My song “Parasaurolophus is a Mouthful for all of Us” has been chosen to be a finalist at this year’s Great American Song Writing Competition. I feel very honoured to be chosen as the competition receives entries from over 1500 songwriter and the judging is done by industry processionals. Here is a review that the [...]
Category Archives: Songs about Dinosaurs
Song from Dinostory is a 2011 Finalist at the Great American Song Writing Competition
Posted by Mike Whitla on April 1, 2012
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First video from Dinostory – The Egg – from The Ultimate Dinosaur Rock Opera
Posted by Mike Whitla on February 24, 2012
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So I have started working on animation of my cd Dinostory the Ultimate Dinosaur Rock Opera. I have been working with a really great flash animator which has been a ton of fun and also a ton of learning. This video is the beginning of the story were our hero Terri is hatched. Enjoy and [...]
Dinostory wins the NAPPA Rising Star Award!
Posted by Mike Whitla on November 3, 2011
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Dinostory ~ The Ultimate Dinosaur Rock Opera has been announced as the winner of the NAPPA National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Rising Star Award. You can see the award page here: Dinostory: The Ultimate Dinosaur Rock Opera by Mike Whitla, 2011; Rainbow Songs, $14.99 CD; www.rainbowsongs.com; 4-8. Great for: rocking out like a T-Rex. Why [...]
Dinostory a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award Winner
Posted by Mike Whitla on September 29, 2011
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Dinostory ~ The Ultimate Dinosaur Rock Opera! was chosen as a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award winner. There is a really nice review by Lahri Bond who really got what the recording is all about. To read the review please click here.
Writing Music about Dinosaurs – Brachiosaurus
Posted by Mike Whitla on July 7, 2011
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Over the past year or so I wrote a cd about dinosaurs. One of the things I really enjoyed about the process of writing these songs was that each one had a very different writing process. I’d like to explore these different writing processes in a series of blog posts. One element that seemed to [...]