Where has the past month gone? Where did the year go? How can it be Christmas? It is amazing how 2009 is already over… but it has been a pretty good year, no regrets and we just rock on! Time does fly, no question and there never seems to be enough time in a day to do all the things we would like to accomplish, but I am just thankful to be doing it!

Speaking of Christmas, I have been working on some other projects for music videos for new songs, as well as the song “Christmas Child”. “Christmas Child” is a song a I wrote when my son was 2 years old. I had just seen one of those TV documentaries on how hard it is for some children in the world, and it was terribly sad. I knew it was true, but to see more definite information was really moving and timely. As it was around Christmas time, and there was a contest on an internet Radio station for having an original Christmas song, so I set out to write a song for the radio contest. I wrote, recorded and mixed it the same day I heard about the contest, and sent it to them that night…

Well, since I had just been reminded about our little humans in the world, I wrote the song about how lucky some children are to be loved, be around love, and to have memories of that love during the holidays etc. Well, I also wrote it about what I had felt in my childhood at Christmas, and then also with my new 2 year old son! I happened to record his little voice in my studio on a pro mic with some reverb so he could hear himself and he was amazed. His big blue eyes opened wide as he heard his own voice on the recording, so he started trying to sing even more!  So when I mixed the new Christmas song, I used his voice on the beginning and end of the song.

It did not win 1st prize because there was a rock band who did a cool version of Rudolph the red nose… and who can deny that classic song? But it did come in the top 10 best songs, and received lots of great feedback since it was on that radio station. Later in the next few years, the song has been pushed to the back of my priorities and now here in 2009, I thought wow I should really record that song, sing more vocals with it, possibly some female vocals as well, and re-mix it for a proper release. So as I have been in the studio working on a new version of that song, I also produced a 3D video that goes with the song which will be released as well. So if you get a chance during this busy holiday, take a listen to Christmas Child and see if it brings back any memories for you… Happy Christmas!

One more time Frank…. speaking of this time of year, I was invited to play one more show ( a special Friday night performance) at the Battletown Inn, so I took them up on that and I will be there on Dec 18th. I thought it would be fun and a nice way to end the year by doing some live solo guitars and keys and have some dinner, drinks and fun with friends and family. I will be playing Christmas Child song for the 1st time live.