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Lance Vaughn (lancevaughn) Profile Page
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| Hits | 416 |
| Online Status | OFFLINE |
| Member Since | 10/17/2007 |
| Last Online | 12/01/2007 |
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| Website/Blog: | vaughnaustin.com |
| About Myself: | In 1991, I was a sophomore in college at Purdue University. When Christmas rolled around, I was painfully low on cash. I wasn't sure what to do for my family for Christmas that year. I had been involved in writing a novel over the last few years with a friend of mine, so I came up with the idea of writing a short Christmas story. Little was I to know that so many feelings... so much of me... would find its way into the story. When I read the story to my family on the night of Christmas, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. It was a beautiful moment -- one that I will remember forever! My family has a fun tradition of throwing together a family talent show on Christmas night. I had spent almost every waking moment of the year 2000 writing music for a musical collaboration that I was involved in, so I decided to attempt writing a Christmas carol for the talent show that year. I was only able to write a couple of verses in the one or two hours that I had, but it went over really well. It was fun when I asked my family to sing along after having only heard the song for the first time just a few moments before! I spent the last half of the year in 2001 collaborating with Brian Hazard of Color Theory to finish the song. It wasn't easy writing a traditional-style Christmas carol -- trying to capture the true warmth and magic of the season without being too cheesy -- but it was incredibly rewarding when we finally wrapped it up! And what a great surprise for my family at Christmas that year! I also asked Brian to work on a short instrumental to include in the audio version of my story. The instrumental, which I have entitled Blue, was designed as a companion song to the first, but was meant to capture the deeper, more personal side of Christmas. I swear there was such an amazing degree of divine intervention involved, because Brian created the song with very little direction from me; and, as I began the production of the audio version of my story, layering his music in with my story... I must have cried a dozen times out of sheer joy... the timing and overall feeling of the music matched the storyline perfectly! Listen to the audio version of my Christmas Short Story and download my Christmas Carol at www.vaughnaustin.com. All 100% free! Please visit Brian's site at www.colortheory.com -- beautiful music from an incredibly talented individual! I am sharing these two productions with you simply because I love the Christmas season and I hope that they will somehow touch you the way they touch me. Please share this site with everyone you care about. Christmas is such a beautiful season! It brings out the best in us... reminds us of everything we take for granted. Merry Christmas, everyone! |
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| Date | Title | Category | Hits |
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| Oct 17, 2007 | The Warmth of My Santa's Beard | Miscellaneous Stories | 739 |
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