Free Disney Music

There are many perks to being part of the TWiT network. There's the free brain toniq, the free legal advice from Denise Howell, and free stuff from people who hope I'll talk about it on my blog.

Last month I received a bunch of CDs from Disney including They Might Be Giants (Here Come the 123s), Imagination Movers (Juice Box Heroes), Genevieve and DC's Choo-Choo-Soul, Ralph's World (The Rhyming Circus), and the Disney Music Block Party CD. (Incidentally, Stefan and Bill are both reporting on the controversy over cancellations of the Disney Music Tour on their blogs. They suspect that the culprit was low ticket sales and too many headliners.)

As many of you know, I have mixed feelings about Disney. I don't like how they push princesses on my daughter and before I will go visit my best friend who lives in LA she must promise not to make me go to Disney Land while we're there.

But, I love They Might Be Giants and and as I've reported before, Here Come the 123s does not disappoint. The other CDs are good too (although I admit to not having tried Choo Choo Soul yet.) I'm not a music reviewer, but Stefan is, so read what he has to say about The Disney Music Block Party CD, and The Rhyming Circus. Also, Bill plays Imagination Movers on Spare the Rock a lot, so they can't be bad.

Got Kids? Live in Austin?

Next week on the podcast we'll be interviewing Bill Childs of the fantastic kids music radio show Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child.

If you haven't subscribed to this podcast on iTunes yet, do it now. It managed to get me and my family all the way from Northern California to Western Montana in one piece.

I also wanted to let y'all know that Bill and Stefan Shepherd from Zooglobble are presenting a fabulous lineup for small Austinites and their parents at the the Ruta Maya Coffee House on South Congress on Saturday, September 15th. If you're in Austin, you should definitely get yourself to this show.

BYOM (Bring your own meltdown.)

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And if you're not in Austin, there's still good news for you. Bill has put me in touch with many fabulous kids musicians, so we're hoping to introduce you and your kids to lots of new music in upcoming episodes of the Jumping Monkeys podcast. If you're a kids musician or any kind of musician, e-mail me.