OUR COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS ALBUM - Listen to Holiday Music while Enjoying the Forum!

[Garritan]

GARRITAN COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS ALBUM - Listen to Holiday Music while Enjoying the Forum!


Enjoy the songs of the season while surfing on the forum with our new embedded Christmas Player.


Click on Play Button below to Play from the Score


garritan.com/xmas/xmas2006.swf


The GPO Christmas Album is the 3nd annual collaborative effort of the GPO community and was put together in the spirit of giving for the holiday. A site with this year's GPO Christmas Album and last year's album is also up. There you can download the individual MP3's and the cover art and CD label. We are also replicating a limited number of compact discs.

If any of you would like to request a free compact disc of the album, please let me know and also send me an email (my PM gets filled often) with your mailing address or send a self-addressed stamped envelop to me at Box 400, Orcas, WA 98280 USA.

Here's the link to the Christmas page:
http://www.garritan.com/Xmas.html
(http://www.garritan.com/Xmas.html)

http://garritan.com/xmas/GPO-christmasCover2.jpg


Thanks to all who contributed and submitted songs for this project. You all did a fantastic job. And a special thanks to Santa Dan Kury (DPDan) for all his magnificent work putting this all together. Thanks to Wheat Williams for helping with liner notes. And thanks PapaChalk for making it possible to embed this player in the forum.

This album is special because it was made forum members comprised of musicians from all walks of life - young and old, of different countries and languages, from differing skill levels and training, and from varying backgrounds and musical tastes - but all united in making this special collection so that people like you can benefit.

I plan to spend Christmas morning listening to this album while unwrapping presents and sharing the music and the holidays with family and friends.

This music will spread much joy this holiday season.


Merry Christmas!

Gary Garritan




To Download MP3s, go to our Christmas Page (http://www.garritan.com/Xmas.html) or click the links below:

1 ) Arise O' Joyous Night - Matej Hrovat (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Arise_O_Joyous_Night-Hrovat.mp3)
2 ) The First Noel - by Stephanie Pray-Urech (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/The_First_Noel-Pray-Urech.mp3)
3) What Child is This - by Dan Kury (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/What_Child_is_This-Kury.mp3)
4) Deck the Halls - by Fabio Vicentini (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Deck_the_Halls-Vicentini.mp3)
5) Ding Dong Jazzily - by Jon Raybould (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Ding_Dong_Jazzily-Raybould.mp3)
6) O Come O Come Emmanuel - by Jim Hammer (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/O_Come_O_Come_Emmanuel-Hammer.mp3)
7) Holiday Mindset - by Edward J. Fiebke Jr. (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Holiday_Mindset-Fiebke.mp3)
8) Laurie and Her Wonderdog - by Pat Azzarello (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Laurie_and_Her_Wonderdog-Azzarello.mp3)
9) Remember O Tho Man - by Jack Cannon (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Remember_O_Thou_Man-Cannon.mp3)
10) Pat-a-Pan - by David Lovrien (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Pat-a-Pan-Lovrien.mp3)
11) O Jesulein Süss O Jesulein Mild! - by Jerry Wickham (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/O_Jesulein-Wickham.mp3)
12) Ave Maria - by Laurence Harvey/Malcolm Messiter/Dan Kury (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Ave_Maria-Kury.mp3)
13) Gloucestershire Wassail - by Sean Hannifin (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Gloucestershire_Wassail-Hannifin.mp3)
14) Away in a Manger - by Richard Nield (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Away_In_A_Manger-Nield.mp3)
15) O Come All Ye Faithful - by Toby Bresnahan (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/O_Come_All_Ye_Faithful-Bresnahan.mp3)
16) Silent Night - by Dan Powers (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Silent_Night-Powers.mp3)
17) Joy to the World - by Stefan Kristinsson (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Joy_to_the_World-Kristinsson.mp3)
18) Medley of International Carols - by David Maddux (http://www.garritan.com/xmas/Medley_of_International_Carols-Maddux.mp3)

[falcon1]

The player isn't working, is it only me?

[jonray]

Hi folks - not working for me either.
Cheers
Jon

[rpearl]

Hi folks - not working for me either.
Cheers
Jon

Odd, it works for me...

Great job, guys! Very enjoyable listening - thanks for all your hard work, and thanks to Gary for the means for this to be possible.


Ron

[Styxx]

Ahhhhh, the Christmas Album ... nice! This is going to sound nice in my new home.:)

[RichR]

Thank you so much for this Christmas Holiday Album. My congratulations to all for doing such fine work. And please a special thank you to Gary for all his tireless efforts in making and keeping this a wonderful community. Dan Kury, as usual, did a fantastic engineering job. My family loved last year's album and I know this year's will be a hit as well.

Thank you and...


Have a Jouyous Holiday Season Everyone!!!

[Richard N.]

Gary - there's a typo in the second link to the Christmas Page (the one about 2 inches up from the bottom of your first post)- it should be

http://www.garritan.com/Xmas.html

[Garritan]

The player isn't working, is it only me?falcon1,

Check to see if you have the latest Flash plugin installed. And thanks for contributing to the album :)

Gary

[Leaf]

Thanks very much Gary and company, Wheat Williams, PapaChalk, Dan Kury, and all who worked on this or contributed music. This is the best I have ever heard of these works and the new ones are fantastic as well! :hp:

Merry Christmas, Blessings and perfect Peace to everyone,

David:)

[falcon1]

Gary, I have checked and I have the latest flash plugin. The flash in the orchestration tutorials works. Kind of strange. hehe.. :D

[Fabio]

Congratulations to all the friends working with us on the project.

I enjoy all the entries. impressive year after year. )(~

[marce]

Thanks very much to the Garritan community! I enjoy very much all the albums, this and past years.

A note: I downloaded the mp3s, and i noted that the TAG info only says "Track xx" and under "composer" the title is displayed.

[falcon1]

Ah, the player now works! :)

What a great album this is! It's great to witness that community members are getting better and better in their composing and arranging.

Congrats to all!

[Hannes_F]

Fantastic!

Congrats to all, your work is sounding great!


Hannes

[Stephanie Pray]

Thank you Gary and Dan and the rest of the crew for the opportunity to contribute to the CD. :) I've listened to all of the songs and I must say that it's amazing!! Absolutely beautiful!! Thank you all for such wonderful pieces! )(~

[TobyBrez]

Thank you Gary Garritan, Dan Kury, James Mireau, Wheat Williams and everyone involved.
Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this wonderful Christmas compilation. It sounds fantastic.
Last years disc gave our family great joy. We can't wait to usher in the Holidays with this new cd.

Toby

[SeanHannifin]

Many thanks to all who made this album possible; this collection is brilliant! It is an honor to be among such talented musicians. This album truly reflects the spirit of the forum. Bravo to everyone! :)

[Wheat Williams]

I downloaded the mp3s, and i noted that the TAG info only says "Track xx" and under "composer" the title is displayed.We have recently added complete ID3 tags to the MP3 files and they are now available on the download page.

I added the tags in iTunes 7 on Macintosh. If your MP3 player cannot recognize the tags, or if there are other anomalies, please contact me.

[Garritan]

I downloaded the mp3s, and i noted that the TAG info only says "Track xx" and under "composer" the title is displayed. See if the tags work now. Thanks to Wheat for adding them.

Please check the song downloads and see if they work and sound okay.

Gary

[Richard N.]

Gary I get an error when trying to download track 14.

It could be somethign to do with having changed the title from "...in the manger" to "..in a manger" ?

[Garritan]

Gary I get an error when trying to download track 14.

It could be somethign to do with having changed the title from "...in the manger" to "..in a manger" ?Try it now.

[Richard N.]

Thanks Gary, that works fine :)

[jonray]

Hi Gary et al,

The player is still not working for me. Am I the only one? (I just get a big white rectangle with the text "Click on Play Button below to Play from the Score" above it. There's no Play button or anything).
I have downloaded the mp3s OK .
Jon

[DPDAN]

I need a favor from some of you....
please listen to the flash player of the Garritan Christmas and let me know what the exact pitch of the first note of Joy To The World is, also does Jack Cannon's "Remember O Thou Man" play for you.

Thanks,
Dan :)

[Garritan]

Hi Gary et al,

The player is still not working for me. Am I the only one? (I just get a big white rectangle with the text "Click on Play Button below to Play from the Score" above it. There's no Play button or anything).
I have downloaded the mp3s OK .
JonJon,

Try updating your flash and see if that works.

Gary

[Rhap2]

Hi Dan:

Mine played really well the other day when the CD Player was posted. It doesn't play now from the PLAYER. It does, however, play from the list posted under the player.

Jack

[jonray]

Jon,
Try updating your flash and see if that works.
Gary

Thanks Gary - it works! DUH... why didn't I think of that!!!!
Cheers. Great CD.
Jon

[Rhap2]

I think it has to do with with changing of the last word in the title from "Art" to "man." Maybe the flash media is confused. I know I am, because I can hear all other 17 carols but mine............Hey, am I different or what? LOL

Jack

[Rhap2]

Seems like my carol, "Remember, O Thou Man" is playing now on the Christmas page in the PLAYER. For those responsible for its reappearance, please accept my deepest thanks. Really, I really appreciate the time it took to make this possible.

Merry Christmas to you all and thank you, Gary, for such a great Christmas CD. I'll bet other libraries are envious of our community effort. Makes me feel warm all over........

Jack