Music, Education, and Technology

The Barenaked Ladies released their debut children’s record this past Spring and the response has been very positive by parents, kids, bloggers (including me), and the media.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, it seems lots of well-established mainstream artists are crossing over into the children’s music market. However, I strongly believe to be a children’s artist is to be a role model and there are responsibilities that go with playing in this genre.

This week, BNL lead singer Steven Page was arrested for cocaine possession.

They’ve canceled their Disney tour and probably hosts of other family shows. I don’t envy the parents who have to explain to their children “why” the show they were looking forward to is canceled.

I hope, going forward, artists will avoid participating in the children’s music genre if they can’t be responsible role models to kids.