Check out Bill Crosby’s latest kid’s album, “Turtles are home,” now available digitally for download from CDBaby.com! Go download it now! Thanks!
Category: songs
new release 6/2013
I’ve already written about “Turtles are home” in my last post, but, I can’t wait for everyone to hear it. It features my first cello I’ve recorded. I had a woman I met at the local music store play the part first.
We had a “who’s on first” conversation about the key and clef that cellos play in. (“C” and “Bass,” we figured out.) She did fine, but, I was looking for a little something more, something undefinable. After listening to the parts during mixing, I thought I should try again. Mike Bush, my engineer, said to call a friend of his. I did. He came over and had the third and fifth fret of the cello marked with masking tape. Quizzically, I had him play the parts (he’s really a violinist, who doesn’t read music). He sounded better, but, I wasn’t psyched about the track.
hugh video
I always wanted to be a cartoon. I mean…all the songs I write for kids could be cartoons. One of the great things about putting out kid’s CD’s is that I get to work with talented and creative people that understand that I am a little nuts. A perfectionist, but nuts. Not a perfectionist, perhaps…
Watch my new video for The Manatee!
Performing “Skunk In a Trunk” on video
bonus track: “no sponges”
hey, check out the mp3-player (at right) for a new track called, “no sponges.” i’m huge fan of steven wright’s bizarre, brilliant comedy. i was watching a clip on youtube and he said “sponges grow in the ocean, that kills me…i wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn’t happen.” it inspired…
my latest kid’s cd, “boomerang orangutan,” is released.
Here’s a cool review of “Boomerang Orangutan” from bassist Bobby King: “I got the CD in the mail today (thanks!) and listened to it on the way to a gig. It sounds great, excellent job! The songs are all lively and humorous, plus there’s a good variety in terms of styles and grooves. The mixes…