it would sound nice in a choral format.
Floyd, Tano,
If you'd like, I can post the chord/lyric tab.
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I'm having a very nice Thanksgiving. I wish you the same
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Excellent work! Very well written lyrics, harmonies are perfect for the tune and the production is great. Happy holidays to you and yours. My Music ReverbnationMy Music SoundcloudMy Web Page
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I like it Spacedog! Very cool traditional carol sound and the lyrics are great. Wishing you holiday cheer too!
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Hi Mike, Great song. I thoroughly enjoyed the listen. As others have already said, its got a great traditional flavour to it. Congratulations to you and Eve  All the best, Noel
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PgF, Josie, Noel,
Thanks so much. We're glad you liked it. Have a great holiday season.
SD
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Mike, it’s all been said, great song. This is a new Christmas standard IMHO.
I hope that you have it copyrighted and if you do I suggest that you post this on other sites. I can see this being a very popular Christmas song sung by some big star!
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Did you use the Helicon harmonizer from BIAB? If so, you did a great job with it.
In any event, I enjoyed the song.
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hi spacedog nice put you in the spirit well done eric
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We always need new, original Christmas songs and this one fits the bill. It has a traditional feel about it and that helps, I think.
Good job. I only have one BIAB original Christmas tune, maybe I'll dust it off and re-post it in December some time.
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MarioD,
Thanks for vote of confindence. Yes, I copyright everything before I post. It makes the whole process longer since I submit full notation and final recording.
I only post on Soundclick and I don't get much attentions except the BIAB Forum Folks. Do you recommend any other sites?
David,
Glad you liked it. I used the TC Helicon harmonizer that came with BIAB. I prefer to sing my own background vocals but this time I just wanted a straight four part harmony so I let TCH take care of it.
FMM,
I'm glad you liked it. I'm not quite in the holiday mood yet (still too many leaves to rake!)
Kevin,
Thanks for your kind comments. I'm glad you liked it.
Please let us hear your Christmas song. I'm sure we'll all love it.
SD
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Great job SD, I can just imagine myself doing a bit of Christmas shopping in the local mall and that song is playing in the background, fits in perfectly.
Love the harmonies too, was going to ask about how you did them but I see you have already answered that, tc helicon, boy could I do with a unit like that here!
all the best,
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Musiclover,
Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.
The TC Helicon is embedded in BIAB and RealBand, so you already have it. It takes a bit of tweaking before it sounds OKay, though. This was my most extensive use of it so far.
Although it's weeks away, Merry Christmas!
SD
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