{"id":61479,"date":"2025-12-15T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=61479"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:28:00","slug":"and-a-merry-christmas-to-all-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2025\/and-a-merry-christmas-to-all-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"And a Merry Christmas to all for 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bassic Sax is now 25 years old. For most of those years I have created\u2014or been involved in the creation\u2014of a Christmas and\/or holiday card for the various websites that have inhabited the .ca and now .info domains.<\/p>\n

In the very early years these greetings were Adobe Flash illustrations set to music, which sadly are no longer supported. Since the creation of the Bassic Sax Blog<\/em>, I learned my lesson, and instead opted instead for more traditional<\/em>  \"\"<\/a> electronic, visual cards. By far and away the majority of these cards feature Photoshopped versions of my bass saxophone in Christmas scenes<\/a> of one type of another.<\/p>\n

Last year however, I tried my hand at something new, and opted to try the AI engine that Microsoft incorporated into its 365 Office Suite. The results? Rather hit and miss. It took a lot of time, effort, and no doubt a lot of electricity, to produce literally a couple hundred of fails before a couple of hits were produced that I could edit in Photoshop.<\/p>\n

This year with Copilot being 1 year older, and more sophisticated, I thought I would give it another try and see what it could do.<\/p>\n

Being a Gen X’er, there is a retro-inspired style I am quite fond of: Retrowave<\/a>, AKA synthwave<\/a>, which pays homage to the 1980s aesthetic. But rather than use the usual sports car we see in synthwave images, I uploaded a photo of my actual 1991 Volvo, 240 wagon, and inputted my directions into Copilot until I got the desired results: My vintage Volvo wagon acting as Santa’s ersatz reindeer to deliver saxophones for Christmas. More to the point, a Bassic Sax holiday greeting like never before. \"\"<\/a> <\/p>\n

Regardless of which of the holidays you celebrate this season, may they be filled with love and light, and be full of friends and family. <\/p>\n

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