Merry Axemas From Plankton

Plankton · 11-30-2020, 08:31 AM

Hey... I never posted last years Xmas album. Awhoops.

lol

For anyone interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTg0VwIBibY

...and here's a sneak peak at this years offering, well from me anyway:

Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

SnakeSpiritDude · 12-01-2020, 11:10 AM

listened to your 2012 one, it was pretty rad!

Plankton · 12-01-2020, 11:31 AM

Thanks Dude

Mindy · 12-01-2020, 01:29 PM

Frosty the Snowman song is nice Plankton!
Carol Of the bells was nice too, you're a good musician bro!
Like how the video told me what song it's on too...

Plankton · 12-01-2020, 01:48 PM

Thanks broceph.

Took me a while to get that Sleigh going across the sky timed right in the animation, but the text color change was a simple and effective addition.

Also, the figure in the sleigh is a woman in a bikini and the reindeer are actually goats.

ribbons · 12-01-2020, 02:02 PM

Well done as ever, Plankton. Nice to hear the reprise of "Carol of the Bells" - love your tone on that especially (you never use a pick, correct?). "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is beautiful too - the recording of John at the beginning is a nice tribute. I got a bit choked up at the chorus!

Plankton · 12-01-2020, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ribbons

Well done as ever, Plankton.

Thankyou ribbons.

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Originally Posted by ribbons

Nice to hear the reprise of "Carol of the Bells" - love your tone on that especially (you never use a pick, correct?).

I use picks about 90% of the time and have somewhat of a hybrid style these days but I did use one for that. I went through a period when I was gigging a lot where I ditched using them, but that was quite a few years ago. The tone you're hearing is from my PRS neck pickup and a light gain on my Vox Tonelab ST with some Boss DD3 delay. That Vox unit has an onboard tube that gets some really buttery tones.

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Originally Posted by ribbons

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is beautiful too - the recording of John at the beginning is a nice tribute. I got a bit choked up at the chorus!

That bit on HX was from this recording:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7UXAkN9bGA

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Originally Posted by ribbons

I got a bit choked up at the chorus!

Aww, I guess adding those bells to accent the chord punches worked better then I expected. I did too after it was all said and done and I sat and let it flow.

I really do appreciate the listen and comments. A lot of things go unnoticed these days.

Thanks again!

Plankton · 12-02-2020, 11:21 AM

Ok, so I made a full album out of my Christmas tunes that I've pieced together over the years. I even reworked Carol Of The Bells into something better than it was, and of course included one of the new ones from this year, but I'll be making a sequel to this sometime down the road so anything else I make from this point out will go into that production. Also, I 'repurposed' (lol) some of the 3D content from last year for the animation in the this one.

Enjoy, and I hope everyone is simply having a wonderful Christmas time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=illiFkHDMNc

Plankton · 12-04-2020, 01:19 PM

Btw, there's a bit of an easter egg in ^that^ video. You can see Santa and his sleigh go by every 10 seconds or so. It's a little dark and easy to miss unless you're looking for it.

Plankton · 12-18-2020, 07:20 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxmW7Qxli-g&t=952s

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Thanks broceph. Took me a while to get that Sleigh going across the sky timed right in the animation, but the text color change was a simple and effective addition. Also, the figure in the sleigh is a woman in a bikini and the reindeer are actually goats. __________________ See location...

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Ok, so I made a full album out of my Christmas tunes that I've pieced together over the years. I even reworked Carol Of The Bells into something better than it was, and of course included one of the new ones from this year, but I'll be making a sequel to this sometime down the road so anything else I make from this point out will go into that production. Also, I 'repurposed' (lol) some of the 3D content from last year for the animation in the this one. Enjoy, and I hope everyone is simply having a wonderful Christmas time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=illiFkHDMNc __________________ See location...

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	Btw, there's a bit of an easter egg in ^that^ video. You can see Santa and his sleigh go by every 10 seconds or so. It's a little dark and easy to miss unless you're looking for it. __________________ See location...

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Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,065	Frosty the Snowman song is nice Plankton! Carol Of the bells was nice too, you're a good musician bro! Like how the video told me what song it's on too...

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ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	Well done as ever, Plankton. Nice to hear the reprise of "Carol of the Bells" - love your tone on that especially (you never use a pick, correct?). "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is beautiful too - the recording of John at the beginning is a nice tribute. I got a bit choked up at the chorus!

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