Angels we have heard...

I know its late in the game, but if I still have to put up with Christmas commercials, then why not post one last christmas song dang-it!?

Here are some of our/my creative plans for 2011. Im excited, its going to be a good year....
1. Finish recording with Nicole and have CD's available by our anniversary in April.

2. Work with Nicole on an interior photographic mural for the Downtown pizzicato pizza store. These photos include close ups of different sidewalk textures gridded together.

3. Begin and finish a small series of Branded paintings by early spring so I can.....

4. Move the studio outside when the weather gets warmer, break out the oils and begin work on a series of screen paintings using portraits of friends, family, and loved ones.

5. Finish and blog a diary of my bus driving experiences.

6. Maybe, just maybe start a book I've always dreamed of writing.

7. Write a song every day of lent.

8. Lose 10 pounds and quite smoking (just kidding)

Anyways, here you go. Happy Holidays.
angels we have heard... by ryan kennelly

Ps. While searching vintage pictures of angels, I found some really groovy specimens. For example.....

Christmas: the final installment........for now. (my new title for the next Steven Seagal christmas kung fu special)

OK. Im done for now. But I've left the redux of Nicole's song to savor for next year.....and the saga of creating LITTLE CZARS final album is not over yet. I have many ideas about the Passover/lent/Easter season.

Overall, Im ecstatic how the Christmas stuff came out. Two of the three major songs were started two years ago and left to sit and collect dust, so it was really hard to crawl back into their skin and connect the dots. But I think we pulled it off....here is a small tidbit near the end, I will post the latest song we finished tomorrow on Christmas day, may you all dream of sugar plum fairies and stockings hung by the fire with care--to all a Merry Christmas and to all a good night!


Wise men wondering.... by ryan kennelly
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PS. As I write this, Im listening to Laura from upsidedown cat's christmas album. Its darn good. Listen to it here. (or FB friends go here http://upsidedowncat.bandcamp.com/album/its-winter).

Christmas from the mouth of the prophetics

Here is another Christmas song I just finished.....the album is quickly becoming a D.I.Y. rock opera. Move aside Meatloaf, you dont have anything up on baby Jexux!

P.S. added vox thanks to friends Laura from upsidedowncat! and Pete Mason

Little czar christmas--little baby jexux in the mouth of the prophetics by ryan kennelly


Merry X-mas!

New music this Christmas season.......

Well, I've been a pretty detached blogger these last couple of months. No worries though, after a short hiatus and change of jobs (for those of you who might not know, I've officially become a school bus driver) I again feel the creative juices flowing.
I've drafted up an "achievement list" ("goal lists" are such a 2010 thing!:) for this fall, winter, and spring, here it is:

1. This Christmas season I feel really moved to finish up the final LITTLE CZAR AND THE PSALMIST recording. Except for a redux of "songs of ascent", this is the pieta' of the project, the final culmination of me by myself orchestrating songs late in the night, pouring out my heart and soul in a condenser mic in our basement or linen closet. After this, I will tuck all 6 recordings away until their appointed time and begin work on other projects like......(see number 2)

2. Yeaaah! Nicole and I are getting geared up to finish recording and producing the songs we've written together. We are about half way done, and our goal is to finish it by this spring, so we can celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary by giving all our friends and family a free CD of our music. How egotistic of us, right? No matter, Im really elated over the material and it will be worth every penny....every free penny.

3. Last but not least, I have all next week off for Thanksgiving and my goal is to produce about 15 or 20 more branded paintings.....

Sorry for the lengthy text in this blog, but you've been faithful and barreled on through like a trooper. As a reward, I have posted an excerpt from the current LITTLE CZAR AND THE PSALMIST recording in process. Much of the material is centered around the Christmas season and the God becoming man event--this included. Enjoy (and if you skipped the text to listen to this, shame on you!)

Christmas czar 2010 by ryan kennelly

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