On December 12 I challenged myself to post 12 instrumental Christmas songs in 12 days. My hope was that taking on a project like this, one that required daily action, would help me to be more consistent with my blogging, as well as to challenge me in my piano playing and writing.
I also have always wanted to release an instrumental Christmas CD. Mostly for friends and family, to give as gifts, but thought I could also maybe sell a few to those looking for some nice Christmas music. I thought that this would help me wrap all of those goals up into one single project.
So I sat down, nearly every day, at the keyboard. I hooked it into my computer, fired up my software and played the days Christmas song. I had some set backs along the way. First I work at a church, and the last few weeks before Christmas can be a little hectic. My family came in the week before Christmas, which limited my recording time. And finally my son is now 9 months old. Helping to take care of him also added to the challenge. I used a few christmas songs that I had put up on my Lullaby CD, and doubled up a few days, and was able to catch back up.
Finally the project is complete, and available for you to download. I am embedding the list of all the songs below. You can download them all at once by clicking the down arrow at the top right of the player, or one at a time by clicking download by each track.
I am offering these free to you through January 6th. What I would like from you, is for you to let me know what you think. I am considering putting these on a CD and making it available next year. Which songs would you definitely include on that CD, which ones would you leave off, what new songs would you add. I would love your thoughts and ideas in the comments below.
12 Days of Christmas Songs by Russell Martin
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