There's Nothing Better Than Composing Music for Children
When you start a new job inevitably you get asked what you miss most about your old job. Easy, writing music for kids. In December of 2009 CRI started producing a show for kids aptly titled "Kids Show." Jon Hoffmann, the shows producer came up with a long list of cool segment ideas, one I threw in the pot was music videos. I teamed up with my coworker A.J. Hodgeman and started working on some song possibilities under the moniker PB & AJ . First we tackled the standard public dominion tunes ( Old MacDonald , ABCs , Hickory Dickory Dock , etc) but that well ran dry rather quick, so we had to come up with our own songs real quick. Of the 11 songs/videos we produced the children's standards were the most popular but not my favorite. Below, in no certain order, are my favorites. I do wish the child's play could continue but sometimes you trade one hobby for another. Where I used to write kids tunes and produce music videos, now I make absurd short films . May...