Dean Farnell as featured on Twelve Months of Christmas CD

You know you've been waiting for it, so phone the neighbors and wake the kids because IT IS HERE!!! The SECOND ANNUAL TWELVE MONTHS OF CHRISTMAS MY SPACE COLLECTION!Whether you love, hate, or are ambivalent to the current state of My Space (my relationship with them is a love/hate one, actually) the fact remains that this is perhaps one of the few places on the 'net where I can find such a wide variety of Christmas music. Granted, the bit rates on the songs are not the greatest, which frustrates me. Other websites (not nearly as large as My Space, granted) can permit their artists to upload higher bit rate MP3s. So sound quality of some of these songs aside, I do feel that these are the rare singles of tomorrow. Some of these songs are only up for a limited time, and I've seen some bands remove them from their page the day after Christmas. Some of these songs are only released for the fans to hear online, and are not on any of the artist's CDs. So somebody has to curate what they can find, and while it's a long process to do so, it's quite rewarding in the end.And in the end I had nearly 8 hours of music, well over 130 tracks, all compiled from My Space this year. I could have easily turned this into a "boxed set," and there are certainly tracks I left off this compilation that I REALLY wanted to include. As it is, two discs just isn't enough, but I guess having extras will make for some interesting compilations to share in the future. But I still say having to leave off some of the tracks I did is like leaving out the cranberry sauce from Christmas dinner. Oh well...we gotta do what we gotta do.And what you have here is what I think is a pretty solid collection of music, and spans a good range of styles and has a little of something for everybody.I took a cue from our friends at Sounds Familyre for the downloads...I chose to utilize the "widget" feature on box.net as I found downloading from Sounds Familyre to be MUCH better using this feature than downloading from any other site, hands down. I hope you find it much easier to use as well, and if you downloaded the Sounds Familyre Christmas comps in the past, then you already know what to do. If not...well, it should be self explanatory once you click your mouse on a title. If you have any problems, let me know. Just remember to right click over the song icon and you can select your options to play or download from there.Also, just FYI....some of these songs (believe it or not) COULD have been on the Wayside Waifs CD! I won't name any names - you know who you are if you are reading this - but there are bands/artists listed here that I contacted personally to see if they could contribute and they never responded but then their Christmas song gets slapped up on My Space. Oh, I'm not bitter. I just mention it to show any potential artists/bands (and I know some are reading this blog...I get emails!) that I contact that it was a legit deal, and not spam as some suspected.(And if you are an artist/band I contacted, I didn't check your profile to see if you had a Christmas song you withheld...I checked it because I was sincere when I said I loved your style and that I wanted to see what you could do with a Christmas track!)You will also note there are a few New Years Day, Boxing Day, and Hanukkah songs here as well...I tried to make it a nice, varied collection.The track listing:Disc One1) The Singles-New Year's Eve2) A Smile and A Ribbon-Heavenly Christmas3) Sean Porter Experience-Christmas Time Is Here4) The Revelations feat. Tre Williams-It's That Time of Year5) Huggie-Rockin' on Xmas6) Dean Farnell-Why Don't Christmas Go Away? I'm Bored With the Wizard of Oz7) Jace Blues-Christmas Time8) Kja & the Jersey Cowboyz-Christmas Without You9) Alyssa Bonagura-Come Back this Christmas10) Hajen-Hajens Julsång11) Ingrid Michaelson-Snowfall Kind of Love12) Jimmy Robbins-Hurry Back to Me13) Paper Route-The Sound14) Sleeping At Last-A Cradle in Bethlehem15) The Violent Husbands-Home Sweet Home16) The Features-Christmas Wish Book17) Mike Ryan and the Wabbits-Ah, It's Christmas18) Poos-Bad Boys and Girls Club19) Mid Knight-Christmas Star20) We Know, Plato!-Christmas Ain't a Nursery Rhyme21) Metro Jets-Jingle Jangle Christmas22) Socratic-A Christmas Coal Carol23) The Vonage-Kitten in the Snow24) Brownie Points-Auld Lang SyneDisc Two1) Camera Obscura-You're the Only Star in my Blue Heaven2) Jens Lekman-Run Away With Me3) Wolfkin-Christmas Comatose4) Steven McKay-Sounds Like Christmas5) Said the Whale-This Winter I Retire6) The Margarets-Christmas in a Northern Town7) Bicycles-Snow8) Jack Hayter-Blind Man's Fog9) My Skinny Valentine-Christmas Crime10) Oliver North Boy Choir-Blizzard11) The Boy Least Likely To-The First Snowflake12) The Leisure Society-The Last of the Melting Snow13) The Teenage Prayers-Yuletide14) Wave Pictures-We Dress Up Like Snowmen15) Love It or Leave It-You, Me and this Christmas Tree16) First Class Fever-Mary's Christmas17) Champagne Riot-December Slopes18) Captain Polaroid-You'll Never See Christmas19) Amanda-Cookie Santa20) Gravity Wave-Lil' Baby Isaac Newton21) Koo Koo Kanga Roo-Seth Cohen22) My First Earthquake-Fa La FreezingSantagold Disc OneSantagold Disc TwoThank you for listening and for reading!