New & good things coming soon!
Q: Dear Lullatone,
What are Saturday mornings like at your house?
Well…
As an artist, one of the happiest things in the world is finding out that someone whose work you love also likes what you do as well!
Lately one of our little heroes, Kid President, has been using our songs for his videos. In this new one he gets a message from the real president (set to our song a runaway kite ). Keep up the awesome Robby and Brad!
Our friend Niwa-kun opened a new cafe in Nagoya called Kakuozan Larder. It is a great place to have a coffee and lunch while listening to Jonathan Richman.
While rediscovering a park by Yoshimi’s childhood home, we heard a nice song being sung by a Grandmother to a baby. After tracking down the voice, we discovered that it was the mom of Yoshimi’s favorite neighbor when she was little. So local!
maybe not so productive these days, but in a good way!
Shawn is going to do a workshop at this event in Nagoya on Feb. 10 (2013).
http://www.sundwich.jp/thisisnotsunday/
We are going to make balloon bongos.
winter is on!
first snow of the year = building a snowman before breakfast
We have a new hobby - GIFing (as in “to GIF”)
Favorite park in our neighborhood recently…
We made the music and starred in this video for Nagoya-based AR app creators Carkcho.
We had a baby girl today! Her name is Nina.
We are now an officially very “productive” band.
We did a short interview for Tumblr’s Storyboard.
More Than Twee: Pajama Pop with Lullatone
Once a week on a local television channel in Nagoya, Japan, viewers can catch a short segment in which a lanky white American guy teaches kids how to make instruments from household objects — in fluent Japanese. The DIY instruments range from rubber-band guitars to cardboard drums and a xylophone made from a paper roll.
The host of this unique little production is Lullatone — a husband-wife musical duo (one part Japanese, one part American) who have pioneered a genre that Shawn James Seymour (the American half) calls “pajama pop” (not to be confused with “twee”). With a blend of lo-fi instrumentation, soft vocals (from wife Yoshimi Tomida), and simple (like really simple) lyrics — Lullatone’s songs range from “Growing Up” to “Going to Buy Some Strawberries” — Lullatone has emerged as a critical voice in commercial sound design. They’re also just about the cutest band on the face of the planet. James fills us in on their easy mystique.
