[LAU] Music made with linux: Modlys - Glade jul, dejlige jul

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On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:03:07 -0500
Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Atte André Jensen <atte at email.dk> wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > 3rd sunday of advent! I've made a new version (new melody and music) of the
> > danish christmas carol "Glade jul, dejlige jul".
> >
> > http://music.modlys.dk/track/glade-jul-dejlige-jul
> > http://atte.dk/download/glade_jul_dejlige_jul.mp3
> >
> > This time it's a little different, basically a pop tune with a touch of
> > chiptune...
> 
> I must say that I preferred the opening, which really had a fantastic
> tone to it in every way. I very much like the use of the (presumably)
> delay-enriched keyboard figure - it provides the same sort of quality
> that The Edge does in U2's Joshua Tree or more recently The Temper
> Trap can be heard using, though with much subtlety.
> 
> But even if I didn't love the drums arriving, the production quality
> (given the genre) is really great. I'd love to hear a longer, moody
> and dark piece that develops the opening without the drums and/or a
> different version that uses more organic sounding percussion in place
> of the syndrums. Djembes, shakers, maybe some dumbek, that kind of
> thing. The somewhat restrained keyboard solo toward the end also
> offered hints of something bigger, much, much bigger.
> 
> Always good to hear talent at work.

Agree with Paul here. Liked the song, and the early part, but thought the drums
were too 'in your face' - just my personal opinion of course.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.