UPDATE: The correct file is now uploaded.
UPDATE, the Second: I re-read the laws around this and although I am not asking for money, this is still considered distribution. I have taken it down, but would still love for you to hear it. If you want to hear it, please contact me directly and I will share it for you to hear. Sorry about the confusion.
Some of you – Ok, it was one of you – asked to hear what this would sound like with my voice. I am performing it live this week and while practicing, I decided recording it would help. It did, as I had to scrutinize my performance much more. Understand that I used a crappy microphone, a custom backing track that I purchased for this this reason, and audacity. I made a pop filter out of a disposable handkerchief and a bent up clothes hanger. The sound quality is horrible, but it was the best that this kid could make happen on short notice. Time to get some better equipment, right?
It was a ton of fun and I hope you like it.
Oh, and Happy Holidays and stuff. Remember, that some of us spend much of our time alone over the holidays and need a pick me up. I miss having a full house of people at Christmas, playing games and telling stories. Sometimes there was pain and sadness, sometimes there were pop-it bead fights, and usually there was good food. Once with more olives that we could stand, but good food.
Always, there was love. For each other and what we meant to each other.
Remember those days and remember that I loved every moment of it, even when I had to leave to avoid a fight or when I was divorced and was just visiting. The Christmas season, as painful as it can be and as horrible as people can be to each other this time of year, is a reminder of who we are. We can be decent to each other for just a moment and remember to love each other.
For just a moment, we remember we are all the same. Little beings in a short life on a speck of dirt floating in the vast universe, trying to figure it all out. And we stop long enough to enjoy each other during the winter, over a contested holiday for the faith-full or an excuse to be out of work for a little while and see family.
Enough with the rambling! Sorry! You want to hear a song, if you aren’t listening to it already.
This means something to me and I am sharing it with you. I am not looking for feedback or praise. Just enjoy it. And remember to Be Excellent to Each Other.