Have A Christmas Party

Christmas Party

A bit late but here’s our J&B Christmas song - a silly little rockabilly ditty.

And even if you don't like rockabilly we hope you enjoy the outro

Lots of reverb and delay here and and a near mono mix aiming for that 50's sound.

Comments are always welcomed and Happy Holidays y’all!!!!!!


The tech stuff:

Janice: Vocal / tripled with various combinations of echo/delay added to each track.
RD: BoomChickaEv16
RT 2421:Bass, Acoustic, RockabillySlapBoomChicka
RT 2424:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm RockabillyBoomChickaKevin
RT2423:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm RockabillyBoomChickaBrent (comped from regenerations)
MIDI SuperTrack 2470: Piano, Rhythm RockabillyBoomChickaKevin

Effects: Logic Pro X Delay, Logic Pro X “Blue Echo” pedal sim, Nectar 2, Neutron, EMT 140 Plate Reverb sim and Addicted Keys Upright Piano sound.

Mic: Rodes NT1 / Focusrite interface
Mix: Logic Pro X
Master: Ozone 8 Advanced


Have A Christmas Party

Intro

let’s have a Christmas party
let’s have a Christmas party
yeah we’re gonna invite nobody

It’s just gonna be me and you
It’s just gonna be me and you
hey, we’ll be the party of two

turnaround

gonna hang mistletoe everywhere
we’ll hang mistletoe everywhere
gonna let down my hair

We’ll dance around the tree
We’ll dance around the tree
just me me and my baby

Outro

Copyright 2017 Janice & Bud Merritt
All rights Reserved

Loved this Christmas tune Janice and Bud. Super vocal. Very cool backtrack.I think you were channeling Imela May. Well done. merry Christmas to you and Bud..

Hi there J&B.

Wonderfully cool.

I'd much rather listen to this in the shopping mall than the tired old tracks we get every year.

Super backing, and Janice, you excel at everything you turn your hand to.

Loved the whole thing.

Merry Xmas.

ROG.

J&B,

What`s not to like! Having seen the video of Janice singing ( on Flod`s song creation post) I can picture some bopping going on while this was recorded.
Cool outro.
Merry Christmas!

Robert

Janice & Bud

Loved it! Enjoy "your" Christmas Party.
Great outro - love that accent!

Peter

Thanks Scott and, yep, Janice did listen to Imelda! Love the show she and Jeff Beck did!

J&B

Man, how much fun was that?!

Loved it! Very cool outro BTW!

Thanks ROG! Didn't know how this thing was gonna workout so it's extra special to hear that you like it.

J&B

Cool guys!

Love this.

Your songs are always so much fun. Love those vocals!

Merry Christmas!!

Lots of b-b-bopping!

Thanks!

J&B

Why can I just see dancing around the mic? Happy little tune!!

I wanted to write a Christmas song, but as much as I dislike Christmas, it may be better if I don't.

J&B


This is delightful! Merry Christmas.



Regards,


Bob

Well yes!
Great band great vocals great lyric idea, great production.
Christmas Cheers.

This was just so much fun! listen to it a couple of days ago but just now getting around to comment - danged flu bug!

This is just what I needed to cheer me up as I listened again. I love Rock-a-billy - got one or two somewhere in the process. I often think of the days I listened to Carl Perkins, early Elvis and early John cash songs. That deep guitar reverb is such a signature part of the sound.

Janice's vocal's are always among the very best on the site. This is just further proof. Great arrangement and production.

And Merry Christmas to both of you!

Alan

What accent?

Thanks!!

J&B

Thank you Dave!

J&B

J&B, This is a good time Christmas tune and should make the playlist of all Christmas parties. Bud it sounds like you've got the not so distant cousins delay and reverb figured out. The backing forms the perfect framework for Janice's perfectly executed bluesy vocal. Great outro! Merry Christmas to you both, Tom

Fun is good. Thanks David!

J&B

Great tune. Enjoyed this from start to finish.

Merry Christmas


Charlie

Hahahaha! Glad you liked it.

J&B

There is such "presence" in this - both the instrumentation and the vocal (needless to say). The elements all work together to capture the era perfectly. Excellent mix.

And a "fresh" Christmas song by reaching into the past... cool.

The vocal sounds and feel like a classic "perfect one take" - oozing spontaneity...

Sweet!

Merry Christmas, y'all!!! (What accent? That's what I thought!)

fj

J&B, fun, engaging, professionally delivered and produced! You're ending the year on a very high note! Thanks, Torrey

Well if I'm not gonna be invited to the party I suppose I'll be snapping my fingers and tapping my toes all by myself then!

Merry Christmas!

Thanks Bob and same to you and yours!

Thanks and cheers to you also!

Bud

I don't think the song is too late in regards to the Holiday season! In fact, I think it's perfect timing! It's crazy to think that Christmas is this weekend. I'm running out of time to get everything done.

But back to the song -- I found this a really cute, uplifting song and really enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing.

Al, thanks for the positive and supportive comments! It was a quick production but I did spend some time trying get that delay/reverb interplay to work on the guitar and the vocal.

J&B

Hey Tom, thanks for the supportive and positive review. We appreciate all the kind remarks and are really happy that you felt the delay/reverb combo worked.
And Merry Christmas back to you and yours.

Nice one guys

Love it!

can't keep from tapping along,

nice one for Christmas Season!

Kenny

Thanks Charlie...ya'll have a fun Christmas!

Cool new twist on the Christmas song!! (maybe I'll try this proposal with my wife!) Cool, catchy little melody, and Janice, as usual, knocked it out of the park! Great stuff!! Merry Xmas!! Take care. Greg

Hey mr jane we appreciate that. Capturing the era and adding some freshness was exactly what we hope to achieve so you mentioning that was very special. Y’all have a great Christmas!!

Hello, Janice & Bud

A very fun Christmas tune!
It is really good that lots of reverb and delay and a near mono mix aiming for that 50's sound.
And it is very tasty that Janice's singing has a little bit blues feel as usual.
Loved it! Enjoy "your" Christmas Party.
Enjoyed my listen a lot.

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!

Best regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Thanks y’all! Have a wonderful Christmas!

J&B

Hi, Bud & Janice !:))


Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year too !:))
Myself I can´t dance around my X-mas tree
as it is out on my too small terrace, but
we´ll be having fun nonetheless !:))

Wonderful song - loved everything about it !

Cheers
Dani

Cool!
We were really struck by the very really live sounding ambiance!
Like the end

Rob and Anne-Marie

Thanks Ember! Christmas sorta snuck up on us also. Janice has been baking for three days catching up

Glad you liked the tune and have a fun Christmas.

J&B

This is a cute one! Love the rockabilly. I think I’m feeling that Christmas spirit now.

Thanks guys. Merry Christmas!

Bump for Christmas

Thanks Greg. Hope the proposal works out!

J&B




Thanks Shigeki - hope you are enjoying the holidays. We appreciate your support this year and look forward to your 2018 productions.

J&B

Thanks Dani! Hope you had a great time.

J&B





Thanks Y'all! Hope you have a wonderful new year.

J&B