WEBVTT 00:00:21.836 --> 00:00:23.422 In December 00:00:23.573 --> 00:00:25.122 We give our gifts 00:00:25.176 --> 00:00:28.100 Wishing well to our world 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.089 Peace on earth to 00:00:31.648 --> 00:00:33.255 Everyone 00:00:33.578 --> 00:00:35.792 A time to be joyful 00:00:35.792 --> 00:00:38.256 When all is calm 00:00:38.514 --> 00:00:40.854 And all is bright 00:00:40.854 --> 00:00:42.893 But why 00:00:42.893 --> 00:00:45.834 Does it change with the seasons? 00:00:45.834 --> 00:00:50.282 And why can't we just hold on? 00:00:50.798 --> 00:00:53.472 To silent nights 00:00:53.698 --> 00:00:55.841 Holy nights 00:00:55.841 --> 00:00:58.605 And angels singing 00:00:58.605 --> 00:01:01.937 Lullabies and heaven 00:01:01.937 --> 00:01:03.495 And nature 00:01:03.570 --> 00:01:05.608 Singing good will 00:01:05.608 --> 00:01:07.616 To all 00:01:07.897 --> 00:01:13.177 To all 00:01:21.450 --> 00:01:23.396 There are times 00:01:23.701 --> 00:01:25.648 I can remember 00:01:25.663 --> 00:01:28.254 With family and friends 00:01:28.430 --> 00:01:31.131 The light of Christmas 00:01:31.514 --> 00:01:33.501 Radiates 00:01:33.534 --> 00:01:35.640 It lights up my memories 00:01:35.704 --> 00:01:38.340 The magic of love 00:01:38.626 --> 00:01:40.525 We made time 00:01:40.525 --> 00:01:42.810 But why 00:01:42.810 --> 00:01:45.724 Does it change with the seasons? 00:01:45.724 --> 00:01:50.735 And why can't we just hold on? 00:01:50.735 --> 00:01:53.339 To silent nights 00:01:53.657 --> 00:01:55.483 Holy nights 00:01:55.714 --> 00:01:58.660 And angels singing 00:01:58.660 --> 00:02:01.817 Lullabies and heaven 00:02:01.817 --> 00:02:03.281 And nature 00:02:03.446 --> 00:02:05.460 Singing good will 00:02:05.474 --> 00:02:07.433 To all 00:02:08.157 --> 00:02:10.704 To all 00:02:10.704 --> 00:02:19.817 O come let us adore him 00:02:20.182 --> 00:02:29.577 O come let us adore him 00:02:29.947 --> 00:02:42.395 O come let us adore him 00:02:42.395 --> 00:02:50.780 Oh night divine 00:02:50.780 --> 00:02:53.185 And those silent nights 00:02:53.505 --> 00:02:55.471 Holy nights 00:02:55.723 --> 00:02:58.344 And angels singing 00:02:58.595 --> 00:03:01.807 Lullabies and heaven 00:03:01.807 --> 00:03:03.414 And nature 00:03:03.473 --> 00:03:05.535 Singing good will 00:03:05.535 --> 00:03:06.948 To all 00:03:07.245 --> 00:03:10.326 To all 00:03:10.326 --> 00:03:13.280 And those silent nights 00:03:13.595 --> 00:03:15.493 Holy nights 00:03:15.581 --> 00:03:18.128 And angels singing 00:03:18.377 --> 00:03:21.709 Lullabies and heaven 00:03:21.709 --> 00:03:23.162 And nature 00:03:23.304 --> 00:03:25.297 Singing good will 00:03:25.338 --> 00:03:27.502 To all 00:03:27.963 --> 00:03:32.411 To all 00:03:54.939 --> 00:03:55.792 Hey Hollensfamily! 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" 00:04:01.579 --> 00:04:04.580 I wrote this song with my friend Anna Gilbert 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 00:04:08.088 --> 00:04:11.258 And I hope this is a great step in the right direction 00:04:11.469 --> 00:04:14.599 And that this song resonates with you 00:04:14.721 --> 00:04:19.360 And, if you don't know yet, I have a Christmas album now out 00:04:19.599 --> 00:04:23.590 It has 11 songs, this is one of the songs on the album 00:04:23.590 --> 00:04:27.168 We officially have a world record now for having the most people ever supporting an album 00:04:27.340 --> 00:04:30.792 Having their names on the album with almost 4,300 people 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 00:04:38.118 --> 00:04:41.629 So, who knew people bought albums on Google play? 00:04:42.474 --> 00:04:45.445 If you do, let's buy it, because let's get it into the top 10 00:04:45.445 --> 00:04:48.022 Because dorky a cappella dad in the top 10 00:04:48.022 --> 00:04:49.807 What is that all about?! 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 00:04:52.588 --> 00:04:53.842 We have this original that I wrote 00:04:53.842 --> 00:04:56.334 We also have an instrumental version that I'm so excited about 00:04:57.449 --> 00:05:00.550 Drummer Boy, Mary Did you Know?, gosh 00:05:00.677 --> 00:05:03.730 And I have so many amazing collaborators on this 00:05:03.751 --> 00:05:05.373 These are all the tracks that are on it 00:05:05.498 --> 00:05:07.392 These songs were all picked by you 00:05:07.528 --> 00:05:10.061 You can pick up this album everywhere 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 00:05:14.985 --> 00:05:19.265 You can buy these physical albums from myself, on my website 00:05:19.265 --> 00:05:20.939 You can also get them from cdbaby 00:05:21.041 --> 00:05:22.251 But most importantly 00:05:22.426 --> 00:05:26.492 This video is to tell you about that we're doing an enormous competition 00:05:26.736 --> 00:05:31.051 So I am putting on a cover competition with my original "December Song" 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 00:05:36.983 --> 00:05:39.551 You can orchestrate the song in any way you want 00:05:39.551 --> 00:05:43.032 You just have to use the melody and the lyrics from this song 00:05:43.082 --> 00:05:45.774 December 9th is the due date for your music video 00:05:45.907 --> 00:05:48.775 You're gonna find out if you won by December 16th 00:05:48.942 --> 00:05:52.768 This is the website to go to to sign up for the competition 00:05:52.768 --> 00:05:56.547 And download all the arrangements, and get the lyrics, and everything you might need 00:05:56.736 --> 00:06:00.905 This competition is being judged by some of the best of the best on YouTube 00:06:00.993 --> 00:06:04.151 We have The Piano Guys judging this, we have Madilyn Bailey judging this 00:06:04.151 --> 00:06:06.549 We have Tyler Ward judging this, we have Nick Pitera judging this 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:08.576 I will be judging it, my wife will be judging 00:06:08.576 --> 00:06:10.162 We're gonna get a bunch of other youtubers 00:06:10.831 --> 00:06:14.041 Basically I want to provide a platform for you 00:06:14.041 --> 00:06:17.764 If you've always wanted to do what I do for a living 00:06:17.900 --> 00:06:19.503 Or if you've ever wanted to collaborate with me 00:06:19.503 --> 00:06:21.364 Because I get emails all the time 00:06:21.437 --> 00:06:22.283 This is your chance 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 00:06:26.507 --> 00:06:29.120 My video team is going to shoot a video with you 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.097 And I'm gonna tell the world about you 00:06:31.138 --> 00:06:34.723 I'm gonna basically promote you and showcase you to the world 00:06:34.723 --> 00:06:36.620 Because that's what life is all about 00:06:36.706 --> 00:06:39.874 It's about sharing what we have, and you guys have given me this platform 00:06:39.874 --> 00:06:41.026 And I want to share it with you 00:06:41.036 --> 00:06:42.149 So many different rewards! 00:06:42.149 --> 00:06:44.989 For one of the rewards, I'm gonna be producing a song for you 00:06:44.989 --> 00:06:47.754 Like one of your own songs, like my entire production team and myself 00:06:47.754 --> 00:06:51.204 Another one would be my arranger is gonna arrange a song for you 00:06:51.204 --> 00:06:53.545 In any orchestration, any song that you want 00:06:53.655 --> 00:06:54.848 Free professional studio 00:06:54.995 --> 00:07:00.437 Skype sessions where I can offer you professional advice about things 00:07:00.624 --> 00:07:01.902 There's tons of rewards 00:07:02.287 --> 00:07:07.018 The top 10 will all be shown and showcased in a video on my channel 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 00:07:11.245 --> 00:07:15.275 If you haven't seen the lyric video that I released last week 00:07:15.424 --> 00:07:18.987 Of the instrumental version, make sure to click through and watch that 00:07:19.881 --> 00:07:23.370 And this song, and this album, wouldn't have been possible without my Patrons! 00:07:23.635 --> 00:07:26.004 Thank you guys all so so so much! 00:07:26.491 --> 00:07:27.534 Oh my goodness! 00:07:28.389 --> 00:07:29.590 It's because of you that we did this 00:07:29.590 --> 00:07:30.605 We broke a world record! 00:07:30.605 --> 00:07:34.250 I mean what? Are you serious? Guys! This is astounding! 00:07:34.424 --> 00:07:35.367 I love you! 00:07:35.542 --> 00:07:37.976 Again, for the contest, this is the link 00:07:38.751 --> 00:07:41.958 If you haven't purchased this album yet, or if you haven't streamed it yet 00:07:42.113 --> 00:07:44.579 All the links for those will be down below 00:07:44.711 --> 00:07:49.095 But it's available on Spotify, Google play, iTunes, Amazon, my website 00:07:49.855 --> 00:07:51.156 I'm signing CDs 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 00:07:56.268 --> 00:07:57.166 Like this 00:08:30.147 --> 00:08:30.950 I'm serious 00:08:31.065 --> 00:08:33.186 I am so all in on this guys 00:08:33.609 --> 00:08:34.633 I'm so excited 00:08:34.633 --> 00:08:38.394 I have never made something that I've been more proud of in my entire life 00:08:38.809 --> 00:08:43.223 I really believe this album is something that you're going to love to listen to 00:08:43.223 --> 00:08:46.578 It's gonna help you, just feel everything about the holiday season 00:08:47.053 --> 00:08:48.260 New video every Friday 00:08:48.410 --> 00:08:50.020 New video every single Friday 00:08:50.372 --> 00:08:53.887 For this entire album you're gonna have a music video before New Year's 00:08:54.231 --> 00:08:55.204 I love you guys 00:08:55.455 --> 00:08:57.177 Please share this song with people 00:08:57.370 --> 00:08:58.723 Please share it with your friends and family 00:08:58.939 --> 00:09:01.131 Click through to the website, check out the competition 00:09:01.387 --> 00:09:02.113 Let's do this 00:09:02.113 --> 00:09:04.137 I don't care if it's you solo or you in a group 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 00:09:11.230 --> 00:09:13.845 I have string arrangements, I have piano arrangements, I have vocal arrangements 00:09:13.845 --> 00:09:15.793 I have choral arrangements you can use for your choir 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 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 00:09:24.632 --> 00:09:27.240 Let's do this! Let's have fun! Tell the world! Let's make music! 00:09:28.675 --> 00:09:29.528 Peace!