The Silly Music Project

The Silly Music Project will eventually comprise enough songs to fill a CD for my children. A few, like the Notre Dame Victory March, will be based on arrangements that I learned by singing in college. Most of the Project’s songs, though, will be traditional children’s songs of my own arrangement. Having no real music-theory knowledge or training, my arranging method is this: (1) record the melody, (2) make up a harmony line and record it, (3) listen to the combination and erase if it sucks, (4) repeat. As you will hear, the determination in step no. 3 is subjective.

Here are two more songs for the Silly Music Project:

The first, Jesus Loves Me, is something that we sing to Francis just about every night. It’s one of her favorites, and she asks for it by name. I recorded this in just a few minutes tonight, and the process made me feel like I’m getting better at this.

The second, Little Bunny Foo Foo, I recorded a few nights ago. This was late, when Sally was asleep and I was apparently delirious. This song is insane, and I’m not sure if this version is going to make the final cut. Regardless, it makes me laugh at parts, particularly the bell chord counting and the plaintive falsetto “no, Bunny Foo Foo” near the end.

Enjoy. These are corny. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.