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  • My Favourite Christmas Songs / Recordings

    The season is upon us and so I decided to share my favourite Christmas songs and recordings. I say recordings because I have a bunch of comedy stuff that I also like to listen to around this time since it has a Christmas theme. I have put two stars beside the ones that would be in my top 10.

    Here they are, not in any particular order:

    • Cheech and Chong – Santa Claus and His Old Lady**
    • Vince Guaraldi – O Tannenbaum**
    • Vince Guaraldi – What Child Is This?
    • Vince Guaraldi – Christmas Time Is Here [Instrumental]**
    • Vince Guaraldi – Skating
    • Vince Guaraldi – Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
    • Vince Guaraldi – The Christmas Song
    • Adam Sandlar – The Chanukah Song**
    • Allan Sherman – The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas**
    • Augie Rios – Donde Esta Santa Claus
    • Death Row Records Artists – Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto**
    • Badly Drawn Boy – Donna & Blitzen
    • Barry Gordon – Nuttin’ for Christmas
    • Boney M. – Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord**
    • The Chipmunks – The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)**
    • Chuck Berry – Run Rudolf Run
    • Dread Zeppelin – Blue Christmas
    • Ella Fitzgerald – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    • Ella Fitzgerald – Jingle Bells, Sleigh Ride
    • Ella Fitzgerald – Frosty the Snowman
    • Elmo & Patsy – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
    • Elvis Presley – Take My Hand, Precious Lord
    • Southpark Cast – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    • Southpark Cast – O Holy Night, Carol of the Bells
    • Southpark Cast – I Saw Three Ships
    • Southpark Cast – O Tannenbaum
    • Southpark Cast – Christmas Time In Hell**
    • Southpark Cast – Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel**
    • Southpark Cast – The Most Offensive Song Ever
    • Southpark Cast – We Three Kings
    • Exultate Chamber Sings – Away In a Manger**
    • Exultate Chamber Sings – We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    • Exultate Chamber Sings – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    • Fats Domino – I’ll Be Home for Christmas**
    • Harry Connick Jr. – (It Must’ve Been Ol’)Santa Claus
    • Harry Connick Jr. – I Pray on Christmas
    • Kinks – Father Christmas**
    • Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song
    • Nat King Cole – Buon Natale (Means Merry Christmas to You)
    • Nat King Cole – I Saw Three Ships
    • The Pretenders – 2000 Miles
    • Ray Charles – The Little Drummer Boy
    • Ray Charles – Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
    • Ray Charles – All I Want for Christmas**
    • Roy Clark – Christmas Time’s A Comin’**
    • RUN-D.M.C. – Christmas in Hollis**
    • Slade – Merry Xmas Everybody**
    • Stevie Wonder – What Christmas Means to Me**
    • Straight No Chaser – The 12 Days of Christmas[Live]**
    • Trans-Siberian Orchestra – An Angel Came Down
    • Trans-Siberian Orchestra – The Silent Nutcracker**
    • Trans-Siberian Orchestra – The First Noel**
    • Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Christmas Jazz[Instrumental]**
    • Unknown Choir – Carol of the Bells (From Christmas Around The World CD)
    • The Ventures – Sleigh Ride**

    If you want more of an explanation on some of the songs in the list, please watch the video:

  • I reacted to a cover of a cover that I did

    I recorded for the 424 Recording Fall Song Challenge, a song that friend’s of mine wrote, recorded (somewhat) but never released. I ended up recording my own version of the song on my 4 track. A friend of the channel loved it, and recorded his own version. Here’s my first listen to the song.

  • Now Available! Sheet music

    As many of you know, I love to write out my songs and others in MuseScore. Earlier this month in a video, I said I was going to publish the scores for people to download.

    I’ve started doing this and you can find it along the top menu under “Sheet Music”. It’s currently only two songs, but as I get more of them done, I will share them. My goal is by the middle of 2020 to have my current songs done in this format for all to enjoy and learn!

  • Taking it easy, it’s summer!

    I’ve been taking it easy these past couple of weeks, sorry about that. I have been diligent on my YouTube site, here’s the latest in the videos. I actually did a live stream as well! Hope you enjoy them!

    Published July 8th: Trying out the “Song 2 See” Video Game on the PC

    Published July 11th: Adding Vocal Effects to Instruments

    Published July 18th: Normalization: An Indepth Look

    Published July 22nd: What I do Before Creating a Final Mixdown

    Published July 25th: Gear Finds, Episode 13: Pyle PDMIC45

    Published August 4th: Recording The Bass for “Fred Is Dead?“

    Published August 5th: I Cleaned and Re-Arranged My Studio

    Published August 8th: Gear Finds, Episode 14: Boss Dr Rhythm DR 3 (QnA Session)

    Streamed Live: August 2nd: Recording Drums tonight! Do it Live!

    — Mike

  • How’s Your Summer starting off?

    Hey! How are you doing? I haven’t been posting on here for a bit, so I thought I’d ask how things are going? I’ve been steady with the videos on YouTube, but I haven’t been doing the follow up on my main site.

    What’s Coming up?

    I thought I’d give you an idea of what is coming up:

    • Music, recording always recording! That’s why I changed the name!
    • I try a game that I haven’t been able to get working on my computer.
    • I found another use for my Zoom H4!
    • More discussions about recording devices!

    Hope you keep checking us out! Talk to you soon!

  • Using the Zoom H4, Part Four, Bongos

    I tried that little Zoom H4 on a set of bongos just for fun, here’s the results…

  • Using the Zoom H4, Part Three, Vocals and Bass

    I recorded the vocals and the bass on the Zoom H4. Here’s how it went.

  • Using the Zoom H4, Part Two: Scratch Track and Guitar Track

    Back to recording! Using the H4, did the scratch track and the guitar track.

  • Testing the 3M AVX60 Professional Cassette for Recording

    I tested a pack of cassettes that I bought on Ebay a while back. Here’s what I tried.

  • Using the Zoom H4, Part One: Switching to 4-track Mode and the Metronome

    It’s always hard to start a project on a new device, granted this isn’t a new device, but I have never used it in 4-track mode. YES! I’m back on Thursdays!

    Thanks for watching!