http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog Exchanging ideas about learning, music, community, and culture. Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:23:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Like the title says. . . http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2008/06/19/rock-n-rainbows-first-video/ Earlier this year an not-for profit off-shoot of Rainbow Songs was founded. The purpose of this organization is to bring the same high quality music programs that Rainbow Songs is famous for to people that do not have the means to experience them. So the Rainbow Songs Foundation runs Rainbow ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2008/05/17/rainbow-songs-foundation-gets-charitable-status/ This is a wonderful catchy song from the carribean. There is a really great 4 person clapping game that goes with it too. Anyway the words I learned at a workshop run by Doug Goodkin for this song never made any sense to me. But I did love the song as ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2008/05/10/origin-of-four-white-horses/ So I've formed a band. It features: Jessica Vigars- Vocals and percussion Joshua Engel - Vocals and Bass Chris Cawthray - Drums and Me singing and playing guitar The band will play family oriented concerts and we have our first ones booked already at the famous Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. If you and your family want ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2008/05/07/my-new-band-rock-n-rainbow/ I thought it might be interesting to document the process of recording a song from start to finish. Ok before you start recording you first need to have your song. For this process I am using the song "Some Like it Hot" a folk rhyme from England that was turned ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2008/01/09/making-a-recording-part-01/ Ok. I have heard a few versions of this great "repeat after me" song. One sung by Joel Exner (a former Rainbow Songs teacher) one sung by Alana Kurtis (another former Rainbow Songs teacher) and most recently this one sung by the staff of the Bayview Wildwood resort. Anyway ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2007/11/18/origin-of-the-moose-song/ Ok time for some scarrrrrry Haloween music: Recently I wrote music for and appeared in a new TV show called the "Jungle Room". It is a reality show set in a daycare. I play "Mike" a musician who works with kids (a really big stretch for me). For those that are ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2007/10/25/haloween-2007/ Well the Whitla/Haberman family needs a vacation and we want to go somewhere where we get to by a eco friendly method. We do not own a car and try to live our lives with as little an environmental impact as possible but still with a full rich life. That leaves ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2007/10/22/an-environmentally-friendly-car-free-holiday-at-bayview-wildwood/ Ok here is another song that I have no idea where it came from. The lyrics I sing are: When you’re one, one, one. Tap on your bum, bum, bum. When you’re two, two, two. Tap on your shoe, shoe, shoe. When you’re three, three, three. Tap on your knee, knee, knee. When you’re four, four, four. Tap ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2007/08/23/origin-of-the-song-when-youre-one/ I recently received a shipment of Jew's Harps made by master maker Zoltan Szilagyi of Hungary and I could not be more pleased with them. I ordered several of the instruments but the one I have been enjoying playing most is this one: Zoltan Szilagyi's Consul in C. To hear me play ... http://www.rainbowsongs.com/mikeblog/2007/06/25/my-favourite-jews-harp/