So the first post of the year is about...Christmas?
Yes, I am still listening to Christmas songs just to wring out every bit of the Christmas cheer. Think about it, you won't hear these songs again until Christmas time this year. People doing different arrangements of age old Christmas songs and carols always excite me around Christmas time.
There is nothing wrong with some of the traditional arrangements of these songs but when some of the songs demands the spirit of joy and celebration, sometimes the way these songs are played, especially in church, tend to not draw it out as much as I would like to be. Chris Tomlin's version of Joy To The World where he adds the extra lines about unspeakable joy really hits it home. And the arrangement of that song is a reflection of that joy; big, loud, and for a lack of a better word, very much like Chris Tomlin.
There is one song that currently sits in the category of "it needs more joy" in our arrangements. This is quite possibly my most favourite Christmas song ever and that would be Hark The Herald Angels Sing. A very close second would be Mariah Carrey's All I Want For Christmas Is You, but I digress. So far I haven't found any arrangement of this song that I found to be fitting of joy. There are some interesting arrangements out there but they don't quite fit the bill. Only once that I've heard a worthy arrangement and that was done in my church back home years ago. Unfortunately, that arrangement is undocumented and I don't really know the people in the music ministry to get a hold of a recording, if there is any at all.
And then, I found this.
Boy was I happy to have found this. In true Citizens style, they have created something good. I immediately jumped on my bass and just jammed with it. There's nothing like a good brass section in any band. It's currently on loop because I just can't stop the groove. This also means that I really want to learn a brass instrument really badly, like a trombone. If I would have my way, I'd want all songs to be like this but that would make it boring. This is just gold.
Of course I am biased to say it because it has a Motown feel to it. Whatever.
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