children

[maRi]

music by and for children. recommendations?

[user_535]

this isn't actually made by but it is for children:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yzAO3tNVlU" onclick= "window.open(this.href);return false;

it actually gave me a good idea, my sister just had a new kid a couple of days ago, named mark - i'm gonna contact mic him up and feed the signal through a dod buzz box and a meatbox, and record the results, as i'll probably never be aloud near him again after this

[Dohol]

I can only speak for my children:

[user_353]

I like the Doodlebops.

[user_156]

Langley Schools Music Project

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Langle ... ic_Project" onclick= "window.open(this.href);return false;

[fearandpanic]

For children:

Bruce Haack - Hush, Little Robot
Felix Mendelsshon - Six Little Pieces for Children

By children:

Nocturnal Emissions - Mouth of Babes

[user_924]

Free Jazz und Kinder
Brotzmann, Van Hove, Bennink, and 15 children.

My favorite recording of kids.

[grisha]

from personal experience (the kid was me in this case)

Beethoven
Grieg
Sibelius
Liszt
Chopin

etc

[user_294]

thinkin of sendin my cousins another deerhoof record

[user_710]

The Raymond Scott "Soothing Sounds" series is great for babies and toddlers.



Totally great zone-out electronics and synths that babies LOVE.

Alongside apple-cheeked watercolor paintings of infants, the original cover design for the Soothing Sounds series of records bore the charming inscription, "An Infant's Friend in Sound." Composer Harry Warnow was already legendary (as "Raymond Scott") for his whimsical electronic and big-band novelty musics. With this 1962-63 series, Scott turned his astonishing array of invented and modified keyboards and recording techniques toward pure electronic music with an infant-friendly spin. Intended as "aural toys" for the nursery, Soothing Sounds' deceptively simple "tic-tocs" and unthreatening seesaw melodies play on the calming properties of repetition--much like music boxes, Fisher-Price's mobiles, and the comforting "Again!" video mentality of the Teletubbies. Despite endorsement from the Gesell Institute of Child Development, the records sold poorly. But they had a curious afterlife, prefiguring such "adult" descendents as ambient music ("invented" by Brian Eno in 1975) and the mechanical pop-tronic textures of Kraftwerk and Gary Numan.

[bryan]

for:

Bruce Haack - Hush, Little Robot

The Beatles (effective gateway drug for weirder stuff)

most anything with a steady pulse (at least for my toddler)

[user_294]

beatles is probably a good idea

[faster]

Woody Guthrie made a bunch of music for kids (his own mainly), not sure if that stuff's still available or not though.

[user_140]

Tom Paxton has a lot of good stuff for kids. Carole King's childrens record was a big hit at my house. My kids also like the Beatles, the Flaming Lips' last 2 records, and the Ramones.

[nirav]

Thuunderboy!

http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/thuunderboy.html" onclick= "window.open(this.href);return false;

[user_10]

http://www.hapna.com/H11.html" onclick= "window.open(this.href);return false;

see if you can download the first track on this hans appelqvist record (i guess the cd is out of print). really charming recording of girls singing with piano accompiament.

[maRi]

Woody Guthrie made a bunch of music for kids (his own mainly), not sure if that stuff's still available or not though.

wash-y wash wash...lovely!
songs to grow on for mother & child and nursery days are available.

[Gerardo A]

Vesala Klaani: Afrikan Tähdet Leo 637 (Finland) [LP]

1. Lennä poni [Fly pony] 3:58
2. Kärryleikki [Barrowgame] 1:33
3. Hyrre hylje [Hyrre the seal] 4:08
4. Avaruus auto [Spacecar] 1:53
5. Ei saa valittaa [Mustn't complain] 1:55
6. Tirrati jee 2:50
7. Liikkuu liikkuu... [Moving moving...] 1:15
8. Kissat kilpasilla [Cats in contest] 2:00
9. Ihmeellinen pallo [The wonderful ball] 1:50
10. Rattaa rattaa 1:55
11. Afrikan tähdet [The stars of Africa] 2:25
12. Arvoituksia [Riddles] 2:05
13. Tanssitaan kuutamolla [Dancing in the moonlight] 2:00
14. Haukku haluaa [Doggie wants] 0:55
15. Kupula 1:58
16. Jooti joo 4:07
17. Pieniä urheilumiehiä [Little sportsmen] 2:30
18. Tahtoisin Bambin [I'd like to have Bambi] 2:50
19. Iltalaulu [The eveningsong] 3:08

Note: This is a children's record. Most of the singers are children.

all composed by Vesala; words by Iro Haarla; partly based on African children's songs and games

recorded 1989, Sound And Fury Studio, Helsinki

Jenny Robson, Lumi Vesala, Ona Robson, Aniida Vesala, voices; Jenni and Joni Päivinen, voices on 1, 17; Harri Saksala, voice on 16; Helena Salonius, voice on 19; Jorma Tapio, saxophone, bass clarinet; Jimi Sumen, guitar, bass, saron; Iro Haarla, harp, accordion, voice, keyboards; Uffe Krokfors, bass; Edward Vesala, percussion, wind instruments, keyboards, voice

[user_3091]

Yazoo's "The Story That The Crow Told Me" Vols 1 & 2. (Album subtitle is "Early American Rural children's songs").

The 'Bagpuss' CD (nice 70s folk CD of songs from a UK kids animation is great)

Then of course there's the Tangerine Awkestra – a free-improv ensemble of 3-6 year old kids allegedly influenced by Art Ensemble of Chicago. Their music's pretty rubbish though. Not a patch on the same label's excellent Thai Elephant Orchestra albums.

http://mulatta.org/tangerine_awkestra.html" onclick= "window.open(this.href);return false;

...apparently the same label has done a similar hip-hop project

[William Hutson]

dude. whoever said the wiggles and the doodlebops clearly hasn't seen the wonder pets. they're amazing.