We heart libraries!

A huge, huge set of thanks out to the fine folks at the King County Libraries who hosted us this past month plus! We had a blast rocking out and meeting new friends, THANK YOU! Hope to head back to Woodinville, Sammamish, Federal Way, Maple Valley, Vashon, and Kent soon! We really appreciate all of your time, energy, and support!

Best,

Daron, Jack, and Drew

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His Holiness Rocks!
Current mood: contemplative

Wow!

What an amazing day at Qwest Field! It was amazing to play in front of thousands of energetic folks and just a little disorientating to see yourself on a jumbo-tron! The Dalai Lama was insightful, humorous, and inspiring. He was immediately accessible and channelled tons of positive energy into the crowd. We, along with much of Seattle, are bowled over and thinking about how to put all of our goods thoughts and intentions into action.

Take care and be well!

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Tabby Road Choir!

Happy Spring!

Thanks to everyone who rocked out with us at our Tabby Road recording sessions. We’re super excited about the new songs and the big voices sound great! We’ll send the new cd off for mastering this week :)

We’ve got lots of shows in the Seattle area coming up in April and May, including the incredible Seeds of Compassion event at Qwest Field on April 12th, with the Dalai Lama!!! This is the coolest thing ever!!!

And for the latest RM press:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2004297497_recessmonkey22.html

Take care!

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Leaping Lizards!
Current mood: jumpy

Hello all and happy leap day!

As teachers we relish the opportunity to count by fours! Speaking of four! Recess Monkey's fourth CD, "Tabby Road," is set for release this July! We've completed tracking and the majority of overdubbing and are now doing a first set of mixes!

Here's a sneak peek at the first half of Tabby Road!

1. Birthday Bite
2. Pedal Power
3. Sldoubleepover
4. The Sandbox Song
5. My Kitty Sister
6. Dr. Wiggle
7. KC in the Clouds

Thanks for stopping by,
Here's a little update, courtesy of a super Seattle resource, Parent Map
http://www.parentmap.com/content/view/931/208/

More exciting updates to come!

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A Thankful Recess Monkey
Current mood: thankful

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

We just want to say thanks to everyone who has supported us this past year! Whether picking up a CD, playing tunes on the radio, writing nice things, or saying hi at a show, folks have been awful kind and we truly appreciate it!

This week we felt like rolling out the red carpet in Monkeytown! We were honored to be part of the Fids and Kamily Top Ten family CDs (so many great artists being considered) and super jazzed that our t-shirt got a Parents Pick from the kind folks over at Hilltown Families!

There's lots more in store for 2008! Stay tuned, it will be "Goody Goody!"

Drew

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Wonderstuff Arrives!
Current mood: excited

In Seattle on Friday! That means our spectacular summer campers get it next week and the CD will be ready for our big release party at the EMP on October 20th. Thanks to everyone who has been checking in on the site and the blog. Keep posted for how you can pick up a copy of the new double album!

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Mastering!

Jack has finished mixing the disc.
It's off for mastering on Friday.
Then off to discmakers sometime next week!
We should have the cd by mid-late september.

Wow!

What a summer!

Drew

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Double Phew!

Jack has finished the first round of mixes for both cds [songs and narration]!

We're also teaching a Young Artist Workshop camp at the EMP [Experience Music Project]. It's made up of 30 super cool 5-8th graders who just formed into bands of 3 and 4 members. They start writing and rehearsing their own tunes tomorrow.

We should have some new tracks up soon. Be sure to friend our new characters!

Take care,

Drew

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PHEW!

After a month of tracking, summer camping, overdubs, narrations and late nights, we are ready to mix Wonderstuff.

That job falls to Jack. He has the best ears of the bunch. No, really, they're nice ears! He's also our resident pro tools whiz. Good luck Jack!

We're equal parts exhausted and proud.
Excited for everyone to hear it.

Drew

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Disc Two

Here it is.
All basic tracking is done.
Time for week two of camp.
The lyrics for five songs to be generated with help from campers.
Plenty of art and overdubs to do too.

1. Pool
2. Come Out of Your Shell
3. The Funniest Thing I Ever Saw
4. The Grey
5. Down Down Down
6. The Golden Seed
7. Hula Hoop
8. Lost Land
9. Helping Hands
10. The Wonderbees (2)

Thanks for checking us out!

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