I have written and recorded a great catalog of songs for the Kids/Family market.
In addition to finishing up volume 5 which brings me up to 63 songs.
I am now writing scenes and episode outlines to set up the songs. I am experimenting with different formats, but the essence and intention of what I am writing is to raise a higher consciousness kind of human.
Most of us who have gone deeply into meditation began that search for inner-peace in our 20's 30's, 40's probably a bit too late...My intention is to continue to build a brand that gives the youngest of the young the ability to be at peace, happy and fulfilled from within. My hope is that the songs and show will also be valuable in this direction for grown-ups as well...Ready to make the show when I meet the investor with a similar vision.
Corey Leland & The Insects Rock!: Bio
Content plus lots of money equals a successful brand.
The INSECTS ROCK! is helpful to children and grown-ups. I mean if a cheerful tune and catchy melodies
There is a place for THE INSECTS ROCK! in the world... given the proper funding will ever expand it's
Thursday, November 5, 2009
This "Top of the Hour" practice could be more effective than voting for a political candidate. WHY? ... Because the vibrations we individually and collectively receive and radiate out manifest externally like a projection on a screen. Think of your participation as if you are voting for the kind of world YOU want to see!
Is it any wonder that someone who has been practicing making contact with the source of calm strength and joy within and teaching this "Top of the Hour" message to others for 18 years, has written and produced some of the most joy-filled, helpful music for children. Remember, we are all kids in a sense and Corey Leland's music THE INSECTS ROCK is so obviously not just for children, yet so perfect for them.
| Interview with Corey Leland by Naila Francis for the March/April 2007 issue of MYSTIC POP Magazine: PLAY WITH PURPOSE: Beyond that Saturday morning cartoon vibe, you’ll find Corey Leland Children’s songwriter is actually aiming to grow more conscious and self-confident kids with his songs. Corey Leland was standing in line at a “.99 Cent” Store one day when he noticed the tension between a mother and her 5-year old son. Intrigued, as he often is by such moments, the California-based singer-songwriter approached the woman. Corey said, “Excuse me, I’m writing songs for kids about your boy’s age,” he recalls. “What would you want kids to hear in a song? More especially, what would you want to hear so that you wouldn’t have to get upset with your child? A song that would resolve the issue in theory before it even began?” The woman thought about it and said,” Be careful what words you use because my kid calls me stupid in public sometimes!” Corey Leland took her comments to heart and a song speaking to a mother’s very concerns was born! The song written by Corey especially for kids and their parents is called “Communication, Consideration (It’s Right To Be Polite)” was one of the 12 tracks to appear on his children’s music debut, “Corey Leland Presents The Insects Rock! Songs You Want Your Kids To Hear,” a collection of sunny pop-rock songs with a giddy 1970’s retro style and lovingly crafted positive affirmations and practical advice to help kids navigate the glorious and confounding process of growing up. From the importance of teamwork and healthy self expression to more pragmatic considerations such as potty training and putting away one’s toys to the celebration of delights as simple as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! Corey Leland’s music honors, with genuine sincerity, the experience of being a child. His songs, after all, are sparked by his own recollections, babysitting experiences and the real life requests of parents whose hopes, frustrations and joys he is always eager to hear and write songs about. Corey Leland says it best. “It's hard not to sometimes overhear conversations that moms and dads are having with thier kids,” he admits. “There’s a sense of un-fulfillment seemingly built in to the human condition, a constant "carrot and the stick" type seeking externally for the happiness that is always just beyond reach. It is my intention to teach kids to feel fulfilled and content from within, from their own being, so they’re not externally driven and always looking to other people for approval, so they're not conditioned to constantly look outside themselves for fulfillment and contentment, respect or appreciation..."Is it possible to evolve a new kind of human?" Leland continues, "All the problems of the Earth come from the inability for people to sit quietly and feel loved, happy, supported and respected from thier own Divine connection, that creative energy that animates each one! Corey Leland has no children of his own and never thought he would be writing children’s music. More than 3 years ago, however, he was writing and singing adult-oriented pop with the same retro flair when he asked God to use him in a way that would most benefit the World. The prayer was answered when a Director found Corey Leland to write the lyrics and music for all the songs in the musical A KID'S LIFE! "A Kid’s Life” is a family musical that encourages kids to think positively and has been drawing rave reviews since it kicked off a national tour with its December debut in Southern California. (2 U.S. tours 1200 to 1400 seat theaters 90,000 people saw and loved this show...3rd tour canceled after the economic mess 11/07.) The A Kids Life! musical was built on songs Corey Leland wrote before there was a script, before there were characters! He was the first hired...the huge success of the musical proves Corey Leland writes songs kids and families love, songs that change lives for the better..songs they remember as long as they live! “The Insects Rock!” series flowed naturally from that experience, Leland’s cast of colorful creatures drawn deliberately from the tradition of classic 4-piece bands like The Beatles. “Sparky is more like Shaggy in ‘Scooby-Doo’ – always hungry and thinking about food. Daisy, the butterfly, she is the brain. Sunshine the ladybug is very optimistic. Harrison the cricket, he’s the philosophical mystic,” says Leland. “We have the human urges with Sparky, and the mind and soul and deeper mystical sense with Harrison; the brain with Daisy, and then there’s the heart with Sunshine – which adds up with all the love. You put them all together and you have one integrated whole person!” People ask children’s songwriter Corey Leland why it is called “The Insects Rock!’ Here is Leland’s answer: “Adults tower over small children and small children tower over insects and to have such empowering wise messages coming from something as seemingly small, vulnerable and insignificant as a bug; I think psychologically there’s something there. If a child at age 2, 3, 4, or 5 can learn to have a respect and sensitivity toward something as small as an insect, they’re going to have a greater sense of care for dogs, cats, their brothers, sisters, classmates and of course, themselves.” Corey Leland is ready for the right creative partners to help with a TV series built around the Insects as a famous pop band whose interactions with their fans help them resolve everyday problems and experience greater harmony in their lives. “I see it as being blatantly helpful and supplemental parenting, like a multi-vitamin for the psyche” says Leland of his work. "I see myself as a cross between the Beatles and Willy Wonka, instead of candy I make music! I want to distill all my years of dedication and practice into healthful, enjoyable music that hopefully grows a more well-adjusted population.
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Corey Leland & The Insects Rock! do not represent any particular religion. The brand presents and promotes a Peaceful, content, fulfilled safe and loved state of being! Not beliefs, rituals or anything anyone could argue or go to war over.
Part of what I am teaching along with brushing teeth, putting your toys away, exercising everyday, effective communication, and so many other essential lessons, I am brilliantly teaching Spiritual connection...empowering individuals in how to feel good just being!...My aim is to contribute to the raising of happier, healthier, well-adjusted, peaceful human beings...with advanced coping skills and self-reliance techniques.
3 songs per half-hour of television...The INSECTS ROCK! are a famous rock band doing
famous rock band things, each episode they meet a different child who is upset about something
and with almost extra-terrestrial intelligence, humor and catchy-fun, helpful songs (*maybe the best cartalog
in the history of the kids/family genre?) We think so! Listen to the entire "Insect Collection" and
hear for your self!! Makes a super-gift for birthdays and Holidays.
Listen to a fantastic interview with Corey Leland...go to LATALKRADIO.com search that site for
the host's name Guy Towe. Archived on his page there...Date of show 9.11.10. Full-hour with Corey Leland.