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Laurie Berkner’s Music Scores Big with Younger
Children
It’s no wonder
Family Fun Magazine says “Victor Vito is really,
truly neato” and Children’s Music Web claims
Victor Vito to be the Best Recording for Toddlers. Laurie
Berkner’s music is also a big hit with parents!
Gone are the days when parents would
cringe and reach for the pain relievers and ear plugs
whenever the big purple dinosaur would sing “I
love you, you love me!” Berkner has knack for writing
and performing children’s tunes. Parents are popping
in the CDs because they too love to sing along. The
lyrics may be silly, but the music is very acceptable
to adult audiences.
Laurie Berkner has been involved with
music since 1992, but her recent success as a children's
recording artist was a surprise to her. "It was
so unexpected," says Laurie. "I'd been performing
in rock and struggling to write original music. Writing
music for kids has not been a struggle at all. The more
I started working on material for children, the more
I realized that it opened up creativity in me that I
never knew I had."
After college, Laurie worked as music
counselor at summer camps, and later worked for several
years as a children's music specialist at New York area
preschool and day care centers. Working with children
became the perfect creative outlet for Laurie to express
her talents and create something that, she says, "has
turned out to be incredibly rewarding."
Laurie is a mom from Princeton, NJ.
There are two other members in her band, Susie Lampert,
the pianist, is a longtime friend of Laurie's. Brian
Mueller, the bassist, is Laurie's husband! In addition
to her CDs and video, a new DVD will be released soon.
Laurie also performs daily on the TV show, Noggin. NOGGIN
is the only commercial-free educational channel dedicated
to preschoolers 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. (Check
your local listing).
Check out the song titles on her Victor
Vito CD: Victor Vito, Bottle Caps, Moon Moon Moon, Froggie
Went A-Courtin’, I’m Not Perfect, The Toy
Museum, O Susannah, BOOTS, Oleanna, The Crabs, Sneaks,
The Goldfish, Zodiac, Trucks, Fruit Salad Salsa, The
Story of my Feelings, I Feel Crazy so I Jump in the
Soup, Shakin’ Down the Sugar, Googleheads, Tingolayo,
White Coral Bells, Goodnight. It’s easy to see
this is a fun album.
Many of her songs are just fun to sing
and make you feel good. Others have a great life lesson
tucked neatly inside Laurie’s acoustic guitar flute,
harmonica, horns and maracas. If you’re looking
for children’s audios that you as a parent will
not only tolerate but have fun with too, Laurie Berkner
is an artist to definitely listen to. Learn more about
her on www.laurieberkner.com.
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