RAINBOW OF BUTTERFLIES, Mr. David’s newest single featuring a choir of more than 30 children from the Bay Area, wil be released as a limited edition recording this week.

Listen to a 20–secon clip of teh song below. We guarantee it will make you want to put those disco pants on and start boogying.

Thank you to all the kids and their families for coming out to the studio (two times!) and lending their voice to the song. We’ve also been lucky enough to have the single (and Mr. David) mentioned in the Silicon Valley Moms Blog by Akemi, so check it out.

You can buy the single for $10 (we know—it’s a single—but all the money is going to benefit Campbell Parent’s Participation Preschool).

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE RAINBOW OF BUTTERFLIES

The school is also holding its annual carnival and silent auction this Saturday, May 17th and Mr. David will be there to perform. Everyone is welcome to attend, so if you’re in the mood for a spring hoe-down, click here for more information.

Campbell Parent’s Participatio Preschool Silent Auction & Carnival
When: Saturday, May 17
Time: 11:00AM to 2:00PM (Mr. David performs at 12:30PM)
Where: Campbell Community Church
860 Harriet Ave., Campell, CA

Join Mr. David on Saturday, May 10th for a recorded sing–a–long

If you haven’t heard, Mr. David is recording a new song for kids and their families called Rainbow of Butterflies. For a limited time, we’ll be releasing the song as a single and all proceeds from sales will go to the Campbell Parent’s Participation Preschool here in the Bay Area.

If you’d like to sing with Mr. David on Rainbow of Butteflies (and your a kid between the ages of 3 to 9), please join him at X recording studios at 4:00PM this Saturday, May 10. We have limited room, so please email information(at)mrdavidmusicworks.com to confirm your space.

SATURDAY, MAY 10 @ 4:00PM
STEVE BLAZE RECORDING STUDIO
WITH MR. DAVID

Where: 190 Martha Street, San Jose 95112
(Near So. 5th St. & Virginia)

PRE–ORDER YOUR COPY OF
RAINBOW OF BUTTERFLIES
NOW FOR $10

—Mr. David

SATURDAY, APRIL 12 @ 11:30AM–12:15PM
KIDS IN THE KITCHEN BENEFIT CONCERT

THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF EAST PALO ALTO
9:00AM–1:00PM
2031 Pulgas Ave
East Palo Alto, CA
Ticket Price: FREE

Please R.S.V.P. to the event by email at kidsinthekitchen-at-thejuniorleague.org
or by phone at 650-799-5060.

Join Mr. David and The Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula (JLPA-MP) for the third annual Kids in the Kitchen event, part of its international childhood obesity and nutrition education initiative. Families are invited to a fun-filled day of activities including cooking demonstrations, games and prizes.

Kids in the Kitchen is a response to the alarming statistics that nearly one-third of children and adolescents in the nation are overweight and that childhood obesity has been shown to be the leading cause of many health issues including pediatric hypertension Type II diabetes and coronary heart disease. Recent studies now estimate that nearly half of the children in North and South America will be overweight by 2010.

What’s even better, is this Jumping Monkeys podcast we found where Stefan Shepard of Zooglobble, Amy Davis of The Lovely Mrs. Davis Tells You What to Think and Bill Childs of Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child talk about the winners. There’s a funny bit in here when Stefan talks about Mr. David "as close as kids music gets to Bob Dylan." (Hey, we definitely agree. And, of course we’ll take our publicity anywhere we can get it!)

 You can listen to the podcast by clicking here: Jumping Monkeys

They also have a recent report on the "State of the World’s Children" you can read. Click here.

WHAT IS UNICEF?  The official name of UNICEF today is the United Nation’s Children’s Fund.

UNICEF was created with this purpose in mind – to work with others to overcome the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place in a child’s path.

UNICEF’s work is carried out in 191 countries through country programs and National Committees.

Click here to find out more.

What your money can buy

You may think that your contribution won’t make that much of a difference in the world. You’re wrong! Take a look at this (direct from the UNICEF web site) and see that even the smallest amount can make a big difference in a child’s life.

• $3 can buy a large wool blanket to protect a child from the cold during an emergency.
• $17 can immunize a child against the 6 major childhood diseases.
• $54 can buy 150 sachets of PlumpyNut, a ready-to-eat therapeutic spread to nourish children with acute malnutrition.
• $100 can buy a kit with enough materials to test 100 children for the Hepatitis-B virus.
• $500 can buy a year’s supply of antiretroviral medicine for an HIV-positive child under three-years-ol

If you’d like to donate directly, go to the UNICEF web site at www.unicef.org/

Download for winter

CROCODILES ARE HUNGRY

To download song, right click here.

Crocodiles are Hungry is the first song on Jump in the Jumpy House. I think you’ll really dig this one. In fact, let me know what you think!

Mr. David has produced three albums for kids and their families. To purchase any of Mr. David’s album, click here.

ALBUMS

Mr. David’s First Album

The Great Adventures of Mr. David

Jump in the Jumpy House

I’ve just setup a profile on Facebook. I’m hoping to spread the word about my new CD "Jump in the Jumpy House." There’s jus so many different places to put your face these days, I’m getting a little overwhelmed by it all. Anyhoooo, I suppose it’s worth it if I can encourage just one more family to take a listen to my music.

We’re going to start putting one song each season for people to download for free this year. The first is Crocodiles are Hungry, one of my favorites off the new album. It’ll put a jump in your step during these cold winter months! Please tell us what you think of it. If you have any problems downloading the file, send us a message.

Mr. David.

Mr. David

As for the concert goes, we can only say one thing, "WOW!" What a rush it was to hold a family concert at Santana Row (the height of chic, urban shopping in Silicon Valley) and have an entire park filled with fans who were singing, dancing and just rock’n out. For us, it was vindication of what we’ve been working so hard on for more than four years. In this business of music, it can get disheartening to put yourself out there again and again and wonder if it’s ever going to pay off or if anybody is really getting what you’re trying to do. On this beautiful evening, we realized that they did. (Tears are welling up right now as I write this.)

What struck us most about the evening was the energy that was present, an indescribeable feeling of community and appreciation for what we were all sharing. And what was most beautiful was that families and friends, all ages, were sharing the experience together, devoid of any of the negative trappings of your traditioanlly rock concert. I’ve been to many concerts and music festivals, where people are "in the zone," but often get to that point only with the help of alcohol and drugs. Here, we had fathers and daughters dancing together like they were in the middle of Coechella, and they were doing it with a free spirit. When you watch these kids dance and enjoy the music with nothing more than the openess of their hearts and minds, it makes you wonder why as adults so many of us feel that we need to alter our state of mind in order to enjoy a concert.

Mr. David and I sat at breakfast in Santa Cruz the morning after the concert, and I asked him if he would ever change over to "adult music,"  the traditional, mainstream rock tour route, if given the opportunity. I said, "if someone came up to you and asked you to go on tour tomorrow, but then said that you would have to give up the music you’re doing right now, would you do it?" He said absolutely not. "What I’m trying to do with my music is something bigger than just one particular category or genre. I’m trying to make music that everyone will want to listen to, whether they’re four or 80. I really don’t think of my music as ‘just for kids.’ It’s for everyone."

When I thought about the audience the night before, I realized he was right, and it was working. Mr. David was reaching people, entertaining them and giving a rock concert they just had to stop and listen to, regardless of their age. I’m telling you, we had people dancing who had no kids at all among the dozens of children and moms and dads. That’s powerful!

I’d love to hear everyone else’s thoughts and comments about the concert. If you were there, let us know what you thought about it. If you have photos, please post them to Flickr and tag them with "Mr. David Concert at Santana Row." We’ll pull these into the blog so that we can share with everyone. And thank you all for coming to the concert and making it such a success!

Tawnya

We love your "MR. DAVID: Jump in the Jumpy House" CD so much I’m going to feature it on the FRONT PAGE of CD Baby for a few days.

We’re *really* picky about what goes on the front page.  We get about 200-250 new albums a DAY coming in here now, (about 190,000 total), and yours is one of the best we’ve ever heard.

THE DATE: Sunday, August 19th 2007

OUR REVIEW
If Jonathan Richman were to make an album for kids, I imagine it would sound something like this. With a lyrical approach that is sharply stream-of-consciousness and keeps tongue planted firmly in cheek, these songs are bizarrely appealing, unassumingly witty, and never dull. With a loose and jangly (in the best way) approach to songwriting, these tracks are rooted in both new wave pop and the uncompromising ethos of punk. The melodies are sly and catchy, feigning non-existence until they creep into your subconscious and become buried in your head. On the surface, this could be perceived as a fun-time train of non sequiturs, but upon closer inspection, you’ll see these songs are as calculated as they are nutty, only straying off track when it makes perfect sense. With a voice that is able to righteously pull off high pitched squeals (the title track) and a passable version of Johnny Cash ("Them Devils"), there’s ample variations of wackiness on this one for the kids, and plenty of hummable tunes to keep the grown ups locked in and listening.

So there you have it. Mr. David is one of CD Baby’s "Best Independent Musicians" Yeeaaahaaaa! We love CD Baby Go buy your copy now!