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CHRISTMAS MUSIC: RECORDED LIVE AT BIG ACRE SOUND
Hand Drawn Records: A Compilation. Volume 4. The Holiday Record.

– Photos by Brooke Adams –

Andrew Tinker // Hand Drawn Records: A Compilation. Vol 4. The Holiday Record. // Photos by Brooke Adams 2014

Splitting time as studio operator, producer and session player for other Vol. 4 artists, the indomitable Andrew Tinker had his hands full before he even began tracking his song. Backed solely by a melancholy French horn, Tinker’s arrangement deftly adheres to E.H. Sears’ timeless “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” without the bombast one typically expects from a classical composition.

Hushed throughout, the song reaches a beautiful crescendo around the three-minute mark, when the horns are quieted, allowing for an unflinching spotlight on the singer’s superb voice.

Andrew Tinker // Hand Drawn Records: A Compilation. Vol 4. The Holiday Record. // Photos by Brooke Adams 2014


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“It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” by Andrew Tinker
Lyrics by E.H. Sears ©1850
Andrew Tinker french horn/vox
Recorded and produced by Andrew Tinker at Big Acre Sound
Andrew Tinker: Denton, TX // andrewtinker.com