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Comments from listeners:
"I've
had your CD on all morning; I just set the player on repeat and haven't
tired of hearing those delightful songs - and my kids FINALLY asked,
after about the third cycle through:
'Who's that singing, Mom? Those are really nice songs!' This from two
teenagers who generally prefer rap, reggae, blues or jazz!"Comments from listeners:
"My 5 yr old
daughter listens to your CD every morning as she gets up and gets
dressed. She loves the songs and your voice. Thank you!" |
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"My granddaughter loves to listen to your CD. She's learned many of the songs."
"Whenever I play your CD in the car, my baby just calms right down and often falls asleep. Thanks!"
"I listened to your CD a lot this winter when I was sick. It reminded me of the songs I used to sing at school when I was growing up." |
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"Lovely images in the songs " Pat Carfra, The Lullaby Lady
"It touches the inner child in all of us - making us feel safe and secure. I love it as much as my children do." Dr. F. Shamess, DC
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"Your CD is lovely. It is the music of a mother singing to her children."
"With
her warm mellow voice, accompanied by her acoustic guitar, Marty sings a
collection of songs for children, some well-known and loved, others
traditional European folk songs or catchy tunes which will become family
favorites. This is a happy, joyful recording..." Helen Hegener, Editor, Home Education Magazine
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Remember:
You don't have to have a perfect
voice to sing to and with your children. Start singing with recorded
music if you are uncomfortable singing on your own. You might find
that as you sing along with recorded music, you'll feel more confident
to begin to sing on your own. Your children can be a very non-judgmental
audience, especially when they are small. Enjoy yourself and have
fun! Remember, if you can speak, you can sing!
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How did you choose the
song selections for your CD?
I had so many favorites, it was
hard to choose. I decided to focus on the changing seasons.
I wanted to record songs that had not received a lot of exposure.
Each member of my family helped by telling me which songs they had particularly
liked when they were growing up. I recorded the songs in two takes in
June of 2000.
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Sing A Song Of Spring
A delightful
song that describes the call of the outside world when the "green buds
show."
I Can't See the Wind was
a song my daughter, Holly, and I would sing together at home and in the car as we did errands.
The Spring Medley is a collection
of rain songs that was fun to put together I Hear Thunder is
an adaptation of Frere Jacques that I learned from the book This
Little Puffin by Elizabeth Mary Matterson. It's Raining
is a loose translation of a song I learned when I was a young child in
Holland. us stadium. | |
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The Winter Now Is Over
we
enjoyed singing because of its great echo refrain - "Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Oh
can't you hear it, too? I thought I heard this morning,
the cuckoo's song at last?" And even though I live in Victoria, BC
where our winters are mild, I do feel like singing when "The winter now
is over!"
It Is A Happy Morning helps
me to remember to focus on the beauties of the world around me and to remember
that there is a bigger world than the one inside my house. | |
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Tadpoles and Salamanders by Marcia Berman brings back memories of the many days we spent as a family
at a local lake - swimming and playing outdoors all day long, looking at
dragonflies, minnows, crayfish, etc.
I sung Wind, Wind, Blowing as
a lullaby for many years. My children usually fell asleep before
I got through the song twice. I always wanted to sing it as a round,
and with recording technology, I did. That was fun! | |
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Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, Hurry is
one of my favorite songs partly because the song itself is so much fun
to sing. It starts out slowly and speeds up as it goes along to fit
with the words. The words describe the different ways the four animals
sense winter coming and it tickles my fancy; who can resist – “Hurry, hurry,
hurry, hurry, we must all get fat and furry.” I also have wonderful
memories of singing this song in the car with my children as we drove around
doing errands.
My daughter often sang Winter
Walk with me when she was younger. It was one of her
favorites. | | | |
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