{"id":159,"date":"2019-12-14T20:19:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T04:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/musicblog\/?p=159"},"modified":"2020-10-15T20:47:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T04:47:37","slug":"christmas-medley-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/musicblog\/rock\/christmas-medley-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Medley 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/music\/Martin%20Ecker%20-%20Christmas%20Medley%202019.mp3\"><strong>Download<\/strong><\/a><br><em>Length:<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>04:19<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>Size:<\/em>&nbsp;<strong>9.87 MB<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-159-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/music\/Martin%20Ecker%20-%20Christmas%20Medley%202019.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/music\/Martin%20Ecker%20-%20Christmas%20Medley%202019.mp3\">http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/music\/Martin%20Ecker%20-%20Christmas%20Medley%202019.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Because we&#8217;re on our way to visit family in Austria for several weeks tomorrow this year&#8217;s xmas medley is out a bit early. It starts out with a somewhat jazzy version of &#8220;The Christmas Song&#8221; (aka &#8220;Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire&#8221;) and ends with my hefty version of &#8220;Rocking Around The Christmas Tree&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This year all guitars were recorded with my recently purchased headless 7-string Kiesel LM7X (see pic below) that I got from a San Diego county-local custom guitar shop. It&#8217;s equipped with a really great Hipshot trem that stays in tune even when you really abuse it.<br>I recorded all tracks (drums, bass, guitars, and some piano and synths) in about seven evenings after my kids went to bed. Such is the life of a parent \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p>Also of note is that I started making these xmas medleys 20 years ago (in 1999). I skipped a couple of years in the beginning so there&#8217;s only a total of 19 medleys available. Still a nice milestone. Looking forward to medley number 20 next year \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and happy holidays!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kiesel-LM7X-Lee-McKinney-Signature-7-String-Osiris-1-1024x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\" width=\"384\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kiesel-LM7X-Lee-McKinney-Signature-7-String-Osiris-1-1024x410.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kiesel-LM7X-Lee-McKinney-Signature-7-String-Osiris-1-300x120.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kiesel-LM7X-Lee-McKinney-Signature-7-String-Osiris-1-768x307.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kiesel-LM7X-Lee-McKinney-Signature-7-String-Osiris-1-1536x614.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.martinecker.com\/musicblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Kiesel-LM7X-Lee-McKinney-Signature-7-String-Osiris-1-rotated.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption>Kiesel LM7X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DownloadLength:&nbsp;04:19,&nbsp;Size:&nbsp;9.87 MB Because we&#8217;re on our way to visit family in Austria for several weeks tomorrow this year&#8217;s xmas medley is out a bit early. 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