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Seasonal Gratitude

By miraclemiles on December 25, 2022 10:50 pm

Today is Christmas day. I'm sitting down to finish this edit in the family room while my family does other fun activities nearby. These sounds are from a live Creatures Once jam - Monstrosus and myself - an activity I am very grateful for. Listening back to this melody and textures from our session conjured for me the feeling around this time of year of thinking about family and loved ones here and past. Some nostalgia felt, but mostly lots of gratitude for the time we have right now together.
I imagine a scene of children playing around a campfire outside in the snow while a crow watches on, perhaps wishing to join in, or just waiting to snatch a snack. These found atmospheric sounds from freesound.org.
Happy holiday and seasons greetings. Whatever you may be doing or holiday you celebrate, I hope you are all well!

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Oh I like how the campfire sound of the cracking wood, along with the sound of children in the distance, ground this track and make it very visual. it sounds like a good time to take a break. That bass riff from 0:55 is heavy! Happy holidays!

oh wow this is very nice. thank you. love the granular vocals and ambient sounds

like the ambience and the melody in here. peaceful and lovely. sounds like you are having a good time.

that intro really sets the mood, beautiful sound of the campfire and kids playing, like the mix of the beats and the warbly/tape sound of the melody.  Have a great holiday season with family and friends.

There's something about these ambient noises that just tickles me right
Merry Christmas
- Ebrit

emily wrote:


Love this, thanks for listening! Reminds me of watching that special as a child. Oh to be outside under the stars!

Nothing like the sound of a campfire and some kids to conjure up the nostalgia.  Some of the sounds have a cold icy feel to them which adds to the winter vibe as well.  A very nice collection of sounds to accompany the holiday season.

Kedbreak136 wrote:

Oh I like how the campfire sound of the cracking wood, along with the sound of children in the distance, ground this track and make it very visual. it sounds like a good time to take a break. That bass riff from 0:55 is heavy! Happy holidays!

Thank you! Yeah I think having some ambient sounds like that really brings tracks to life, your tracks are always good with those types of sounds too. Here's to taking a break, hope you have good holiday season!

adnorm wrote:

oh wow this is very nice. thank you. love the granular vocals and ambient sounds

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed! Love that gif, perfect.

Q-Rosh wrote:

like the ambience and the melody in here. peaceful and lovely. sounds like you are having a good time.

Thank you, glad you liked! I have been feeling mostly peaceful this season, grateful for that. Hope your holidays are peaceful as well!

Jason Nijjer wrote:

that intro really sets the mood, beautiful sound of the campfire and kids playing, like the mix of the beats and the warbly/tape sound of the melody.  Have a great holiday season with family and friends.

Thanks very much, yeah I love how some warbles really make melodies so interesting. Hope your holiday season is wonderful as well!

Devieus wrote:

There's something about these ambient noises that just tickles me right
Merry Christmas
- Ebrit

Glad it tickled your right! Merry Christmas and happy new year to you!

CosmicCairns wrote:

Nothing like the sound of a campfire and some kids to conjure up the nostalgia.  Some of the sounds have a cold icy feel to them which adds to the winter vibe as well.  A very nice collection of sounds to accompany the holiday season.

So true, there's something about sitting around the fire, maybe it triggers something deep in our memories when that's what our ancestors did every night. You're right about the colder synth sounds, good observation, I hadn't thought of that, nice. Thanks for checking this out.

The crackle of the fire is like a yule log and the bass that is warm and pleasing. Perfect for the season.  The sliding synths have a cosmic vibe... and then space birds!  Merry Xmas!

NWSPR wrote:

The crackle of the fire is like a yule log and the bass that is warm and pleasing. Perfect for the season.  The sliding synths have a cosmic vibe... and then space birds!  Merry Xmas!

Thank you, tis the season for all those wonderful things ... especially space birds. All I want for xmas is a space birds! Cheers, and Merry Xmas to you!

Excellent nostalgic feels with this holiday track.  Really makes me want a cup of hot cocoa to sit back and enjoy the warmth.  smile

Tone Matrix wrote:

Excellent nostalgic feels with this holiday track.  Really makes me want a cup of hot cocoa to sit back and enjoy the warmth.  smile

Thank you! I hope there's some warm cocoa for you some day soon smile

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