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My Canadian Christmas

from The Juvenalias by William Remmers

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This is the point at which you'd be changing discs if this were a double LP (CD obviously). So get up and do a spin or something, I dunno. Roll your shoulders back, get yourself a treat.

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9TH GRADE

I had acquired a cheap and refurbished eMac. This education model was what we were able to edit our video projects in 7th grade computer class. There were only two machines in the whole room. How grand this magic interface seemed at the end of the room filled with plebby Compaqs. The dozens of "Think Different" posters around the room helped. I don't know if that marketing campaign worked for grown-ups, but it certainly sold me.

So did Garageband. Built in amps? Loops? Keyboard sounds? Musical typing? Quantizing? I was in love. The first main fruit of this labor was a seasonal Christmas album called, The Christmas Album, released that first fall of High School. 6 standards and 1 original song. I recorded the album over several late night sessions, my computer sitting on the floor, me down there to meet it. Keeping my voice and playing down for my family, it produced an odd flavor. I sold copies for $1. I think I managed to sell 30-40 of them in school and at the same open mic night from the previous two tracks. My most prolific (ergo environmentally unsound) release, I've heard from people who have found it in a basement or gutter or suitcase many years later. Usually the identities of those people have surprised me.

This track, an original, was inspired by my love of the twangy and very 90s theme song to The Kids in the Hall by Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. I don't think it has anything to with Christmas but my child-of-the-90s vibe is going to persist from here on out.

I got to play this song live once at open mic, one Christmas later, with three members of a band of upperclassmen who took a shine to me and this tune. We also performed two songs from Tommy poorly. No surprises at all there.

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from The Juvenalias, released May 1, 2020

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William Remmers has been doing music since he was a prattling babe.

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