I chose Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade. If I had to do it again would I chose something different... maybe. There's a lot going on throughout the whole song which in my mind makes it a little more difficult, however, I always like a challenge. I did learn the short cuts quickly and what works/doesn't work. It took a few months to finish only because I was helping with a remodel, my brother was getting married, I needed to build mini trees, and there were times when I became so frustrated that the time off was probably healthy. At one point I approached my brother about blinky flashy at the wedding reception and he wasn't sure he could sell it to his wife. LOL. But now, an RGB arch would have to be in the budget, but I digress...
For my first song I chose not to do a Christmas song only because I knew I would have to listen to it over and over and over and over I would be sick of it come Christmas time. For a first sequence I would stick to something instrumental as I think it's easier to hear all the components of the song (bass, drums, melody, etc.) I would also recommend something short. The theme to 2001 or the Fox fanfare would be good (and then you could use those as intros to your show.)
I used the Mr. Christmas rig before doing my own and the way that works is it divides your display into 6 components: Top Left and Right (icicles), Middle Left and Right (windows), Bottom Left and Right (yard decorations). This technique gives you up and down as well as left and right utilization. I used this as a starting point and build on that depending on what the music does. If the music is building to a climax I will gradually build up channel brightness. If a piano has one part of a melody I will limit that to one side and then use the other side of the house for the other parts of the melody. I have my arch chase on alternating bass notes. The 2 channels of candy canes follow the bongo drums in one song. The one thing you will find, everyone does things different. This is how I started. Now I'm looking at adding a mega tree this year and some smart items.
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