Music Category Archive
Stylophone Beatbox
Put on your neon tracksuit, Adidas sneakers, and get ready to lay down some phat beats. The Stylophone Beatbox ($30) is a portable electronic beats machine with all the classic beatbox sounds, various percussion effects and bass. You can play back loops of your work, lay your own beats [More]
The Big Picture
Looking for a great Earth Day soundtrack? Check out Uncle Rock’s (AKA singer-songwriter, author, and former bassist Robert Burke Warren) The Big Picture ($13) – a socially conscious kindie-rock CD including tracks on the importance of recycling, accepting differences, and [More]
First MP3 Player
Unlike gadgets for adults, when buying for little kids, smaller isn’t always better. The First MP3 Player ($50) is just the right size for toddlers to carry along on their ramblings, with a simple interface and easy-to-press buttons for independent operation. This mp3 player has a [More]
WowWee Alive Elvis
Most people think making it big in show business means having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, but how many of those guys have a singing robot made in their likeness? Only the King himself could have inspired a tribute like the WowWee Alive Elvis ($92). There are several modes to [More]
Fish Ear Buds
Got a kid who loves his portable gaming system or mp3 player, but hates to wear headphones? Get him these irresistible Fish Ear Buds ($12) and he’ll happily pop them in, if only to see their silly faces sticking out of his ears. Lots more fun than those plain white ear buds [More]
LEGO MP3 Player
Is there anything that can’t be made of LEGO blocks? Make your world a little more colorful with the LEGO MP3 Player ($40). You don’t have to put it together, but you can add onto it, so you can build a tune-playing, galaxy-traveling spaceship, if you want. This little gem [More]
Drum Rocker
If Rock Band is more than just a game to you, you’ll want Drum Rocker ($200), which is far more than just a controller. There’s no pre-molded plastic holding you back, you can position your velocity sensitive drum pads anywhere you want with the professional aluminum drum [More]
SpongeBob SquarePants MP3 Players
SpongeBob’s big round eye delivers music to your ears with these SpongeBob SquarePants MP3 Players ($30). With either 512 MB or 1 GB of flash memory, these players hold hundreds of songs and their internal rechargeable batteries last 7 to 10 hours on a charge. Each mp3 player comes [More]
Kidz Bop 80’s Gold
Children of the 80’s might not regret the passing of certain fads like snap bracelets and big hair, but the music was unlike anything that came after it and deserves to be shared with the next generation. Kidz Bop 80’s Gold ($13) takes 14 hits from that formative decade and [More]
Balloon USB Speaker
Big sound fits in the palm of your hand with the Balloon USB Speaker ($45) for your mp3 player. The little round sponge features a USB rechargeable battery that’ll keep on rockin‘ for around four hours on a charge. These lightweight speakers are great for kids that don’t like to [More]
LoudEnough Volume Limiting Headphones
With the popularity of mp3 players and portable gaming devices among young children who can’t be relied on to set volume to a safe level, a product like LoudEnough Volume Limiting Headphones ($40) can save them a lifetime of hearing trouble. There’s nothing to set or adjust, so kids [More]
Rockabye Baby!
In spite of its title, Metallica’s Enter Sandman could never be considered particularly soothing, and you certainly wouldn’t play it for a child trying to fall asleep. Until now. Rockabye Baby! ($14) transforms the classic rock and alternative music parents love into soothing [More]
Alphabutt
If “Z is for farts that smell like the zoo” you can bet kids are going to remember it, and all the other silly, sometimes mildly shocking lyrics to Kimya Dawson’s Alphabutt ($15). Even very young kids will love these energetic songs, and they will grow to appreciate them more as [More]
Nightmare Revisited
Disney meets modern rock in Nightmare Revisited ($10) (also available as an MP3 album and from iTunes). This cover album of the Nightmare Before Christmas movie soundtrack includes two spoken tracks by Danny Elfman, and artists like Shiny Toy Guns, Datarock, and Korn cover the original [More]
TMBG’s Here Comes Science
They Might Be Giants prove it’s possible for music to be educational, appealing to kids, and pleasant to the adult ear on their CD/DVD set, TMBG’s Here Comes Science ($10). In their ongoing tradition of releasing great albums for kids, TMBG have come up with catchy tunes and fun [More]
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