Music Minute: Story Pirates - Cats Sit On You

 

The Story Pirates, renowned for taking kids' wildest story ideas and turning them into award-winning musical sketch comedy, just released a digital album of 12 original songs: Cats Sit On You.

These fan-favorite songs from seasons 2 and 3 of Story Pirates Podcast, were remixed and mastered for the crispest sound.
 

"Cats Sit On You," already a hit on SiriusXM's Kids Place Live, is based on a  one-line story written by Alex, a 6 year old from California. In full, it reads: "Cats sit on you, and sometimes they take over over the school." Another hit from the podcast, "Banana Clown,” is a fan-favorite song featuring Grammy Award-winning rapper Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. The original story is about a guy who has a hard time finding the right job, written by an 8 year old from Massachusetts named Benjamin. Another hit from the podcast is "Humming," a song about a simple habit that snowballs into a worldwide trend, from a story written by Emily, an 11 year old from Texas.

Perhaps the timeliest song on the album is "The First Kids to Work at the Census," which debuted on the podcast in April. It's a song about two kids who just want to put their natural talents to work. The original story is by William, a 7-year-old from California, whose dad actually works for the U.S. Census.

The Story Pirates are proud to showcase an amazing stable of composers for this album, including: Monique Moses (“Banana Clown”), Jack Mitchell (“The Raccoon’s Very Hard Choice,” “Humming,” “The Boy Who Hated Kisses,” “The Amazing Adventure”), Tim Platt (“The First Kids to Work at the Census”), , Eric Gersen (“Turtle Beach”), Rachel Wenitsky (“Cats Sit On You,” “Animal Week”), Mike Wells (“The Mad Piano Player”), Eli Bolin (“Cheese Quest”), and Ellen Winter (“One Little Pink Rose”).

More about The Story Pirates

Story Pirates is a media company founded in 2004 to celebrate the words and ideas of kids. It started in a Harlem school auditorium when a group of friends put on an absurdist sketch comedy show based on stories written by kids. Since then, they’ve launched a hit radio show, the #1 podcast for kids and families, a live tour which performs from coast to coast, and a critically acclaimed middle-grade book series from Penguin Random House. Their three books –  Stuck in the Stone Age, Digging up Danger, and Quest for the Crystal Crown – were all inspired by kids’ story ideas. Each book has won widespread acclaim from critics and educators for “exciting” storytelling and the inspiring Creation Zone writing prompts. Also inspired by kids’ ideas, the two previous Story Pirates albums Nothing Is Impossible and Backstroke Raptor have won several national awards.The Story Pirates Podcast (Gimlet Media) has been streamed more than 25 million times (a twofold increase since last year), and it won both Webby and iHeartRadio Podcast awards for family and kids programming in 2020.

The Story Pirates are proud to be a leading advocate for arts education. Through Story Pirates Changemakers, their partner non-profit, the Pirates have provided life-changing literacy and creative writing programs in New York and Los Angeles to thousands of kids in Title I schools, hospitals, and homeless shelters.

Kids everywhere are invited to submit their own story ideas. Learn more at storypirates.com, storypirateschangemakers.org, and on social media by connecting with @storypirates.