A Very Special Day

 Hi Eggfanz

 I realize that I usually only write about a blog a month but today something very special happened. Egg got to go to the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA and play for some of the most incredible kids. This gig took a lot of planning. I had contacted the hospital about playing there almost a year ago.  At the time they were in the process of moving over to their new building and so we had to wait a little while.  Then there was trying to fit into their schedule, then our schedule then finally everything clicked and we finally got 3-25 on the calendar. Yeah !!!!!  

   After speaking to Vanya Green, the hospital's music therapy director, we realized a typical Egg show might be a bit much for a hospital, as anyone who has seen us knows, with the whole band it can get a little crazy. So we decided the best way would to be for Cody and I to go down and do a little more of a subdued set. Playing acoustic instruments. 

  

  With Egg we are so blessed to get to share happiness with so many kids, and from it's inception we've always wanted to be able to bring that joy to others who aren't as fortunate as us. So today was special. It was a dream come true. To see those kids eyes light up while singing along or just listening was amazing. Words can not describe how I felt sitting next to a little boys bed who couldn't move his body, and as I sang I saw him mouthing "La La La  I love you." 

 

   As life zooms by and we are rushing to get this done or get that kid over there, it is so wonderful to stop everything and just be in that moment when a child looks you in the eyes. Weather they are sick or healthy, there is no judgment, no criticism, nothing but joy, and love.  

  Thanks so much to Vanya Green and the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA. We look forward to coming back soon.

Jeff

Hey Egg-fans !!

    Here we are again with a brand new Egg blog and I’m stumped at where to start. There are so many things to share with everyone. First off I’d like to thank all our friends and fans that have come out to see us at our recent shows. Also a huge huge thanks to Amy Perl for flying down from San Francisco to take some pictures of Egg. She is one of the most talented photographers I’ve ever seen, and when I heard that she was coming down I was actually petrified. I felt like the The Prez himself had just called me in for a meeting. First, I was, Wow how exciting then Oh no !! am I going to dress ok, is she going to think I’m a weirdo, or that I don’t photograph well enough. All went amazingly smooth, if your a face-booker you can see some of the photos by becoming a fan of the Egg band face-book page. Thank you again Amy. I highly recommended if you get a chance to look her up at www.amyperl.com.

  In more Egg news I recently had the privilege of collaborating with another kids artist named Secret Agent 23 Skidoo on a remix of our song “I Like Fruit.” I heard his stuff on XM Kids one afternoon while doing the laundry and was floored. After a little internet digging we actually got in touch with each other and the connection was instant. He is an East Coast Hip Hop version of Egg. In that we both are parents of young girls who have a huge influence on our music. Also we both have a strong belief that kids music shouldn’t be dumbed down. We are who we are and we play music that both adults and kids can listen to. You can check him out at http://www.secretagent23skidoo.com/.

  We have yet to release the single but you can request it at the radio show/podcast Spare the Rock Spoil The Child go to http://www.sparetherock.com/ to check it out. The icing on the cake is that we will be performing the song together in New York City at Stinkfest on May 2nd. Stink is the first-ever family music conference that fully embraces today’s market in all it’s diversity go to http://stinkfest.com/ for more info. We are both very excited to perform together and also to actually meet in person. Our entire collaboration has been done via the internet and on the phone. What a wonderfully small world it has become.
  Lastly we Eggers have been thinking of posting some of the Egg scribble shirts the kids have been so beautifully coloring in some of our upcoming blogs, rumor has it that we might even be having a contest of sorts. So if you have any pictures of the little guys sporting their Egg shirts, send them our way, we’d love to see them at egg@eggmusic.net

Have a great day

Jeff