Good Gang World Premier

Paul and I have been working on writing children's music with Charlie Anderson. Last week we played for the William's Syndrome camp at Vanderbilt. The campers were between the ages of 17 - 49. They have a rare syndrome that hinders their intellectual development, and they have an affinity for music. Someone explained their impairment to me as the opposite of Autism. Rather than being removed and introverted, they are very gregarious and love interacting with people. This made for an easy audience.

We performed 6 songs for the last week. This week we're going to try to get into a studio and make some recordings. The idea is to create high quality children's music with a positive message. We think that we could find a niche in this market. There seems to be a lack of artists in this genre, and the music has suffered. If that's true, then we assume the parents and kids are suffering too.

At the very least, it has been a good exercise. I needed to play the piano again. My chops are rusty, and Paul and Charlie are good at inspiring creativity. I have written two songs so far. Paul is doing the heavy hitting. We are working on plans to create a recording label that will become a launching pad for this project as well as others to come. The label is called 'The Good Gang Music Factory,' and our first album is 'Charlie and his Animal Friends.'