I downloaded a ton of Christmas music today. I’ve been on a search for Christmas music that is not your standard Bing Crosby/Frank Sinatra fare, something produced by good modern rock musicians.
Berta and I were at the mall one Christmas and had stopped in the Guess store (in which we bought her a slinky dress… I wonder what closet that’s in…) and they had the best Christmas music ever. Probably piped in by satellite, it was performed by people who you would hear on the regular radio at the time, not the classic oldies. It was great.
It’s not to say I don’t like the oldies, I just get tired of hearing the same ten performances over an over. I don’t even mind the classic songs as long as they’re performed by new artists. Even better would be a unique new song performed by a fresh artist.
Anyway, I downloaded a bunch of junk today. Probably nothing you haven’t heard, but still reasonably fresh. Barenaked Ladies’ Christmas album. The “Now” Christmas album (which has classics, but also has many new tunes). I had a few left over from last year’s Pepsi iScam CD/iTunes fanatacism, too.
A little bit more recently, I had some ideas for a theme tune for that radio play I’ve been going on about forever, and I started to play some stuff for it on the guitar. Of course, this leaded to the re-tuning and breaking of my E string. Again. Bah.
I’m waiting for Fruity Loops Studio to download now. What I need is good tracker software. Doesn’t anyone make good tracker software for modern Windows? Where is my Amiga when I need it?
