December Contest: Submissions "Another Holiday"

[DrApostropheX]

Another Holiday

It's December! The challenge this month is to do a holiday song (either original, or a time-honored classic) in your favorite music style, BUT, ideally, do a holiday song from a country / tradition / etc. that is not your own. It can be a song from any holiday, even one you celebrate, but try to do it from a different perspective or culture than what may be swarming your ears this month on the radio. In your submission post, please identify where the song / inspiration for your song comes from, geographically or culturally speaking.

Let's stick to a 3-minute time limit this month, as it may be a busy month for most.

Happy Holidays!
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Submissions MUST follow these rules:

1 - Encoded in either .mp3 or .ogg format.

2 - Lazily enforced three-minute time limit for tracks submitted this month

3 - Entered into the contest by posting a DIRECT LINK (note: THIS MEANS A DOWNLOAD LINK) in this RULES & SUBMISSIONS thread (use the GOSSIP thread for everything else). If you cant provide a direct link, please contact one of the following people listed below, they will be happy to help you out. These people provide free hosting for the purpose of this contest only! They are not a hosting service. When contacting these people, please take the effort to understand the terms and conditions they provide.

Providers:
1 - knockman
2 - watto
3 - slartibartfast

In addition...
http://www.kara-moon.com/forum has offered "self service" space. Log into the forum to find out more.

4 - Submitted by early a.m. (US Central Time) Friday, December 28.

5 - Your entry must be composed specifically for this contest (or, if a cover, arranged/recorded specifically for this contest).

6 - Your entry must be created with audio plugins or software studio.

7 - Your entry should have the FILE named in a format of "yearmonth_artistname_tracktitle" (eg "1812_Ho-Ho-What_TheKwanTones.mp3"), where the artistname is the same as your KVR name. Please do not use spaces and special characters in the filename. Special considerations will be given to those that have the hosting agent change the file name.

8 - If you are going to tag your mp3--and you should--the artist name is to be the same as your KVR name, and the title tag is to be the name of your tune.

9 - One person can participate either with one entry, with one entry and one collaborative effort or with two collaborative efforts.

10 - Every submission has to be tagged with:
a) used instruments (virtual and 'real')
b) players' and singers' names (if other than entrant; collabs are allowed, sometimes encouraged, but they must be credited)
c) origin of loops and samples, if they're not free of copyright (this includes CreativeCommons material; please read and follow the license of the samples and loops you use); naming the origin of copyright free loops is also encouraged, but not mandatory. Please only use samples you are legally entitled to use.
d) name(s) of composer(s) -- if an entry is a cover this should be noted in the file name and/or the mp3 "Title" tag as well as the submission post (not everyone reads the submission posts).

11 - If there are strong doubts about the origin of the composition or parts of it, the participant should have the possibility to send a project file to the moderator, who could give it to a trustworthy person with the right host to examine it. Important: the participant should not be forced to do it.

12 - No resubmissions without permission from the moderator, INCLUDING for time-overage correction. Please PM me for permission.

13 - Any tracks not adhering to these guidelines will be very naughty indeed. Possibly disqualified upon peer review. And at least mocked for all to point and giggle.

14 - Voting (members must have at least 20 posts to vote ... although contest entrants are exempt from this ruling) will run from the submission deadline until early a.m, January 1st. Anyone voting for themselves will find ALL their votes disqualified; any entrants not voting will also be disqualified.

If you have questions, send a private message to drapostrophex (that's me, Victor!) or ask in the gossip thread. There's a good chance I'll answer eventually!

[Yuroun]

Yess, I'm first. Here's my submission. It's an old Polish Christmas song. I rearranged it to an Ambient/New Age Christmas track.

Software used:
DAW: Fl Studio 20
Plugins: Omnisphere 2.5
Sleigh bells from Soundstack on Freesound.org

http://www.jeroenvanrooij.com/bestanden ... 0Cicha.mp3
also on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/jeroenvanrooij/mizerna-cicha

[Laguna Rising]

Patapan Rock

This one is an instrumental version of a Burgundian Christmas carol : Patapan
It was written in 1720 by Bernard de la Monnoye

HW:
Charvel guitar (rhythm), 'Swamp' DIY Strat (lead), H&K Tubemeister 5, Custom Jazz-bass, Zoom MS-60B, Waldorf Rocket, Behringer Model D
SW :
NI Bandstand, NI Battery, NI Massive, TruePianos, Glaceverb, Camel space, KeFir, LFX-1310, Kjarehus classic bundle, Fusion Field, Nuclear Cranium

[Mister Natural]

https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/54703 ... ACspQlXg2P
https://soundcloud.com/mrnatural-1/1218 ... te-at-xmas
LIVE10
Stratocaster
DrumRack
UltraAnalog2
Thorn
DimensionPro
vocals > ksm27 > Melodyne4
w/ EFX

cultural reference this one = just the jingle bells
peace

[beanpole]

Silent Night as played by a very poor approximation of a German Oompah Band

Stille Nacht

DAW's
Tracktion 7
Reason 3

Instruments
Peavey Electric Guitar
Yamaha Acoustic Guitar

Plug-Ins
Addictive Drums 2
Tracktion Low/High Pass Filter & 4-Band EQ
Wider
TAL Reverb 2
TDR Feedback Compressor
Synth 1

[Hellfog]

Holiday season inspired from Jupiter and Mars and touch of North America in the mixing bowl.



https://soundcloud.com/psyerichybrid/ju ... on/s-G35y5


Addictive Keys, Omnisphere, Kontakt Cello. EQ.