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ABC Kids Expo 2008: What's New in Children's Music
NAME YOUR TUNE Homebase: Toronto, Canada SINGERS: Lenny Graf, Paul Humphrey, Tracey Erin Smith and Babs Vermeulen Wholesale prices: $10 each (sold in packs of 10) Kids will love hearing their names included in 18 popular songs such as "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "Boom Boom, Ain't It Great to be Crazy". Just contact the company and they'll send you the personalized tunes.
Tel: 877-508-3633 E-mail: Info@nameyourtune.com
ROCKABYE BABY! Homebase: Los Angeles, CA PRODUCER: Rockabye Baby, ARTIST: Michael Armstrong Wholesale price: $8.50 Imagine your favorite rock 'n roll hits performed by angels and you've got the idea here. Utilizing the mellotron and bells, the Rockabye Baby! albums transform music from all genres into easy listening, all instrumental numbers. The gentle tones will soothe infants and make parents smile.
Tel: 800-373-8073 E-mail: B2B@cmhrecords.com
SOUNDS FOR SILENCE Homebase: Australia CREATOR: Dr. Harry Zehnwirth, pediatrician Wholesale prices: approximately $32.50 You'd think after nine months of hearing a heart beating 24/7 and all that whooshing going on, an infant would want a little peace and quiet, but that's not how it works. According to pediatrician Dr. Harry Zehnwirth, babies want more of the same. So to keep infants soothed and engaged, Zehnwirth created Sounds for Silence, a CD that "blends layered noises such as a vacuum cleaner and coffee maker with modified sounds that mimic the fluid-filled environment of the womb. The low-pitched muffled noises are then blended with physiological maternal and fetal sounds." (Reminds me of last night's dream.) The sound track (comes with a book), says Zehnwirth, has "successfully settled 96.8 percent of babies with 75 percent settled in less than five minutes and 53 percent settled in under 60 seconds." Worth a try!
Tel: 310 486 9354 / 646-645-9773
THAT BABY Homebase: Mercer Island, WA CREATORS: Rob Wolf and Lisi Mezistrano Wolf, Produced by Stephanie Schneiderman and Tim Ellis Wholesale prices: Approximately $12.50 for DVD, $7.50 CD, $17.50 for set As a parent who raised her daughter during the tyranny of Barney, I can appreciate the cool graphics that illustrate each of the gentle tunes featured on the That Baby DVD. Songs like Donovan Leitch's "Happiness Runs" and Joni Mitchell's "Circle Game" form a background to videos of kids doing what kids do: talking, playing, rolling in the grass.
Tel: 206-275-4191/ 425-830-7526 E-mail: Info@thatbabydvd.com
Originally published November 15, 2008
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