Growing up Christmas was always a pretty traditional affair in our house. The house decked out, Christmas tree lit, plenty of cookies and goodies around and presents, presents. presents! The music and caroling was of course a huge part of our celebrations as well. As Snow Globe started to come together musically, I remembered a couple of piano/caroling books that were unpacked by Mom every year, and set out with all of the other decorations. They are really sweetly illustrated and they remind me of my East Coast Grandparents, which is where the books came from originally. I think it was when we added the song Silent Night to the album, that I started to toy with the idea of creating a Song book to go with Snow Globe, with illustrations by Marie Skoor. With the music leaning on the classic Christmas side, (not synthesized, or too poppy), and the Cover art already vintage in nature, beginning to work on the Songbook turned out to be a natural extension of the album. The actual music that will go with each illustration will be simply charted so easy to play!
Here are some of the illustrations Marie has expertly done.
Here are some of the illustrations Marie has expertly done.
