This has become more of a seasonal newsletter – I think I missed June. No matter, things are hot here in Soundzania and the new album is starting to take shape!!
I am posting my rough mixes over at ssounds.net – under the “Soundzania” project – you can take a listen and drop a comment if you like – I’d love to get some feedback as I go. These mixes are not anywhere near final.
The picture of the desk shows some of the interesting sound makers that are employed on “Bus Ride” – one of the new songs. I also added another picture of my favorite bass It locks down the beat in every song.
Springtime
We’re most of the way through spring here in Soundzania and everything is blooming and green and windy and fun. Anyone gardening out there? Here’s what we have growing in Soundzania:
Here's the garden after a month and a half
We also finished up a lot of visits to pre-schools! Here are some photos of those visits:
and these are called the bellows...
woo hoo - we love Soundzania!
Fire Sale
And last – we’re getting some warm weather around here, so I am inspired to make a fire sale on CDs and see if anyone still needs to pick up a few. If you need another copy, or know a friend who needs one – now is the time…. use the coupon code [[sign up for the newsletter to get the code]] to get 50% off anything in the Soundzania store !!! I’m not kidding.
Take care and remember to use your sunscreen
Scott – writing for Ben Joe who is off somewhere doing a documentary on an elementary school
That could be a new tune… March in Soundzania… maybe we’ll put a march song in our next cd. We’ve started putting our ideas down for the next album “Soundzania Elementary School”. We’ll try to share some samples through this blog as we have them. It should be a fun process. If you have some ideas for the album – go ahead and post some comments here – we’ll incorporate what we can.
February and March have been very busy months for us in Soundzania. We’ve donated a bunch of CDs to the Charis House in Indiana for their silent auction (being held today on the 20th). We love helping charities involved in directly helping children. If you’re involved in one and think some Soundzania CDs could brighten the day and help out in anyway – give us a holler.
We’ve also been visiting some local preschools and providing performances. You can see some video clips of these performances here and here. We’d love to visit your preschool as well. Let us know if you’re interested – scott@soundzania.com.
Well – that covers it – spring is here – time to get out of the house and run around in the warm sun! Oh, and since its spring weather and t-shirts are being worn more… you get a free t-shirt with any CD purchase for the rest of March – just purchase the CD and we’ll contact you for your size! What a deal!
Welcome to the October spoooky Soundzania newsletter… whats spooky is that three things have come together at the same time… ooohhh… threes. Well, other than that, not much spooky about it though. This month the big news is that we’ve got 3 fun things you can do. Give at least one of them a try, they don’t take much more than a click and you can have fun, and even give a gift away:
Listen to a new song! Click play below and check out this little ditty we wrote about Halloween… a free one, on us. Enjoy, and please post your comments after giving it a listen.
Giveaway a FREE CD to a Friend ! We’ve been thinking… how do we get more people and kids! to hear (and dance to) Soundzania? Most of you on this list already have bought your own copy and you are kindly reading these monthly updates. Well, now you have the ability to give away FREE CDs to YOUR FRIENDS ! Check out this link for the details. We’re not kidding, we’ll ship it and everything, so go ahead and try it out and share the love
Become a Fan on Facebook We had a Facegroup for a while (Citizens of Soundzania), but a group just sort of sits there. We’ve now built a page in Facebook where we can post other information and stay in touch through Facebook. So, if you’re on Facebook, be sure to become a fan of Soundzania!
Well that wraps it up for October. I hope everyone is ready for Halloween and getting some fun costumes.
Ah, back to school time. We’ve kicked off the year just fine out our house and hope you all have as well. I’m kind of psyched because we have some new activities for the kids this year. I’m looking forward to bringing Soundzania to some local preschools again this year with my new dobro!
Recently, Soundzania helped kick-off a block party and gave a fun live performance including Lee Parker, Andy Berry, Ken Hougasian, myself.. and the magic carpet. Yes, the magic carpet made a second appearance and the kids immediately took to it. We’re going to have to program more sounds into it!
Well, thats about it for now, we’re still in the planning phase for the next Soundzania album. If you have a fun story from elementary school, share it by replying to this, or posting a comment.
Now, for the monthly discount -use [coupon code available to those who sign-up for the newsletter] to get 20% off anything in the Soundzania store, pick up a cool t-shirt, or order some with school colors to show some spirit! Nothing better than some tie-dyed Soundzania shirts with your own school colors.
Wow – another month of summer (or less) before school begins.
Can’t say we’ve been doing much in Soundzania except going to the pool and eating ice cream – rough life, I know. I’ve been thinking a lot about the next CD we are going to be creating. While we don’t plan on being done until Christmas of 2010 – we are planning for it now. I’ll keep you all posted on its progress and probably share a few song ideas along the way.
We’ve done our school supplies shopping already and are ready to go into new grades and schools. To be sure everyone has a CD to play and share with school friends you can pick one up for just $7 until Sept 15th!! Either CD for $7. If you want a shirt to go to school in style – pick up a custom made Soundzania tee for just $9.95 ! These deals are only around until Sept 15th – so pick one up today, and feel free to forward this to friends.
The code to enter at checkout is [provided only to those who have signed up for the newsletter].
Well, I hope everything is going well in your corner. So, until next time:
Does it feel like summer where you are? It’s starting to feel like it here. The kids are splashing in the pool almost every day – we’ve been eating more than our share of hot dogs and hamburgers and ice cream… I think its summer! I hope your summer is going well too.
New Friends
It’s been lazy in Soundzania – just staying cool and listening to some music. We have a new instrument in town – the Dobro (seen to the right over there -> ). You can expect an appearance on our next album (planned for 2010).
Add Music
Pretty much everyone on this newsletter has picked up a CD of Soundzania along the way and I want to say Thank You again. I sure hope the little ones are enjoying the music and would love to hear your comments on it. Hit reply and let me know, or comment on the web page. Either way, let us know.
Share the Love
While we’re talking about those past CDs, we still have plenty to spread over the land and want to get them into as many ears (hands) as possible. So, from now until August 15th, we are running a massive sale on the pair of CDs. 50% off the normal price when you buy the pair!! [only the people subcribed to the newsletter get the coupon code] I’m hoping that you can think of a friend or two who has children that would also enjoy the music. Share this email with them – give them the coupon code! This is a great deal and it will bring some cool tunes to the house/car/pool for the summer.
Then, after sharing the deal with your friends, have some watermelon and ice cream
Oops – we skipped May, anyone notice? Well, we had good reason. May was very busy for Soundzania.
Preschoolers Love Ukelele
First, we performed at another local preschool. Yes, this is becoming a habit I really enjoy seeing the looks on everyone faces as I introduce them to instrument after instrument. This time, the ukelele brought the house down – they got out of their seats and started dancing. Wonderful! I recorded the show and posted a portion of it on soundzania.com for you to view here. Forward this email to your child’s preschool – or let them know about Soundzania – I’d be happy to perform there
A Magic Carpet at a Birthday Party
Second, like we’ve said in some of the past newsletters, we’ve been working on a new instrument. Well, it debuted, live at a birthday party! It was a hit! The Magic Carpet showed up and the kids jumped on it to make all sorts of fun sounds. We also used it to play games during the party. For this birthday party, we rallied two of the other Dads who helped compose the Soundzania CDs – Ken Hougasian and Andy Berry. The three of us performed several favorites at the birthday party. We have couple of clips from the performance here. If you know of a birthday party coming up soon that could use a little Soundzania – let us know – we’d be happy to help celebrate!
And the moment you’ve all been waiting for…
As always – thanks for your support! This month’s coupon code will be [click here to sign-up for the newsletter to get coupon codes] That code will bring you $3 off ANYthing in the Soundzania store. Enjoy !! Please – share this email with friends you know who might also enjoy Soundzania.
So, until next time – sounds good and good sounds!
Scott
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Soundzania was invited to perform at a friend’s birthday party – what fun !! We recorded it, of course, and can share a clip here with you.
We debuted a new instrument – the Magic Carpet… thats right, a magic carpet! The kids had a good time jumping on the carpet and making crazy sounds. We’ve got lots of ways to make the magic carpet part of the fun of a birthday party.
If you have a little one with a birthday coming up, let us know ! We’d love to come out and perform for the party!
[emailed directly to people who signed up for the newsletter, including a coupon code for $3 off]
By now, most of us have filed our taxes (I hope). I personally did it twice comparing two online services. I don’t recommend that
Whats been happening in Soundzania? A few interesting requests, that’s what. We are now working on plans for three more performances to bring our love of music to the little ears around us. We will be doing another performance for another local preschool, we will be performing at a private birthday party (that one will include some fun games!) and are working on plans for performing at a theatre (again, bringing an interactive component into the show).
We’re very excited about these opportunities and certainly welcome more requests for performances like these. We will try to post some more video clips from these performances to share some of the event if we can.
We’ll keep it brief this month and move right along to the coupon code. From now through Mother’s Day (May 10th) take $3 off any purchase in Soundzania! Use this money to take your Mom out for coffee on Mother’s Day! Just enter the coupon code ** during checkout to earn the discount. So, visit the Soundzania Store today!
So, until next time – make sure Mom is happy – buy some fun kids music so she won’t tear her hair out listening to …. well… you know the music she can’t stand after 30 repeats in the car
Scott
ps: You can stay up to date with other events in Soundzania by watching our RSS feed here.
The same Soundzania t-shirt only without the tie-dye. Nice plain white shirt. Save a little on this one. Printed on the back: soundzania is a place that you can go...
It locks down the beat in every song.
A Fun Halloween [1:48m]: 
