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Hey everybody,

"Santa Stop Here" is a fun new original Christmas song and video by Josie and Bob. We hope all you kids at heart and the kids you know and love will enjoy it. To see the lyrics - click "more details" on the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AvpNyxGUiw

It's kind of a Spector girl group meets Springsteen feel good song. Or maybe not LOL but it was fun.

Josie on vox/harmonies. Mixed in Tracktion. Video by Bob.
RT's used:
Drums RockClassicBrit
Bass Hard Rock 995
Guitars 1033, 1031 and some Brent.
Organ 686, Vibes 1220, Sax 1716

Your comments are welcome and appreciated!

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Nice song!

I was going to add a couple "constructive" criticisms, but my 9 year old daughter (who should have been in bed hours ago) is standing next to me, is smiling and dancing along with video.

So it look like you've connected with your target audience.

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That is so cute, Josie.

How was the 'animation' made?

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dcuny's daughter said it all!!!

Yours is more in the true spirit of Christmas And it's a little less cynical than mine last year.
How was the animation done, it fitted wonderfully?

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Hi Josie,

Wow!!! This one had me smiling, laughing and tapping my foot from start to finish. What a terrific work for your catalogue Great music, great lyrics, great harmony, great ... well EVERYTHING! Bob sure has put together a great little treat of a video, too.

All the best,
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David, Kent, Alyn & Noel,

Thanks so much for listening/watching the video. Josie and I are really glad you enjoyed it.

For the video, we used a combination of vintage and newer footage, which required editing to fit the song. The video was produced in iMovie 11.

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Hi Bob:

I'm curious. How did you get the rights to use the footage?

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Hi John,

I hold a couple of paid memberships with public domain providers of royalty free video footage.

Bob

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Hi Bob:

That's a great resource. Which providers are those? I'll bet other BIAB users would use something like that when creating videos for their songs.

Thanks.

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John,

There are many resources available - the three I like the best are Pond5, iStock and Shutterstock.

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Bob:

Thanks for the information.

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Hey David,

That's just the reaction we hoped for from your daughter! Made my day!


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Hey Kent,

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it and I see Bob already answered your question.



Hey John,

Thanks for watching. Bob put in hours of hard work and did a fantastic job on this video. We're getting him a director's chair and a megaphone for Christmas so he can fling his arms in the air and yell cut at the computer. LOL!

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Hey Alyn,

Glad you enjoyed it! We thought animation would fit the lyrics making it more fun to watch and enhance the beat. Bob and I can tell you this without hesitation - Christmas songs are hard to write.



Hey Noel,

So glad you like it! We believe we have something really special with this song and put the time and hard work into it. Thank you for everything you said.

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Hey Ya'll,

When you watch the video -

please take a moment and leave us a "like" whlle you're on youtube.

Thank you!!!

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Yes she did! Great song and video. I really like your vocals on this one. It sounds like you were having fun singing it.

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Hey Mario,

Thank you! We're so glad you like it!

Love writing the love songs but it was fun to do something a little different and get in the kid spirit.

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Josie & Bob,

Great song! Very catchy, nice production, and awesome video! Again, I'm a fan of yours!

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Josie

Very nice, and great production, believe you had fun making it.

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Hey Steve,

Thanks so much for watching. As always, Josie and I really appreciate your feedback and support.

Bob

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