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I played a five hour Christmas music sax and trax gig at a botanical garden on Saturday!
I had two hours of Christmas backing tracks I have edited over the past few years on hand.
It is difficult to get Christmas music to strip as most have orchestral backing and don't sound correct when playing over them. I was able to find a two and a half hour Christmas mix track of guitar playing with a piano. I think it is a very good AI generated piece. I did not listen through it beforehand but I was able to play along and over most of the tunes. At times it was not possible or appropriate to play with the mix and I just sat back. I will edit out those tunes. I just bought a new iPad on Thursday, Apple unfortunately does not do Black Friday deals, my iPad could no longer be upgraded and I required more storage.
The Botanical gardens have an in house PA system but I brought a few of my wireless speakers to enhance the balance and spread of the sound. The garden is cavernous and the plants block and absorb/deaden the sound, but I achieved a very good balance. I have played this venue once before and chose to play on tenor as alto or C Melody would not have filled the space as well.
It was a very enjoyable gig, playing in the garden while snowflakes falling outside was the perfect setting for welcoming in the season.
I had two hours of Christmas backing tracks I have edited over the past few years on hand.
It is difficult to get Christmas music to strip as most have orchestral backing and don't sound correct when playing over them. I was able to find a two and a half hour Christmas mix track of guitar playing with a piano. I think it is a very good AI generated piece. I did not listen through it beforehand but I was able to play along and over most of the tunes. At times it was not possible or appropriate to play with the mix and I just sat back. I will edit out those tunes. I just bought a new iPad on Thursday, Apple unfortunately does not do Black Friday deals, my iPad could no longer be upgraded and I required more storage.
The Botanical gardens have an in house PA system but I brought a few of my wireless speakers to enhance the balance and spread of the sound. The garden is cavernous and the plants block and absorb/deaden the sound, but I achieved a very good balance. I have played this venue once before and chose to play on tenor as alto or C Melody would not have filled the space as well.
It was a very enjoyable gig, playing in the garden while snowflakes falling outside was the perfect setting for welcoming in the season.
