
Green
Means Go was started by Caroline Chan and Neal Whitmore in 2004 to
create new, child-friendly music that parents could also enjoy.
Says
Neal “It all started as a bit of fun. I had children of my own
and I couldn’t find any current kids music that we, as
parents, also liked.
The childrens music of the past
seemed to be aimed at the kids but enjoyed by the whole
family - every Sunday lunchtime on “Family
Favourites” in our house. Songs by Rolf Harris and
the like - great songs with memorable performances by great singers
and talented musicians - produced by legends like George Martin
at Abbey Road studios. We were so lucky - there seemed to
be nothing comparable in the modern kids CDs we heard.
I
wanted my kids to enjoy music like I had .... Music which
enchanted - thrilled -mystified - hypnotised - captivated and
entranced! And I couldn’t find anything remotely like this
in the racks of bland and uninspired children’s music on
release.
I’d spotted Caroline at her Minibeat
classes - giving the local kids EXACTLY the sort of joyous,
uplifting music experience that I wanted my kids to have - and managed
to persuade her to try some recording with me and see what
happened.
We immediately gelled and found a brilliant working relationship.”
Says
Caroline “It was apparent from our first day working together
that this was going to work. We seemed to share the same
passion and vision for a new way of recording children’s
music which kept the heart and soul of the music we had loved as
kids. The reaction from children, parents, family and
friends and the press has been amazing and made it obvious that
we’ve really hit on something special .”
Our
first CD “A Day in the Jungle” has been incredibly
well received - getting rave reviews in the Press and still
selling strongly a year after it’s first release. The
feedback we’ve received from parents has been wonderful -
in many local households “A Day in the Jungle” is
required daily listening for the children - and still bearable for the
adults!
We’re on a mission now - to
record a whole series of CDs, all with different themes but all
keeping to the same ethos - “Real Music for Kids” -
this is just the beginning!
Our new CD “A Day at the Seaside” is released now.