A present

[idoru]

This year's Winding Path Christmas track:

God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenYou would not BELIEVE the gymnastics that went into coordinating this one. Yes, i linked you to the news item -- with embedded link -- instead of directly to the mp3. You should read Matt's acknowledgement of slackitude. Besides, now you have a "choice" about downloading, as

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[skreidle]

Teh awesome well-doneness. :)

[indigo]

well, in my style, you're on the RIGHT of the text ;P
[will download, presumed awesomeness.]

[notyourbroom]

so... i guess 'vox' must mean 'angel-catcher-and-trainer'? :p

mm. yes, so

i'm liking the rolled 'r's. i'm still getting used to the concept of 'oh wait solo singing means /don't make vowels incredibly round and dark/', so... things like the 'fort' in 'comfort' i keep wanting to mentally color more like a german ö, but that's just me being choir-conditioned.

[idoru]

Wow. Thanks. o_O possibly.. yes.. blushing. Dammit.

Several people have been like WHAT IS WITH THE ROLLED Rs, WHAT, and it's just.. very classical.
Now: solo vowels can still be round, and really, they need to be, to a certain extent. Dark, however, swallows the sound, traps it inside your body instead of projecting it. The problem with pronouncing "comfort" with a sort of ö vowel would make the word sound like "comfert" instead of open & riding on the vowel.

[jadeetoile]

I know you'll prob wonder wtf am I on, but it reminds me of the fifth element in a good way. When the blue chick does the singing over the kick ass music, yeah, kick ass.

[idoru]

:DDD If only the Diva had been singing Christmas music instead of Lucia di Lammermoor.