Album Notes

SUPERHERO BUBBLEBEE’S FAVORITE SONGS!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/be-a-buddy-not-a-bully/id291765635

Hear two songs to help combat bullying (tracks 1 & 2) and other lively tunes of various genres, including fun rap ("I'll Call You if I Need Big Mess"-track 10) by award-winning songwriters. Their CDs have been bought by many schools and libraries.

DOWNLOADS- available on iTunes, Amazon and other digital sites
19 TRACKS--10 songs and their instrumentals

VOCALIST/COMPOSER/ARRANGER– Gennaro (Tedesco)
* Worked with Rod Stewart, Julio Iglesias & Gloria Estefan
* Performed on "Star Search"
* Was CBS recording artist
* Award-winning composer
* Composed songs for DVD “Learn to Dance with John & Charlotte,”
(first season winners "Dancing with the Stars")
* Arranged some music for hit film "Mad Hot Ballroom"

Gennaro founded GenTeddy Music, a production company, that has composed and arranged music for films and award-winning commercials (AT&T, Budweiser, Chrysler, etc) for TV and radio.

He has produced and directed many cabaret shows in which he performed.

OTHER VOCALISTS- Veronica Slukhinski, Sarah Ernst

LYRICISTS/COMPOSERS – Richard & Gloria Rinderman
* Award-winning ASCAP songwriters
* Song featured at MAC/ASCAP Showcase and movie "Mango Tango"
* Songs played on radio in U.S. and internationally
* Gloria was an elementary school teacher for 20 years

Dick & Gloria wrote all the lyrics and some of the music. Their songs of many genres are performed on the radio, in nightclubs and used in schools.

The Rindermans have also written the book, lyrics and some of the music for "BUBBLEBEE ( or, Aladdin was my Grandpa)", a children's musical.
"BUBBLEBEE: Songs for the Young at Heart, " a CD of songs about sibling rivalry, sharing, eating, etc. is also on cdbaby.

They have co-authored with Burton Goodman an audio book, "The Tale of Aladdin and Bubblebee:How It All Began," an original sequel to the Aladdin legend.
Links to their other cds on left.

They are members of ASCAP and participated in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Gloria has been writing lyrics for many years. She is a member of MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs). Dick is a member of the Dramatists Guild. .

Gloria has an MS in Education. Dick has an MBA.

Kids love to dance and sing to the songs and instrumentals:
1-BE A BUDDY, NOT A BULLY
2-POSITIVITY
3-BUBBLEBEE PLEDGE
4-BUBBLEBEE RAG
5-RYAN
6-LAND OF THE EXTREMELY SILLY
7-LISTEN…
8-THEY DON’T LOOK LIKE YOU AND ME
9-ANIMALS HAVE ALL THE LUCK
10-I’LL CALL YOU IF I NEED A BIG MESS
11-19: INSTRUMENTALS

INSTRUMENTALISTS- Misha Tsiganov and Lev Shneider

CONSULTANTS and help with production and marketing- Ryan and Marissa of Rymar Publishing Co.--producers of Topical Tunes and Tales on CDs