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Posted: Dec. 15 2009, 18:29

In true Oldfieldian style for Christmas. All instruments are real.

http://soundcloud.com/marbury/silent-night
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Posted: Dec. 16 2009, 08:29

:O
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Posted: Dec. 16 2009, 08:31

http://soundcloud.com/marbury/silent-night-new

this is a better version.
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Posted: Dec. 16 2009, 15:11

I always like alternative versions of Christmas carols. And I like this version!

Good job Ian, thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Terry.


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Posted: Dec. 16 2009, 17:19

It's a great track ian! love it.

mind you, for the full Xmas cheese, you need lots of hand bells and a childrens choir in there.


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Posted: Dec. 16 2009, 20:09

I will have a word with the child catcher and see if he an get me a choir LOL. Cheers.
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Posted: Dec. 17 2009, 02:55

Very nice and very Oldfieldian. Your music has a characteristic sound of it's own and I'm trying to pinpoint it; - it has a rural Virginia feel about it (not sure if that's the right state) - but there are folk sounds and instruments you might find in "The Waltons" series :cool: .

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Posted: Dec. 17 2009, 04:41

The Waltons......   :O  :O  :O  :O  :O
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Posted: Dec. 17 2009, 05:08

Check out at around 0.33 of The Waltons theme. Love it. :)

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Posted: Dec. 17 2009, 09:02

I know what you mean by the sounds but I cant really hear the tune myself. Will have to have a listen. It was just a violin phrase as I have a kids size one on loan.

Other real instruments in there are mandolin, banjo , 12 string, Spanish , Dulcimer harp and my late granddad's accordion.
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Posted: Dec. 19 2009, 16:18

I liked the nice chords - made it a bit different, good stuff.  Lots of MO type sounds there too, like the mandolin!  
My silly metal version of the same is found here
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Posted: Dec. 19 2009, 19:10

This is really good Ian! With your own rendition you have combined the old traditional with a touch of Oldfield and your own distinctive style! Patent it! Christmas rocks....softly! Deb
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Posted: Dec. 19 2009, 20:46

Very nice!

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Posted: Dec. 19 2009, 21:22

:) Yeah ! Ian ! As always ! Your tracks are very nice !
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Posted: Dec. 20 2009, 07:02

:) Listened it again today and really really it's a nice way to play this track .
... i don't know why but i can hear something about Afghan in it ....
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Posted: Dec. 20 2009, 18:04

Thanks folks. I could have done it totally in my own style but I wanted to give a nod to Mike.

BTW, nice playing Jim :-)
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Posted: Dec. 21 2009, 07:32

"Hibernal" is something else! - I could listen to it for a full hour. Particularly nice violin and cello arrangements.

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Posted: Dec. 21 2009, 13:02

Thats very kind of you Wigga. It (Hibernal) was really recorded as a TV cue but as I am hopeless at playing the violin I got some nice phrases out of it. Mind you, it is a kids one. The Cello sound was from my Yamaha Motif which is quite good. It sits well with the violin. Would love a Cello.
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Posted: Dec. 22 2009, 15:20

very nice! i liked all of the tracks, Hibernal would not sound out of place on a film soundtrack. and East was good, better in the second half, felt the first half was a little crowded  :)

hope you dont mind my "review" lol, but very good all round, silent night made me feel all christmassy!  :cool:


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Posted: Dec. 23 2009, 18:29

@ ian: congrats, it's really excellent. You've perfectly captured the mood of the track and the Oldfieldian atmosphere, even if, of course, Mike already did his own version of "Silent Night". :)

@ Jim B.: your version isn't metal at all to me [it's more Zeppelin-esque rock-blues than metal!] and it isn't at all silly. However, I couldn't recognize where do the various interpolated acoustic bits come from, which are most certainly not from "Silent Night". :D


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