Arnoldc Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I have decided to go to my heritage a little and try to find some Irish or Celtic Christmas music. The problem is I am really having a hard time finding anything that is good. Anyone out there have any recommendations?Arnold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cray Augsburg Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Well, pick up the Celtic Woman CD for one. A lot of the music is standard fare, but some pieces are of Irish origin, I believe. Regardless, the music is excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmais68569 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I have Christmas in Killarny if you would like it still not sequenced Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mwhite7097 Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Amazing Grace by The DropKick Murphys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 The Clancy Brothers released a Christmas album:http://www.amazon.com/Clancy-Brothers-Christmas/dp/B0000028Q7/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312553632&sr=8-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnoldc Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 thanks guys! will give me a good starting point.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Check out Ronan Tynan and the Irish Tenors..saw him perform at a company function a few years ago, and while its typically not my kind of music, it was truly amazing seeing him sing live. He has an amazing story, besides being an incredible vocalist.http://www.theirishtenors.com/discog.htmlhttp://www.ronantynan.net/music_xmas.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnoldc Posted August 7, 2011 Author Share Posted August 7, 2011 Thanks everyone! After spending most of the weekend looking, I have leaned towards this:Celtic Woman: Ding Dong Merrily on Highhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDnZyVMhzUk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cray Augsburg Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Arnoldc wrote: Thanks everyone! After spending most of the weekend looking, I have leaned towards this:Celtic Woman: Ding Dong Merrily on Highhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDnZyVMhzUkAn excellent choice. It's on my list to sequence, as well. Another good one from the same group is "Christmas Pipes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Did the Irish Rovers ever do any Christmas music?(I'm assuming they actually were Irish..)..For 20 bonus points, name their biggest (maybe only?) US hit...circa 1960s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 DonFL wrote: Did the Irish Rovers ever do any Christmas music?(I'm assuming they actually were Irish..)..For 20 bonus points, name their biggest (maybe only?) US hit...circa 1960s...The Unicorn...loved that song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnoldc Posted August 8, 2011 Author Share Posted August 8, 2011 Cray Augsburg wrote: Arnoldc wrote: Thanks everyone! After spending most of the weekend looking, I have leaned towards this:Celtic Woman: Ding Dong Merrily on Highhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDnZyVMhzUkAn excellent choice. It's on my list to sequence, as well. Another good one from the same group is "Christmas Pipes".Cray- I had a hard time choosing.. I haven't done a song with a lot of vocals, mainly I do not know what to do.. I have a funny feeling I will struggle with this.. If I can get a concept on what to do during the vocals, everything will be good. And perhaps I can expand my sequencing beyond the 11 completed songs. Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Arnoldc wrote: And perhaps I can expand my sequencing beyond the 11 completed songs. Any tips?Do as you have done in your other songs without vocals...sequence the beat, the instruments and all the other things you have already done...try to not let the vocals get in your way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cray Augsburg Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Arnold:Jim beat me to it. His answer would be my suggestion at this point. Except that the song you've picked has little of the melody in the instruments. BUT there are very definite points where light changes might be indicated.I usually will include the vocals as "instruments". Literally, I don't worry so much about the words as the individual notes/pitches. (Of course, the words might dictate what color or element I light up.) The other thing to remember is that you don't have to have a light change or event for every note.The piece I mentioned ("Christmas Pipes") would lend itself to a "swaying" action of the lights (or a collection of elements) -- something where it's "one side on, then the other side on and the first side off, then back to the first side on" and so on. The video link below is from my first year with LOR. It is Celtic Woman doing "The Carol of the Bells".http://vimeo.com/8473229Last year, I did Bing Crosby doing "Do You Hear What I Hear" -- a little challenging with the voice. So I used a line of 9 three-color (clear, red and green) mini trees. I assigned a tree to each pitch he used. Then tried to mimic the audible strength of each word by varying the intensity of the light on that tree. (Sorry, the video is unavailable at this time.) Come to think of it, "Christmas in Killarny [sic]" is also on my ToDo list . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Guess we are also missing the obvious...just use a wee bit o' the green lights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnoldc Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 Gotta admit, this is a lot harder than the non vocal stuff!! Luckily it is my last scheduled song, so I got a few months to get this down.. :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnoldc Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Just finished the sequence... This is my LAST sequence planned for this year. Now I will go back and tweak the others as needed. Give it a little over an hour from now before viewing... Let me know what you think..http://vimeo.com/28041101 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimswinder Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Arnoldc wrote: ... Let me know what you think..http://vimeo.com/28041101I think I won't be up in another hour before it is finished downloading!!! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Arnoldc wrote: Just finished the sequence... This is my LAST sequence planned for this year. Now I will go back and tweak the others as needed. Give it a little over an hour from now before viewing... Let me know what you think..http://vimeo.com/28041101Did your new wife review the video and approve before you posted?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnoldc Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 DonFL wrote:Arnoldc wrote: Just finished the sequence... This is my LAST sequence planned for this year. Now I will go back and tweak the others as needed. Give it a little over an hour from now before viewing... Let me know what you think..http://vimeo.com/28041101Did your new wife review the video and approve before you posted?..Uh oh, did I post the wrong video????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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