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!
Sorry for the late post, but things have been very busy at Soundzania. New instruments are arriving at an alarming pace – but more about that later.
Knollwood Preschool had Soundzania come visit in May. We, well I, came in and brought the standard fare of instruments: stand-up bass, acoustic guitar, banjo, ukelele, kazoo and a new one…. the accordion.
I performed on two different days and everyone had a wonderful time. I loved it when the kids just got up and started dancing during the Soundzania theme song – that was a blast! I think its the kazoo that does it
I’ve included a video here to show to some of it as it happened. I will likely be coming back to Knollwood at some point next year as well, so if you’re kid goes there, they’re in for a treat next year
So, long for now, and enjoy the video.
If your child goes to a local preschool, and you would like Soundzania to come visit, please let me know – scott@soundzania.com
[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.
[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 recently gave a musical presentation to a local preschool. It was a blast, so many good questions and quotes from the audience! Like, after guessing the animals in one song, someone yelled out “we have very large brains”. Of course they do!
While I was showing them the accordian, and letting them hear how it sounded, a girl in front raised her hand and said that it looked like a trumpet… I said “Really?” eyebrows raised… she replied, “a square trumpet!” Wow, nice perspective, I love it.
They were definitely enjoying the fun we had. In all, I played acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, banjo, ukelele and kazoo, and I closed with accordian. For the last song, I played a song the preschoolers were all familiar with (that they sing in the school regularly anyway) – This Little Light of Mine. It brought down the house – if you can do that at a preschool! Everyone was singing along.
So, I will be doing this again I am sure, and if you’re reading this and know of a school that would like a visit, give us a holler.
I captured it on video and have uploaded a clip of the part of the presentation with the ukelele and kazoo. Give it a watch, its fun.
We are working on getting a performance together. For the past few years, I have performed at my kid’s preschool (Church of the Good Shepherd in Burke, VA) and it has always been rewarding to see the kids smile and clap with the music. In the performance I introduce the banjo, ukelele, guitar and stand-up bass. I play a song with each one of them and talk about the instrument and how much fun it is to play music. At the end, they all line -up and get a chance to say hello to the instruments up close, strum the strings, hear the sounds. They love it!
So for this year, we want to make another type of performance that is even more interactive. We’ll be incorporating the schisma (pictured to the right)
and songs from both albums. This will be more entertainment than educational and we’ll offer it for birthdays, other gatherings, and try for some local venues where kids a their parents hang out. If you’re interested, please let me know!
The CDs have arrived a few days early! I just started opening up the boxes and will start distributing the orders over the next few days. If you’ve ordered one – it should be coming soon – if you haven’t, you still have till December 12th to get them at the special discount price of $6 !!
Whoa – cool shoes, this one has got to be my favorite. The first time I heard Lee play it for me – I was hooked. The call and response backups, the perspective on choosing shoes for different things – when it comes down to it, it doesn’t matter much does it… just pick some shoes you like and run with it.
The CDs have arrived a few days early! I just started opening up the boxes and will start distributing the orders over the next few days. If you’ve ordered one – it should be coming soon – if you haven’t, you still have till December 12th to get them at the special discount price of $6 !!
Whoa – cool shoes, this one has got to be my favorite. The first time I heard Lee play it for me – I was hooked. The call and response backups, the perspective on choosing shoes for different things – when it comes down to it, it doesn’t matter much does it… just pick some shoes you like and run with it.
