Katie’s enthusiasm for music and singing has been consistent since an early age. Following her dreams, working hard, and learning from her mistakes with an always upbeat attitude has helped her multi-task successfully as a musical entertainer and in fashion as a model.
Since her very first music release, and even since my last review of her music, she has come a long, long way, and like a fine wine, only improves with time.
She has that special “it” in all that she does that brings me to her Christmas song, which I pulled from her back catalog of other great songs.
Blessed with natural vocal talent and an ear for a good melody, Katie brings home the Christmas cheer easily with her song “You Are My Holiday“. I dug this song up by accident and was surprised I didn’t find it before. It is from 2012 but sounds as fresh as yesterday! It is pure goodness!
I can hear this song being covered by other artists in the future in a big way. And it is also a great candidate for a Christmas movie soundtrack.
The rich warm acoustic guitar played by song co-writer Kip Williams starts the song out accompanied by Katie’s naturally pure and very tuned vocals and with the snare brushes and brush hits that give it a light and smooth feel.
Katie’s vocal gives a rich, warm, and enchanting beginning to the song that when the chorus kicks in knocks you out with a fantastic hook that will be stuck in your head for life.
As the song progresses from the perfect opening sparse arrangement, more instrumentation comes in and the bass picks things up a notch and never lets it back down.
With dramatic vocal pauses before the chorus, the song is well arranged and puts the “Merry” into Merry Christmas.
The song will fill you with feelings of jubilee and bright cheerfulness washing away any kind of sadness that sometimes come to many this time of year. The song is like an escape into merriment and blissful joy.
Katie Belle’s Homepage: http://www.katiebellega.com
Watch the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gvqd1IKorwI
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