Whiskey In the Jar
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008Although I have some Irish in me, I don’t drink whiskey and I can’t sing with the appropriate accent. But here’s my take on this classic.
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I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Thursday, December 20th, 2007Well, looking at our calendar we realized we wouldn’t have any time to record our song before next week if we didn’t do it tonight. And I’ll be darned if I don’t meet my goal of a song a week, so that’s what we did. This was a quick recording so it’s rough, but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I love my wife’s simple voice. So perfect for a folk hymn like this one.
Of note with this version of the classic Christmas song: since we adapted the words to the melody of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, the five original versus didn’t quite work. I did some searching online and found a really old version of the poem that had a 6th verse, so we threw it in.
Silent Night (almost)
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007This week’s song is entitled Silent Night (almost). Almost because the room I recorded in was not exactly silent. If you listen really closely you’ll hear a baby sucking on a bottle in the background and a dog wining at a door it’s been banished behind. Also, almost because I take a fair amount of creative liberties.
I plan to do one more Christmas song this year (yes, beloved co-workers, I do actually appreciate Christmas music, just not two months prior). Next week’s song will feature an adaptation of I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day set to the melody of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. My kind of Christmas music :). My wife sings melody so it will suck significantly less than my usual weekly song, so stay tuned!
