Well, my good Blair, I feel I have to enlighten you
slightly why I chose country background for this
Christmas tune ?
You see, I am a barbershopper and as such
a 14 year member of the BHS Barbershop Harmony
Society with headquarters in Nashville.
I have been to the US many times
both due to my work position
and later (I am a pensioner now )
for to meet up with music friends
mostly in and around Seattle, Bellingham and
Lynden)
I have been fortunate to have got to
sing with world champion barbershop
quartets like Realtime and Friendly
Advice (the latter a senior quartet)
I have always loved polyphonic vocal
music as written by Wilson, Webb and
Bacharach just to name a few (naturally there
are a lot of others too) Among the many
superb groups I can count The Johnny Mann
Singers (who started it all for me) ,
The Four Freshmen, The Hi-Lo´s and later
The Singers Unlimited (I just loved Gene Puerling´s
arrangements so much) ! To counterweight this
kind of music I love Palestrina´s counterpoint
music also very much and loved to sing it with
our Chamber Choir back then !
Now, since my dear wife Beni died some years ago
I happened to get a copy of this wonderful
music making software named BIAB or
Band In A Box, which program is getting better
every year ! Thus I started to write music in my older days
and mostly as therapy for to try and overcome the
grief I felt after my great loss. Later, this hobby has
more or less turned into an obsession especially
as I won a free copy of the 2014 version of the program
thru my compositions !:)) I have written and posted
over 30 original songs over the period of jan 1st til dec 1 , 2014 !
The 2014 version of the program has a lot of country styles
with pedal steel an instrument I really love !:))
That is the story behind the country style I chose !
I have also written Bacharach sounding tunes like f.i.
this one: " You Make Me Feel So Fine":))
http://app.box.com/s/glzp8vojrqpg1oj5rlcd
Now, dear Blair, have yourself a Most Merry Christmas
and a Most Happy New Year !:))
Cheers
Dani