And now, for something completely different...

[rowangolightly]

...and NON political!

I loves me some Christmas music!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujzd2STgfU&feature=iv&annotation_id=event_55111

In other news, Queen's Gambit WILL be producing a 6th and 7th CD. The 6th one will be stuff that we've started doing since Nikki and Becky joined us, including Nikki's beautiful original and featuring the 4-part harmonies that our friends seem to love so much, Hell, that WE love so much.

Recording on that will be starting soon, soon as Bruce gets over his bronchitis and feels better. The guitar tracks come first, of course, and then we hope to do a lot of recording the weekend of Boare's Heat Feast and the Firefly/Serenity Shindig since Nikki and Becky will be here.

But we're also going to be doing a Christmas/Yule CD; the three gals love the idea and kinda ambushed Bruce with it. It started with AmberBob and I getting wonderful hand-knitted socks made by tensegrity and then Nikki and Becky getting some too. We gals hatched up the idea that the album cover should be all of us with our socks on, which meant of course that Bruce needs some socks of his own. Dear Sam was so obliging as to agree to make him a pair (green, of course!) We'll be in Victorian holiday get up, of course, (new costumes, woohoo!) with our stockinged feet in the focus of the camera ....I think it'll be a blast! It won't be out by this Christmas, of course, with all that we have to do currently. But it will be by next Christmas!

[EDIT: What I forgot to mention is that we need TITLES for the new CDs...in keeping with our Chess theme, of course.

Let me list what we have so far:
1) Opening Move-Take Two (cause take 1 sucked but there are still some out there)
2) Pawn to King Four (the one we cut in the studio)
3) Off the Board (the bawdy one)
4) En Passant
5) Fianchetto

So, six needs to be a logical chess move in line with what's gone on so far. And then for the Christmas one...I have no clue.

And in the meantime, I'm going to get a "Straight No Chaser" Christmas album!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOwqN2PJST8&NR=1

These guys re-define a capella!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKx_BTj_-IE&feature=user

And the QG schedule is updated on our web-site:

http://www.queens-gambit.com/schedule-2009.html

Comments

[lord-enigma.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of this one by them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8&feature=user

[jmthane.livejournal.com]

6th and 7th? Ye Gods, I don't even have the 3rd and 5th!

Way to go, you guys. Seriously. ::applause::

[kauricat.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad to hear about the planned CDs!!

[ericcaptdrake.livejournal.com]

Ye Gods....lol

Well you experts now should go smoothly.

Christmas album is on our list of things to do however NOT ANYTIME SOON!!

Thats what I told Tony when she mentioned it. lol

The idea with the socks is a hoot.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

"Castles"? Or does that need more setup? How about "Knight Moves"?

[pleepleus.livejournal.com]

I'd so order a holiday CD! I lurve holiday music. *G*

[txreisende.livejournal.com]

*sigh* While I don't miss the drama one tiny bit, I dearly miss the music from singing in caroling choirs, first as a singer in someone else's choir, then as a manager of my own. Let me know if you need a spare alto at any point...I utterly adore Christmas music, and know most of it cold.

[softpaw.livejournal.com]

Yeah Queens Gambit Christmas music!!

[ladyniniane.livejournal.com]

Is now when I point out that you've managed to spell Nikki's name three different ways in this post?

[oldwolf.livejournal.com]

Pawn to Queens Gambit 4.

Wherein the number could be the album number.

[son-of-dust.livejournal.com]

J'adoube would have been a more appropriate term for Take2, but, alas... I didn't know you.

Caissa...

I do like Knight Moves, but I would say to make it all lovesongs\romance.. mushy stuff. Knight Tour may be more fun.. (A process of moving the knight across the board hitting all 64 squares only once.)

If you are going to make traditional Christmas music... K (abbreviation for King)

_Classical_ refers to controlling center 4 squares and developing pieces as quickly as possible.

_En_Prise_ (in a position to be taken)

[coeurdechoeur.livejournal.com]

What about "Fool's Mate"?

[foolscap001.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...if you ever did an all-ballad CD, perhaps Giuoco Piano?