Once again I sent my usual 10 page resume (not really) along with a request to be 
a judge for the Fids and Kamily Awards. Once again I got a polite but firm denial to this exclusive club because they don’t allow kindie musicians to be part of the club…sniff, sniff. Well even without my vote they are BY FAR the best award an artist could hope to win. There are no fees involved and there are multiple industry, blogger and qualified people voting on the music which is not always the case with a lot of the awards out there like. Many times only one or 
two people are reviewing all the music AND they charge a nice bit of coin. So congrats to the Fids and Kamily winners. Here is how I would have voted. Free of charge! My top ten CD’s of the year. Cue the music… Top Ten Cd’s for this year
- Recess Monkey – WIRED (The best CD I heard this year)
- The Okee Dokee Brothers – Through The Woods (Not as great as the last one but still amazing)
- Edie Carey & Sarah Sample – ‘Til the Morning: Lullabies and Songs of Comfort (Caught me by surprise. Outstanding vocals and music)
- Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – The Perfect Quirk (Great CD with smartest written song this year)
- Dog on Fleas -Buy one Get One Flea (Dean Jones showing his own Genius)
- The Hipwaders -Year Round Sounds (Just a great music with a California feel)
- Brady Rymer – Just say Hi (Still the most underrated kindie artist out there with another great CD)
- Laura Doherty – In a Heartbeat (Lyrics for tots. Music for everyone and from Chicago!))
- Jon Samson – A New Kids Album (Sonically amazing)
- Mills Trills – Everyone Together Now (Superiors vocals and a big sound)
These are the my pics for the best CD’s out this year. For me the best CD by far this year is WIRED by Recess Monkey. Not because the others aren’t great but because this one is so musically, lyrically and sonically awesome good! I should also mention its Grammy nomination voting time. I still have some listening to do before I make my final Grammy Picks but rest assured WIRED has already made the grade. Everyone in the kindie world who is a voting NARAS member should have this as one of their nominations. I shall leave the other 4 to you. Lots of great music 
out there this year. Bands super worthy but not in my top ten include Josh and the Jamtones – Bear Hunt (I’m not big on narration but my kids laugh a lot), Baze and His Silly Friends – The Best Day Ever (just feel good music and my wife liked it!), Lucky Diaz and The Family Jam Band – Lishy Loo and Lucky Too (Thingamajig is an amazing song!), The Not-Its! – Raise Your Hand (Power Pop awesomeness) and finally Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights – Good Egg (Good songs and music on the whole disk). Now I still have a few Albums to check out before I vote for the other 4 Grammy nominees but you should go and check out any of these CD’s. Go support an independent artist today!
Poochamungas 