Christmas Lights Timed To Music

Last year we got 1,200 emails that we could not answer, and most of them were to ask questions about the technology or the web site.

This year we set up an information bulletin board that contains much detailed information. You can post comments or ask questions there since I rarely come into this message display.

Please see the site at "MagicLightShow.com" for the bulletin board and its link to the detailed info site.

Ah! Now messages like yours are the ones we like to see. Some occasional posters are missing the real purpose of our effort with their odd comments.... warranting an odd reply ;-) This is not a popularity contest.

Yes, seeing it in person is really the experience you need because night time videos and limited camera views don't show all of the detail. In person, you hear all of the songs on our private FM radio station, hear the narrations, get updates on donations, and see the varied light patterns.

Yes, shows continue to run. The last one will be New Year's Eve. Show times have been extended until 10:30 pm because traffic is really backup up at times. Coming before 6:30 or after 9:30 is best. We provide free hot cider and candy canes on most nights until it runs out each evening.

Great that you are a cancer survivor. We want young children to have the same opportunity that you have, instead of knowing nothing but suffering all their lives. Fortunately, St. Jude has a high rate of success, and as you know, they never turn away a family because of inability to pay for their child's treatement.

Merry Christmas from us.

Thanks, and all the best to you and your family

The comments are greatly appreciated. However, if you have any ideas for improvement, let me know.

Well I think you are kidding ;-) This display cost $3,000 and many hours to create the timing sequences. This is solely for the pupose of raising money for St. Jude Childrens' hospital. Thanks for the comments.

Yes, I was kidding. I can't believe you don't have any extra time on your hands!! I think it's great what you are doing for St Jude. I've sent this to all my friends, so hopefully they will all vote! Love you! ~~T.

hey dude, great amazing job, let me tell you that i saw this in the news a few months ago, and i said, "damn, this guy is freaking amazing, he is really creative" and that's true...
now i'm very grateful cause i can tell you that... and you will read it! thanks bro, that's the best thing about chrismas i've seen!!

Well, these videos travel very fast across the internet at this time of year. I'm just pleased that lots of people will view the video and pass along the link to their friends so we can support this very important charity.

Funny idea. As I drive home at night, I play that game. Guessing which song is playing in our sequence. Of course it is pretty easy for me to do :-)

This is probably a good time to mention TSO as I see you are knowledgeable as to who made that music. If you like this type of unusual Christmas rock music, then you should buy one of TSO's albums. "Wizards of Winter" is also a popular favorite that is used for a music sequence. It took over 10 hours during summer weekends for me to choreograph and sequence just this one song for this video (a fun hobby). Obviously people are becoming more familiar with TSO's music through videos like this. I created two other sequences to their songs, but have not posted them on any web site. All together, I created 19 sequences over the last couple of years but only show 6 at the house in order to not keep traffic hanging around to long in the streets and causing conjestion.

I will be glad to tell you what is required to do this and how to assemble the equipment, but be forewarned, you are going to need at least $2500 and probably 100 hours of time to do it right and create the layout you want. Then it will take another 15 hours each year to set up your display. The thing is that I don't want to list my email address here because last year I was overwhelmed with thousands of emails, and unfortunately many of those people remembered what I used to do for a living long ago and are still hounding me today to get rock n' roll souveniers. So you need to figure out how to get your contact information to me. Also, I hope you will do as us... and donate any "drive-by" donations to a good charity. You will be surprised how much you could collect. I will post more info in another posting below.

TSO (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) [ 1 good ]
This is probably a good time to mention TSO as I see you are knowledgeable as to who made that music. If you like this type of unusual Christmas rock music, then you should buy one of TSO's albums. "Wizards of Winter" is also a popular favorite that is used for a music sequence. It took over 10 hours during summer weekends for me to choreograph and sequence just this one song for this video (a fun hobby). Obviously people are becoming more familiar with TSO's music through videos like this. I created two other sequences to their songs, but have not posted them on any web site. All together, I created 19 sequences over the last couple of years but only show 6 at the house in order to not keep traffic hanging around to long in the streets and causing conjestion.

I will be glad to tell you what is required to do this and how to assemble the equipment, but be forewarned, you are going to need at least $2500 and probably 100 hours of time to do it right and create the layout you want. Then it will take another 15 hours each year to set up your display. The thing is that I don't want to list my email address here because last year I was overwhelmed with thousands of emails, and unfortunately many of those people remembered what I used to do for a living long ago and are still hounding me today to get rock n' roll souveniers. So you need to figure out how to get your contact information to me. Also, I hope you will do as us... and donate any "drive-by" donations to a good charity. You will be surprised how much you could collect. I will post more info in another posting below.
by ‎GoldRecord , 8th December reply / moderate 927771

Thanks, but this is not real new stuff. Several of us hobbyists have been doing this for a few years now. It is getting more popular now that people see the videos travelling across the internet. About 4 other of my Pink Floyd friends are also doing this in various parts of the world. The original parts about this is that everyone tends to choreograph and sequence their own music and of course the layout of lights are different.

Cheers,
RH