Music With a Message
CDs Get Kids Moving to New Kinds of Tunes
By Julie L. Jones, TDmonthly
 
There’s a lot more to a children’s CD than just the music itself. As several musicians recently told TDmonthly Magazine, it’s also about having a story and a cause, and getting kids involved.
 
TELLING A TALE
 
“The Ballad of Phineas McBoof,” which chronicles the formation of a band, is full of characters whose stories “encourage kids to follow their muse.”
 
It will soon be joined by a book and is the first album for former high school music teacher Cory Cullinan, aka Doctor Noize, who believes children find more meaning in something when it’s attached to a figure they care about.
 
“Every single character on the CD … is somebody who decided to do his own thing despite the fact that people don’t understand,” he said.