Two Great Ways to Listen to Jingle Bells!

1. Peter's high-energy arrangement of Jingle Bells is available at these fine on-line stores!

• iTunes
• Amazon.com
• CDBaby
• Or...get it right here instantly for FREE*!

2. So far, the ringtone is available exclusively at www.PeterApel.com/JingleBellsRT (and it's also FREE*!)

I hope your December is going great.

- Peter

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I finally added my own ringtone to my phone. I know I'm one of the last to do this, but I'm still proud, and it's a lot of fun.  If I don't answer when you call, it's because I don't want to interrupt my song,  LOL.   Anyway, my first ringtone is Jingle Bells from the arrangement I did last Christmas Eve (see earlier post).  I'll still have to learn about proper ringtone length, ringtone volume, how to mix & master the sound for small devices, and all those good things,  So..... I'm sharing this first ringtone for free.  I'd love to hear your feedback.  Your input may or may not go into Jingle Bells, but it will certainly go into future ringtones from the songs on the "I've Got a Dinosaur on My Head!" collection as well as future albums.  Enjoy!

Please try out your FREE* "Jingle Bells" ringtone**; then let us know what you think!
(* for a limited time only. ** not available for all phones).

(Originally posted Dec 2008. Reposted here in blog format Dec 2009)

As part of my kids' show performances, I've been invited to help at some occasional holiday sing-alongs, and this Jingle Bells arrangement evolved starting with some of those events. This song was recorded on the morning of Christmas Eve 2008 when I was supposed to be helping clean the house. It is the "rough-cut" version, favoring "energy" over "accuracy." It turns out my "Fred Pinsocket Recording Studio" was somewhat out of order that day, and I didn't take too many precautions to guard against external noise artifacts, distortion, sound levels, and such. Oh...then my stereo microphone setup got messed up, so I was bouncing from left to right tracks; then I couldn't activate my effects window on the master track; then I was getting a sharp pain in my eye every time I took a drink of my iced tea, so I asked the doctor about it, and he said, "Next time, before you drink, take the spoon out of the glass."
 
...then I ran out of time and couldn't fix the questionable drum fills, because guests were coming over for Christmas Eve dinner, and I was in charge of the mashed potatoes.

Anyhow, the idea was not for an error-free work of art; it was to capture the energy and spirit of the version we sing around the house (and at the sing-alongs), and to share with friends like you. I know there are thousands of versions of "Jingle Bells" out there. I hope you enjoy this one.

Peter