Sing Christmas

A Christmas song written by me and sung by Tay Zonday.

I occasionally write music for an RTE funded Youtube show called Apartment Red. This year they decided to do a Christmas song and roped in Tay Zonday to sing it.
Video here
Music and some lyrics: minfigs
Lyrics: Apartment Red.

This is the first time I've ever tried to mix vocals to anything more complicated than a single guitar track so any tips would be much appreciated.

Happy Christmas MefiMusic!

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posted by minifigs (5 comments total)

Neat that you got to work with Tay! Listening to this casually, his voice is the most distinct part of the song. I keep wishing he'd strain his vocals a bit more: He's got a very pleasant sound, but it's doing one thing and just hovering there. The points that I feel should be climaxing aren't going anywhere.

Your backing music is kind of the same way: It's pleasant, but there's nothing there that hits me as I listen and draws me into a more active listening. There're no hooks of any sort, and you seem to be following a pretty basic progression. For an online Youtube show, the basic progression is probably a good thing, but the lack of hooks you could probably work on.

It's mixed nicely, though. I can make out everything, and his voice is clear throughout.
posted by Rory Marinich at 6:22 AM on December 22, 2009

WOW, this is REALLY GREAT! It's like Vince Clarke-era Depeche Mode Christmas music!
posted by humannaire at 6:03 AM on December 24, 2009

By the way, the audio is way too low on the YT video. You may want to let your people know to re-upload it.
posted by humannaire at 8:22 AM on December 24, 2009

Hey, that's great! Especially with the video. Are you in it?
posted by Corduroy at 8:45 AM on December 24, 2009

Thanks for the comments everybody. I didn't get a chance to be in the video unfortunately because they film in Dublin and I live in Cork. I am painfully aware of the volume of the video but the people with access to that are all on holidays, bloody public sector workers.
posted by minifigs at 11:01 AM on December 24, 2009