In December
We give our gifts
Wishing well to our world
Peace on earth to
Everyone
A time to be joyful
When all is calm
And all is bright
But why
Does it change with the seasons?
And why can't we just hold on?
To silent nights
Holy nights
And angels singing
Lullabies and heaven
And nature
Singing good will
To all
There are times
I can remember
With family and friends
The light of Christmas
Radiates
It lights up my memories
The magic of love
We made time
But why
Does it change with the seasons?
And why can't we just hold on?
To silent nights
Holy nights
And angels singing
Lullabies and heaven
And nature
Singing good will
To all
O come let us adore him
Oh night divine
And those silent nights
Holy nights
And angels singing
Lullabies and heaven
And nature
Singing good will
To all
And those silent nights
Holy nights
And angels singing
Lullabies and heaven
And nature
Singing good will
To all
Hey Hollensfamily!
I am so excited to be showing you my first music video from "A Hollens Family Christmas"
I wrote this song with my friend Anna Gilbert
It's finally becoming, like, clear to me that I need to start writing for you guys
And I hope this is a great step in the right direction
And that this song resonates with you
And, if you don't know yet, I have a Christmas album now out
It has 11 songs, this is one of the songs on the album
We officially have a world record now for having the most people ever supporting an album
Having their names on the album with almost 4,300 people
We're also in, currently, as I'm saying this right now, number 14 in the entire world right now on Google play
So, who knew people bought albums on Google play?
If you do, let's buy it, because let's get it into the top 10
Because dorky a cappella dad in the top 10
What is that all about?!
We have so many great tracks on this, we got Carol of the Bells, we got Believe
We have this original that I wrote
We also have an instrumental version that I'm so excited about
Drummer Boy, Mary Did you Know?, gosh
And I have so many amazing collaborators on this
These are all the tracks that are on it
These songs were all picked by you
You can pick up this album everywhere
You can pick it up on Google play, you can stream it on Spotify, buy it on iTunes
You can buy these physical albums from myself, on my website
You can also get them from cdbaby
But most importantly
This video is to tell you about that we're doing an enormous competition
So I am putting on a cover competition with my original "December Song"
I am putting out a bunch of arrangements, written and MIDI for you to use or not use
You can orchestrate the song in any way you want
You just have to use the melody and the lyrics from this song
December 9th is the due date for your music video
You're gonna find out if you won by December 16th
This is the website to go to to sign up for the competition
And download all the arrangements, and get the lyrics, and everything you might need
This competition is being judged by some of the best of the best on YouTube
We have The Piano Guys judging this, we have Madilyn Bailey judging this
We have Tyler Ward judging this, we have Nick Pitera judging this
I will be judging it, my wife will be judging
We're gonna get a bunch of other youtubers
Basically I want to provide a platform for you
If you've always wanted to do what I do for a living
Or if you've ever wanted to collaborate with me
Because I get emails all the time
This is your chance
Because if you win, I am flying you to my studio, we're gonna do a song together
My video team is going to shoot a video with you
And I'm gonna tell the world about you
I'm gonna basically promote you and showcase you to the world
Because that's what life is all about
It's about sharing what we have, and you guys have given me this platform
And I want to share it with you
So many different rewards!
For one of the rewards, I'm gonna be producing a song for you
Like one of your own songs, like my entire production team and myself
Another one would be my arranger is gonna arrange a song for you
In any orchestration, any song that you want
Free professional studio
Skype sessions where I can offer you professional advice about things
There's tons of rewards
The top 10 will all be shown and showcased in a video on my channel
And I wasn't even talking about the grand prize where we're gonna actually just do a normal collab
If you haven't seen the lyric video that I released last week
Of the instrumental version, make sure to click through and watch that
And this song, and this album, wouldn't have been possible without my Patrons!
Thank you guys all so so so much!
Oh my goodness!
It's because of you that we did this
We broke a world record!
I mean what? Are you serious? Guys! This is astounding!
I love you!
Again, for the contest, this is the link
If you haven't purchased this album yet, or if you haven't streamed it yet
All the links for those will be down below
But it's available on Spotify, Google play, iTunes, Amazon, my website
I'm signing CDs
If you want a signed CD I might even show up at your house and give it to you
Like this
I'm serious
I am so all in on this guys
I'm so excited
I have never made something that I've been more proud of in my entire life
I really believe this album is something that you're going to love to listen to
It's gonna help you, just feel everything about the holiday season
New video every Friday
New video every single Friday
For this entire album you're gonna have a music video before New Year's
I love you guys
Please share this song with people
Please share it with your friends and family
Click through to the website, check out the competition
Let's do this
I don't care if it's you solo or you in a group
Or you playing a piccolo or a ukelele or a guitar or a piano or a trombone or whatever
I have string arrangements, I have piano arrangements, I have vocal arrangements
I have choral arrangements you can use for your choir
Guys, if you want to learn how to do this video I have all of the parts for that right here
So check that out, you can click through, all the links for that will be down below as well
Let's do this! Let's have fun! Tell the world! Let's make music!
Peace!