What Child Is This? - non-standard cover

[John Bradley]

An interesting (?) cover of What Child Is This? done by me and my two singers – whom I've never actually met.

Most people do What Child Is This and/or Greensleeves in 6/8, because that's how the song goes. This version is done in a funky swung 4/4, which might even cross the line into hiphop.

Also there's a guitar solo, because of course there's a guitar solo.

 

 

Note: There's a whole 13-song Christmas album of this sort of thing here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob2wyuQqKoo&list=PLtwxdNkCVKIcvub4tOCOFVJgGGCFMp9k4

 

Edited December 28, 2022 by John Bradley

[Jesse Screed]

I love christmas music.  I really liked the guitar solo.  What is your recording path on that?

Well recorded too. 

Thanks John Bradley!

[John Bradley]

Thanks for giving it a listen!

All guitars were recorded direct and processed in-box via Blue Cat's Axiom. The vocals were recorded (dry) by the singers in their respective homes (Oklahoma and Spain) and emailed to me to glue together into a track. Melodyne Studio was crucial (as usual) in getting the vocal timings & pitches synced-up.

Guitars and vocals are the only 'real' things in the mix. Drums are SSD5.5, bass is Modo Bass, piano is probably Addictive Keys Studio Grand, with other things (Kontakt, Arturia V-Collection, Spitfire's Epic Strings, etc.) providing additional instruments as neeeded.