Rockin' Ron's Blog aka Messages in a Bottle
Five Little Pirates wins Songwriting Award!
USA Songwriting Competition 2022 - Five Little Pirates is one 10 Finalists in the Children's Song Category! It is from my album Captains and Sea Monsters. It is one of several of my songs that references numbers and math - the others are Seven C's, Eight Pieces of...
Buccaneer Bells
https://open.spotify.com/track/7h362CYlhBECZZI8Kpdh9O?si=8a1d9083565846b0 Yule TIDE-ings me hearties! I hope my song Buccaneer Bells puts you in the holiday mood. May you always find TREASURE! BUCCANEER BELLS I woke up this morning and what did I see - a...
Halloween on the High Seas
Do ye like ghost stories and scary books? I've conjured a playlist of me Pirate songs to shiver yer timbers with fright on Halloween night... or any other night! There are ghosts, skeletons, tales of real Pirates, creatures from the sea, creatures from the...
Best Children’s Album quest / Fall Shows
For Your Consideration - I am proud that my 5th album - Captains and Sea Monsters - will be in contention for Best Children's Album. It features She Can Be a Captain Too, Sea Monsters' March, Poop Deck Dance, and Pirates in Outer Space, among others. Because parents...
Poop Deck Dance
Low and High Culture meet in this fun dance song from my album Captains and Sea Monsters. Those familiar with ships, will know that an area at back of the ship is referred to as the Poop Deck. Realizing that a part of my audience likes to say the word poop is the Low...
Oceans of Possibility
"Oceans of Possibility" is this Summer's Theme for VT and NH Libraries. Here I am with Librarian Carrie Watson of the Varnum in Jeffersonville (I'll be performing there twice). I have only a few Wednesdays and Saturdays open, contact me soon. Below RRR currently...
ABOUT She Can Be a Captain Too
She can Be a Captain Too is the lead track on my latest album Captains and Sea Monsters. It is meant to be encouraging and inclusive (see lyrics below). It was inspired by my 10-year-old neighbor Rhea Ferris. I asked her what she wanted to hear in a Pirate song, and...
Seven Days Review of Captains and Sea Monsters
One of six albums reviewed for the 12/15/22 issue of Vermont's Arts and Entertainment Weekly: Seven Days Review of Captains and Sea Monsters! "Though the album is clearly aimed at children, Rockin' Ron keeps things entertaining and inventive."