Tick Tock Rock Music Video Released

I hope children will enjoy learning to tell time by the hour with my latest music video titled “Tick Tock Rock.” The song is on my 2005 “Music Time” album, and I thought I would illustrate it in my cut-paper and foam collage to make telling time a snap, or in this case, a clap!

I remember when I was young, I had a hard time learning to tell time. It wasn’t the hour so much as the half-past and quarter hour that tripped me up. Maybe I need to write that song as well!

Anyway, let’s jump into this interactive song in which part of the song I tell the time, but the second half of the song, you tell the time.

https://youtu.be/Ll_BGs47BYo?si=F2BngS74ltM1fl7R

Twenty Bees Video Release!

Twenty Bees by Johnette Downing

During the pandemic, I created nearly a dozen animated music videos of my songs for virtual programs. I used some of them in my virtual programs, but some have never been released. Therefore, I have decided to release them once per month. The first one I released in May was “On the Farm” from my Parents’ Choice Recommended Award winning Wild and Woolly Wiggle Songs album.

This month, I am releasing “Twenty Bees” from my Silver Parents’ Choice Award winning album Boogie Woogie Bugs. I hope you enjoy this counting backwards by 1s, 2s, 4s, 5s, and 10s song. I learned from my friend Patsy Kanter, who developed the Everyday Counts curriculum, that children have difficulty counting backwards. Therefore, I decided to continue my trajectory of counting songs, but this song counts back from twenty, a higher number, not normally used in children’s music.

I illustrated the video with cut-paper collage to create depth, and my husband Scott Billington animated the video. It took dozens of frames to create the bee flying across the page at the end. Also at the end of the video, I include bee fun facts from the Bee Conservancy for educational purposes to help children help bees! I hope you have fun buzzing along!

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Spooky Hammond Organ sounds on Mean Old Witch!

My “Mean Old Witch” single has been released today!!! I wanted to take the time to give a shout out to C. R. Gruver for making the song super spooky with his Hammond Organ performance. C. R. is also a super sweet guy, and having him play on the album was more than a Halloween treat! Thanks C. R.!

Hear this monster of a musician on the tune!