Stephen Star, Los Angeles based
composer and leader of the Star Kids Music Club, has released his
full-length album, “Star Kids Music Club Presents: Country Pop”
as half of a two-part release.
Stephen Star, Los
Angeles based composer and leader of the Star Kids Music Club, has
released his full-length album, “Star Kids Music Club Presents:
Country Pop” as half of a two-part release. This digital record has
an authentic tone in the tradition of country music's best
performers, such as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, or the Oak Ridge
Boys, and is intended to fill the gap between music for toddlers
(such as Sesame Street) and music for adults, much like the work of
alternative music geniuses They Might Be Giants, and easily as
effective. The music of “SKMC Presents: Country Pop” is not only
expertly performed and engineered, but also so cleverly written and
catchy that adult listeners will often find themselves wishing that
more country pop, the kind produced for adults, were comparable to it
in terms of all-around quality and musicianship.
Star's lyrics in
“SKMC Presents: Country Pop” are entirely original, often
humorous, and brilliantly written. Each line sounds natural in
cadence, rhyme and meter, his diction careful without sounding
forced. His balanced use of poetic devices such as symbolism,
alliteration and assonance make for extremely enjoyable listening, as
well as an excellent introduction to higher writing skills for
growing boys and girls. His themes are varied, unquestionably
positive, and often endearing. They include (among a great many
others): learning, feelings, friendship, respect, safety, dangers,
heroes, pets, patriotism, the acceptance of others and oneself.
Stephen Star is
not new to music, nor to the study of human intellectual development.
A Grammy-nominated songwriter, he also has a working educational
background in sociology and psychology. He is a graduate of
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, and has worked for years with music
professionals worldwide. Of his goal as a songwriter, Star writes,
“Kids need songs to open their minds, and to provide them with
positive messages from a friend. I wrote Country Pop to be an album
that kids, their friends, and their parents can listen to together,
opening a line of communication about the topics in the songs.”
The music on
“Star Kids Music Club Presents: Country Pop” does this job with
aplomb, and belongs on the same top shelf with the best music for
kids available today. Parents would do very well to give “Country
Pop” a listen, and also to pay attention to the other half of the
Star Kids Music Club twin release, “Pop Rock.”
-Sean McCauley
MondoTunes Staff Writer
The LP “Star Kids Music Club
Presents: Country Pop” is distributed globally by MondoTunes
(www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
MondoTunes
(www.mondotunes.com)
supplies the largest music distribution in the world and provides
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ARTIST
CONTACT INFO:
starkidsmusicclub@gmail.com
website -
www.starkidsmusicclub.com
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