Eight years ago, I began an experiment with classical guitar to see if I could arrange some Christmas music in an aesthetically pleasing way. After some weeks of recording, I liked the results and friends also encouraged me to make a Christmas CD. "Christmas Presence" was the culmination of my work.
A radio personality in Milwaukee took a chance and played some cuts from "Christmas Presence," even though it was by an unknown artist. This resulted in numerous phone calls from listeners during his morning show. People wanted to find out how they could purchase this Christmas CD. He made a plea on the air to have "Larry Theiss' call the station and tell listeners where this Christmas music was available." "Christmas Presence" became the top-selling Christmas CD in several Milwaukee-area stores, including a large national chain. In fact, in four weeks it sold so many copies that only the sound track from "Titanic" had sold more CDs for the entire year!
