A Musician's Life: Children's rock musician Ralph Covert

A Musician's Life: Children's rock musician Ralph Covert

Series: A Musician's Life
From: WXPN
Length: 00:05:00

Ralph Covert doesn't see much difference between the music he made with his Chicago indie-rock band The Bad Examples and the songs he churns out for legions of children. Read the full description.

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In the 1990's Ralph Covert formed the Chicago based band, The Bad Examples. The indie pop group built a strong local following. But after Covert had a daughter he began to write children's music and volunteered to conduct classes for the preschool set. One of the parents happened to run a record label. The two collaborated and created the first "Ralph's World" album. Today Covert is considered a superstar within the thriving world of children's music. (While CD sales are falling among most genres, children's albums are moving at a healthy clip). Covert talks about the pleasures of making music for children. He says its essential to write songs that parents will enjoy too.