Last week I posted some art and a rough video from the latest Debbie and Friends video, "I've Got a Laugh." Well, the finished product is out, and it does look pretty slick.
I have to tell you, though, I think Debbie Cavalier might want to look for some of her money back. I've met Debbie in person, and she totally has five fingers, not four, on each of her hands.
Debbie and Friends - "I've Got a Laugh"
Video: "Watermelon" - Readeez
Michael Rachap and his Readeez project just keeps pluggin' along, posting new Readeez clips almost weekly, it seems. A veritable online jukebox he has now. Yesterday he posted four new clips, may favorite being the one below. What the word-celebrating video loses perhaps a bit in odd rhyming "words" ("kid'll"? "a'ya"? props, though, for the rhymes), it makes up for being very juicy. And a cute tune to boot.
Readeez - "Watermelon"
Video: "Old Joe Clark" - The Stripey Boys (The Rosinators)
I wish I had more bluegrass to share here on the site, just because much of the traditional kids music sounds so good with a bit of banjo. Here's a video from a group billing themselves as "The Stripey Boys." In reality, it's the British bluegrass group The Rosinators. It's a clean and lively rendition sonically; visually, the animation based on Satoshi Kitamura's drawings is a bit dull stretched out over 4 minutes, at least for the adults. But I think the kids'll be amused enough, and I also like the shout-outs to the different instruments used at the end of the video.
The Stripey Boys - "Old Joe Clark"
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Video: "Fort" - Recess Monkey
You are unlikely to see a more minimalist kids music video this year than this one from Recess Monkey, the fourth from their upcoming Field Trip album and Field Trips with Recess Monkey DVD. It's not funny ha-ha, and might've taken just 5 minutes to film but it'll probably inspire your kids (or you) to create a fort of your own.
Video: "Summer Today" - Egg
I know I just talked about a video with a pre-production reel, but it's also possible to put together an effective video on a minimal budget, so long as there's some sense of editing and the song's good. Jeff Fuller from L.A.'s Egg just got a new Flip video camera and used it to record a video. "Not exactly a proper music video," Fuller says, "but fun none the less." Agreed - I actually think the lo-fi video is an excellent match for the song, one of my favorites off Sunny Side Up.
Egg - "Summer Today" [YouTube]
Video: "Hot Chocolate" - Recess Monkey
I've posted the first couple videos from Recess Monkey, so why not finish the triumvirate? This one's for the funky "Hot Chocolate" and features Jack Forman skiing his way across Seattle.... er, sort of. Field Trip the album is set for release June 9th and Field Trips with Recess Monkey the DVD is set for release later this summer.
Recess Monkey - "Hot Chocolate"
