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i'll compile the best, put them as a PWYW download on bandcamp, and donate any money that comes in to Sean to fix the site

Ok, roll-call. Who's up for it?

Rules:

1) You have to write it
2) You have to record it
3) Solo effort

http://soundcloud.com/freefrench/heaven-knows-im-christmassy

with my grade 3 piano I'm going to write a song!
How hard can it be? A few chords.
What's the deadline because I might be some time!
Is there a prize for the worst one?:P

Hard not to engage the cheese factor, though the rough nature of the recording may help to offset it a little, I dunno...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf6wQLZDyhA

I can't figure it out

I intend to cheat slightly. Is it okay if I have a couple of other people singing on it and someone else mixing it?

I was hoping everyone would do a new song you see. But if more people will take part, then the better I suppose. But too over produced is unfair on others.

I dunno, let the hive brain decide.

Expect lashings of poorly-played Melodica.

Did a proper real laugh at the eggnog line

Mine will be fucking dire

I'm up for this.

let me work it all out, take a proper roll call in a new thread in a day or so and we'll go from there.

But if you're interested, say so here, as it's a good indicator of whether it's worth the ball ache.

This

http://soundcloud.com/stickboy/that-time-of-the-year-xmas

And this

http://soundcloud.com/stickboy/go-away-snow-new-song

Our download of "A Squirrel and a Stork Chewing on Your Pork (It's Like Christmas)" seems to have been taken down. Thank God. However I've been tormented by my bandmate about a track on the new record that has (he says) a certain ring of Macca's "Wonderful Christmas Time" that may be appropriated for this purpose, I added sleigh bells just to annoy him and can work up a disgusting squelchy 70's synth and a saccharine festive vocal, would that be ok?

Going to get some sleigh bell samples at the ready.

that's what some kid said to me on Friday. Nobody steal that title.

Don't think I can take the pain
Won't you staaaay anoooother daaaay
<add sleigh bells and major scale descending church bells, voila! Ode to suicidal brother turned into a Christmas classic!>

I intend to use this as the soundtrack to my parents Christmas Lunch.

please

(i.e. I am in)

http://cantswimwontswim.bandcamp.com/track/a-kristmas-kult-klassik-or-kkk-for-short

I wonder if he can upload a copy somehow

because it was written for an album that's under production as we speak. so it totally counts

Not throwing my toy glockenspiel away was a great shout.

Bit weird.

Does it count if the song doesn't explicitly mention Christmas?

Stay you mean?

Quintessential xmas song.

It's something I was going to do with my new band this week for Christmas anyway - I just hadn't decided how to put it out...

some silly, some serious. As long as it isn't an utter dirge, do what you want !

One of them is based on a thread on here from a couple of months ago.

How very prescient of me.

Busy at work today but will pick this up in a day or two. Will do a proper thread and all that. Yo.