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Light A Candle For Christmas

November 13, 2025

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Light a candle this Christmas for the messiah is here,

the highest of the high

On a upper tier,

For it’s time to give and to receive,

the time to get merry

And a good time to breathe,

Christmas is around the corner and as people rush,

for their shopping

And Santa’s brush,

We must remember the ones in need,

light a candle this Christmas

For the selfish greed,

As even though it’s all about fun in the season,

remember the teachings

And the whole reasons

Mary and Joseph and their awaited son,

they travelled for miles

Until they were done,

But of course have fun and go wild,

light a candle this Christmas

For the unborn child,

Light a candle this Christmas for the sick and the lonely,

for people with addictions

And for the phony,

For people who are grieving or been though a lot,

light a candle this Christmas

For yourself and the day dots,

Cos it’s time to rejoice with your family, neighbours and friends,

time to watch TV and films

And go on wild bends,

It’s the season to get off your face,

but don’t over do it

Slow down the pace,

Fill those stockings and wrap on the presents,

time to get plump

Like a pheasant,

But don’t forget big Ol Santa,

Be in bed early

And spare the ranter,

In the middle of the night he will come,

Like a thief in the night

And on the run,

With his magical sack that is so vast,

where is time going

It goes so fast,

As yet another year slips by,

light a candle this Christmas

For those who still cry,

For the ones who are miserable and soak in such pity,

light a candle this Christmas

For the ones who are still gritty,

Light a candle this Christmas for the wars and the misplacement,

light a candle this Christmas

For those homeless or living in the basement,

For those who are surviving or keeping a float,

light a candle this Christmas

For those fresh off the boat,

Light a candle for your family and your friends,

for those who you are close to

And the ones who pretend,

As it’s that time to put away the evil tricks,

time to decorate,

And go to the flicks,

Whatever you do do be good,

light a candle this Christmas,

Really you should,

How To Make Christmas Music On A Budget

November 13, 2025

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INTRODUCTION

Christmas music you either love it or hate and reminds me of my younger days around Christmas and listening to Christmas music. I know there is too much of the older hits which now I’m bored of them like All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey the most played Christmas song and can be heard throughout the lands from shops, to the office and even in pubs and bars. It can seem like a daunting task to make Christmas music and especially on a budget or without any sort of knowledge on how to make it and what makes a great Christmas song but I’ll try and explain all this as I go along. To explain what makes a great Christmas song takes a few factors like lyric content if you have lyrics, the question does it evoke the Christmas feel but the sounds play a massive roll in shaping the song and final product. Web search for ideas on what are the Christmas instruments to use and your own collection of synthesizer plugins you use inside your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) I use FL Studio but you might be using a different one. There are lots of free plugins and samples you can use and can be found all around the internet or there are some cheap paid stuff you can find which I’ll be going though both paid and non paid services as I know how I can’t afford those one of payments even though I have lots of plugins that I own from all the years I’ve been buying them they are my babies. The stuff I’ll be discussing you will need a DAW application but alternatively you can search online for free music making applications which are ready to go and are online based or free music making software like Garage Band is another good source. The great thing about Christmas music is it can come in many flavours from party stuff like House, Jungle/Drum and Bass, Techno and all the others from Hip Hop, Reggae, Pop and Electronic music I’ve made all the above apart from Techno and Pop actually as I don’t make Techno or Pop I’m not that kind of artist.

MIDI

One thing that also makes a great Christmas song is a good Christmas carol and free sites which offer MIDI to all your favourite carols is a sure way to start with the right tools. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is in short the pattern and only the pattern with no sound which you would use samples and plugins to get sound of it and hear the patten. It does take arranging as the file would be the whole pattern it’s up to you how to break the pattern into easier digestible portions which I like to use the selector and highlight a single line but first I play it to see where to start and end the selected bit and copy and paste the line into it’s own sampler repeating until it’s complete. I also number them as I go along and decide what goes where from 1-7 usually including the drum pattern which I name drums or something like that. For the bass I usually makes something up or take the very bottom notes of the MIDI pattern and use that as a bass to run along side the main stuff. To add my own touch to it I change the pattern ever so slightly or make up a pattern or ending as sometimes you need it to loop well so making up the end for the end of loop finish is a must unless it fits in the bar then you are good to go. There are many websites to chose from just search for stuff like free Christmas carols MIDI and you will get a wide selection of choices or if you know the carol search for the carol name followed by free MIDI. The great thing is you can release them on all major music streaming platforms as they are all in the public domain. I wouldn’t use contemporary songs if you want to sell them and put them up on all music streaming websites as it will never pass but places like Bandcamp is a great way to giveaway a free download of the remix or remixes and is totally free.

SYNTHESIZERS & SAMPLES

Now you have some MIDI you’re going to need some synthesizer sounds to go with it. There are plenty of free and paid stuff out there but the two I use and pick is for the paid stuff Splice.com and for the non paid stuff Pixabay.com. Splice.com has a wide range of synthesizer plugins which you can rent to own by paying anything from $5.99 – $25.99 a month and paying a bit off each time until it’s paid off and it’s yours to keep. It has all the top brands which are in fact emulators but are good as but was all taken from old hardware. Not only that it has a wide range of samples which you can spend as little as $5.99 for 500 samples a month which is more than enough to make several albums with and also has some good Christmas instruments which I like to cut up and make something new out of. I have quite a few plugins and used quite a lot of their samples from Splice.com which I’m happy about and use them in most of my Electronic and some rave stuff I make but are many sounds which evoke Christmas. Pixabay.com is a free sample based website which I find all the sound effects for all my Christmas stuff and also notes. There are loops and one shots and for the loops I like to cut them up into a one shot and make something new out of it’s how I also use the loops I bought off Loopmasters.com a very long time ago. Both Splice.com and Pixabay.com has good searches so it’s easy to search for things like trumpets, snow tread, clarinet etc and get what you are looking for also there is a lot of Santa related stuff for your Santa songs which I used a few times now in various of songs I made. Or you can use the MIDI in a different way and make something completely new up from the pattern revamping the carols as what I did in my second Christmas album I made. I made a Christmas synthesizer plugin called Chriszer and is a free download and can be found on this website but I’ll leave a link in the button below. But that is one plugin you can use to revoke the feel of Christmas or alternativly you can search on your web browser for things like free Christmas synths or cheap Christmas synths or free Christmas samples or cheap Christmas samples and you should get a good selection to choose from. Both the piano and the electric piano are both great tools to use to get you that feel with merry chords and you can’t lose.

WRITING A SONG

If you enjoy writing songs and you have the ability to sing or rap then making your next Christmas hit is always a fun way to do something practical. Depending on your ability of either rapping or singing or even both you first start with some words and as it’s all about Christmas you use Christmas terms. If you are stuck on what words to use there are plenty of places you can go to find words associated with Christmas just type in stuff like all words associated with Christmas for a wide range of options to pick from. The steps I take when writing a song is firstly writing some sort of poem which I later convert into a song by either rewriting lines or answering like a response to what I wrote. For rhyming songs or raps there are also lots of free rhyming dictionaries online or just simple type in all words that rhyme with insert word here. Sometimes when I’m looking for a better word or words associated with that word I use rhyming dictionaries and other sources but I do say try and do the rhyming yourself and not depend too much on the online sources I mentioned. Having a beat or some sort of melody behind you while you write is always a given so feel free to put on some instrumental beats to your style or get on the instrument if you have one and start playing notes and see what you come up with failing that stick on something you feel it has to be what you feel and see where you go from there. Never make the lines too long as it will be hard to sing and fit within the music sing back the lyrics each line you write making sure it ends correctly in the space of verse 1, hook, verse 2, hook, bridge, crescendo (the big finish). Topics to consider are things like loneliness, Santa, traditional themes like the birth of baby Jesus, The Three Kings, The North Star, to more jolly numbers like getting drunk around Christmas, Santa spending on you or even a song about mince pies you can always search the web for ideas on other topics but that’s a few to consider doing or writing about.

MUSESCORE

If you want to make sheet music or MP3s out of instruments then MuseScore 3 is a perfect tool to use. The interface is easy to use and you can either put the notes in one by one on the staff or you can stick your keyboard on and play something and it will record the notes and put on the staff. There are a number of instruments to choose from including percussion sounds, horns, strings and wind instruments so it’s perfect for the next classical Christmas instrument track. I like to make melodies and cut them up in FL Studio to make something else out of it from the MP3s saved from MuseScore. What’s also good about it it’s all free and takes a download of the app and setup to get it up and running but a part from that it’s good to go and endless fun making sheet music and MP3s.

IN CONCLUSION

In conclusion there are lots of sites you can go to to find stuff for your Christmas music just by searching on Goggle will help you find the stuff you need. It may take some time to find the real good stuff but with a bit of patience and time you will find some decent stuff you can use in your Christmas production. Sometimes it’s worth paying some money to really get the sounds you want even if that means digging deep as you can always use it again cos there’s usually lots to choose from. As I said before getting the right sounds for your tracks really helps a big deal if you really want to stick to the traditional but unconventional route then be sure to go for authentic instruments and sounds and once again stuff that evokes the Christmas feel or go the other way and bring something new it’s all up to you how you handle it and how the tracks pans out, amazing hopefully.

Ghosting Radio Sampler – The Seasonal Playlist; Christmas

May 20, 2025

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Join me from the 21st of November to the 30th of December, Monday to Friday, 8.00 PM to 12.00 AM and Saturday and Sunday, 6.00 PM to 12.00 AM Greenwich time for Christmas beats.

Music News – Merry Synthnmas Vol. 2

December 16, 2023

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26/11/2023 - New Album; Merry Synthmas Vol. 2

More Christmasy tracks and Vol 2 of this year’s carols that are remixed to the future. This time it’s all Synthwave or synthy tracks. Again I picked my favourite and some of them I liked and sang in school. It’s been a few years since I made a Christmas carol album so I thought I would make it and remake it more synth as the title does say synthmas so it does suggest lots of use from synthesizers. Again just to point out the obvious merry synthymas is a sort of play on the words merry Christmas and has the words synthesizer and Christmas in the title. I only know the most famous carols and Christmas hymns so it was hard to make up another 12-track album with new songs so I decided to remake my favourite and choose some other’s I didn’t consider last time. Watch Their Flock is the hymn Whilst Shepherds Watch Their Flock By Night and is a Christmasy Synthwave track with the 80s drums and Christmasy synthesizers which I think make the songs on this one and has that Christmas feel to it I think. It’s not one of my favourites on the album but I enjoy it and would be something or something I would listen to around Christmas. Holly is from the Christmas carol The Holly And The Ivy and has this Christmas feel to it with something that sounds a bit like a Haripschord with the fat bass over it. It has an 80s feel to it too and I would describe it as a bit mellow and a bit Hip Hopy with the synths that play after the main melody of the song and carry the song making it a bit different from the last version. The next song Christmas Tree is from the Christmas song O Tannenbaum or Oh Christmas Tree I like the laid back but melodic and uncertain feel to it and brings it into the future. It’s one of my favourite carols to sing even though I have forgotten all the lyrics but I like the melody to it and the ending to each bit which does get tiring on the singing side but it’s a nice Christmas song I think. The next track Ye Merry is from God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and is something a little bassy, dancy and a bit different and also fun. I like the fun side to this song and isn’t necessarily Christmasy but might be fun for the Christmas party with alcohol involved. Like all the songs it has an 80s backdrop with the drum patterns which I made myself and love doing 80s drum patterns, especially electro stuff. Night Silent the next track is from Silent Night and is something a bit different to the album and Christmas. Well, I say that something samey something different. I like the calm feel of it and the different synths which can be heard from the start of the first synth. It’s one of my favourites on the album as I think it’s quite a soothing song to listen to and also Christmasy. Three Ships is from the hymn I Saw Three Ships Sailing In and is a funky Synthwave track. It’s also another bassy track and an old favourite one to sing to and reminds me of school and also singing it in church Christmas time in the early 2000s. Noel is from the hymn First Noel and another favourite on the album. I like the calm and soothing feel that reminds me of Christmas and winter. It’s a good track to unwind and just relax by the fire or whatever which is what it reminds me of. Ye Faithful the next track is from Come On Ye Faithful and is another favourite on the album as I like the Christmasy jolly feel to it which starts at the beginning of the track. I also like the bass and the chorus to the track which is the main bit of the song and is repeated a few times. It definitely reminds me of Christmas and again is something I would play around Christmas and hopefully you do too. The next track This Child is from What Child Is This and is again one of my favourites on the album as I like the electro bass to it and the Christmas feel to it. It has a whole lot of bounce to it which I like and the standard drum patterns but I think the bass makes the song with the synthesizer you hear at the beginning of the track and goes throughout the track. The next track Good King is from Good King Wenceslas and is another jolly upbeat version of the song and isn’t my favourite but I like it all the same. I like the upbeat feel to it and is one of my favourite hymns to sing and is one of my favourites overall. I think it’s another song that reminds me of Christmas and is something to get drunk with or have fun doing whatever you think is fun. The next track Three Kings is from We Three Kings Of Orient Are and again one of my favourites on the album as I like the bass and the synths which make it funky. I also like the bits of the chorus which I think makes the song with the bit before that. I would say it’s my favourite overall track on the album and also reminds me of winter but especially the holidays. The last track on the album and to finish this edition of Merry Synthmas is Lang Syne and is from the New Year’s song Old Langs Syne and as if I had to tell you that. It has a calm feel to bring in the New Year of 2024 and is not something I have done before or considered to have the Merry Synthmas album but I thought I put it on as something different and relaxing. Well if you celebrate Christmas or whatever you celebrate have a nice Christmas and also a Happy New Year or though I’ll be posting more during that time just in case Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year.

Music News – Merry Synthnmas Vol. 1

December 6, 2023

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26/11/2023 - New Album; Merry Synthmas Vol.. 1

Something a little Christmasy and Vol 1 of my Synthmas Christmas IE synthesizer music with a Christmas twist. It’s an old album I made years ago and decided to release as a main album for Christmas. This year I did Vol 2, which is also up on all major platforms and is more synth stuff than this one as this one is a mixed-genre album but I’ll be posting that in the next week or two a little bit about the album so stay tuned for that. The twelve-track album is of Christmas carols and hymns which I picked as my favourite for this album. I enjoy Christmas carols in the church but I haven’t been for a while it gets me in the Christmas mood. I found the MIDI files online from various websites so shout out for the recordings. The first track Three Kings is a synthy track which has a choir on the track and is one of my favourites on the album or though I could have made the choir a bit better but it’s okay I suppose. The track is from We Three Kings of Orient and is my favourite carol or at least one of them. I like to make a choir version one day maybe next year as next will be a winter album but I have a few releases up or to be released soon so look out for them. The next track another favourite on the album Holly and is from Holly And The Ivy another favourite and well-known Carol. The song has this 70s bass to it with a melodic melody to the carol and also it has this bright Harpsichord sound that I think makes the song. The next track The Good King is from Good King Wenceslas and another favourite Christmas carol and carol on the album as I like the 80s feel to it without it being too Synthwave but it’s a synthy house number it’s kind of chilled but upbeat at the same time and has this cool feel to it which I like quite a lot. The next track Hark The Herald is from Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and yet again another favourite on the album. I like the arp and the 80s bass it’s quite a chilled track and one of the chilled tracks on the album. It definitely reminds me of Christmas this one and is something I play quite a lot around Christmas time. The next track Ye Gentlemen is from God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and is one of my favourite carols yet another one. A bit of a change for this one and is a Reggae-infused track which I also like to play around Christmas and is something different. The next track This Child is from What Child Is This and is a House track again something different and something a bit bassy and Christmasy another track that feels like Christmas probably cos I play it around Christmas and also on my radio Ghosting Radio every day from 8.00 PM – 12.00 AM, Monday to Friday and 6.00 PM – 12.00 AM, Saturday and Sunday from the 25th of November to 31st of December GMT every year. The next track Ye Faithful is from Come All Ye Faithful and is a relaxing track not one of my favourites in general and on the album but I do like it. It reminds me of New Year’s Eve and also Christmas as I think the synths make the track or though I think it’s so so but I do like it. The next track Noel is from First Noel and is yet again another favourite in general as in carols and also on the album. I like the synths and the bass which I think it goes together quite well and I like the bit that comes in the quarter a way in the track, it also reminds me of Christmas I think it’s got a nice Christmas feel to it. The next track Do You Hear What I Hear is from the carol Do You See What I See. It has yet another 80s bass with synth music and relaxing drums or generic but it goes with the synth stuff. I like the follow-on patterns and the flute-like sound it makes it feel Christmasy but also funky. The next track Away In The Manger is from the carol Away In The Manger and is another funky favourite on the album. I made it a bit more upbeat and it has this Hip Hop feel which reminds me to do more Hip Hop sometime as I enjoy making it and haven’t made any for a while now. The next track Watch Their Flock is from Whilst Shepheards Watch Their Flock By Night and is another favourite carol and also on the album. I like the bass and the synth stuff which again makes it Christmasy and gets you in the mood for Christmas. The last track Night Silent is from Silent Night and another favourite on the album and in general. I like the calm peaceful of it which I think is quite relaxing and again Christmasy for some reason it reminds me of Christmas Eve and also Boxing Day.