Sources For Personalized Music CDs For Children
My Very Own Music CD was one of the largest successes in the history of the children’s music industry. By crafting CDs specifically aimed at an individual child, the company was able to inspire and make happy an entire generation of children. They did this by grouping together CDs that have between six and ten songs, each grouped according to an interest of the child, and often using the child’s name during the songs themselves. And they did it by using a musical score that was vibrant and happy. Children loved the songs and parents loved the delight on their children’s faces.
The personalized CDs make gift giving so much easier, and more personal! The difference between giving a CD that has been personalized to include the child’s name, and has his or her name sung by his or her heroes, and just giving a gift that came from an impersonal store is huge. Whoever you give the gift to will see the difference, as certainly as you can.
Albums like Awesome Kids Christians Songs, which provided a plethora of tracks all reaffirming traditional Christian values, such as the fact that Jesus is God, and that Jesus and God love each child personally more than words can express, swept the Christian community and helped Christian parents instill the proper values in their children. The eleven songs on the album each treats a different Christian theme, and is intended for children between the ages of nine and twelve. But, as they say, some things are timeless, and the CD is sure to be of enjoyment to all Christians.
Another release from My Very Own Music is Journey to the Land of Imagination, an impressive collection of fanciful tales and ballads that will stretch the limits of a child’s ability to create and imagine. If you want to increase the scope of your child’s wondering, as well as have them marvel at how the people who sing so beautifully on this CD keep repeating his or her name, then this album is for you.
Always popular among pint-sized superheros, Spiderman and You is an album that will appeal to the more adventurous children on your list. The songs on this CD take the listener through many different episodes in Spiderman’s career, and he will battle his nemeses and confront problems in the city and rescue his beloved Mary Jane, all as your child sings along and hears his or her name sung back at them. The songs on this disk are energetic and thrilling, as is fitting to their subject matter, and will lift and thrill your child’s spirits.
Whatever your needs in personalized children’s CDs, My Very Own Music will be able to meet them. Since they have literally thousands of children’s names in the database, and hundreds of interest grouped CDs, they are the world’s number one provider of personalized songs for children.
Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Beach, Florida. Find more about this as well as a children’s music CD at http://www.personalizedcds4kids.com.
The West Wing (Season 2) DVD Review
Premiering in September 1999, the original NBC series The West Wing built an instant cult following with its seemingly realistic weekly excursions into the inner sanctums of the White House. The series became such a hit that some pollsters claimed that certain people actually believed Jed Bartlet was the real president (although, if true, this is more of a negative reflection on the intelligence of the electorate, and not necessarily an indication of West Wing’s realism). But regardless, the truth of the matter is that West Wing definitely strikes a chord with certain audiences, providing entertaining brew of action, suspense, and drama on a weekly basis
Seasoned Hollywood actor Martin Sheen plays the lead role of President Jed Bartlet. The day-to-day affairs of Bartlet’s administration are run by a number of individuals who surround him, among them are: Claudia “C.J.” Cregg (Allison Janney), Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff), Leo McGarry (John Spencer), and Charlie Young (Dule Hill). West Wing follows these dedicated staffers as they work extended hours behind-the-scenes to help keep the White House running smoothly. Along the way, the stress of the job and the characters’ personal lives make for an interesting glimpse into what many believe is an accurate portrayal of a real-life White House administration
The West Wing (Season 2) DVD offers a number of dramatic episodes including the season premiere “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 1″ in which the staff awaits news relating to the gunshot wounds suffered by Josh Lyman and President Bartlett, prompting them to reminisce about their initial involvement in Bartlet’s campaign and how they all came to know each other. Meanwhile, Leo, Toby, and C.J. examine the formal inquiry into the Secret Service’s policies as well as the legal implications of Bartlet’s surgery and the transfer of his executive power Other notable episodes from Season 2 include “In This White House” in which the White House staffers host a contingent of pharmaceutical executives and leaders from Africans nations in relation to ending the AIDS crisis, and “The Leadership Breakfast” in which the staffers participate in a bi-partisan breakfast which they hope will actually substantively tackle an issue
Below is a list of episodes included on The West Wing (Season 2) DVD:
Episode 23 (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 1) Air Date: 10-04-2000
Episode 24 (In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part 2) Air Date: 10-04-2000
Episode 25 (The Midterms) Air Date: 10-18-2000
Episode 26 (In This White House) Air Date: 10-25-2000
Episode 27 (And It’s Surely to Their Credit) Air Date: 11-01-2000
Episode 28 (The Lame Duck Congress) Air Date: 11-08-2000
Episode 29 (The Portland Trip) Air Date: 11-15-2000
Episode 30 (Shibboleth) Air Date: 11-22-2000
Episode 31 (Galileo) Air Date: 11-29-2000
Episode 32 (Noel) Air Date: 12-20-2000
Episode 33 (The Leadership Breakfast) Air Date: 01-10-2001
Episode 34 (The Drop In) Air Date: 01-24-2001
Episode 35 (Bartlet’s Third State of the Union) Air Date: 02-07-2001
Episode 36 (The War at Home) Air Date: 02-14-2001
Episode 37 (Ellie) Air Date: 02-21-2001
Episode 38 (Somebody’s Going to Emergency, Somebody’s Going to Jail) Air Date: 02-28-2001
Episode 39 (The Stackhouse Filibuster) Air Date: 03-14-2001
Episode 40 (17 People) Air Date: 04-04-2001
Episode 41 (Bad Moon Rising) Air Date: 04-25-2001
Episode 42 (The Fall’s Gonna Kill You) Air Date: 05-02-2001
Episode 43 (18th and Potomac) Air Date: 05-09-2001
Episode 44 (Two Cathedrals) Air Date: 05-16-2001
About the Author
Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of The West Wing (Season 2) DVD.
Brian Culbertson It’s On Tonight Smooth Jazz CD Review
Oh My Goodness!!!
These three words perfectly express what I think of Brian Culbertson’s seductively titled “It’s On Tonight” CD.
This CD, although mostly containing songs completely without lyrics, comes extremely close to being explicit. I mean it just drips track after seductive track with some of the most intensely suggestive smooth jazz you’ll ever hear.
It starts off HOT with track 1, Let’s Get Started and only gets hotter.
Track 4, Sensuality, he should have just flat out named “Sex”. It’s that good.
These days it’s a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs.
Smooth Jazz music fans will recognize some of the well known guests that have been assembled to play along with Culbertson on several of the tracks. Artists like Boney James, Kirk Whalum and the incomparable Chris Botti just to name a few.
Fans of smooth vocalists will enjoy the contributions made by Will Downing, Patti Austin and Marc Nelson to songs on this CD as well.
If you’re a Brian Culbertson fan this is a CD your collection flat cannot be without. In fact, this is one of those CDs that you don’t even have to be a fan of Culbertson, or even smooth jazz to know is good. It’s just good music. Period.
The standout tunes are The Way You Feel [track 5], Dreaming of You [track 7], and Secret Affair [track 9]. My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 4, Sensuality. Wow! Be very careful who you’re in the room with when you press play on this one. Unless of course…
You were warned.
Release Notes:
This CD was originally released July 26, 2005 on the GRP Records label.
CD track list follows:
1. Let’s Get Started
2. Hookin’ Up
3. It’s On Tonight
4. Sensuality
5. The Way You Feel
6. Forbidden Love
7. Dreaming Of You
8. Wear It Out
9. Secret Affair
10. Touch Me
11. Love Will Never Let You Down
12. Reflections
To hear samples of each song on this CD go to Brian Culbertson CD – It’s On Tonight [www.smoothlee.com/music-samples/brian-culbertson-its-on-tonight]
Clyde Lee Dennis, a.k.a. “SmoothLee” has been bumping around on the web since 1999 and is a self described “Web Head, and Life long AVID music fan”. Smooth Jazz Music in particular. In addition to writing CD Reviews for I Love Smooth Jazz.com he is also the Program Director, and can be heard during his daily radio show which airs on one of the internets most listened to smooth jazz radio stations, Smooth Jazz 24/7