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Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #93986] Mon, 24 December 2007 19:19 Go to next message
emarenot is currently offline  emarenot
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Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
MR
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #93993 is a reply to message #93986] Mon, 24 December 2007 23:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sarah is currently offline  Sarah   UNITED STATES
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I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made a
Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better ones
here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm

Hope you like 'em,

S


"Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:477068c6$1@linux...
>
> Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
> MR
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94015 is a reply to message #93993] Tue, 25 December 2007 11:36 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Deej is currently offline  Deej   FRANCE
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Is that the evil Christmas deer, stalking the hapless humans and their pets,
preparing to strike?

;o)

"Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote in message news:4770b643@linux...
>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made a
>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
>ones here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
>
> Hope you like 'em,
>
> S
>
>
> "Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:477068c6$1@linux...
>>
>> Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
>> MR
>
>
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94023 is a reply to message #93993] Tue, 25 December 2007 17:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
emarenot is currently offline  emarenot
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Thanks Sarah. I'm listening as I write this. Your arrangements go right
to it: one of the great things about xmas songs is that the melodies are
so strong that they can be orchestrated in so many different and wonderful
ways. A pleasure to listen to your music. Reminds me of my Atari days -which
were also happening in '88. I've still got my 1040, wrapped in plastic and
safetly in storage. I'm taking it with me to the fifth world.
MR


"Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after

>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete

>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made
a
>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
ones
>here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
>
>Hope you like 'em,
>
>S
>
>
>"Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:477068c6$1@linux...
>>
>> Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
>> MR
>
>
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94025 is a reply to message #93986] Tue, 25 December 2007 17:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Braun is currently offline  Paul Braun   UNITED STATES
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On 25 Dec 2007 13:19:50 +1000, "Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
>MR

Yes, they are. However, I do get tired of every artist releasing an
album of the same tired old chestnuts over and over and over again.
If I hear "Jingle Bell Rock" one more time, I'm going to hurt someone
badly.

However, my new favorites are "The Meaning of Christmas" and "A Song
of Christmas" by Lowen & Navarro, and "Sharing Christmas" and "A
Distant Trumpet" by The Ides of March.

I love it when artists write really good, fresh, new Christmas songs.

pab
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94026 is a reply to message #93993] Tue, 25 December 2007 17:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Paul Braun is currently offline  Paul Braun   UNITED STATES
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On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:47:03 -0800, "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com>
wrote:

>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made a
>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better ones
>here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
>
>Hope you like 'em,
>
I do! Very nice instrumentation!

What synths did you use?

pab
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94030 is a reply to message #93993] Tue, 25 December 2007 22:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
steve the artguy is currently offline  steve the artguy
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Very nice -- at least all that I heard until your server overloaded.

I didn't know you had those other old things online as well.

You have lots of very nice stuff. Even more than I knew...

-steve


"Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after

>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete

>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made
a
>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
ones
>here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
>
>Hope you like 'em,
>
>S
>
>
>"Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:477068c6$1@linux...
>>
>> Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
>> MR
>
>
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94035 is a reply to message #94015] Wed, 26 December 2007 03:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sarah is currently offline  Sarah   UNITED STATES
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Now don't be judgemental . . . poor deer has rabies and can't help herself.

S


"Deej" <noway@jose.org> wrote in message news:47715c93$1@linux...
> Is that the evil Christmas deer, stalking the hapless humans and their
> pets, preparing to strike?
>
> ;o)
>
> "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote in message news:4770b643@linux...
>>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
>>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
>>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made a
>>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
>>ones here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
>>
>> Hope you like 'em,
>>
>> S
>>
>>
>> "Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:477068c6$1@linux...
>>>
>>> Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
>>> MR
>>
>>
>
>
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94036 is a reply to message #94026] Wed, 26 December 2007 04:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sarah is currently offline  Sarah   UNITED STATES
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Oh man . . . 19 years ago . . . ow . . . OK, I'll do my best. I know we had
a Yamaha TX802 and an RX5 drum machine. And there was a little tiny noisy
Roland box that we should never have used, don't remember the model. Oh,
wait . . . MT32. Ick. Then there was a borrowed sampler that I think was an
Akai S1000. I think. Might've been an Emu sumpnerother. But I think it
was the Akai. And Hybrid Arts SMPTEtrack running it all on the Atari
1040ST. I dragged my friend Brenda in to do the vocals. She'd never been
in a studio before, and was really nervous, but she did OK.

I was addicted to midi for about 5 years there, and became something of a
recluse. I've recovered now and much prefer to work with humans, in spite
of all the problems that come with them. :)

S


"Paul Braun" <cygnus_nospam@ctgonline.org> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:47:03 -0800, "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
>>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
>>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made a
>>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
>>ones
>>here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
>>
>>Hope you like 'em,
>>
> I do! Very nice instrumentation!
>
> What synths did you use?
>
> pab
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94037 is a reply to message #94023] Wed, 26 December 2007 04:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sarah is currently offline  Sarah   UNITED STATES
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I still have my Atari, too. I even dug it out and fired it up a few years
ago so I could export all those SMPTEtrack song files as midi files to use
in Cubase.

Thanks for the compliments. The concept was to try to do each song in a
completely different style, so it was a fun arranging exercise. There were
15 songs on the original cassette release, but some will never again be
allowed out in public. :)

S


"Mike R." <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:47719f2c$1@linux...
>
> Thanks Sarah. I'm listening as I write this. Your arrangements go right
> to it: one of the great things about xmas songs is that the melodies are
> so strong that they can be orchestrated in so many different and wonderful
> ways. A pleasure to listen to your music. Reminds me of my Atari
> days -which
> were also happening in '88. I've still got my 1040, wrapped in plastic
> and
> safetly in storage. I'm taking it with me to the fifth world.
> MR
>
>
> "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
>
>>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
>
>>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made
> a
>>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
> ones
>>here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
>>
>>Hope you like 'em,
>>
>>S
>>
>>
>>"Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:477068c6$1@linux...
>>>
>>> Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
>>> MR
>>
>>
>
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94038 is a reply to message #94030] Wed, 26 December 2007 04:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Sarah is currently offline  Sarah   UNITED STATES
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Thanks. My server overloaded? What does that mean? Should I worry?

S


"steve the artguy" <artguy@eaglenebula.com> wrote in message
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>
> Very nice -- at least all that I heard until your server overloaded.
>
> I didn't know you had those other old things online as well.
>
> You have lots of very nice stuff. Even more than I knew...
>
> -steve
>
>
> "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com> wrote:
>>I like Christmas songs a lot, too. You've reminded me that in 1988, after
>
>>I'd recently discovered sequencing and samplers and had become a complete
>
>>midiot, I sat down with my Atari 1040 and my best friend Brenda and made
> a
>>Christmas album. It was pretty ragged, but I posted some of the better
> ones
>>here --- http://www.sarahtonin.com/christmas.htm
>>
>>Hope you like 'em,
>>
>>S
>>
>>
>>"Mike R" <emarenot@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:477068c6$1@linux...
>>>
>>> Just wanted to say that ...'cause they are.
>>> MR
>>
>>
>
Re: Christmas Carrols are Awesome. [message #94057 is a reply to message #94038] Wed, 26 December 2007 15:33 Go to previous message
Paul Braun is currently offline  Paul Braun   UNITED STATES
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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:24:22 -0800, "Sarah" <sarahjane@sarahtonin.com>
wrote:

>Thanks. My server overloaded? What does that mean? Should I worry?
>
>S
>
It just means that more of us were trying to listen than you had
outgoing bandwidth for.

It should settle down after a while.

pab
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