Rob-E is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter, but works mostly alone in his home studio creating music. He knew he needed some rhythmic elements in the song, but didn’t want full-on drums for this song, nor did he have percussion instruments lying around. At the same time, he felt that electronic drum samples just seemed to fall flat, lacking the liveliness expected in a Country song. That’s when he happened to discover OneUpLoops.
“OneUpLoops is, quite frankly, amazing. They are simply a zero-compromise solution for pre-recorded percussion loops. Instead of taking some drum loop that was recorded without regard for your song’s tempo and butchering it by altering the timing and then simply accepting whatever they happened to record it with, OneUpLoops has rhythm loops played on a variety of instruments, played natively at the tempo of your song, and recorded with a variety of high-quality microphones with their own unique tones. This is like hiring a session artist to play for your song and then telling them what microphone to use. Like I said, Zero. Compromises.”
– Robert “Rob-E” Perkins
Rob-E utilizes OneUpLoops’ shaker and tambourine samples as the primary rhythmic elements in “Christmas Day Begins at Midnight”.
Thanks to everyone who voted for Rob-E’s first release, “(For Children) Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” to be featured in DistroKid’s Holiday Spotify playlist, aptly named, “DistroKid Holiday“:
A special thank-you to Ray-Ray and the other hardworking elves at Holly Day Radio for including Rob-E’s first release, “(For Children) Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” in their rotation!
Per their website, KIJN “focuses on ALL Original music written and performed by Indie Artists, Indie Bands, Singer Songwriters. The Station format is Rock Music, Rock & Roll, Rock Blues, Rock Country, Rock Pop.” and play music 24 hours a day.
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Rob-E’s first release, “(For Children) Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” can now be heard in O Christmas Songs‘ lineup.
If your other favorite radio stations aren’t playing their Christmas lineup, yet, you should check them out. According to the website, O Christmas Songs strives to bring you “the best variety of Christmas songs all year long!”
They play Christmas Classical, Christmas Jazz, Christmas Oldies, Christmas Standards and Traditional Christmas music.
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Rob-E’s first release, “(For Children) Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” was featured on 106.5 Tri’s Jamz in Bristol, TN on its release day, 11/11/2022.
It was selected as the song highlighted in their “New @3:40” segment.
“(For Children) Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” Genre/Style: Holiday / Christmas / Traditional / Country
“Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” has a Country / Traditional Christmas sound and seeks to express the extreme level of anticipation that children can experience in the weeks and months leading up to Christmas.
Robert “Rob-E” Perkins composed “Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” over thirty years ago, while still in high school, and he and his sisters have sung it to themselves ever since, but he never sought to actually release any music until social distancing required by the pandemic and advancements in home-studio technology made home-studio music production more widely acceptable.
“Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” is the first released single of a
Christmas album planned for a 2023 release.
(For Children) Christmas Day Begins at Midnight, by Rob-E
“Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” has a Country / Traditional Christmas sound and seeks to express the extreme level of anticipation that children can experience in the weeks and months leading up to Christmas. Robert “Rob-E” Perkins composed “Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” over thirty years ago, while still in high school, and he and his sisters have sung it to themselves ever since, but he never sought to actually release any music until social distancing required by the pandemic and advancements in home-studio technology made home-studio music production more widely acceptable.
“Christmas Day Begins at Midnight” is the first released single of a Christmas album planned for a 2023 release.
