I’m sitting here listening to the first Soundzania album while my youngest falls asleep. I’m excited to think of the recording and songwriting that will happen this year as we work to create the third Soundzania album.
Also, I’m gearing up for a few local pre-school visits in the next couple of months. I will be visiting Good Shepherd Preschool as well as Knollwood Preschool. If you are in Northern Virginia and would like Soundzania to come visit your pre-school, let me know – I thoroughly enjoy sharing my music! If you want to see some of what we do, check out some of the video from last year’s performance.
Welcome to “Tanner Sax” into the Soundzania world. He will be on the new CD no doubt and will likely make an appearance at the pre-school visits. I’ve been practicing on the sax now for a bit and its a blast!
Don’t forget – if you have ever bought a Soundzania CD, you are eligible to give one away!
If you subscribe to this newsletter via email, you got a monthly discount coupon in the email – this month it is 20% off anything in Soundzania. Signup for the email newsletter here.
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.
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
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, but that one had the coupon code ]
A little late this month, but it is now officially spring – and the weather is starting to look good!
Some exciting news - I visited a local pre-school and gave them a presentation 2 days in a row. I recorded it and posted a short video clip on Soundzania here . The presentation went over real well with the kids and I’ve been getting reports of kids picking up instruments that have been lying around their house for years and for the first time, playing them every day and singing the songs from Soundzania. What a wonderful thing to hear about! Thats why I did it all.
This month we’re going to share a nice savings with you. Why do we share these sales with you? You’ve probably already bought the CD after all. But… your friends haven’t all bought the CD – and maybe you didn’t get a copy of the first CD. Anyway, we want our music listened to. We want kids to have fun with it. So, share this coupon code with all your friends, tell them “this Soundzania CD has great music for the kids and the parents won’t hate it even after the 200th play!” I hear that from some of you when I talk with you.
I am excited to announce that we are now accepting pre-release orders for our new CD: Soundzania On Safari. From now until December 12th, I will offer the CD for pre-purchase at a special discount price of $6. This is a special deal for just a few weeks. So, the wait is over! You can order your CD today. If you’re local, save even more and contact me directly at sales@soundzania.com to place an order with no shipping.
Soundzania On Safari would be a great gift for anyone with little ones running around! It has been field-tested and proven with children ages 2-7 (no animals were harmed in these field tests).
This album is a fun trek through Soundzania hosted by our familiar DJ friends Ben Joe and Mandy Lynn. On this album they meet up with Safari Bob who takes them on safari in Soundzania. Bugs, elephants, pancakes – we’ve got it all !! If you’d like to hear some of the songs, look through our Songs of the Week.
Pick up a few copies as gifts and save some money!
Get 20% off your entire order of 5 or more CDs. That means you buy 4 and get one free! Just put 5 CDs in your cart and enter “BULK20″ during checkout and we’ll apply the 20% discount. This works with either the original Soundzania CD, or the new Soundzania On Safari CD.
So pre-purchase many copies of the new album and we will get them shipped wherever they need to go. If you order before Dec 12th, we can even guarantee shipment before Christmas!
As usual, we will continue the song of the week postings so you can keep hearing the different songs that make up the album – so stay tuned.
Hello again – Ben Joe here, bringing you another newsletter from Soundzania. We’ve got songs, a sale and maybe even a new instrument!
Songs
We’re working hard on the new CD we plan on releasing in December – in fact – we’re posting a new song every week to give everyone a sneak listen to the album ! You heard it – we post a full copy of a song every week at Soundzania.com. Just check out the link at the top of the page when you visit Soundzania.com.
A Sale
Mandy Lynn has made some fabulous tie-dye Soundzania shirts for you all, and guess what – they’re on a huge sale just for October! Yup, every shirt is $5 off. So, instead of the usual $12.95 – now they’re just $7.95 – a very nice price for a t-shirt! Order yours today – just enter “OCTOBER” as a coupon code during checkout.
A New Instrument?
Well, maybe not completely new… but definitely fun. We are making a fun new instrument in Soundzania. Its a super-controllable-highly-interactive-sound-making-apparatus – and we affectionately refer to it as the SCHISMA. The name is actually a musical term, and if you’re the first person to explain it to me, you’ll score yourself a free copy of the upcoming CD !
Well, thats it for now, hopefully we’ll get to see the SCHISMA in action this weekend at a block party in Del Ray. Drop us a line if you want to come by.
Its been a while since I’ve sent out a newsletter, and lots of things are going on. Everywhere around kids are going back to school or maybe starting it for their first time! Soundzania has been pretty busy lately too! We’ve been going back into the recording studio.
Whats that?A new CD??!!
Yes!! A new CD will be available before the holidays this year (early December). This is very exciting news for us and we are definitely having fun making some new songs for the kids! We’ve been playing some of the new songs for our kids and the response is great! We’ll be sharing some of these upcoming songs on Soundzania.com and accepting discounted pre-orders. Don’t worry, we’ll tell you as soon as that is available.
Can I still get another copy of Soundzania ?
I’m glad you asked ! We are putting the Soundzania CD on a discount just for September. You see, the remaining boxes need to be moved in order to make room for the next CD (real estate is at a premium in Soundzania). For the month of September the Soundzania CD will be sold for $5. Yes…that’s what I said … $5. But only for orders placed in September, then its back to regular pricing, ah shucks.
So… prepare someone you know for back to school by picking them up a copy of Soundzania for their kids to listen to in the car or at bedtime, or whenever.
Buy Soundzania from Soundzania.com and enter coupon code 5DOLLARCD during check out to receive this special discount price. While you’re there, check out the t-shirts Mandy Lynn has made – they’re pretty cool !!
What else did we do on summer vacation?
We made a game. Yup, a very simple one though. Its a little picture-scramble puzzle some of the kids might enjoy. Click here to play the game
Another fun little diversion has been Facebook. The Citizens of Soundzania is now a group on Facebook with a bunch of members, including Ben Joe (he needs some friends though, can you help?)
And so, as we say on Soundzania Radio:
Sounds good – and good sounds. Until next time, this is Ben Joe and Mandy Lynn signing off….
Keep in Touch
You’re reading this blog post, so that means you’re in the loop.
Well, that took a while. Mandy Lynn and I just finished setting up the store with all the t-shirts in it. You should check out the different designs she has made. You can also custom order from a choice of several designs and colors.
Also, notice that we have a $5 OFF SALE going on for a limited time, when you buy a CD and a t-shirt, you can get $5 OFF the CD !! Just enter CDFOR5 in the coupon code during checkout.
Well, thats it for now, gotta go write a newsletter.
This is done with a different method called color-washing. The shirt is placed in a glass vase and the dye is poured in. The way in which the shirt is put in the jar affects the way the dyes blend through the shirt. This provides some really interesting detailed patterns. Printed on the back: soundzania is a place that you can go...
A New Instrument?
