A little story about how this song came to be:
So this song got started 2 years ago when Violet was 4. I had this instrumental I was making (for myself) and she came in
my office where I was playing it, and started dancing and singing. I asked her if she'd like to record some singing on the mic, and she did a few takes right there.
After about 15 minutes she was done with recording time and went back to playing. I went through the takes, looking for any catchy melodies or rhythms and found the hook & Pre-hook. "It's my favorite day"...Few hours later, with some pitch shifts, time splices, rearrangements, etc she had a catchy hook and pre-hook.
I played it for her the next day on her way to daycare, and she loved it so much, BUT we never went back and finished the song with verses :(....2 years later, I was going through my old computer where this song was, and asked her if she wanted to finish it..so about an hour later, we finished the song and then I started planning out the music video. We shot it the next day, and I edited that night.
The first edit was just her at her current age, and I felt like something was missing, so I went through my harddrive that has a vault of old home movies and playtime videos we've made that I've never released. (over 400 days worth from 2012-2018, ranging from random cell phone videos, to multi hour playtimes with princesses from age 2-6. As I was scouring the random, unorganized folder of old videos, a bit of OCD hit me wanting them to be organized by day, so I could just pick a day and see what we did. Time became irrelevant, as I clicked, typed, dragged, click typed dragged, drag, click, click type type type type...you get the point. Like I said over 400 days of footage, and each one needing its own folder. So now I have 6 folders by year, and the rest by dates with some actually have small descriptions of what happened on that day, I started doing later on in my archival habits.
After a few more days of digging through old videos, I finally found ones that fit the vibe. Here is the result -
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I absolutely love this! I think the old clips are perfect. I am sure she is so very proud. She will have something to share with friends and family for a while. And treasured memories forever.
Best ever idea for a kids project.
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she is super sweet and free spirted... loved the video
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This is excellent. Found your post through @headchange. I wasn't expecting a dance video with a catchy tune. Too fun and your daughter is adorable
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This was adorable. I agree adding in the old footage was a great choice. She looks like she had an amazing time!
Your daughter is adorable and your video production is great! The mix and the beat sound professional. I am sure this video is something your daughter will treasure.
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This is so very sweet!! Thank you for sharing it :)
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