MERRY SYNTHMAS

A E J O T Z

This is based on a piece I wrote for recorder (fipple flute) years ago. I always thought it sounded kind of Christmas-y. I gave it the full Aejotz treatment and I just love it to pieces. What fun this was to play.

I hope you all have wonderful and safe holidays.

Thanks for all your encouragement and support.

(hm. I need to make a youtube video for this one.)

more at aejotz.com

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Cynosure · Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:02 pm Post subject:

Very festive. Nice job

blue hell · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:29 am Post subject:

Very nice

And a merry Synthmas to you too!

A E J O T Z · Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 7:51 am Post subject:

I just "replied" to this post to bump it back to the top.

I wrote the main melody in the 90s, I think. It was something I came up with on recorder (fipple flute). I was trying for baroque, not xmas. But when I played it on synth it sounded Christmas-y so I added jingle bells and festive accompaniment.

The jingle bells are courtesy of my Yamaha PSR-520. It's my orchestra. It has hi-fi samples of every kind of instrument. I don't use it much anymore, since I went synth-crazy. But sometimes it comes in so handy. I also use its excellent keyboard to play other instruments via MIDI. Someday I'll experiment with running the 520s sounds through synth filters.

The "drums" on my tune "martians" are from the 520. I was using full automatic band accompaniment but changed all the instruments into drums. And the calliope sound on "baloney" is actually the bottle sound from the 520 in a high register. Shh, it's a secret.

A E J O T Z · Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2013 7:04 pm Post subject: Merry Synthmas, again

I have responded to my own post, again, to bring it to the top of the list, again, because it's that time of year, again.

We need to assemble a holiday "album."

A E J O T Z · Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 3:23 pm Post subject: Merry Synthmas

And once again I replied to my original post from 2011 to "top post" it.

Anyone using Christmas music for any purpose is welcome to use this tune.
Just credit it to AEJOTZ and tell Santa I was a good boy this year.

(a little white lie)

A E J O T Z · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:03 am Post subject:

Annually replying to this post, to top-post it, has become a Holiday Season tradition like ugly sweaters, phlegm-inducing holiday drinks or winter solstice depression.

(It could be worse... I could make ANOTHER xmas tune.)

Happy Holidays!

party time!

A E J O T Z · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:50 am Post subject:

It's time to throw this tune on the fire once again.
Happy Holidays!

TripMX · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:31 pm Post subject:

Wow, you're really been keeping up with one, literally for years! Those jingle bells are quite deliberate, I see, hahaha! It sounds a bit "Christmas-y"; makes me think of a holiday marchen of some sort. Either way, it's my first time hearing this one! Smile

Antimon · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 3:22 pm Post subject:

Hearing this on the stream - merry Aejotzmas!

A E J O T Z · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:33 pm Post subject:

It's that time of year again. Time for AEJOTZ to commit the sin of top-posting his Christmas tune.

Health Update: I had the stem cell transplant August 10 for AML leukemia. Recovery has been very slow but steady. About a month ago the doc reduced my immuno-suppressant dosage to try to get my 98% donor marrow to overwhelm my remaining 2% old marrow. No final results yet and I'm stuck on a plateau now where I don't feel awful but I never have much energy. I'm not particularly uncomfortable but it gets really old. Still, no really bad news.

Looking forward to a better 2018.

Howard AEJOTZ Tate

blue hell · Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 5:56 pm Post subject:

I hope the heavy works on your body will work out well, maybe after some more time.

Your tunes always bring joy to me when I hear them :-)

Happy synthmass!

Antimon · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:34 am Post subject:

What Blue Hell said.

Merry New Synthmas and wishing for the best! Smile

phobos · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 7:00 am Post subject:

Let me bump this post at least once more in memory of AEJOTZ.
santa

gabbagabi · Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:08 am Post subject:

no! lets bump it every year!
rendeer

phobos · Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2019 2:13 pm Post subject:

bump

Cynosure · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:01 am Post subject:

Thanks Phobos Smile

phobos · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:30 pm Post subject:

bump

blue hell · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 6:39 pm Post subject:

Let me light a light, and a merry syntmass to all.

varice · Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:36 pm Post subject:

Merry Synthmas to all Exclamation

MusicMan11712 · Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2020 11:01 am Post subject:

A very fitting tune this time of year to remember A E J O T Z with! Merry Synthmas to all and thanks to A E J O T Z for all the happy music over the far too few years we got to share musical interests together.

Cynosure · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:47 am Post subject:

phobos · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:07 pm Post subject:

annual bump rendeer

merry synthmas!

varice · Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2021 8:28 pm Post subject:

Merry Synthmas everyone Exclamation

phobos · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2022 1:27 pm Post subject:

forum was down, so here's a late bump.

happy holidays to all! rendeer