Hello Community! Rod from North Carolina here and it’s been awhile but two events that were seemingly unrelated inspired this post. First, I’m still playing at a couple of local assisted living homes pretty much every week for the last 3 years. This time of year my sets are all Christmas music and I have been letting my robot drummer Dirk, (Beat Buddy drum machine Rehearsal warts and all with Beat Buddy) take a break and it’s been just me and the acoustic. Yesterday, after I finished the set in the memory care part of the facility (they are my favorite audience) I realized that I’m running out of time and a favorite song I love during this time of year I haven’t even played live. Last year I resolved to learn it and got the drum song from an online Beat Buddy forum but never worked it up. I realized I was about to forget it again for this year! I came home Wednesday and looked for the chord chart and lyrics on my files and couldn’t find it; I never bought the music!
Second, that same day I get an email with this post in it and all the wonderful performances on it and I thought I’ve got time to scrub this together and make a post. So I bought the music and started working on it with just the guitar and boy was it rough. I tried to figure out should I do finger style or what and then I listened to the original recording thought maybe palm muting on the verse and then strumming on the chorus would work. Then I downloaded the beat into my Beat Buddy yesterday started working on it and today I fired up all my video and audio stuff that I haven’t used in almost 2 years I think and did a bunch of takes and finally got to this video. Hope you enjoy it.
Deborah thank you for putting together this great idea and to all the performers thank you for your inspiring me to join you in the celebration of making music with our stringed friend during an exceptional time of year. If you are looking for a real treat this season do yourself a favor and listen to the original by Casting Crowns; it’s what’s playing in my head while I perform it even though its not what is coming out of my mouth!
Wishing this Community Peace on Earth and a Merry Christmas!..Rod