Johnny & Jason: Be Alive!, Their Second Kids Music Album

Description : I liked the debut album Go, Go... Go, Go, Go from the Portland duo.  In fact, I called it one of 2011's best debut kids music albums.  As a result, I was happy to hear that the duo was working on a follow-up album called Be Alive! and using Kickstarter to master the tracks, duplicate it, and get it out into the world.  There's just a little bit less than 2 days to go, and they've safely cleared their $3,700 project goal.  So you can safely pledge in confidence knowing that the project will reach the finish line (and that you'll like it when it does).

Episode 3: Django Jones (AKA Girlyman), Debut Kids Music Album

Doris Muramatsu, Nate Borofsky, and JJ Jones are the trio Django Jones, a side project of their band Girlyman.  All three of them joined me for a chat about their Kickstarter project to help them get their debut kids music album into the world, how kids music can be freeing, song-wise, and the limits of preparation for improvised music.

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Django Jones

Girlyman 

Django Jones Kickstarter project

Zooglobble interview with Barenaked Ladies drummer Tyler Stewart

 Girlyman tuning song collection

Ep. 3: Django Jones (AKA Girlyman), Debut Kids Music Album
Stefan Shepherd

Episode 1: Heidi Swedberg, My Cup of Tea

In the debut episode of Bake Sale, I talk with Heidi Swedberg, ukulele evangelist, who's Kickstarting the physical production of her second album for families, My Cup of Tea​.

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SukeyJump Music​

My Cup of Tea​ Kickstarter project

Ep. 1: Heidi Swedberg, My Cup of Tea
Stefan Shepherd

Welcome to Bake Sale

The first Kickstarter ​project I backed was Elena Moon Park's Rabbit Days and Dumplings​, a family music album of songs from East Asia.  Besides the album having a Dan Zanes pedigree, always a good sign, it had personal meaning for me.

It took me awhile before I really got into crowdfunding and Kickstarter generally, but now I'm a big supporter.  While I like Kickstarter, I think the site does a poor job of highlighting projects for kids and families.  They have a children's book category, but no children's music category, and there's no other easy way to find projects targeted at the younger set.

​I'm hoping to change that just a little bit with this new show.  I'm going to feature creators of Kickstarter projects pitched for kids and families while their project is underway.  So if you've got a young 'un in your life, I hope you'll tune and find projects they (and you) can enjoy.