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Jitterbug.tv Helps You Find Good Children’s Music
Jan 14 2009 by Emily Hansen
I’m relieved that my kids are nearly past the stage of listening exclusively to children’s music in the car, but for all you parents who are still stuck listening to it, there’s hope: Jitterbug.tv is a website that can help you find music that both you and your kids will like.
I was intrigued when I ran across Jitterbug.tv, which bills itself as “music for hip kids.” Jitterbug.tv was started by two dads — Randall Green, an entrepreneur, and Dan Gellert, a Grammy winner. They wanted to find kids’ music that didn’t drive them crazy, and they wanted to promote the kids and independent music movement, otherwise known as Kindie. With Jitterbug.tv, the two set out “to find music that will not irritate, and … help expose artists to a broader audience.” A valiant purpose, indeed.
On the website, the songs are organized by category or artist and are delivered mostly through video clips, with an occasional audio clip thrown in. I was able to sit down with my 16-year-old, who’s just slightly outside of their target audience, and watch and listen to several of the selections in the Kindie category. As a grown up, I’m reminded regularly that I can’t possibly judge cool like a teenager can. We listened to bands like Dog on Fleas, Milkshake and Scribblemonster, but found a band called Boogers to be our favorite.
Of course, some of our long-time favorite artists were on the website, too, including Jack Johnson, Dan Zanes, They Might be Giants and Lisa Loeb, to name a few. We were having so much fun going through the songs that my younger kids emerged from their Friday night gaming to judge the songs for themselves. For the record, their favorite was a number from Rock Daddy Rock called “Don’t be Afraid of the Dentist.”
Jitterbug.tv didn’t live up to all of my hopes as a “go-to” resource; its biggest drawback is that the songs aren’t available for download on the website. You’ll have to take one more step to search the internet for the artist you liked, or look them up in iTunes. For my sanity in the car, the extra step would be well worth the effort.
