Well, this I never hoid. Apparently there's a Christmas song contest going on. Before you leap to your casio, they're currently in the final round with five finalists competing for whatever. I really can't tell you much more about it, because its all in German, apparently, and google translate is no help at all.
But, for our purposes, this is a great way to track down some unheard Christmas music. These folks may have lost in the contest, but Christmas songs are meant to live forever. But, here, I'm going to let you do the work. I'll play around with it some more, myself, and, when I find a cool freebie, I'll drop a note on the Free List (just put a couple up today). But you might be making final adjustments to your annual mixes and can't afford to wait for me. So here 'tis. On either YouTube or in a regular search engine, drop the phrase "ThomannXMas2014". Haven't tried the search engine yet, myself, but YouTube's got a ton of stuff up. Some real bad, some real good (volumes are all over the place), some from prior year competitions. Here are a couple of my faves so far (no free download on these).
But, for our purposes, this is a great way to track down some unheard Christmas music. These folks may have lost in the contest, but Christmas songs are meant to live forever. But, here, I'm going to let you do the work. I'll play around with it some more, myself, and, when I find a cool freebie, I'll drop a note on the Free List (just put a couple up today). But you might be making final adjustments to your annual mixes and can't afford to wait for me. So here 'tis. On either YouTube or in a regular search engine, drop the phrase "ThomannXMas2014". Haven't tried the search engine yet, myself, but YouTube's got a ton of stuff up. Some real bad, some real good (volumes are all over the place), some from prior year competitions. Here are a couple of my faves so far (no free download on these).
ACROSS A BLACKENED SKY - WE CAN'T WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS
UNDER THE MIST - IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME AGAIN
STEADY GROOVE & STEFAN KAMMERER - I'VE BEEN GOOD THIS YEAR
AGENT DEE - CRAZY CHRISTMAS
OCTOBER - HARBOR (volume is really low on this one)
That's just a taste. There's a lot of diversity--from Classical to Metal. Oddly enough, my two most favorites of the ones I've sampled so far have free downloads available. So check 'em out.
That ought to keep you busy for a while. ;^)
That ought to keep you busy for a while. ;^)
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