Just thought we should post a little story about how exactly Soundzania came to be. So, take a little read:

Motivation came easily to the three dads that created the musical world of Soundzania. Two years after band-mates Scott Flory, Ken Hougasian, and Lee Parker gave up the late nights and smoky-club lifestyle of a rock band, all three began enjoying the late nights and smelly-diaper lifestyle of fatherhood.

Independently, Scott, Ken and Lee each lovingly created music to make their kids smile (or, in some cases, sleep). After rave reviews from their own children, they set out to create Soundzania. With help from musician friends and engineers, each song on the album was transformed from a private lazy-morning guitar sing-along or quiet bedside lullaby into a musical world filled with banjos, kazoos, mandolins, and even a sousaphone.

Every song has been tested for silliness, smiles, and nap-worthiness by the band’s collective children: Julia, Alex, Max, Sam, Claire, Hannah, Nora, and Owen.

The band hopes this album will bring giggles and snoozes to your family as well.

Are you a citizen of Soundzania? Want to become one? Its pretty simple. There are only 2 responsibilities for citizens and they are spelled out pretty clearly on the Soundzania Certificate of Citizenship (shown below). What ? You don’t have one of these wonderful cards? Well, they come with any purchase from Soundzania (CD, t-shirt, whatever).

Everyone is an honorary citizen if they can follow the motto. One more thing we’d like is to have you share some of your music back with us - drop us a line.