We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Today's song title is one worth mentioning.

I usually don't post on Mondays, but when there's some big holiday coming up like Christmas, you gotta celebrate. There's been a lot of suspense over the past month, and now it's finally here.

Feliz Navidad

(Another note to my email subscribers: Something went wrong again! I accidentally linked to a recording of the wrong song. It should be correct now. Thanks again for taking the time to listen to this one!)

The title of this song is another way of saying Merry Christmas.

We can say that in a lot of ways. There are also many different ways of celebrating at this time of year. There are also different ways to make music in our celebrations, and this song is one of them. 

What Child is This?

There's a question we ask all the time: What?

It turns out that the title of this song, which is often what inspires you to listen to it, is a question. And it does have a song in it - sometimes my posts that have question titles don't have songs. (Just to let you know - I'm not going to share my opinions about song titles in this post. I already did that here, and here, and here, so you can just click those rather than waiting for me to repeat it.) 

You may feel like listening to songs, or reading books, or watching videos, that say, "How Do You Build a Luxury Home?" or "WHAT?! You Played That In Only One WEEK???" or "How Long Does Sunlight Take to Get Here?" 

Things that say "Architecture of Houses," or "Learning Giant Steps Fast" or "The Solar System", might not be as interesting. However, I'm currently staring at the second one - I'll explain in possibly a year when I can play Giant Steps for you. (It's a really really really hard song.)

Coming back to the point, I was talking about questions that get us interested. Here's some you might be asking.

How are you playing this song?

Unlike Angels We Have Heard on High, I didn't do the jazz thing on this one. It's the same way that you have probably heard it before. I thought it wouldn't really sound right jazzed up, but I should try it. However, because I'm the one playing the song, I got to make a few small changes.

How many more of these are you going to keep playing?

Over here, I'm going to have this song plus 2 more (because that will be the rest of the month). In January, I'll get back to my regular jazz stuff.

You can also jump over to my YouTube channel if you want, because I have even more songs there, and I will throughout the coming year.

How do you manage to post all these songs?

It doesn't really take that long. Sometimes I'll just go over to the piano and sit down for a few hours, and record a bunch of songs that I'm going to post that month. I can usually pull together some time to upload videos and get posts ready. 

It isn't really that much work considering that some people post every day!

Are you going to answer my other questions?

Of course! I'll be listening to anything you say to me, just like I'll be listening to songs. You can just throw something in the comment box and I'll be there to answer it.

So, what are you waiting for?

Angels We Have Heard on High

It's December. And that means it's time for a celebration.

Most of us are probably thinking about Christmas right now - or at least were some time in the last week. For me, at least, it's an important holiday. The way we view it can change, but one fact remains the same: it's not going away.

Unfortunately, as I recently mentioned, there are a lot of times when we are worrying instead of celebrating at this time of year. That's why I chose to take a little bit of time last week to play a song.
Because it's December, I'm going to be playing Christmas songs for this month. Sometimes it seems like from November 15th to December 25th, there's a big long countdown to Christmas - and then whoa! Everything stops within two days. But don't tell - I'm going to have a few Christmas songs after the 25th...

"Angels" is a really nice song on its own, but I decided to change it up a little bit - in a way you might not be expecting. I call it "jazzercising."

Why are we doing this?

(Note to anyone who is subscribed to my email list: Something went wrong when sending this post, so it didn't actually appear. Sorry for the confusion!)

It's the first day of December.

Often times, there's one thing that we think about in December: Christmas.

You've seen it everywhere, haven't you? Stores have discounts leading up to this holiday. You can't look anywhere without seeing a red and green sign. Everyone's talking about it. It's a big thing.

But have you ever seen someone who is rushing around in December to buy all the presents, make all the food, and host all the events for the 25th? On top of that, are they rushing so much that they forget that we are supposed to be celebrating?

You may think that this is not connected to music at all. But I'm going to show you why it is.