Today is the day! The official release date of our new family album, Songs With No Character, is here! When we started making music as ScribbleMonster & His Pals our goal was to create songs that contained elements of traditional children's music combined with a non-traditional guitar-based pop-rock style. We set out to deliver innocence with an edge. Our albums have always been intended for a young audience with the goal of having enough elements to hold the interest of any peripherally listening grown-ups. And it worked. Maybe too well. We started hearing from parents - dads especially - who loved our music, but felt a little uncomfortable jamming to music sung with silly voices about counting, animal noises and taking a bath. Well, we heard your concerns and set out to help.
Our approach with Songs With No Character was to make an album for the whole family. With five spouses and 15 children of our own ranging in age from 4 to 26, we know that's a pretty broad statement. In some cases we flip-flopped our usual approach by writing songs for mom or dad, hoping to have enough elements to keep the kids interested. We have songs told from the point of view of mom, dad, and the kids; and musically, we strayed even further than usual from the traditional children's genre. In the end, we present you with 14 songs from the same band that brings you ScribbleMonster & His Pals - only without ScribbleMonster or his pals - and with more musical variety than a classic K-Tel record. We had a lot of fun making this disc and hope you'll have as much fun listening.
People who like what we're doing have been the best about letting other people know about us. Word of mouth has been our best friend and we truly appreciate that. To help with those efforts on our behalf, we've come up with a way to make spreading the word easier. For a limited time, we're giving away a FREE copy of the new disc with every copy you buy. Buy one, and get one to pass on to a friend. Buy 3, you'll get 6. Buy 147, we'll send you 294. Buy... you get it, right? The holidays are coming and this disc makes a great go-to gift for just about any family. This two-for-one deal is being offered at our web store at www.scribblebooks.com. It is also being offered by www.cdbaby.com, the web's largest independent music store, and by www.pokeypup.com where you can also stock up on nearly all the hot and happening kid's & family music. If you don't like getting something for nothing, the disc is also available at www.amazon.com, iTunes and should start showing up digitally in other stores near you any day now.
If you've been thinking about purchasing music the whole family can enjoy together, but aren't sure you're ready to commit, you can hear the whole disc now on our ScribbleRadio at www.scribblemonster.com. If you like what you hear, please consider buying a copy and letting us give you a copy to pass on to a friend. If you really like what you hear and the opportunity should ever arise, please feel free to get all gushy and rave about us to others on Amazon.com, CD Baby, iTunes, the school yard, the grocery store, the library or anywhere else you may think of. We won't mind.
Thanks for your support!
Jim