Jason from the Jungle Gym Jam will personally autograph your copy of the "Everyone's Invited!" album to your family so you can easily enjoy the music in your car, kitchen or home theater. Comes in a wonderfully designed 4-panel digi-pack with artwork by children's illustrator Melissa Bailey.
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Inspiration
I've been playing guitar for kids since I was a teenager. I often let them line up neatly and strum the guitar after the performance. Usually one kid drops the pick in the sound hole of the guitar, causing me to have to turn the guitar upside down and shake out the pick. When I later played for my own nieces and daughter, there was a new concern – they would put everything in their mouths, so I felt the need for a song that teaches “Don’t put the pick in your mouth.” I felt like this song just wrote itself.
Writing
Amy and I brainstormed other things you shouldn’t do with a pick, and just allowed ourselves to be ridiculous about it. We had some great laughs coming up with the rhymes in the pre-chorus that set up each chorus and its advice about where not to put the pick.
In the Studio
The Pick Song - Jason Didner and the Jungle Gym JamThis is the only song on the album to feature Amy’s spoken voice. In my music for grown-ups, Amy lends her spoken-voice talents on “Quit While You’re Ahead,” a blues tune about gambling to play the cocktail waitress making her rounds through the casino. The Pick Song, when released as a single in the summer of 2013, featured artwork by Montclair’s comic book artist Rick Man. He created a character known as “Pick Man,” whose triangular upper body fits the role of a superhero and guitar pick quite nicely. Rick was the perfect guy to do this artwork because not only does he draw comic books, but he’s a talented guitarist/singer/songwriter in his own right.
lyrics
Intro:
E A B E
E A B E
Verse 1:
E A
I have a plastic triangle
B E
I hold between my fingers
E A
I always keep it handy
B E
When I play my six-stringer
A
Take it out when you're in a musical mood
B
But remember it isn't food
Chorus:
E A
Don't put the pick in your mouth
B E
Don't put the pick in your mouth
E A
Don't put the pick in your mouth
B E
You use it when you rock out
Verse 2:
I sweep the pick in rhythm
Up and down across the strings
As the sound hole adds a fullness
To my guitar's cheerful ring
The hole stands out on a guitar's face
But it isn't a storage place
Chorus:
Don't drop the pick down the hole
Don't drop the pick down the hole
Don't drop the pick down the hole
That’s not a guitar hero’s goal
Verse 3:
I keep my pick in my pocket
In case I burst out into song
I'm always ready to rock it
But it only goes where it belongs
You can use it with guitars all around the globe
But it isn't a nasal probe
Chorus:
Don't put the pick in your nose
Don't put the pick in your nose
Don't put the pick in your nose
'Cause that's just kind of gross
Verse 4:
I have picks of many colors
Orange, purple, yellow and red
They bring color to the songs I play
But I don't let that go in my head
A pick's just perfect for its job
But it isn't a cotton swab
Chorus:
Don't put the pick in your ear
Don't put the pick in your ear
Don't put the pick in your ear
So you can hear what you play
Chorus (Reprise):
Don't put the pick in your mouth
Don't put the pick in your mouth
Don't put the pick in your mouth
You use it when you rock out
Tag Line:
B E
You use it when you rock out
B E
You use it when you rock out
credits
from Everyone's Invited!,
released January 28, 2014
Jason Didner -Lead vocals, guitar
Meg Beattie-vocal harmonies
Judy Helbig -Bass guitar, vocal harmonies
Ross Kantor-drums, vocal harmonies
Amy Didner-spoken parts
Produced, engineered and mixed by Dave Cushing at Snowdome Studios, Montclair, NJ
Mastered by Scott Anthony at The Viewing Room, Springfield, NJ (storybooksound,com)
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