Do It Yourself Christmas Messages.

I'm going to see if I can come up with something for you,  Maree and all our friends Pete, but I may need some help in getting it set up and uploaded.

Here's a preliminary idea:

1. The song itself would be  "Cotton Fields". I would sing maybe 2 verses of the original, ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ToqDJXZdg8 )  which would then be followed by maybe a 1.5 minute guitar "music bed" filled with "spoken voice" (i.e. The Christmas  "Message" from Dondra and myself); we then come back into the tune itself, but the last verse changed to fit the holiday.

2. I will ass-um-e that this is not a "competition" ---- just  part of a greater message.

How does that sound to everyone? PLEASE make suggestions, because I will need them!

Bill

PS: Pete with both of us "thinking", you are wise to post an advisory! :-D

Your friend

Bill

Okay, here's what I have so far....... Please note that  there are TWO versions of the rewritten "chorus" with the last lines left as yet unwritten, easy.

I'm not all that good at Geography, so I'm guessing that there is a good layer of snow in Auckland and Christchurch?

Be that as it may, I'd like MY Christmas message to be sent from my hemisphere to the one occupied by my Kiwi friends.

Please take a ......"gander" at what I've got so far and please remember, this is just a first draft.

The song will need some repair. Here it is in its entirety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd4S8FGoEJU

Substitute Verse for "Cotton Fields" ------ takes place as the chorus comes in the second time

VERSION ONE:    Oh when them  snow balls start flyin'
You better duck or else you'll be cryin'
VERSION TWO:   Those ain't cotton balls you see flyin
It's all in fun, so don'tcha start cryin'
In them old, snowy fields back home

Thanks

Bill

I love that  message of yours on soundcloud EB. I like your Cotton Fields lyrics idea Bill.

I'll give it my best shot, Jan. Please don't hold it against me if I can't come up with anything. One of the symptoms of my type of dementia is a sudden lack of interest in doing something I set out to do. To illustrate: I may have the idea to do some reading and reach for a book, but maybe three seconds later the desire has left me. This is seconds!

I don't usually talk about the dementia and what its effects are, but felt I needed to explain why my postings are so sporadic sometimes. It's also why I have so much of my musical stuff stored with just a couple of lines.

I didn't write that for sympathy so don't do it, okay?   It's just the way things are and as I've said many, many times before, I'm happy that I have my family (you and everyone here) to help me pull through those times.

Thanks for understanding.

Bill