Pickup Music Pod for Guitarists

What makes a song sound like Christmas? (reacting to Adam Neely, Vox and Andrew Huang)


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Did Adam Neeley and Andrew Huang correctly decode Christmas music? Sam and Karl take a deep dive into what makes christmas music... christmas music.

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Sam's four core Christmas characteristics:

  1. Tin Pan Alley Jazz harmony
  2. Swing feel
  3. Bells
  4. Christmas lyrics

The more of these a song has, the higher chance Santa is about to arrive down your chimney.

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Listen to Karl's holiday playlist

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Andew Huang Youtube video

Adam Neely YouTube video

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