Christmas song
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 12:00 amBecky Kelley grew up not far from where I did in MN. This is a great song and story!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=OE ... &vq=medium
The song was prompted by a question Kelley's nephew Spencer Reijgers asked while they were standing in line at a mall to see Santa. She mentioned it to her father, Steve Haupt, a St. Louisbusiness owner with a background as a pianist, and he wrote a song around the idea. They recorded it last year and made a demo video with the help of Kelley's cousins, but the effort was amateurish and didn't get that much attention. Kelley knew music producer Chris Loesch, co-owner of Shock City Studios, and asked him to listen to what they had. Loesch said Friday that he helped tweak the song with a stronger chorus and a new second verse, and got Kelley and her father into the studio with a full band. "We went all-out," Loesch said. "We thought we had something special." They then got cinematographer Chris Benson,, who was a cameraman for the movie "Up in the Air," to make the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=OE ... &vq=medium
The song was prompted by a question Kelley's nephew Spencer Reijgers asked while they were standing in line at a mall to see Santa. She mentioned it to her father, Steve Haupt, a St. Louisbusiness owner with a background as a pianist, and he wrote a song around the idea. They recorded it last year and made a demo video with the help of Kelley's cousins, but the effort was amateurish and didn't get that much attention. Kelley knew music producer Chris Loesch, co-owner of Shock City Studios, and asked him to listen to what they had. Loesch said Friday that he helped tweak the song with a stronger chorus and a new second verse, and got Kelley and her father into the studio with a full band. "We went all-out," Loesch said. "We thought we had something special." They then got cinematographer Chris Benson,, who was a cameraman for the movie "Up in the Air," to make the video.
