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"Mr. Cookie" - The Jellydots

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Macaroni Zen

Layne talks about art and life. To see more of her work and connect with her, find her on Facebook under Layne Catherine Anderson:

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"These are dreams from the river..."

Layne talks about art and life. To see more of her work and connect with her, find her on Facebook under Layne Catherine Anderson:

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2 years ago

Riding My Bicycle - Edited.wmv

Tobias learning how to ride his first bike. Go Tobias!!!

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2 years ago

Adventure Quest! music video

Adventure Quest! is the first video from Jelly Jukebox by The Jellydots. Jelly Jukebox will be available Nov. 17, 2009 on iTunes, CD Baby, and poke...

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2 years ago

Spiders Under my House

I'm a big fan of both (accurate) lyric sites and songs on youtube. As a music teacher, my students and I use youtube almost exclusively to listen t...

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2 years ago

The Many Uses of Aluminum Foil

day 3 of the video shoot for Adventure Quest! Here we are at White Sands getting Rory in his spaceman outfit. It was really windy that day and the...

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2 years ago

French Experimental Movie

This was the day before the shoot for "Adventure Quest!" We were all at my house for my birthday party. Good times. All you need is a trike, cowbo...

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2 years ago

Doug Fu

This was on location in Ruidoso, NM on day 4 of our video shoot for "Adventure Quest!" I was wearing my Doug Fu "confuse the enemy" outfit. I thin...

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2 years ago

Tulsa Children's Museum

I wrote this song to remind you to come to the show at the Tulsa Children's Museum on Saturday, September 26. 2 Shows. 11AM and 3PM

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About The Jellydots

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thejellydots.com

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Latest Activity

Nov 13, 2011

Date Joined

Sep 6, 2006

About this user

The Jellydots begins with Doug Snyder. Doug grew up in the seventies and eighties in a small rural mountain town in New Mexico. He sang in local school choirs from age 6 to 13. At age 14 Doug began studying the guitar and by 17 was fronting his first band with a cover of Just Like Heaven, by the Cure.
Doug began giving guitar lessons in 1999, and by late 2001 had built up a large enough clientele to quit his day job as an academic advisor in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Austin. Since day one, many of his students have been kids aged 7 to 17. One of Dougs specialties as a teacher is songwriting. He teaches kids how to write songs by co-writing songs with them. Mr. Cookie and Race Cars Go were both co-written by a then 7-year-old Sean DeVere.
By March 2002, it became clear that a CD of these collaborative songs was in order. Doug hot-rodded his cassette recorder 4-track, on the advice of Jim Wilson, and recorded all the songs at his home in Blanco, Texas for the Jellydots first album Music is Cool. A lovely CD release party was held at Austins The Hideout theatre space where a sold-out audience enjoyed performances of the songs featuring Doug and some of his students (Eliza Walton, Will Rice, Jason Callahan).
In 2003, a five piece version of the band featuring Shawn Jones (bass), Gray Parsons (drums), Karla Manzur (vocals, guitar), and Hollie Thomas (keys) rocked the crowd at the Austin City Limits Music Festival. In the Summer of 2004 the dots brought their poppy fun sound to the Kerrville Folk Festival for 2 packed performances. In the early Winter of 2004 Doug and Karla released Sleepin a lullaby CD designed to help people of all ages sleep.
In June of 2006, The Jellydots featuring Shawn Jones (The Lovely Sparrows) and Gray Parsons (Chrisitan Hicks, Michelle Shocked) went into the studio and recorded Hey You Kids! The disc was released in the fall of 2006 to wide praise and excellent sales. In December of that same year The Jellydots were mentioned on NPR's All Things Considered. What followed was a landslide of interest in the band.
In May of 2008, the Dots released "Changing Skies" on Atlanta's Pokey Pup Records. This album was geared toward older kids.
Summer 2009 promises a new release entitled "Jelly Jukebox" on which The Jellydots will tackle soul, rap and reggae and a national release of "Sleepin"
The Jellydots have played the Austin City Limits festival twice, The Tricycle Music Festival, and numerous other shows around the country. They are a world-class band you can't afford to miss.
Now go get on your bike. You look like you could use some fresh air.

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