I start this blog at part 3 because the recording of my Christmas CD is already in progress. I will share the rest of the process with you as I race to finish it before Christmas Day!
Having completed The First Noel, I have now started my work on Greensleeves. I want a sort of 80's feel to the sound, lot's of reverb on the drums and I am putting on a fretless bass line with chorus on it. Back in the 80's many bass players actually put a chorus effect on the bass, that is almost unheard of now, but it can create a very nice effect, especially on a fretless bass sound.
My first tempo is a little slower than I am comfortable with. I like it but it can be boring after a couple of mintues so I am going to raise the tempo, which means I will have to re-do the guitar tracks (not a big deal since I already know the melody and have the perfect sound (again, chorus and reverb galore and possibly echo). I don't mind going a little overboard with the lush sound when doing something like a christmas album, a little fairydust is called for. Anyway, the tempo is tricky, because the song is technically a waltz (3/4) and I am setting a 4/4 tempo in the software which means I have to make it a very fast tempo to abuse it and fake the 4/4. Of course I could switch it to an actual 3/4 in the software, which I may do.
I had a really nice moment this weekend. My 3 year old daughter has been listening to my christmas songs and she really likes them. So now when she hears other people's versions of the same songs she says "that's your song daddy". That makes my day.
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