Writing a Christmas song

I heard about a Christmas song contest at CBC Saskatchewan radio.  Half kidding, I challenged a friend of mine to write a song.  Didn’t go very far.

Until Thursday morning.  With my schedule this week, I decided to take off Thursday.  Lying in bed, hoping to rest a bit in the morning, a song started to form.

I pulled out my recording equipment, and line by line put down an acappella (without instruments) song.  It’s called — "That’s what’s so unusual".  The song was never to have been used in public performance, not to be a "cover" tune, and to be recorded in a digital format (mp3).  Not a problem — this song was so new no one heard it, except my wife who had to endure the recording process (you sing one part at a time — and if you’ve ever listened to a harmony part without the melody, it’s like wondering where the notes have gone!). 

I was finished at 4:00 and tried to get the song sent through the internet.  Something was wrong with the CBC server (I did some phoning to CBC Regina and they confirmed they were having problems), so here I am at 3:00 am in the morning trying to get the song sent.  And apparently our internet is working.

How to describe the song?  Definitely a "church" type Christmas song — nice harmonies.  It’s all my vocals — and a lot of fun at that.  In fact, not a bad thing to do on a day off!  Listen and see if you hear it on CBC local programming Friday.