I'm going to try and do a version of the john lennon "and so this christmas" song for a very close friend of mine and i just need sound files of the kids singing in the background, i'm gonna take care of the rest of it, including fixing yoko's vocals. anyone who has kids and a few minutes to kill, you just throw a pair of headphones on him and have him or her sing along with the song. (he has to listen to the song on headphones because it'll mess up the recording if the song itself is on it.) then you just send the file to me, can be wav, windows media, or whatever other format.

if anyone can do this i'd really appreciate it. i think it could be kinda fun too....

song goes like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBfEGETyGjs

if you can help just PM me and i'll give you an email address to send the file to, and of course link you to the song when it's done.

What an awesome idea!
The Son of course won't have any part of it, but I will see if I can get the neighbors kids to pitch in! 8)

I think my two would love to do it but I'm not sure I have the technology.  :-\\

thanks for tryin' guys!

lyrics go like this. relevant parts are bold.

***

Also known as "Happy Christmas (War is Over)"
(John Lennon)

            A                          Bm
So this is Christmas And what have you done
            E                        A
Another year over And a new one just begun
                D                      Em
Ans so this is Christmas I hope you have fun
                  A                        D
The near and the dear ones The old and the young

Chorus:
                G                      A
A very merry Christmas And a happy New Year
                  Em    G            D    E
Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear


And so this is Christmas (War is over)
For weak and for strong (If you want it)
For rich and the poor ones (War is over)
The world is so wrong (Now)

And so happy Christmas (War is over)
For black and for white (If you want it)
For yellow and red ones (War is over)
Let's stop all the fight (Now)

Chorus

And so this is Christmas (War is over)
And what have we done (If you want it)
Another year over (War is over)
And a new one just begun (Now)
Ans so happy Christmas (War is over)
I hope you have fun (If you want it)
The near and the dear one (War is over)
The old and the young (Now)

Chorus

War is over
If you want it
War is over
Now

random oos and aahs are fine too. i can fix em in the mix. :)

I was thinking about this thread in my car as I was on my way home from taking dim sum and supplies to Julie up at San Jose and I was listening to a Christmas cassette I grabbed this morning. It was Neil Diamond singing Christmas songs and he covered this song and he did it well, with children and all. as a last resort, maybe you could have members use their little kid voices and sing the kids part  ::)

so hopefully your cover will happen. it's a cool idea  8)

i did the bass and drum tracks tonight. i'm gonna try and do daily video updates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1iDCeajOC4

the video is sorta random.

I think my two would love to do it but I'm not sure I have the technology.   :-\\
do you have a webcam? any kind of microphone where you can talk and the computer records it? if so you can probably do it. i can maybe answer any questions about how to wire it up, i do that kinda stuff a lot.

I was thinking about this thread in my car as I was on my way home from taking dim sum and supplies to Julie up at San Jose and I was listening to a Christmas cassette I grabbed this morning. It was Neil Diamond singing Christmas songs and he covered this song and he did it well, with children and all. as a last resort, maybe you could have members use their little kid voices and sing the kids part  ::)

so hopefully your cover will happen. it's a cool idea  8)



I was dreaming about this last night.  :o :o :o  I guess I spend WAY too much time here. lol




Cat

grownups are free to sing and send me their tracks too you know. all you need is a mic and a pair of headphones.  :)

One of my favorite Christmas songs.  It will be awesome.

added an organ track last night. not done with the keyboard part yet though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8g-o1VhI_0

chased down that damn hiss a little bit too.

added, um, i think another organ track, redid the acoustic guitar, and did two vocal tracks. it needs some fixing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsVPcbU-GXA

hey here's something I can do, sound like a kid.  would be very easy for me to do.  I'll be happy to if you still need it

I tried to send something. 

I tried to send something. 
hi, i got it but unfortunately i couldn't open it. (it was an "aup" file? i think?) a wav, wma or file like that would work best.

thanks again!

I had a feeling I might have sent something you cant open.  Hold on I'll get it fixed now.