Jingle Bahlis

by Zenboy1955   Uploaded Dec 29, 2023

140 BPM

Description

In my defense: Kara DARED us to do something wild with her stems.
bpm is 140, but there is a section that ramps up to 185.

Featuring: Zenboy1955

Group Copyright: Zenboy1955, Kara Square

Uses samples from:

Files / Stems

Name Type Size
Jingle Bahlis.mp3
mp3 5.1 MB
Jingle STEMS bells 140 bp 67634_Jingle STEMS bells 140 bpm.flac
flac 9.4 MB
Jingle STEMS cello 140 bp 67634_Jingle STEMS cello 140 bpm.flac
flac 6.7 MB
Jingle STEMS sarangi 140 67634_Jingle STEMS sarangi 140 bpm.flac
flac 2.8 MB
Jingle STEMS sitar 140 bp 67634_Jingle STEMS sitar 140 bpm.flac
flac 11.8 MB
Jingle STEMS string 140 b 67634_Jingle STEMS string 140 bpm.flac
flac 6.7 MB
Jingle STEMS tabla 140 bp 67634_Jingle STEMS tabla 140 bpm.flac
flac 5.9 MB
Jingle STEMS tambura 140 67634_Jingle STEMS tambura 140 bpm.flac
flac 16.1 MB

Comments

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Apoxode Jan 20, 2024 1:08pm

Megatight take on Jingle Bells, so intricate and multi-faceted, this takes the sleigh to another dimension!
Love the effects you used with Kara's voice and the contrast of chords :)

SackJo22 Jan 4, 2024 5:57pm

a fantastic and magical reframing of this holiday classic -- bravo to you and Kara! And Happy New Year!

Kara Square Dec 31, 2023 12:46pm

Yesssss... this is a totally, wonderfully unexpected take on Jingle Bells. Thank you! I didn't even have to double dog dare you for this! Love it. Happy New Year, Zenboy.

p.s. Do you play sitar, tabla and tambura? I love those instruments. I'm waiting on an ibo drum (udu) to arrive... looking forward to getting into hand percussion again. Hearing the tabla makes me want to learn that, too!

Kara Square Jan 9, 2024 5:54am

Thank you for sharing all of these "How I Did It" details. Really appreciate it. Yessss... DSK... I've used their plugins before. Will definitely check out those particular ones.

Annnnnd... thank you for your very kind closing remark. It seems we're part of the mutual admiration society... I'm always very excited to hear the mixes you cook up. You've got a signature sound that is totally in-sync with what I dig. Thank you for all that you share in the Mixterverse.

Zenboy1955 Jan 4, 2024 4:05am

Hmmm...I think I see a request for mwic developing. We need a “How I Did It” section added to MixterPlus. The foundation of the song is the Tambura (drone), which I found many moons ago in a soundfont set. I think the soundfont was in a huge collection called “Ultimate Soundfont Pack” or something close to that. It has a ridiculous amount of soundfonts—several hundred or more. There’s just about every musical instrument you can think of in this collection, but some of them are not so great sounding—hence the free element. I use an excellent free soundfont player called sforzando (by Plogue) to play soundfonts. All of this, of course, is hosted in my free DAW: Waveform (by Tracktion).
The rest of the Indian instruments come from two free plug-ins called DSK Indian DreamZ and DSK World DreamZ. If you are interested in just the tabla, there are numerous sites that offer free one hit samples that you can put in a sampler—or even a simple sequencer—and get some pretty good results. But I’ll bet noodling around in a midi editor note by note isn’t the experience you’re looking for!
Let me close by just saying that I admire your multi-talents that you contribute to the Mixter “brand”. I’m honestly blown away when I look at your back catalogue. Good stuff!

Kara Square Jan 1, 2024 8:54am

No apologies necessary at all! Well, those virtual instruments sound fantastic. Of course, now I'm extra curious, what free plug-in are you using for these instruments?

Zenboy1955 Jan 1, 2024 3:22am

Sorry, but no--I don't play those exotic instruments. Twenty years ago I had a home studio set up with a guitar, bass, and keyboard. Since that time I have abandoned playing real instruments and now use virtual instruments exclusively. Then to make things interesting I use only FREE plug-ins.
I look forward to you introducing some ibo into your music.

Speck Dec 30, 2023 5:00am

Now that's a dare well met. And much enjoyed.

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