Hey there, just wanted to let you know that I recently posted my first original song to Youtube. I have been writing and playing music for many years, but only over the past few years have I started actually recording these songs, both originals and covers. These are mostly for my own enjoyment, and have been reluctant to share them with others through Youtube or
this blog. But have now decided that OK, I'm going to start posting some
anyway and see what happens. Now, I am not a great musician and these are unprofessional home recordings made with rudimentary equipment and facilities (and consist mainly of vocals and ukelele with various keyboard backing), so don't expect too much, but I think some have turned out quite nicely and at the least serve as a good showcase for my original songs.
So, I've started with my only original Christmas song, called Christmas Carolyn, since we're coming up to that time of year. This was actually written many many years ago (one of my oldest songs, thus very basic composition) from back in my college days. It's a fun little ditty, a novelty pop Christmas song, yeah, kinda cheesy, but enjoyable. It came about because I had a friend named Carolyn around that time, and I just thought it was amusing, the closeness of Carolyn to caroling or carolin' at Christmas. So, I created this song based on that play on words and a Christmassy feel.
Anyway, here is the lyric video I created for it. Check it out if you are interested. If you do like it, please click on the like button in Youtube and/or leave a comment. If not interested, that''s fine, too.
I will start posting various other original songs I have written and recorded, periodically as we go forward from here. But for all those not interested in this type of thing, I will continue to post my usual music-related stuff as well. This is just something I have been thinking about doing for some time and just want to see how it goes. Thanks.
