Music | Todd McHatton

5 Bears Bare Bare Bears

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Bears Bare Bare Bears
She brought her newborn cub – Out to show ’em it – She proudly held him up – Right there over them – How come he’s got nothin’ on – But the hair he came in? – Bears bare bare bears – The Bears weren’t aware – They’re only born with hair – And as they looked around – They started to compare – It gave them quite a scare – Though some looked debonair – Bears bare bare bears – Just like the other animals do – Bears bare bears in their birthday suits – Bears bare bare bears

Yes! It’s another new song! And yes it’s about animals again (Andy). I don’t care. I happen to love animals… and I’m diggin’ this tune too.
We just got some amazing news about Sundays at the Rocket Park. I don’t think I can announce it officially yet but I’ll let you know as soon as I can.

The proof of Grass Stained Twilight has arrived and it looks awesome. I was going to post those images today but then this little bear thing came to me and it just seemed like more fun. We’ll have the local and online shops restocked with Grass Stained Twilight within the next week or so and we’ll finally have some Sundays at the Rocket Park cd’s stocked in the local stores as well. If you need a stack for the record store in your neighborhood please drop me a line… or just go on over and download them here.
Thank you again!

2 Tommy Had A Super Towel

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Tommy Had A Super Towel
Tommy had a Super Towel – That Super Towel was rockin’ – Sometimes he wore it like a cape – And sometimes he placed it on his noggin – Sometimes he used it to escape – And some said “the way that boy behaves is shocking” – He likes to take it to the lake – He likes to take it to the pool – Some people say that it looks great – And some people say he looks like a fool – And they wonder why he’s always wet – It’s because Tommy has not figured out how to dry himself off with it yet – It’s a Super Towel – Tommy had a Super Towel – Thrown up like a parachute on the bow – Sailin’ over everyone high up in the clouds – How he got it – No one knows how – Tommy had a Super Towel – He took it everywhere and some people turned and looked away – And some people would stop and strangely stare at him – He loved it’s rectangularish shape – And the way the wonderful wind lifted him up into the air again and again and again – He flys – From place to place to place – He flys – No one knows how or why – They say to stay soaked in space is a waste – But Tommy likes to air dry – It’s a Super Towel – You use it to fly – Tommy had a Super Towel – Thrown up like a parachute on the bow – Sailin’ over everyone high up in the clouds

Another new song! And I really like this one. I feel like I’m right there with him.
I know, I know… “what happened to the Song-a-Week Thing”? Well, I’ve discovered the joy of animating and we’re working up some brand new cartoon videos to go along with the Sundays at the Rocket Park tunes. I’ll try to start documenting the progress with those here soon. With the recent success of the new album we received enough orders of the first disc, Grass Stained Twilight, that we have officially run out of the super-cool hand-made-deluxe-special-paper-bag packaging. But if you couldn’t get your hands on a copy, fear not… we’ve had such wonderful service with Amazon’s Createspace that there’s a complete re-launch of that album with some new inside/backside artwork. I didn’t touch the mixes though – they’re the exact same lo-fi goodness you’re hearing over there on the Bandcamp site. I am loving this service because it’s completely “on-demand” – there’s no waste at all, and the quality is absolutely beautiful. I’ll post some photos as soon as the proof arrives. Soon thereafter it’ll be back up at CD Baby and Amazon again.
Please get over to OWTK, Pied Piper Radio, Zooglobble, Nugget Island, The Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl, Spare the Rock Spoil the Child, and all of the other amazing, wonderful sites featuring awesome tunes for the whole family. This right here is the greatest moment in the history of recorded music – artists doing exactly what they want with lots of beautiful communities to support them.
Thank You! And stay tuned for more Fun & Adventure!!!

3 The Fam’s In Pajams

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It’s a brand new bed-time tune!
And Hazel helped me out with a picture for it too!

1 You’ve Got Something Here!

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Okay, so I’ve been holding out… I’ve got a lot of new songs that I have not been posting here. They’re all being saved up for “The Green Thing” record which is still deep in the works. We’ve got a lot to do with the brand new album “Sundays at the Rocket Park” coming out in 3 days!!! There’s videos to make and much fun to be had but I just did this tune this morning and really liked it so thought I’d share. It may not make a lot of sense out of context as it’s part of a larger story but I hope you enjoy it.

I want to give a huge thanks to Pied Piper Radio for pulling me out of my shell and getting me to do an interview for “Sundays at the Rocket Park” – you should be able to get it here any day now. I also want to thank The Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl, OWTK, and Zooglobble for previewing the album (and my tribute to Harry)…Thank You!

1 It’s Summer Time!

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Happy Father’s Day!
and,
Happy Summer Time everybody!
Here’s a brand new happy summer time tune I wrote this afternoon.
And,
Here’s a link to my most incredible Father’s Day Present… a brand new animated video from my amazing son. It’s for a song from the second volume of Grass Stained Twilight (release date still yet to be determined). My kids are absolutely amazing. I love you guys!

Just a reminder, the new record “Sundays at the Rocket Park” comes out July 21st, 2010 and you can download the first single absolutely free right here.

1 Happy Birthday Harry

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Harry Nilsson was born June 15th, 1941.

He will always be celebrated and remembered
Happy Birthday Harry!

2 Dana Wears Dresses

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Here’s a brand new little power pop tune. Let me know what you think.

We’ve been preparing for the release of the new album, working on videos, and having some fun around here.

We attended the AWESOME Cinefamily event in May showcasing the origins of Yo Gabba Gabba. We met DJ Lance Rock and sat there with the entire cast and crew while creators Christian Jacobs (lead singer of the Aquabats) and Scott Schultz showed film clips (including their first home-made test shoot) and discussed what influenced the creation of the show.

In my spare time I decided to throw my hat in the ring over at Song Fight with a new tune this week. I played the game a lot last year but this is my first entry for 2010. “Dana Wears Dresses” is their title for the week. Give all the tunes a listen over there and vote for your favorites!

If you’d like to hear my new record, Sundays at the Rocket Park, before it comes out and you think you might write something nice about it and spread the news online please drop me a line.

3 Don’t Stop It Won’t Pop

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Happy Brand New Tune Day Everyone!

Go blow a couple of great big bubbles and have a great day!

0 Time to Start the Countdown…

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It looks like we can finally start the countdown to the new album release. It takes so much time getting everything together but it looks like we’re finally on our way. I let myself get a little distracted with the saz this morning and put this together as a possible “bonus track” and, as usual, if you’re visiting here you know you’re getting everything before the “official” version comes out (usually it’s a little, sometimes a lot, rougher version- but hey, it’s free!).

Stay tuned for the release date and more tracks from upcoming releases.

2 A Flurry Of Furry Birdies

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A brand new song… yay!
I really like this one. Download it, pass it around, email it, facebook it, re-mix it, make videos with it, do whatever you like, but most importantly…
Have fun with it.

A Flurry Of Furry Birdies
A flurry of furry birdies went over my head – Birdy beards wrapped in beaks and feats and this is what they said – They said, “what would you think about before we all started headin’ south you gave us a shave” – A flurry of furry – A flurry of furry birdies – I said little birdies I’ll do just what I can – Down flew birdy Dave and down flew birdy Stan – They helped get a birdy barber chair set up on top of a mountain – So I went to get my razor and birdy scissors – While birdy Dave and birdy Stan went back to get their brothers and sisters – And when I got back to that mountain top the entire thing had been filled right up – There was a billion birds and their hair was everywhere – A flurry of furry – A flurry of furry birdies – Birdy Dave and birdy Stan said, “that’s all that we can ask” – They hopped into the chair we’d set up on top of a mountain – A flurry of furry – A flurry of furry birdies – And we’re still here – There’s hair everywhere – Yes we’re still here – And there’s birdy hair everywhere