In July 2019 I was inspired to write a Christmas song for my great granddaughters, Maya and Emmy. It was great fun and the inspiration to create even more of these About Santa Sing A Long videos set me on a project that has continued throughout the past year.
My background is that I am the lyric writer for a 1970's Capitol Records rock band named BANG. We made our mark in the heyday of Seventies Rock and continue writing together today. When it came to writing songs for children about Santa, my band mates had no desire to write music to my words, so I turned to public domain and royalty free music. I found great melodies, Images, photos, gifs, animations and all sorts of stuff I could use to create my About Santa vision. These were beautiful elements I could use for free or by paying a small fee. How great is that?
So I began to create songs, searching hundreds of sites on the net to find exactly the type of music, vivid graphics and animations to appeal to children. My About Santa lyrics tell traditional but unusual stories for kids about Christmas. I have always enjoyed being a storyteller from the time my own three children were little tykes to today, so this project has been perfect for me.
It became my quest as I worked eight to ten hours every day over the past year. I just had a drive to create something fun for The Kids! Now I have created 25 About Santa movies, with 25 matching 8-page lyric booklets. I designed the packaging, programmed flash drive software and created a promotional web site. On the music end, I listened to hundreds and hundreds of songs finding what I considered the best out there. I photoshopped a thousand images and had the most creative year in my life.
I have had so much fun creating this About Santa Gift Set. I always envision kids singing and dancing to my videos, like I do : ) I also thought it could be a fun way to improve reading skills as you follow the words on the screen or by reading from my cute little 8-page lyric booklet, one for each song. Your probably holding one now.
Since your reading this, I hope your singing and dancing.
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