The new album is available for download!

Where to start?? What a few weeks... it's quite the whirlwind to get an album launched alongside school dropoffs, meal preparation, bedtimes, not to mention the nuisance of a day job. But, it's done! The songs are professionally mastered, the artwork is approved, and the album is off to manufacturing. Not only will it be ready prior to the March 14th date (there, I just totally stirred up Murphy's Law), but the songs are available RIGHT NOW for purchase as digital downloads - that can be done right here. The Indiegogo campaign is still running until Friday too, so if you're still interested, don't delay in being one of the first to receive a physical copy of the album!


When the dust settles, I'm definitely going to be writing more about the ups-and-downs of setting up what basically amounts to a small business, in parallel with trying to just record and produce an album that you're happy with from a musical perspective. It's a left-brain / right-brain tennis match that never lets up - I knew it wouldn't be easy, but it has been a real eye-opener. I'm kind of glad it's finally done... and more importantly, I'm pleased with the album. I think it's a good collection of tunes - and every kid that has heard it so far goes bananas, so that's even better news. That's the point, after all!

Garbage Truck Video

I generally believe that the primary purpose of music videos these days is to allow people to check out a new song, streaming in the background, while they do their daily internetting on other tabs. With that in mind, the new video for the first single "Garbage Truck" from Jon D'Eaux and the Sibling Rivals' new forthcoming album "If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old" wasn't designed to be an epic worthy of the Hollywood masters. Still, it's a video about garbage trucks and the dump, so there's that.

Here it is!

Or, if you prefer nice visuals, the nice HD version is here: https://vimeo.com/86529907.

"Birthday Party" - the story behind the song

Our two girls are school-aged now, and it’s always an exciting weekend when they have a birthday party to go to. One day while they kept asking "how much longer 'til we can go," we started making up a song about birthday parties to pass the time. The 5y/o added the best line ever: “It's your birthday party - here’s your present, where’s the cake?” No grown-up could capture the party sentiment like that - it's almost haiku. "Birthday Party" is one of the eleven songs on the forthcoming album.

They thought we should cover "Happy Birthday" on the album, but I explained how the song "Happy Birthday" is owned by a person who collects royalties every time it's played - that's why you never hear it sung in movies (try explaining royalties to a five y/o...). Anyway, they thought is was wrong that someone should make money from "Happy Birthday", and I agree - so that made it into the bridge of the song.

"Birthday Party" is definitely going to be on the forthcoming album "If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old," releasing on March 14th 2014!