The GuitarTalk 2018 Xmas Challenge!

V8 · 2018-12-05T09:20:25+00:00

@Jazzman105 and @Yeti have spoken - It's the festive season, so let's throw down a Xmas challenge! ? Entries Close: Sunday, 23rd December, Midnight. Thi...

The GuitarTalk 2018 Xmas Challenge!

V8

Anyone up for a extension?

I'd be turning in a archived entry otherwise ?

wern101

V8 Ja I think so. Busy 'coaching' my boys and their cousins to perform the 'Little drummer boy' at our Xmas eve dinner. May record the whole thing, add some guitar parts and submit that raw unedited version.

Jazzman105

I was fantastically optimistic, but this is the one time I know that i won't be able to pull a rabbit out of my head at the eleventh hour. So I'm out gents. Please accept my apologies... ?

V8

Okay Cool - have updated deadline to 30th - not sure if we'll get any entries, but if Santa drops guitar gear in your stocking, it's a good excuse to try it out... let's see...stranger things have happened!

If inspiration strikes, hit (the) record (button)! ?

studmissile

I'm trying to finish a complete song of previous abbreviated Christmas idea I entered, but I can't seem to get the damn thing right.

studmissile

A belated Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year!

Yeti

A belated Merry Christmas from me too. ?

Got it together just in time. My initial attempt ended up a lot more serious than I had intended (might still finish it sometime... but not now) so I put together something fun to sing with my family - sons 4 & 6 plus (very patient) wife.
A couple of lessons...
1) Sleigh bells are hard
2) Working with children is harder ?

studmissile

Yeti That sounded like a lot of work! LOVE IT!

Yeti

studmissile cheers man, I enjoyed yours too, it’s got a really cool drive to it.
Amusingly enough, the sleigh bells took the longest, keeping that rhythm consistent was quite a challenge.
Although finding the groove in the bass took some time too.

I enjoyed yours too @V8. Can’t believe that was a 3 hour effort.

V8

Happpy Festive Season y'all! ? ? ?

Thought I might win this one by default...it was my only hope ? Well done on getting entries in guys, ?

Not quite as last minute as usual,...about 3hrs on this one. Ableton was messing around and the bassline disappeared - couldn't fix it in time - grrr.

Two Five One progression - 1xEm, 1xAMaj , 2xDm

V8

Alll righty the voting thread is up!

https://community.guitartalk.co.za/d/26969-vote-guitartalk-2018-xmas-challenge

Great work @Yeti and @studmissile. I have to give you both big up's for getting into the Xmas spirit! I think @Yeti might have Xmas'ed harder...getting the fam into it was a throughly enjoyable masterstroke ?

Yeti Can’t believe that was a 3 hour effort.

...excluding composition - a 2-5-1 progression is a jazz staple (kinda like a 8bar blues). Been working on the feel of that a bit this year - solo was a one take wonder though. What I can't believe is that ableton ate my bassline...bad doggy! ?

Yeti

V8 cool, I'll give it a try.