1 00:00:21,836 --> 00:00:23,422 In December 2 00:00:23,573 --> 00:00:25,122 We give our gifts 3 00:00:25,176 --> 00:00:28,100 Wishing well to our world 4 00:00:28,679 --> 00:00:31,089 Peace on earth to 5 00:00:31,648 --> 00:00:33,255 Everyone 6 00:00:33,578 --> 00:00:35,792 A time to be joyful 7 00:00:35,792 --> 00:00:38,256 When all is calm 8 00:00:38,514 --> 00:00:40,854 And all is bright 9 00:00:40,854 --> 00:00:42,893 But why 10 00:00:42,893 --> 00:00:45,834 Does it change with the seasons? 11 00:00:45,834 --> 00:00:50,282 And why can't we just hold on? 12 00:00:50,798 --> 00:00:53,472 To silent nights 13 00:00:53,698 --> 00:00:55,841 Holy nights 14 00:00:55,841 --> 00:00:58,605 And angels singing 15 00:00:58,605 --> 00:01:01,937 Lullabies and heaven 16 00:01:01,937 --> 00:01:03,495 And nature 17 00:01:03,570 --> 00:01:05,608 Singing good will 18 00:01:05,608 --> 00:01:07,616 To all 19 00:01:07,897 --> 00:01:13,177 To all 20 00:01:21,450 --> 00:01:23,396 There are times 21 00:01:23,701 --> 00:01:25,648 I can remember 22 00:01:25,663 --> 00:01:28,254 With family and friends 23 00:01:28,430 --> 00:01:31,131 The light of Christmas 24 00:01:31,514 --> 00:01:33,501 Radiates 25 00:01:33,534 --> 00:01:35,640 It lights up my memories 26 00:01:35,704 --> 00:01:38,340 The magic of love 27 00:01:38,626 --> 00:01:40,525 We made time 28 00:01:40,525 --> 00:01:42,810 But why 29 00:01:42,810 --> 00:01:45,724 Does it change with the seasons? 30 00:01:45,724 --> 00:01:50,735 And why can't we just hold on? 31 00:01:50,735 --> 00:01:53,339 To silent nights 32 00:01:53,657 --> 00:01:55,483 Holy nights 33 00:01:55,714 --> 00:01:58,660 And angels singing 34 00:01:58,660 --> 00:02:01,817 Lullabies and heaven 35 00:02:01,817 --> 00:02:03,281 And nature 36 00:02:03,446 --> 00:02:05,460 Singing good will 37 00:02:05,474 --> 00:02:07,433 To all 38 00:02:08,157 --> 00:02:10,704 To all 39 00:02:10,704 --> 00:02:19,817 O come let us adore him 40 00:02:20,182 --> 00:02:29,577 O come let us adore him 41 00:02:29,947 --> 00:02:42,395 O come let us adore him 42 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:50,780 Oh night divine 43 00:02:50,780 --> 00:02:53,185 And those silent nights 44 00:02:53,505 --> 00:02:55,471 Holy nights 45 00:02:55,723 --> 00:02:58,344 And angels singing 46 00:02:58,595 --> 00:03:01,807 Lullabies and heaven 47 00:03:01,807 --> 00:03:03,414 And nature 48 00:03:03,473 --> 00:03:05,535 Singing good will 49 00:03:05,535 --> 00:03:06,948 To all 50 00:03:07,245 --> 00:03:10,326 To all 51 00:03:10,326 --> 00:03:13,280 And those silent nights 52 00:03:13,595 --> 00:03:15,493 Holy nights 53 00:03:15,581 --> 00:03:18,128 And angels singing 54 00:03:18,377 --> 00:03:21,709 Lullabies and heaven 55 00:03:21,709 --> 00:03:23,162 And nature 56 00:03:23,304 --> 00:03:25,297 Singing good will 57 00:03:25,338 --> 00:03:27,502 To all 58 00:03:27,963 --> 00:03:32,411 To all 59 00:03:54,939 --> 00:03:55,792 Hey Hollensfamily! 60 00:03:55,792 --> 00:04:00,976 I am so excited to be showing you my first music video from "A Hollens Family Christmas" 61 00:04:01,579 --> 00:04:04,580 I wrote this song with my friend Anna Gilbert 62 00:04:04,774 --> 00:04:08,088 It's finally becoming, like, clear to me that I need to start writing for you guys 63 00:04:08,088 --> 00:04:11,258 And I hope this is a great step in the right direction 64 00:04:11,469 --> 00:04:14,599 And that this song resonates with you 65 00:04:14,721 --> 00:04:19,360 And, if you don't know yet, I have a Christmas album now out 66 00:04:19,599 --> 00:04:23,590 It has 11 songs, this is one of the songs on the album 67 00:04:23,590 --> 00:04:27,168 We officially have a world record now for having the most people ever supporting an album 68 00:04:27,340 --> 00:04:30,792 Having their names on the album with almost 4,300 people 69 00:04:30,897 --> 00:04:38,118 We're also in, currently, as I'm saying this right now, number 14 in the entire world right now on Google play 70 00:04:38,118 --> 00:04:41,629 So, who knew people bought albums on Google play? 71 00:04:42,474 --> 00:04:45,445 If you do, let's buy it, because let's get it into the top 10 72 00:04:45,445 --> 00:04:48,022 Because dorky a cappella dad in the top 10 73 00:04:48,022 --> 00:04:49,807 What is that all about?! 74 00:04:49,807 --> 00:04:52,588 We have so many great tracks on this, we got Carol of the Bells, we got Believe 75 00:04:52,588 --> 00:04:53,842 We have this original that I wrote 76 00:04:53,842 --> 00:04:56,334 We also have an instrumental version that I'm so excited about 77 00:04:57,449 --> 00:05:00,550 Drummer Boy, Mary Did you Know?, gosh 78 00:05:00,677 --> 00:05:03,730 And I have so many amazing collaborators on this 79 00:05:03,751 --> 00:05:05,373 These are all the tracks that are on it 80 00:05:05,498 --> 00:05:07,392 These songs were all picked by you 81 00:05:07,528 --> 00:05:10,061 You can pick up this album everywhere 82 00:05:10,061 --> 00:05:14,784 You can pick it up on Google play, you can stream it on Spotify, buy it on iTunes 83 00:05:14,985 --> 00:05:19,265 You can buy these physical albums from myself, on my website 84 00:05:19,265 --> 00:05:20,939 You can also get them from cdbaby 85 00:05:21,041 --> 00:05:22,251 But most importantly 86 00:05:22,426 --> 00:05:26,492 This video is to tell you about that we're doing an enormous competition 87 00:05:26,736 --> 00:05:31,051 So I am putting on a cover competition with my original "December Song" 88 00:05:31,267 --> 00:05:36,983 I am putting out a bunch of arrangements, written and MIDI for you to use or not use 89 00:05:36,983 --> 00:05:39,551 You can orchestrate the song in any way you want 90 00:05:39,551 --> 00:05:43,032 You just have to use the melody and the lyrics from this song 91 00:05:43,082 --> 00:05:45,774 December 9th is the due date for your music video 92 00:05:45,907 --> 00:05:48,775 You're gonna find out if you won by December 16th 93 00:05:48,942 --> 00:05:52,768 This is the website to go to to sign up for the competition 94 00:05:52,768 --> 00:05:56,547 And download all the arrangements, and get the lyrics, and everything you might need 95 00:05:56,736 --> 00:06:00,905 This competition is being judged by some of the best of the best on YouTube 96 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:04,151 We have The Piano Guys judging this, we have Madilyn Bailey judging this 97 00:06:04,151 --> 00:06:06,549 We have Tyler Ward judging this, we have Nick Pitera judging this 98 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:08,576 I will be judging it, my wife will be judging 99 00:06:08,576 --> 00:06:10,162 We're gonna get a bunch of other youtubers 100 00:06:10,831 --> 00:06:14,041 Basically I want to provide a platform for you 101 00:06:14,041 --> 00:06:17,764 If you've always wanted to do what I do for a living 102 00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:19,503 Or if you've ever wanted to collaborate with me 103 00:06:19,503 --> 00:06:21,364 Because I get emails all the time 104 00:06:21,437 --> 00:06:22,283 This is your chance 105 00:06:22,283 --> 00:06:26,404 Because if you win, I am flying you to my studio, we're gonna do a song together 106 00:06:26,507 --> 00:06:29,120 My video team is going to shoot a video with you 107 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,097 And I'm gonna tell the world about you 108 00:06:31,138 --> 00:06:34,723 I'm gonna basically promote you and showcase you to the world 109 00:06:34,723 --> 00:06:36,620 Because that's what life is all about 110 00:06:36,706 --> 00:06:39,874 It's about sharing what we have, and you guys have given me this platform 111 00:06:39,874 --> 00:06:41,026 And I want to share it with you 112 00:06:41,036 --> 00:06:42,149 So many different rewards! 113 00:06:42,149 --> 00:06:44,989 For one of the rewards, I'm gonna be producing a song for you 114 00:06:44,989 --> 00:06:47,754 Like one of your own songs, like my entire production team and myself 115 00:06:47,754 --> 00:06:51,204 Another one would be my arranger is gonna arrange a song for you 116 00:06:51,204 --> 00:06:53,545 In any orchestration, any song that you want 117 00:06:53,655 --> 00:06:54,848 Free professional studio 118 00:06:54,995 --> 00:07:00,437 Skype sessions where I can offer you professional advice about things 119 00:07:00,624 --> 00:07:01,902 There's tons of rewards 120 00:07:02,287 --> 00:07:07,018 The top 10 will all be shown and showcased in a video on my channel 121 00:07:07,294 --> 00:07:11,114 And I wasn't even talking about the grand prize where we're gonna actually just do a normal collab 122 00:07:11,245 --> 00:07:15,275 If you haven't seen the lyric video that I released last week 123 00:07:15,424 --> 00:07:18,987 Of the instrumental version, make sure to click through and watch that 124 00:07:19,881 --> 00:07:23,370 And this song, and this album, wouldn't have been possible without my Patrons! 125 00:07:23,635 --> 00:07:26,004 Thank you guys all so so so much! 126 00:07:26,491 --> 00:07:27,534 Oh my goodness! 127 00:07:28,389 --> 00:07:29,590 It's because of you that we did this 128 00:07:29,590 --> 00:07:30,605 We broke a world record! 129 00:07:30,605 --> 00:07:34,250 I mean what? Are you serious? Guys! This is astounding! 130 00:07:34,424 --> 00:07:35,367 I love you! 131 00:07:35,542 --> 00:07:37,976 Again, for the contest, this is the link 132 00:07:38,751 --> 00:07:41,958 If you haven't purchased this album yet, or if you haven't streamed it yet 133 00:07:42,113 --> 00:07:44,579 All the links for those will be down below 134 00:07:44,711 --> 00:07:49,095 But it's available on Spotify, Google play, iTunes, Amazon, my website 135 00:07:49,855 --> 00:07:51,156 I'm signing CDs 136 00:07:51,562 --> 00:07:55,734 If you want a signed CD I might even show up at your house and give it to you 137 00:07:56,268 --> 00:07:57,166 Like this 138 00:08:30,147 --> 00:08:30,950 I'm serious 139 00:08:31,065 --> 00:08:33,186 I am so all in on this guys 140 00:08:33,609 --> 00:08:34,633 I'm so excited 141 00:08:34,633 --> 00:08:38,394 I have never made something that I've been more proud of in my entire life 142 00:08:38,809 --> 00:08:43,223 I really believe this album is something that you're going to love to listen to 143 00:08:43,223 --> 00:08:46,578 It's gonna help you, just feel everything about the holiday season 144 00:08:47,053 --> 00:08:48,260 New video every Friday 145 00:08:48,410 --> 00:08:50,020 New video every single Friday 146 00:08:50,372 --> 00:08:53,887 For this entire album you're gonna have a music video before New Year's 147 00:08:54,231 --> 00:08:55,204 I love you guys 148 00:08:55,455 --> 00:08:57,177 Please share this song with people 149 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:58,723 Please share it with your friends and family 150 00:08:58,939 --> 00:09:01,131 Click through to the website, check out the competition 151 00:09:01,387 --> 00:09:02,113 Let's do this 152 00:09:02,113 --> 00:09:04,137 I don't care if it's you solo or you in a group 153 00:09:04,137 --> 00:09:11,106 Or you playing a piccolo or a ukelele or a guitar or a piano or a trombone or whatever 154 00:09:11,230 --> 00:09:13,845 I have string arrangements, I have piano arrangements, I have vocal arrangements 155 00:09:13,845 --> 00:09:15,793 I have choral arrangements you can use for your choir 156 00:09:15,793 --> 00:09:20,019 Guys, if you want to learn how to do this video I have all of the parts for that right here 157 00:09:20,019 --> 00:09:23,642 So check that out, you can click through, all the links for that will be down below as well 158 00:09:24,632 --> 00:09:27,240 Let's do this! Let's have fun! Tell the world! Let's make music! 159 00:09:28,675 --> 00:09:29,528 Peace!