Name: Simple Things For Christmas by Listen Up! Music
Duration: 3 min 35 s
Description: Dan Woodman of the Furry Ambers wrote this little ditty that gets at what's important about the holiday season. As he said, "You certainly won't be hearing this coming from mall loudspeakers anytime soon."

Tom would like to thank everyone who pitched in to help with his debut single at Listen Up. Tom wrote and sang the lyrics to the song, and added keyboard and guitar. Jordan played the bass and Zohar helped write the arrangement. Here's what Tom has to say about his first-ever track:

"Thank you, Eric, from the bottom of my heart, because without Listen Up I would not have been able to record a song by myself. Thanks to my dear friend Jordan for having my back and slaying the bass line - we make a great team. I chose to write this song to bring attention to the mythical Nandi bear, and to get a chance to go into character as Venom from Marvel.  I hope all you punk enthusiasts out there like this song, and I hope I get cast as the next Venom."

Dangerous Savannah

For his cover of the classic Beatles song "Here Comes The Sun," Tyler played nearly every part himself. He sang all the vocals, including three-part harmonies, and added piano and drums too. The guitar parts were played by Jon. Here's what Tyler has to say about his newest single:

"I'm just a silly lion. Welcome to Timberline's Wilderness Extravaganza! If you find a greasier sandwich, you're in Mexico."

Here Comes The Sun

This release is a remix from the vintage vault, having been written and recorded in 2017 at Listen up studios and originally published in 2018. It is a collaboration featuring original lyrics by Steven Scott with music and arrangement by Kyle Morgan.

The Heart Seeker Remix
Steven Scott: original lyrics, lead vocals
Kyle Morgan: original music/arrangement; bass; guitars; synth
Colin Malakie: midi drum sequencing; mix and master

A few words from Steven on this release:

“I was going through a really rough time when this song was made. it helped me get my thoughts together, and I’m grateful for the support that I received from Kyle and Colin to complete this song recording and it’s final remix.”

The Heart Seeker Remix

This recording has just been released on Justin’s EP entitled “Emotional Release” which is currently available on BandCamp, located on the “Listen Up Music” page. It features original lyrics by Justin, and music/arrangement and instrumentation by Colin.

"Emotional Roller Coaster"

Justin Cleveland: original lyrics, vocal performance
David Vail: drums
Colin Malakie: original music/arrangement, bass,guitars, rhodes kb, strings, bass flute; mixing and master.

a message from Justin:

"This song is based on my emotions about relationships and I hope that it will help you feel better about seeing where you might be in yours..."

Emotional Roller Coaster

Aha! is the latest instrumental creation from Play Head, an online music production team started by Sophie and Colin that has been creating music on Zoom for the past two years. Ellen joined the team as a sound design/arrangement consultant for this project, and contributed important ideas that shaped the final mix as you hear it. We hope you enjoy!

“Aha!”

original improv bass/music/MIDI track: Sophie Rioux
drum sequences, voice conversions from MIDI, 
fades,mixing, master, photograph: Colin Malakie
sound design/arrangment consultant: Ellen Schink

Aha!

WARNING!! Excessive holiday consumption can cause a Turkey Coma! 😴

Happy Thanksgiving from the Comp Studio crew!

Performed by Tyler W, Marc M, Matt D, Amber H, Jack M andTyler H with help from Owen B

Turkey Coma

This is Hayden's debut single at Listen Up! It's a cover of Kane Brown's song, "Hometown." Hayden sang vocals, Zohar played drums and electric guitar, and Jon added an acoustic guitar. This is what he'd like to say about the track:

"I would like to thank Zohar, Jon and Eric for helping me make it. It's a good song and I hope you enjoy it! Shoutout to Kane Brown and my hometown of Waterville."

Hometown

The exciting saga of a cat on a farm having a bad day as narrated by Sophie.  Background music and sound effects by Composition Studio musicians.

Cat's Bad Day

Equal parts T-Rex, Human-siren, flamethrower and fantastic musician: Tyler has put together this truly amazing piece entitled "Job" which leaves one asking the question: why aren't there more dinosaur sounds used in modern music???

Dan Woodman of the Furry Ambers wrote this little ditty that gets at what's important about the holiday season. As he said, "You certainly won't be hearing this coming from mall loudspeakers anytime soon."  

Simple Things For Christmas

DON'T ASK ME 

Listen Up! Music is a Portland, Maine-based non-profit organization that supports musicians with intellectual uniqueness. At our Listen Up Studio location we record original songs, make movie soundtracks, and experiment with a variety of instruments.

Simple Things For Christmas

Listen Up! Music

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