KINDIE LAND: David Tobocman's Escalator CD #review

Move It On Up Now with David Tobocman’s new release, Escalator Smart Songwriting and Thoughtful Lyrics Inspired by Family Life. New Release September 28, 2012 Check out ChiIL Mama's Escalator review here. What People Are Saying about David Tobocman's Music: “...taps into a child's mind with insight and grace” ~  OutWithTheKids.com "Appealing and clever. Sweetly offbeat." ~ You Know, for Kids "Tuneful melodies and sweet, memorable songs" ~ Singin' in the Bathtub "Hilarious and playful, Tobocman's songwriting resounds with life truths in a way that little ears and parents will understand and enjoy" ~ Muse Reviews   "Totally appealing" ~ Zooglobble "Positively easy on the ears" ~ Hear It Love It Share It Songwriter David Tobocman’s third album for children is a celebration, a rousing set of high-energy songs about the excitement of growing up. Rocking and straightforward with an emphasis on movement, Escalator is infused with a “let’s go” spirit and true sense of fun. There’s a song about a young race car that dreams of hitting the open road and one about a family camper that can travel through space. All through Escalator, David presents the theme of striving and advancing, urging kids onto life’s great adventure, to “move on up” with optimism and spirit up the great big escalator and “if you’re going down, then use the stairs.” Always witty and engaging, David’s playful songs for children show the craft that he’s developed as a career songwriter and composer. When not recording and performing for kids, David writes scores for indie films and TV shows (he is currently penning songs for the Nickelodeon animated series, Robot and Monster). After years working behind the scenes, the birth of two daughters inspired his first album for children, the stylistically diverse I Count to Ten and other Very Helpful Songs, which gained critical acclaim and fan interest off of the deeply affecting ballad, “Home” and its accompanying video. His 2010 album Lemonade School also gained national attention. The characters that populate David’s songs are intelligent kids who are not afraid to be different. “Kids are smart,” says the songwriter. “I just try to meet them at their level.” When he's not performing major concerts around Los Angeles (he and his band played the prestigious Getty Garden Series and Topanga's Theatricum Botanicum in August), this musical father of two hones his craft with free monthly family sing-alongs at various venues. Escalator ($12.98 CD/$9.99 digital). For David Tobocman's bio and 2012 concert schedule, visit www.VeryHelpfulSongs.com.  Escalator by David Tobocman Available on CD September 28, 2012 Suggested retail price: $12. Distributed by Clamorhouse Kids Track Listing 1. Escalator  2:13 2. Custom Family Spaceship 2:55 3. Born to Rock 3:08 4. Gonna Be a Garbage Man 2:26 5. The Owie Song 2:30 6. Playin' on a Sunday 3:36 7. Run Run, Race Car 3:21 8. Zoe's Intro  :19 9. Peace Sign 2:27 10. America's Our Country 3:21 11. Big Train 3:06 Making records for children in the Tobocman household is a family affair. The two Tobocman daughters sing and provide dialog throughout Escalator while the eldest has co-written songs on all three albums. With the arrival of his first CD in 2008, David and his enterprising wife, KC Mancebo created Clamorhouse Kids, a children’s music label dedicated to providing independents with distribution and promotion, a label that KC now runs. This umbrella group allows like-minded independent kids’ musicians to band together as a collective to gain entry into the established network of distributors.

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*ChiIL Mama's son, Du-Jay (11) at Ohio Renaissance Festival.

Howlin' for some great, new Kindie tunes to rock your October?!

We've got two free musical treats for you for Halloween.   

Check out Kindie Artist David Tobocman's "Spooky Stuff".

David is offering a FREE Halloween song download, "Spooky Stuff," which he co-wrote with his 1st grade daughter, Zoe (she performs with him here, too!).   

Co-written and sung with his 1st grade daughter, Zoe, here's a David Tobocman song to calm the jitters when things go "bump." FREE download for the month of October!  

Click here to check it out!

Check out our Chi-town friends, The Poochamungas.    Click here for a free download of Bah Humbug Halloween at CD Baby good till Halloween.

Bah Humbug Halloween

by Poochamungas

© Copyright - John T. Joyce / Train Rolls On Productions (700261980706)

Buy MP3 $0.00 (just through halloween)

Bah Humbug Halloween brings a new story to an old familiar character as the Poochamungas groove their way thru this new Halloween Classic. You'll be dancing faster than you can say trick or treat!

Genre: Kids/Family: Kid Friendly

Release Date: 2012

ChiIL Mama's Kindie Land CD Reviews & Escalator Discount Link:

More treats...no trick.

ChiIL Mama has special pricing for David Tobocman's brand new "Escalator" CD.  Click this link to purchase the CD for just $8, which is 33 percent off of the suggested retail price!

Uplifting Escalator elevates kids' rock to new heights

ChiIL Mama had a chance to check out David Tobocman's latest kindie CD, the impressive Escalator.  This CD manages to be funny, educational, and musically compelling.   These 11 tunes will have your whole family grinning from ear to ear and jonesin' for a road trip.   Tobocman has a down home folk feel on tunes like America's Our Country and Peace Sign.   All your Little Folk and Hippy Kids will dig it.

We particularly enjoyed the creative lyrics and catchy melody on Custom Family Spaceship.   We also love The Owie Song.   Scrapes and bruises are a frequent part of any active childhood, so how cool is it that these little bumps in the road have their own super catchy song to ease the pain?!   Escalator is fast moving fun from top to bottom.   There's really not a weak link in the bunch.   

Of course we especially dig that David Tobocman's a dad, and includes his daughter, Zoe, on the CD.   Here at ChiIL Mama, we've been doing a long form video series on How Creatives Parent and How Parents Create and we love to see where those two worlds collide.   Escalator is a great example of kid collaboration and influence.   Check it out!

Click here for more about David’s other family music CDs.  

His varied and impressive music career is outlined at his main site here.

Here are a few things folks are saying about David’s music:

“He taps into a child's mind with insight and grace” --  Jeff Bogle, OutWithTheKids.com

"Appealing and clever. Sweetly offbeat." -- Myles McDonnell, You Know, for Kids blog

"Tuneful melodies and sweet, memorable songs" -- Nick Deysher, Singin' in the bathtub blog

"Hilarious and playful, Tobocman's songwriting resounds with life truths in a way that little ears and parents will understand and enjoy" -- Meg Wilson, Muses of Megret blog

"Totally appealing" -- Stefan Shepard, Zooglobble blog

"Positively easy on the ears" -- Stephanie Mondrat, Hear It Love It Share It blog

Super creative craftspeople--at Ohio Renaissance Festival.