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1. Wherefore and why My Daddy Is Scratchy?
My previous CD Bad Mood Mom and other Good Mood Songs celebrated Moms in the title track. I thought this one should get on Dad’s case.
2.
How many songs are about dads?
Quite a few actually. Besides the title track, there is “Stop It Dad You’re Embarrassing Me” which is about a father who sings in public. “The Daddy Book” is a bit of a rag on dads, myself included, who depend too much on their wives to keep things running smoothly. Many for instance, ah-hem, leave it to their wives to schedule playdates and in fact don’t really know how to schedule a playdate!
3. Are there any others?
Now that I think about it – yes. “I Can’t Go To School Today” is a song ostensibly about a boy who’s nervous about going to school one morning but during the course of the song we find out that dads sometimes dread going to work.
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4.
Bad Mood Mom had a series of songs about each age from one to seven. Is there any theme that runs through this CD?
No there is no theme to them however I do finish off the previous “age” song cycle with a song called “You’ve Got the Nose (I Want to Knows Better)”. It’s about a dad’s (oops there’s another one) evolving relationship with his newborn baby.
5.
How many family members appear on this CD?
Six.
6.
What’s going on here? Are you too cheap to hire professionals?
Yes.
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7.
Who in your family sings?
Well – no one will admit to it– but everyone sings. I decided I wanted to write a duet for each of my kids that reflect their own personalities.
8.
That’s three family members – how about the other thee?
Well the song “Stop It Dad You’re Embarrassing Me” is supposed to be the aural equivalent of H. A. Rey’s lift the flap books. You know the ones…”Now what did they do and who did they see?” In the song each time this child is holding his/her ears, the listener is fooled into thinking it’s some loud obnoxious noise. It turns out to be the kid’s dad singing. I used my own father, who’s an amazing composer and conductor in his own right, to sing the father’s part.
9.
And your wife?
Yes my wife does all the mom adlibs in Mommy Is A Dynamo – a tribute to all the amazing mom’s out there who are holding everything together and…
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10.
and who else…?
Well my step-father-in-law plays Phillip Thornshort, the daft but brave reporter who tells us the history of mistletoe and unfortunately gets booted off the airwaves by a rock band.
11.
There are quite a few interviews with kids.
Yes – these were not setup!
12.They hadn’t heard the songs?
Not the ones that concerned the topics I asked them about. Amazingly enough more than one child when asked about embarrassing parents spoke of singing fathers and mothers.
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13.
Why did you interview kids?
Many kids mentioned to me that their favorite cut on “Bad Mood Mom” was the one where I’m trying to get my then three-year old daughter to say “ma, dah, and blah” in the song “Little Sister”.
14.
So?
I realized that kids just love hearing other kids talk. They learn everything from their peers – unfortunately.
15.
How long did it take to make this record?
I’ve been chipping away at it for over two years.
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16.
Do you have any questions for me?
How many questions do we have left?
17.
Four.
Yikes!
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18.
Hey that doesn’t count as a question. Who are these Good Mood Singers?
My own kids refuse to perform publicly. They’re studio cats. The Good Mood Singers are their more outgoing, as well as talented, friends.
19. I see there’s one song that you didn’t write.
Yes - this is my first cover, “The Rhyme Song”, written by a friend of mine Jeffrey Ernstoff. He sang it for me one day and I thought my audience would like it. The song even takes some grownups about a minute to get the joke.
20.
Is there another CD coming?
I hope so!
21. What will it be called?
Uh-uh. Out of questions! Where’s my publicist?
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here to ask jamie your own question… info@badmoodmom.com
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