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Shchedryk/Carol of the Bells - December 2025

The origins of “Carol of the Bells” is rooted in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Ukrainian composer, Mykola Leontovych, published the song in 1916 titled as “Shchedryk”. The lyrics were taken from a traditional Ukrainian New Year’s poem about a swallow that foretells of good fortune for the home in the coming year. During this time, Russia was in the process of trying to wipe out all of Ukrainian culture. In 1919 a group of Ukrainians managed to escape and tour the world to showcase their culture and bring awareness to their struggles. The big hit of the program was their choir’s version of “Shchedryk” giving voice to Ukraine’s plight. In 1921 Leontovych was assassinated in his home by a Soviet state security agent.

In 1936 a Ukrainian American in New York, Peter Wilhousky, created English lyrics and titled it “Carol of the Bells” as most know it today. Our video showcases both lyrical versions and contrasts the message of the song against Ukraine’s current conflict with Russia.

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The Little Drummer Boy - July 2025

The recording of the song started out as a quick acoustic instrumental as I did not want to bother Rita with it. We already have a recording/video project planned for the end of the year (which got pushed for 2026!). Then I decided to add electric guitars playing the melody line in 3 octaves. At the end of one of the guitar tracks, you can hear my dog Archie starting to bark at the thunderstorm that was just coming in.

Seeing as it was a pretty simple vocal line, I thought I'd give it a go even though I never do vocals, much less lead vocals. Surprisingly that turned out halfway respectable so I started layering all kinds of instrumentations. I eventually asked Rita to record a few backing vocal tracks which softened the effect of my singing. At this point a video was demanding to be created! All the shots were in front of a green screen so different photos could be used as the backgrounds.

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Christmas 2024

Yuletide Minstrel's "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - November 2024- is the soundtrack for this 10-year tribute Christmas music video. Five previous members submitted audio and video tracks they created from a basic track sent to them. I shot my video parts solo and with Rita. A TV was placed in some of the shots to use for other clips to superimpose on. In all, this project took four months to complete.

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Here Comes The Sun

"Here Comes The Sun" - February 2023. Here is an example of a quick 2-camera music video in front of a green screen while adding video clips behind the main subject:

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2 Videos - Christmas 2023

Two Christmas music videos from November 2023: "What Child Is This?" and "Jingle Bell Rock". The audio for both were recorded live as we shot the main video footage. The only overdub was the tambourine at the beginning of "Jingle Bell Rock".

A Little Gem From 2010/2019

This is a version of a Beatles song I recorded in early 2010. The song is called Flying. The video was created March 31, 2019. Audio was recorded on a Boss BR-1600CD unit the one and only time I used it as a test. The guitar was a Godin Exit-22 run directly into the recorder using the onboard effects.

Digital Photography

Check out my photography work through the link below:

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Other Projects:

Lunch - Beatles and Bugs
2 Disks: Audio + Enhanced DVD for PCs