Album Notes

"About 3 weeks ago my management team said 'Hey Shannon, you should write a Christmas song and then send it to us by yesterday!' So... I wrote in my calendar that on Sunday, Nov. 27th I would write a Christmas song...as if it were just another day of work. I had never attempted a Christmas song before so, for inspiration, I compiled a list of holiday favorites including Judy, Bing, Frank, Rosemary and of COURSE Joni Mitchell. Little did I know that 'Christmas on Spring Island' would be what I found stirring inside. As a facebook friend stated, '...it's a heartbroken wish to Santa Clause', and he's exactly right. It reflects a moment in my life that, were I given just one wish from Santa, this would be it. So there you go. My Christmas song. Maybe you can relate to it, maybe you like the way it sounds (thanks to Eric-Jon Tasker at Architect Records), or maybe you just like the distant OOH's that are doused in reverb and make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. No matter what it is that makes you love this song, it doesn't matter. All I care is that you do, in fact, love this song. Because I love it.... Happy Holidays everyone." -Shannon Corey www.shannoncorey.com