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| From | Richard Brown <rbrown1985@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Suggestions for the tweener crowd/ The Hipwaders |
| Date | Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:15:36 -0800 (PST) |
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I'm going to suggest checking out my buddies, The
Hipwaders. The play pop influenced by artists like
Elvis Costello and XTC etc (that will not drive Mom
and Dad crazy), with great kid friendly lyrics.
A good place to hear a couple of samples is their
MySpace page :
http://www.myspace.com/thehipwaders
There are also samples of all the songs on Amazon.
XMRadio plays them on a regular basis. The title track
of their latest album ("Educated Kid") was recently #1
on the XM Kids station. I think it actually bumped a
'High School Musical 2' track off the top spot.
Proof that the guys can play their stuff live can be
found here (with a nice little Turtlesque intro):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea1SG5xqYNk
It's music for kids that is not dumbed down.
Sorry if that sounds like a commercial. The
Hipwaders's leader, Tito Uquillas, is an old friend
and former bandmate of mine...but I wouldn't be
posting about them if I didn't think they were great.
Rich B
> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:55:29 -0500
> From: Robert Berry <rberry@gandronics.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Suggestions for the tweener crowd
> Message-ID: <477EE391.6020608@gandronics.com>
>
> Here's a subject that's fraught with danger for
> anybody interested in
> maintaining any kind of cred, but I probably don't
> have any anyway.
>
> My daughter is somewhere between nine and ten, which
> means she's
> outgrowing the kiddie CDs and is now in the target
> market for the whole
> Disney Channel tweener-pop crowd. I recognize that
> she's going to like
> what she likes, but I'm hoping I can at least nudge
> her in some
> directions that I don't hate (to be specific: I
> dislike thumpy
> electronic dance stuff, and hip-hop).
>
> She hasn't really started seeking out new stuff yet,
> but she's making
> noises about wanting an MP3 player. I'd like to get
> her one and preload
> it with some stuff. She's already a big fan of Puffy
> AmiYumi, which I
> think is a good sign. She has also latched onto
> Bianca Ryan, but I think
> that's more because of Bianca's age than anything; I
> don't really see
> her going for the R&B diva stuff in a big way.
>
> I've heard some of the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana
> stuff, and it actually
> sounds pretty listenable to me: real guitars and
> melodies and such. But
> I've only heard a few tracks, and I'm not sure how
> representative they are.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Robert R. Berry
>
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