Gift of holiday music for all – present 2

As my holiday gift to you, loyal readers, instead of security related commentary, this series of posts contains holiday music for you to enjoy. For free. For you and whoever you would like to share it with.

I should explain where this music comes from. In 2000, Larry Hall and I decided to start recording original arrangements of Christmas Carols. As musicians [Larry is a guitarist, I’m a keyboardist] we were both drawn to Christmas music because traditional Christmas carols are so ingrained in our collective psyche that arrangements can have enormous latitude, exploring different styles and voicing without confusing the listener. By December 2001 we had some material recorded with the help of fellow musicians, drummer Troy Harms and bassist Dean Vendl, so we decided to send the CDs as “Christmas Cards” to those on our collective lists. Thus it began with the music in present 1: Impressions of Christmas 2001.

The “Christmas CD card” idea was such a hit with friends and family that we decided to follow it up with more of the same for the holiday season in 2002. Besides, we already had Larry’s studio configured and a whole bunch of new toys to play with. This musical gift is from that second EP which includes an original composition for which the collection is named. Enjoy.

Christmas Child 2002

1. A Day, Bright Day of Glory – Traditional

2. Patapan (Guillo, Pran Ton Tamborin) – Traditional Burgundian-French

3. We Three Kings of Orient Are – Written by Rev. John H. Hopkins, Jr.

4. Christmas Child – Written by Joe Webster

Larry Hall – acoustic and electric guitars
Joe Webster – keyboards and vocals

Arranged by Larry Hall and Joe Webster
Produced by Larry Hall
Production assistance by Joe Webster
Recorded by Larry Hall at Thirsty Ear Studio
Photograph of Alexis Hall by Robin Morris
Art Direction and Design by Rita Kiefer

This music is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. That means you can use it for whatever you want – play it on your iPod, burn a CD, give it to your friends, use it in your podcast, play it on the radio, use it as the theme music to your hit TV series – whatever you want. Just give credit to the musicians who made it.

In case you were wondering, that cute baby in the cover image is now a bright, beautiful, talented young keyboardist who collaborates with her father far more often than I do these days.

Happy Holidays from Security For All!