Christmas Music, Holiday Music, and Seasonal Music
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I'd like to start off saying that I know that not everyone likes holiday music, seasonal music, or Christmas music. I recognize that we all have different tastes in music...With that said, Christmas music has always been a part of my home near the end of the year. Growing up, it was Johnny Mathis, Burl Ives, and Frank Sonatra. Since having had our own cubs, it has been the wonderful chorales and tunes of Brass ensembles (The Canadian Brass and the brass ensembles from the Philly Philharmonic always get lots of play time) that are in our house in December.A picture I took while in Marco Island, Florida, USA (colored lights added to the palm on the right, later, for the fun of it).
As a musician who has played brasswinds, woodwinds, and many kinds of strings, I must say that the warm, round, full sound of Brass ensembles always makes me enjoy holidays.This year, the Bears decided that some new interpretation of some traditional Christmas music was called for. So, by (family) popular demand, I did new arrangements of, and reinterpreted, and recorded 13 traditional Christmas tunes for acoustic guitar/bass trios and quartets. I also composed a new work of my own for inclusion, From Heaven To Earth (timely... Bear's dad had just died).I spent lots of time from July to September interpreting, playing, and recording these tunes - with lots of excellent help from my in-house critics, and my ever-so-excellent technical elves (the two cubs). The end result is pretty neat, and is actually a fun listen.The season inspired me to make Christmas music. What does holiday and Christmas music do for you? Make you think about?
As a musician who has played brasswinds, woodwinds, and many kinds of strings, I must say that the warm, round, full sound of Brass ensembles always makes me enjoy holidays.This year, the Bears decided that some new interpretation of some traditional Christmas music was called for. So, by (family) popular demand, I did new arrangements of, and reinterpreted, and recorded 13 traditional Christmas tunes for acoustic guitar/bass trios and quartets. I also composed a new work of my own for inclusion, From Heaven To Earth (timely... Bear's dad had just died).I spent lots of time from July to September interpreting, playing, and recording these tunes - with lots of excellent help from my in-house critics, and my ever-so-excellent technical elves (the two cubs). The end result is pretty neat, and is actually a fun listen.The season inspired me to make Christmas music. What does holiday and Christmas music do for you? Make you think about?
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