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Product Identifiers
Record LabelCdb, CD Baby
UPC0884501837903
eBay Product ID (ePID)19046050356
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2012
GenreXmas Vocal
ArtistJoel B. Christian
Release TitleHome for Christmas
Dimensions
Item Weight0.21 lb
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks13
Number of Discs1
TracksWinter Wonderland, Coventry Carol, Gesu Bambino, Silent Night, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Ding Dong Merrily on High, What Child Is This, Away in a Manger, Coming of the Kingdom, Pleading Savior, Ave Maria, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, One Quiet Evening
NotesThe album features Joel playing his unique blend of guitar mixed with guitar synthesizer, using a technique he has been developing since 1992. Solo guitar mixed with guitar synthesizer is Joel's trademark sound. Joel comments: "in combining live guitar with the sounds modern synthesizers are capable of making, an entirely new 'instrument' can be created with a feel and sonic personality all it's own." Joel has been a world leader in promoting guitar synthesizer, founding the "MIDI Guitar Homepage" and a MIDI Guitar internet discussion group which includes some of the top names in the guitar world. Joel is an experienced guitarist, with 40 years of liturgical/praise experience, playing guitar, upright bass, and more recently, guitar synthesizer. He plays in a variety of styles, from bluegrass flatpicking to strict classical guitar work. This album is Joel's second CD release. Due to busy family and professional schedules, Joel makes few public performances these days. This CD let's more people hear his interpretive fingerstyle guitar playing. The recording for this CD was done in Joel's home studio. Joel says: "for this album I wanted a feel like I'm right in your living room picking guitar; I avoided the heavy compression and signal processing we've become accustomed to in popular recordings and movie soundtracks." Two pieces, "Silent Night" and 'Away in a Manger' were performed entirely on guitar synthesizer, using a sampled grand piano and choir. These pieces are in the Baritone Guitar register, giving an entirely different musical feel while remaining very guitaristic. For this recording, Joel plays a Godin Nylon Multiac guitar equipped with the RMC Pickup system. The RMC system feeds data to the synthesizer and audio on 6 separate tracks. Since each string is recorded separately, each string is mixed down as an individual instrument. This creates the wide stereo sound heard on many of the tracks. Please enjoy 'Home for Christmas'.
