Well-loved, veteran children's artist David Tobocman has been playing music for kids for 10+ years now, either playing original songs from his four albums for kids with his band or playing solo around Los Angeles leading weekly singalongs.

"I only play well-known classic children's songs when I play my singalongs except for my original song, "Hi Hello" which works as a good introduction to my style and a nice welcome to 'everyone" (I hope you're here to have some fun!) but I also thrown in a few Beatles songs which I now consider classics. For years, my singalong fans have been asking for an album from me of the songs they hear and with the recent purchase of my dream guitar, a vintage Martin HD28 in great shape, I was inspired to play and record a bushelful of these familiar old chestnuts along with a couple of original songs with this lovely, warm acoustic guitar. A few extra layers of accordion here, a little mandolin there, and I think I've presented a collection in a minimal, stripped-down acoustic approach that shows the fun I have at my singalongs from my own personal perspective and I hope it inspires families to sing along!"

Along with the many familiar classics, David has adapted the traditional American instrumental fiddle tune, "Blackberry Blossom" to a new original song that touches on the desire to connect new generations to the old threads that run through our shared American culture:

Blackberry blossom hanging down on the vine
When I was a young boy we'd pick 'em all the time
Now that I'm grown with daughters of my own
It seems that that blossom is impossible to find

Everytime I go back home to my little town
I always look around for the place I remember
But we never seem to find the dreams left behind
And the blackberry blossom is still hanging on the vine

"I'm a full-time musician. I write music for film and television, songs for all occasions, give lessons, produce albums for myself and others, play in a piano bar three nights a week, accompany others, and fill any musical role I can. But it all started for me with family singalongs at family camp growing up in Michigan. I hope I can start little ones off to a rich, fulfilling life by introducing them to the wonders of music and the feeling of community and comradery it always has inspired for me."

10 Itsy Bitsy Spider

09 Oh Susannah

08 Home On The Range

07 Camptown Races

06 Shoo - Fly

05 Polly Wolly Doodle

04 Yellow Submarine

03 If You're Happy And You Know It

02 Sing

01 Hi Hello - Original Song

Co-written and sung with his 1st grade daughter, Zoe, here's a David Tobocman song to calm the jitters when things go "bump." FREE download for the month of October!

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