Call Me MCJ: 2 More Views to 1k & Thanks for the all the Blogs!

It's been almost a couple months since we dropped, Call Me Mista Cookie Jar, and we're 2 views away from 1K. Hootyhoo! Thanks to all those who blogged about the video, Zooglobble, Out With The Kids, Kids Can Groove, Totally Full of It, The Rock Father, and Best Videos for Kids. In an effort to get a bump past 1k, here are some nice things folks said about the video. And if you haven't seen it, hit play below. Twice would be twice as nice :)

Click the blog to read the full review.

Totally Full of It says, "Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips have released a video that is absolutely mesmerizing. With it’s smooth tempo, delightful melody and lyrics that easily flow from rap to singing, Mista Cookie Jar gives listeners a little insight as in to who Mista Cookie Jar is.  Which is cooler than cool."

Zooglobble says, "It's hard for me to say that anything that reduces the amount of MCJ music in the world is worth the wait, but this video?  Worth the wait. "

Kids Can Groove says, "...hand-drawn illustrations and placement of photographic and retro-style cut-outs make this video so appealing. Their hard work definitely paid off here. In fact, I had to listen to the song a couple of times because I was so focused on all the awesome imagery!"


Out With The Kids says, "The video is a handcrafted, paper mache beaut that took nearly a year to create. That’s reason alone to carve out 5 minutes of your family’s day to watch and listen, because showing and discussing the intense artistic passion of others is potentially inspiring to the next generation of souls who will chose a path of passion over any other well groomed trail."

2 MCJ shows this week, both at piers!

The first, Thursday, April 10th at 10:30 AM, Mista Cookie Jar with his stars & moon steel guitar and Bubbletron bubble machine will be performing an acoustic show at The Cow's End Cafe right near the Venice Pier. The second, Saturday, April 12 at 10 AM, as part of WAKE UP WITH THE WAVES - A Children's Concert Series , Mista Cookie Jar & The Chocolate Chips will be rocking out on the Santa Monica Pier! 

All hyperlinks above are for Facebook.

Click HERE for Cow's End website.
Click HERE for Wake Up With The Waves website.

SEE YA THERE!

"Call Me Mista Cookie Jar" - The Official Music Video

To each and every Chocolate Chip. To magic and music makers the world around. To all loving parents, especially our own. And to my Mama, happy birthday! My family and I present to you, Call Me Mista Cookie Jar. 

Follow the M.I.S.T.A. (Mystic Innocent Strolling Through Awesomeness) and his Chocolate Chip kids, Ava Flava and Lucas!, on a silent film/stop-motion adventure inspired by a time when photography and moving pictures were young and magic was brought to life by the world's innocence. Animated and conceived from scratch by Missis & Mista Cookie Jar, "Call Me Mista Cookie Jar" brings the viewer on a magical ride frame by frame inside a mysterious old-fashioned mutoscope. "Call Me Mista Cookie Jar" is the 10th official music video by Mista Cookie Jar & The Chocolate Chips and the 5th video release from their album, "Ultramagnetic Universal Love Revolution."

February Shows!

If you are in the Los Angeles area, I will be performing 3 shows this week. Click the hyperlinks for details.

Thursday, February 20/ 10:30 to 11am: Cow's End Kids Sing Along [Free!]
Saturday, February 22 / 3:15 to 5 pm: Music In the Garden Concert Series with Sandra Sandia [$5]
Sunday, February 23 / 2pm to 5pm: Zimmerpalooza! [General Admission $25kids/ $50 adults]

Jazzy Ash CD Debut

Just had a wonderful time celebrating Jazzy Ash's CD release party! Ashli and the Leaping Lizards put on a fantastic show with hornists, dancers, a fiddler, an accordian, a standup bassplayer and even an accordian/drummer! And I have to say, I had one of the best times on stage as "the Mista" in the Mardi Gras Themed song, "Throw Me Something Mista"!

 

Above are all the performers of the evening. Lincoln, Jazzy's son on the left, sang the blues and stole the show!

Calling all Mista Cookie Jar & The Chocolate Chips fans...! We will be releasing our 10th official music video on March 12, 2014 for the Mista Cookie Jar theme song, "Call Me Mista Cookie Jar." The fam & I have been animating this stop motion video frame by frame for nearly a year now and its almost ready to be unveiled. 100% D.I.Y. from the ground up. We made paper from scratch, illustrated our own characters, cut out every piece of cardboard and photograph -- I even made my own Buster Keaton hat. I know its still a ways away, but stay tuned...we're hopeful you'll find it worth the wait!

Throw Me Something Mista!

It's Mardi Gras season...laissez les bons temps rouler! Here's the brand spanking new Jazzy Ash video, Throw Me Something Mista, featuring myself as the Mista. It was a BLAST working on this video/track over the past few months and excited to share it with you all. Mardi Gras was a big part of my childhood growing up in Mobile, AL--the first city in the US to annually celebrate Mardi Gras believe it or not. So as you can imagine, I'm thrilled to be part of this record! (Shout out to my Mobile peeps on FB!) 

Ash's new New Orleans themed album, Home, just drops today too. It's awesome and lush with musical styles. She's got SO much to offer the family music scene. Check it yall and enjoy