Ton-O-Fun Tunes

Personalized Kids Music Is A Booming Business Online…

…and with good reason(s).

Just about every person on the planet loves music. Kids are no different. And when they hear their name in a song, they really respond. I’ve seen it over and over. I’ve also received countless emails from happy moms, dads, grandparents, and friends who gave a kid his or her own Ton-O-Fun Tunes.

What I’ve also seen in the 11 years I’ve been selling kids music online is that now there are lots of websites selling personalized music for kids. And a bunch of them are very good. So, while my competition has increased, the bottom line is…your kids have a lot of very good choices for music.

I’d just like to take this moment to thank the thousands of you who have supported my kids music. You’re awesome! And I’ll keep working to give you fun music for your kids. (psst…I know you secretly listen to it while they’re asleep) 

Visit TonOFunTunes.com as often as you can and watch for upcoming new releases. Please tell all your friends. I’d like to keep as many kids dancing as possible.

Stay tuned,

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: Personalized Kids Music Demo

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: “Kiddin’ Around” Demo

Download 25 MP3′s of Fun, Cool
Kids Music For Only $25

(and don’t be surprised if you find yourself enjoying them, too)

Click Here To Buy And Download A Ton-O-Fun Tunes

Check out this kids music story from
the New West Fest in Fort Collins, CO this weekend…

Clint Ahnstedt, 5, tries on a pair of headphones from the Little Shop of Physics at the Kids’ Music Adventure during the second day of Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest on Saturday in Fort Collins. The event included interactive music ‘petting zoos’ that exposed kids to different musical instruments. (Sara Marie Fossum/Coloradoan)

Go here for more of this story…

Yeah…kids music is a pretty big deal these days. And I’m glad to be at least a part of it. If you get a chance, please spread the word around about Ton-O-Fun Tunes. And let me know if you’re involved in kids music, too. I’d be glad to tell my readers.

Stay tuned,

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: Personalized Kids Music Demo

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: “Kiddin’ Around” Demo

Download 25 MP3′s of Fun, Cool
Kids Music For Only $25

(and don’t be surprised if you find yourself enjoying them, too)

Click Here To Buy And Download A Ton-O-Fun Tunes

Kids Music In Your Browser? Yeah…Games, Connections, & More

I created a toolbar app to make it really easy for you to connect with my kids music on a bunch of social media sites. You can pick from several choices like a Facebook Fan Page, or Twitter, or LinkedIn, or YouTube…and more. Click here to get the toolbar now. It’s quick, easy, and free.

If you download and install the toolbar, I’d love to hear what you thought of it. Leave me a comment below, too.

Stay tuned,

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: Personalized Kids Music Demo

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: “Kiddin’ Around” Demo

Can Music Change A Kid’s Life?

OK…I’m not tryin’ to say your kid’s life will be completely better because of music. And I’m not sayin’ your kid won’t have trials and tribulations in this life if he only listens to some good music.

But I am sayin’ your kid will have access to what I believe is the ultimate imagination machine if she’s exposed to a good variety of true, melodic music.

Not just beats…

Not just lots of rhyming words…

Not just loud noise.

But real, true, melodic music.

When you can actually sing along to a melody with some catchy lyrics, your mind can develop word pictures. And that’s when the imagination kicks into overdrive. It’s like reading a good book…only it sticks in your head much better because music is attached. That’s because our brains are hard-wired for things like math, logic, design, and creative ability. And all those things are found in music.

Think about it…do you know of any culture on the planet that doesn’t have some form of music? It’s often described as the universal language. And I know that’s appropriate. I’ve seen kids, who can’t even speak in whole sentences, dancing to music…in fact…whole families dancing to the same tune. It’s awesome when that happens. But it only happens when the music is actually FUN and has some redeeming quality.

That’s what I’m always trying to do…keep it fun (for the whole family) and with some sort of uniting quality. Then moms and dads can enjoy dancing, carefree, with their kids… or watching their kids dance the funny dances kids do.

It keeps everyone in the same, safe and happy world…at least for a little while. That’s very cool…

Stay tuned,

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: Personalized Kids Music Demo

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: “Kiddin’ Around” Demo

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Flashy Demos Without The Flash

Alright…I just finished replacing the second demo set of kids music that was over there on the right hand side of this page. I had 13 different Flash buttons so you could listen to each song individually. And I found out from some of you that all those buttons were too confusing or just “too much”. On top of that I discovered the Flash buttons wouldn’t play on iPhones or iPads…and I just can’t have that. I’m a big Mac fan, and I couldn’t even check out my own files on my own iPhone.

That just wouldn’t do.

So…now anyone should be able to see and listen to my kids music samples from any blog post I make. The links and/or players will be at the bottom of each post…just below my signature. Feel free to let me know if your particular browser doesn’t show the files. Please go to the bottom of this post and listen to the two MP3′s where you’ll hear clips from 13 tunes for kids. And feel free to leave comments below.

Stay tuned,

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: Personalized Kids Music Demo

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: “Kiddin’ Around” Demo

iPhone Made Me Do It  

I just made another (and hopefully better) way for you to hear the Ton-O-Fun Tunes kids music samples.

At the bottom of this post check out the new audio player and listen to the samples of personalized kids music. Let me know if  you can’t access the music. Or let me know if you can and what you think about the new player. I’m changing the way I present samples on the Ton-O-Fun Tunes website so the millions of iPhone and iPad users can see and hear ‘em. I’m an iPhone owner, and I know it matters to me, so I figure it might matter to others.

Without further ado, check it out and let me hear from you…

Stay tuned,

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: Personalized Kids Music Demo

Ton-O-Fun Tunes: “Kiddin’ Around” Demo

It All Began With Some Fun Personalized Music For Kids

We started out selling personalized music for kids, online, back in 2001. So…we’ve been at it for close to 11 years. Back then the site was known as Custom Kid Songs, and we still own that domain name which points to this site. The idea grew from a friend of ours, Bob, who suggested I write songs for kids with their names in them. My wife and I had discussed it before, but we weren’t sure there would be any interest in it.

We were pleasantly surprised at how much interest there actually was.

I began working on a few tunes using the name of our friends’ new baby, Dominic. After composing, recording, mixing, and remixing we presented Bob and his wife Cheryl with the finished product. They loved it. So…to make a shorter story out of this…we rounded up some Denver metro area retailers, built a website, and started our little business. And we sold thousands of CD’s. Some of you reading this right now may have bought a CD, or two, or more. If so…thank you very much.

Now, I’ve turned our website into our main store, and I’ve added 3 more CD’s. In addition to the personalized tunes for kids, we also sell “Kiddin’ Around“, “In This World“, and “Lullabye Bye“. If you’re on a desktop or laptop computer, you should be able to see sample buttons over there on the right for the personalized CD and the “Kiddin’ Around” CD. The other CD’s can be found on the link buttons at the top of this page, and each page has sample clips of the tunes.

Check ‘em out. We believe once you hear ‘em you’ll know why they’ve delighted thousands of kids across the country and beyond.

And if you’re into the more instant gratification way of buying online, we’ve got you covered. I created a digital download of the tunes from 3 CD’s so you can buy now and listen in just a few minutes instead of waiting for a CD to arrive in the mail.

Either way, we truly appreciate your support, and we look forward to hearing from you as we continue to grow our humble business of tunes for kids.

Stay Tuned,

P.S. Your comments and feedback are always welcome, so let us hear from you anytime.

Where Does Imagination Come From?

From kids of course.

Have you ever talked to a kid, asked him a question that doesn’t make sense, and watched the imagination machine start to churn? It’s a fun thing to do, and I do it all the time. For instance…I might ask a 5 year old boy or girl why the sky is so green today. They’re old enough to know the sky is blue, but a grownup just asked why it’s so green. So their imagination starts to spin and they try to make sense of it even though they also like to make nonsense out of it, too.

The looks kids can get in their eyes are priceless. I never get tired of seeing the consternation…and the wonder.

And I suppose that’s a big reason why I write kids music. Their minds haven’t had the dreams beat out of ‘em yet. They don’t think in terms of having their hands tied by a job or a family or a mortgage or whatever. They still think an elephant can fly or hatch a “who”. It’s a blast to write with my thought waves in their world.

If you have kids, I encourage you to spend time in their world. Remember…once upon a time…it was your world.

Stay Tuned,

P.S. Just in case you’re wondering, you can get a whole bunch of tunes for kids in one simple download on our
Kids Music download page