CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE 2011

Time for a new challenge this year - let's get into the festive mood and record some sparkling, merry Christmas tunes!

Challenge rules :

* Record any Christmas themed lesson from the GMC archive
OR
* Record your own arrangement of any famous Christmas song by your choice!

Instructions :

* Recording should be done in audio/video format and preferably have a "decorated" video shot scenery if possible.
* Video/audio quality doesn't matter as long as we spread the Christmas spirit.
* Upload your take to Youtube and post it in the uploads thread here.

Deadline : 7th of January 2012.


PRIZES:

1st Prize :
GMC Front Page Spot

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2nd Prize :
Private Skype Session with the instructor of your choice

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3rd Prize :
The latest album CD of the band Voodoo signed by Cosmin Lupu

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Who is in?

Certainly up for it! Will have a go at putting something together Good thing I just learnt all those modes...

come and get it while it's hot!

This looks very interesting.

I might give myself a challenge and make my own arrangement of a song

Looking forward to some interesting takes here! =)

Very cool!!! Great idea!!

Oh yes! I was already working on an arrangement of Christmas songs, but I can do one that's just one song. It's fun to do arrangements. And with some mixing speakers for Christmas, it'll be a blast!! I MIGHT do a slow song with feeling instead of my usual rockin' self. We'll see.

Great!! I just searched around and you cannot beat this song. I personally don't know much or any Christmas songs (as I am not a Christian) but this medley sounds awesome.



I am trying to choose a song to play.

I will definitely have a go. It might only be Audio though, hopefully getting a new Camera set up soon and then have to learn how to use it and Edit things together!!

You could also just record video via phone/webcam if you don't have other options (and playing on playback)

This should be fun, Skype Sessions seem tempting

My prayers have been heard! (right Bogdan? )

I am so in!

Of course - we always listen!

Great to have you in.

Yes, we must remember the golden rule that Christian made up..

The collab/competition isn't over until the German guy submits his take !

So I understand it correct: video is a pro, but it's not mandatory?

We need the video but the video quality is not important, though if you can do only audio - we'd love to hear the take!

Great! I'd love to have VooDoo CD signed by Cosmin Gotta go work on my take

Guys I'm IN!!!, I'm going to do a john lennon classic happy xmas the war is over ,I've just purchased the backing track for £2 ,Ive found a amazing site where you select the backing track then customise it, ie remove vocals or lead guitar, here is the site i found http://www.karaoke-version.co.uk

just need a few hours to work on the guitar part..

Wow - that is a very cool choice!

Great idea ,it should be extra fun !

Oh, great idea, this is my White Christmas version Nylon String )

http://www.goear.com/listen/5450e73/white-christmas-jazz-fer

Must I upload a Youtube version?

Wow - this sounds amazing!
Yes - please record/shoot a youtube video for it. It will be awesome

This is building up nicely! Can't wait to see the final results!

If I win second prize, I want Cosmin to show me some mean riffing! Just sayin'.... \m/

Uh oh I will be most honored to!

I think I might give this a try

And here is the video on the Christmas Challenge 2011. Hope you like it

Wow this is beautiful!
Thanks for opening this challenge!

Could you please post it also in the challenge "Upload Thread"?

This is great!! Can't wait to see the takes!

I haven't had time today to work on mine, Car broke down at a time when i needed it most, had to replace wheel baring and drive shaft today, it went on me yesterday. Hopefully I'll be able to work on it tomorrow, just to tired now

Most exquisite! Very very good!! Congrats man!

looking forward for the takes!

Thanks to all!

It doesn't have to be live right? I need to add some bass now (no bass guitar) and need to shoot video and I am done.

Nope - doesn't need to be a live performance. Feel free to be creative

Looking forward to the video.

cool. will be doing the video today (nothing fancy). We don't celebrate Christmas otherwise it would be great to have santa uniform with the video.

That's great take ,congrats

Question: Can we incorporate more than one song in our melody arrangement?

Yes!

I did just that fireball.

And it was awesome. I think it makes it more interesting to use more than one song.

Thanks Fireball once again. It is challenging too. Change in tempo and even time signature make it pretty hard to play. I needed to practice quite a bit. And the fact is I was actually trying a 4/4 and was mad for not getting the beat only to realize the song was in 3/4 few tries later (arranging drums).

I know exactly what you mean. That has happened to me plenty of times. Now I try to make sure I know the time signature.

Brandon

Who else is going to enter?

I'd like to try my own arrangement, but I don't think I'll meet the deadline . I haven't done any sound programming in about 2 years, so I'll have to relearn everything. But I'm going to do it anyway and try to finish before 7th .

Go for it!
It would be great to hear your take!

Me!


Here's my arrangement so far : http://soundcloud.com/testtubemammoth/whit...as-guitar-cover
A bit copy and pastey at the moment...

I also went for White Christmas (sorry!) but I put my own spin on the melody, at least that's how it would have sounded if I'd written it.
Originally I worked out the melody note for note and did a punky version but I decided this one was a more me.

Will make a video for this in the next couple of days - there a few bits I want to change now I have had the chance to listen to it.

The quality of the competition so far is fierce! So I will try and make it a good one

Looking forward to it. Otherwise, I am going to be 3rd with 3 competitors...

You might want to mix the solo level a bit higher, not that you wanted feedback but I think it would sound more powerful.

Hey this sounds cool! Love the rockin' arrangement Looking forward to your submission.