"@claudiarobingunn you've done it again!
An on-repeat, special interest joy explosion for my kiddos” [friends on instagram]
Taking the kids party out into the garden and throwing in a dinosaur treasure hunt was the inspiration for the latest production from Auckland song crafter and mum Claudia Robin Gunn. Tom Fox (Groove Song, Bright Blue) brings his signature guitar licks to the sound production, additional instrumentation is care of Marshall Smith (The Sound Room, Marshmellow) while Evie Kemp’s imaginative garden set lights up the Michele Sokolich directed video.
Working with this team, Claudia’s Little Wild Music label is thrilled to expand the visual world for these original kids songs, with support from NZ on Air Tamariki. “I really wanted to bring a little more of the energy from my live shows into the visual content for this new album project, to show my face and connect with families who listen to my work from all around New Zealand. I’m fizzing over with joy for my little fans and their families to be able to stomp with me through a garden of imagination in this series of videos and songs.’
DINOSAUR Garden Party is one of 6 songs and videos in the ‘Playful’ tracklist, leading to a longer album out mid year with many more bubbly songs to come. Claudia’s creative songs are grounded in her innate curiosity for understanding her audience and channeling the things that make kids tick. Feedback from families at shows and from DM’s on Insta inspire new material, just as much as her own experience and reminiscences of early motherhood.
Born in Wellington and raised in Auckland, Claudia Robin Gunn began singing at a young age, with artists like Tracy Chapman, Crowded House and Dolly Parton among her early influences. With poetry & songwriting as her outlet, Claudia went on to study drama, and then communications, leading to a twenty year career in the promotions side of television. Never forgetting her songwriting, Claudia honed her craft as a songwriter and performer through acapella groups, bands, songwriting collaborations and long running electro soul project Substax, before detouring into kids music as a solo artist after having her own babies.
A few APRA awards and a recent Aotearoa Music Award have been welcome highlights along her long and winding road into making songwriting more than just her own special interest, but also her career. Claudia is a Recording Academy voting member, MMF NZ member and mentor, and proud IMNZ member via her label.
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