http://andrewbranch.com Made in the USA! Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:13:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2007-2008 andrewicus@gmail.com (Andrew Branch) andrewicus@gmail.com (Andrew Branch) posts 1440 singer,songwriter, folk, indie, local, utah,acoustic,music,guitar,acoustic guitar,vocal,artist Another weekly musical "sketch" by Andrew Andrew plays a song a week for an audience of dedicated fans. Andrew Branch Andrew Branch andrewicus@gmail.com No no http://andrewbranch.com/wp-content/assets/logoSmall.jpg http://andrewbranch.com 144 144 http://andrewbranch.com/index.php/2007/12/20/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/ http://andrewbranch.com/index.php/2007/12/20/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:17:37 +0000 Andrew Branch http://andrewbranch.com/index.php/2007/12/20/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/ http://andrewbranch.com/index.php/2007/12/20/i-heard-the-bells-on-christmas-day/feed/ 4 00:01:01 Well, 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. ... Well, 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. A,Song,A,Week,,Family,,Music Andrew Branch no No http://andrewbranch.com/index.php/2007/12/19/silent-night-almost/ http://andrewbranch.com/index.php/2007/12/19/silent-night-almost/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:08:36 +0000 Andrew Branch http://andrewbranch.com/index.php/2007/12/19/silent-night-almost/ http://andrewbranch.com/index.php/2007/12/19/silent-night-almost/feed/ 2 00:01:01 This 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 ... This 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! A,Song,A,Week,,Music Andrew Branch no No