Lots To Talk About

Dear Shushy Fans,

Lots to talk about…

TOUR TALK: As you may have seen via our Website (http://www.shushybye.com/), the Shushybye Dream Band goes on tour beginning this fall as Waterlicious (http://www.waterlicious.com/) presents the full version of the Shushybye Dream Band in Washington DC, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. We’ll shortly be announcing the schedule dates & times and opening up advance ticket sales. We're so excited to be meeting many of our Shushy families in the Northeast as well as Southern California and Nevada. In 2010, the Waterlicious-Shushybye Dream Band tour will add several more cities and we look forward to providing you with the itinerary soon. While in Washington DC, our awesome lead singer Michael North and the band (along with SNOOZLES, DOZIE and ZEEZ) will pay a visit to our national radio home, Sirius/XM satellite radio’s all-new KIDS PLACE LIVE, for a fun-filled performance on the channel’s popular RUMPUS ROOM hosted by Kids Place Live’s ultra-talented morning personality (and official Shushybye storyteller) Kenny Curtis.

Plus...all of us at Shushybye are thrilled to return this December to the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, Calif. for what is becoming a holiday tradition - the Shushybye Dream Band Christmas Concert! Santa emailed us to say he'll definately be back on stage with us!

On Saturday July 18, the Michael North, SNOOZLES, DOZIE and ZEEZ will be heading for London as the Shushybye Dream Band headlines the annual Sky-TV "SkyFest." Sky-Tv has been incredibly kind to allow us to invite UK-based Shushy families to join us at his gala event for free as our guests - but reservations are extremely limited. If you would like to have your family join us for the Shushybye Dream Band London SkyFest event, please email us at info@shushybye.com, and provide us with your name, how many people in your party and a phone number for us to call. Again, resevravtions are limited - so email us as soon as you can so we can definately include your family. And thank you, UK - for your outpouring of love and support and for watching BabyFirst!!

...And our September concerts at the historic Madrid Theatre in Canoga Park, Calif. are fillin' up fast - so to all So Cal fans - be sure to get your family's tickets!!! Acclaimed lead singer Michael North will be backed by the 5-piece Shushybye Dream Band – and joined on-stage by the fun-filled Shushy characters SNOOZLES, DOZIE and ZEEZ - and each concert is one huge pajama party!

Here's the Madrid Theater concert schedule:

Friday September 25 – 7:00PM
Saturday September 26 – 3:00PM and 7:00PM
Sunday September 27 – 1:00PM and 5:00PM

All tickets are $15 dollars and can be purchased from the Madrid Theatre box office at (818) 347-9938 or online at www.culturela.org/madridtheatre

BLOG TALK: A number of moms are blogging about Shushybye – and we are so honored by their warm recognition! In addition to saying such wondrous things about the Shushybye songs, books, DVD's, TV shows, dolls and sleepwear, the moms have zeroed in on the exact mission of Shushybye with pin-point accuracy: Shushybye is sleep-themed entertainment designed to encourage children – during the day - to look forward to bedtime. Our up tempo rock, jazz, R&B and Latin-style songs are to be enjoyed by children in the afternoon or early evening, so that nighty-night time becomes an event! Shushybye believes that the actual bedtime itself is a precious time - a loving ritual reserved solely for parent and child.

TWITTER TALK: I like to ‘twitter’ often – and encourage you to sign up to ‘follow’ my twitterings. Visit http://www.twitter.com/ and you can find me @shushybyeguy. Plus, if you haven’t already, I invite you to email us to receive your free Shushy-Gram e-newsletter. The first one went out last month and the second one will soon be on its way. To get your free Shushy-Gram, simply email us at info@shushybye.com.

MUSICAL TALK: In addition to the Shushybye Dream Band live music tour, I am excited to share that we have begun production on Shushybye: The Musical that will make its premiere next spring at the wondrous Geffen Playhouse in Westwood, California. Based on our first storybook/ReadAlong and Sing Along audio CD Shushybye: Close Your Eyes, the musical features several songs I’ve written exclusively for this show. While the Geffen will be the L.A. home for the musical, we look forward to touring the show as well!

SHOP TALK: Every day Shushy fans from the U.S. and from countries around the world ask where they can purchase the award-winning Shushybye plush dolls, music CD’s, sleepwear, books and DVD’s. Here’s the current info (hope it helps!!): Our trio of bedtime storybook/CD’s (Shushybye: Close Your Eyes, Shushybye: Sleepover Surprise and Shushybye: Where Is Christmas?; our debut music CD “Shushybye & Goodnight”; and DVD’s “Shushybye Dream Band Live On Tour and Shushybye Baby can be purchased through a number of top e-tailers, including Amazon.com, WalMart.com, Target.com and Barnes & Noble.com and Borders.com, to mention a few. Our DVD “Shushybye Baby” is available in-store via such retailers as Target, Barnes and Noble and Borders.

For the present, the beloved Shushybye plush dolls and blockbuster second music CD The Shushybye Dream Band: Close Your Eyes can only be purchased via the Shushybye Website’s very own “Shushybye Shoppe.” The highly popular (and incredibly adorable) official Shushybye sleepwear is also available only through the Shushybye Shoppe. Plus, for our wondrous fans throughout the world, I'm pleased to share that we ship everywhere!

The Shushybye Shoppe will also be the exclusive source for our next music CD, when we will soon release a deluxe version of the debut Shushybye Dream Band CD Shushybye & Goodnight. This special version of our hit debut music CD will feature never-before-released original Shushybye songs including “Shushybye Sharing, Snoozles Won’t You Dance with Me, Here Comes the Shushybye Train plus two all-new songs that will soon make their premiere on our global TV show Shushybye Baby.

ROCK TALK: Thanks to our marvelous maestro of mixing Michael North, 17 new original Shushybye songs are all mixed, mastered and ready for production into the all-new episodes of SHUSHYBYE BABY for BabyFirstTV. I can hardly wait for Shushy families to hear them – especially a real rocker called “Dream On” (quite different from the classic rocker with the same song title from Aerosmith!)…”The Dream Coach Song,” “You’re Sure Lookin’ Ready (To Go To Sleep)” and “Wake Up Zeez!” – along with all of the others. The new SHUSHYBYE BABY shows are scheduled to make their TV debut this fall.


Shushybye & Goodnight!

Steve

Shushybye Live In Concert!

Dear Shushy Fans,

I am thrilled to share that the Shushybye Dream Band will perform its catchy rock ‘n roll music live and in-person for five concert events at the historic Madrid Theatre in Canoga Park from September 25-27, 2009. Starring our awesome lead singer Michael North and backed by the 5-piece Shushybye Dream Band, the concerts will also feature on-stage the beloved Shushy characters SNOOZLES, DOZIE and ZEEZ. Of course, each of the concerts will be big pajama party events! Here's the schedule:

- Friday September 25 – 7:00PM
- Saturday September 26 – 3:00PM and 7:00PM
- Sunday September 27 – 1:00PM and 5:00PM

All tickets are $15 dollars and can be purchased from the Madrid Theatre box office at (818) 347-9938 or online at www.culturela.org/madridtheatre.

In other Shushy news, we will soon be in-studio to produce 13 new episodes of SHUSHYBYE BABY for BabyFirstTV,featuring all-new Shushybye bedtime stories and 16 new Shushybye songs. A few rather major surprises are on tap for our Shushy families for these new episodes (and I'll share the details with you very soon!).

I am anxious for everyone to hear the new songs (and see the new episodes!) which will debut in the summer on BabyFirstTV (http://www.babyfirsttv.com/).

Shushybye & Goodnight!

Steve

New L.A. Shushybye Dream Band Concert Dates

Dear Shushy Fans,

We’re just about set with our first Shushy-Gram e-newsletter (if you haven’t yet signed up, it’s all for free by sending your email address to: info@shushybye.com) and the lead story will be (drum roll, please…) The Shushybye Dream Band will be performing 5 shows at the historic Madrid Theater the weekend of September 25. Tickets will go on sale soon (we’ll notify everybody when they do). Showtimes for the #1 band in all Shushybye will be: Friday evening September 25 at 7PM (pajama apparel highly recommended); 3PM and 7:00PM Saturday September 26; and 1:00PM and 4:00PM Sunday September 27.

You might remember that last summer, Sky-TV in the UK brought the Shushybye Dream Band to perform for their annual Sky-TV Family Appreciation Day. I am delighted to share that Sky has invited the ever-popular band to perform again in the great city of London this summer! Details to follow…

Now, many of you have called our toll-free number (1-866-shushybye / 1-866-748-7492) to ask when the Shushybye Dream Band will be coming to your city. Well…we’ll be bringing you news on our multi-city tour, so I totally appreciate your patience!

Are you familiar with Twitter (www.twitter.com)? It’s a fast-growing Web site where people join to tell everyone things they’re up to at any given moment. Anyway, if you happen to go on the site, I am pleased to invite you to ‘follow’ (a Twitter term) my posts (Under ‘Steve Syatt’ or ‘ShushybyeGuy’). It’s kind of fun. I noticed that one of my all-time heroes, radio legend Shadoe Stevens is ‘following’ my posts – that was rather extremely cool!

Finally (for the moment!), in April The Shushybye Dream Band will be recording 19 new songs for our next BabyFirstTV SHUSHYBYE BABY shows at the famous Shushybye Recording Studios located in Snore Shore (run by an ultra hip engineer by the name of Mixin’ Shushy). Among them is a country tune I wrote after listening to (and getting inspired by) Randy Travis’ incredibly beautiful Forever & Ever Amen. I played my song for Michael earlier this week and the verdict is: he loved it!

Shushybye & Goodnight!

Steve

Shushy Dolls Almost Here!

Dear Shushy Fans,

The 16" Shushybye Dolls are almost here. The holiday season saw all of our initial Shushy dolls completely sold out! We're taking preorders now for the SNOOZLES, DOZIE and ZEEZ 16" plush dolls that will be arriving the first week of March. For more information, I invite you to visit THE SHUSHYBYE SHOPPE page on our Web site (http://www.shushybye.com/).

Also in March, we will begin production of 13 new episodes of SHUSHYBYE BABY for BabyFirstTV (http://www.babyfirsttv.com/). In addition to introducing 16 all-new Shushybye songs (I hope you like them!), there'll be some pretty cool suprises I know all our wondrous Shushy fans will enjoy.

And speaking of Shushy fans, we've just about completed our first ShushyGram, an email newsletter that's yours for the asking (translation: it's totally free!). By the way, the ShushyGram will also contain discount coupons that can be applied to all Shushybye items, including our music CD's, DVD's, books, sleepawear - and even the world-renowned Shushy dolls! The ShushyGram will also contain the latest Shushybye news and behind-the-scenes fun, including our upcoming productions, newest Shushy licensed items, new DVD and music CD releases, Shushybye: The Musical, the eagerly anticipated Shushybye Dream Band multi-city tour and lots more. So we hope you'll sign up for the ShushyGram...all you need to do is send your email address to us at info@shushybye.com - that's it!

A big thanks to everyone who is visiting Walmart.com (http://www.walmart.com/) to purchase our SHUSHYBYE BABY DVD filled with seven complete episodes of the show as well as three bonus music videos! If you haven't yet brought your copy home, we invite you to visit http://www.walmart.com/ and type in Shushybye in the search line!

Shushybye & Goodnight!

Steve

My Child, Me And BabyFirstTV!

Dear Shushy Fans,

This just in! Summit Entertainment, the ultra-cool distributor of the BabyFirstTV DVD line - which includes SHUSHYBYE BABY - has placed our esteemed release onto WalMart.com (http://www.walmart.com/). We thank the good folks at Summit (which, by the way, is the studio behind the mega box office blockbuster 'Twilight'), BabyFirstTV, WalMart and - you! (for purchasing SHUSHYBYE BABY via WalMart.com!).

Just type in 'Shushybye' on the search line when you visit http://www.walmart.com/ and SHUSHYBYE BABY the DVD will soon be on its way to your family. Featuring 7 complete episodes plus three bonus music videos (for a total of 17 original Shushy songs, plus the colorful bedtime stories and Shushybye & Goodnight and Dream Wish features), SHUSHYBYE BABY is the ultimate solution for families who want to take the hit BabyFirstTV televison show with them wherever they go!

And now, the news....

Later this month, BabyFirstTV – the global television home of our baby and toddler TV show SHUSHYBYE BABY – will debut their official channel song in a specially-produced on-air promo that is truly adorable. The music and lyrics for the song, a sort of country-rock tune called ‘My Child, Me and BabyFirstTV, was composed by…me! And singing the song, which will make its debut on BabyFirstTV at the end of January, is none other than the incredibly talented lead singer of the Shushybye Dream Band, Michael North.

Writing this song was very much like writing the Shushybye songs – a true labor of love. BabyFirstTV is an extraordinary channel that is making a real positive difference in the lives of young families across the US and in countries throughout the world.

Everyone at Shushybye feels it every single day when we receive emails, letters and calls from BabyFirst parents and grandparents living in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, France, Spain, Turkey, and so many other countries who take the time to share their family’s loving and warm experiences watching SHUSHYBYE BABY as well as other high quality BabyFirst child development shows together with their babies and toddlers.

I look forward to your hearing the channel song, watching the promo and letting me know your thoughts – I hope you like it!

My thanks to the BabyFirstTV family for allowing Michael and me the opportunity to join with you in furthering the cause of quality television for babies, toddlers and their loving families!

While on the subject of quality…our high-quality (and highly colorful) 16” SNOOZLES, DOZIE and ZEEZ Shushy dolls are on schedule for delivery in March. Pre-orders are coming in daily, so we invite you to call us at the Shushybye Shoppe to insure delivery of your family’s Shushybye dolls!! Pre-ordering is as simple as dialing a toll-free phone number (which in this case is 1-866-748-7492) or emailing us at info@shushybye.com with your name and daytime phone number. It's as easy as that!

The Shushybye Shoppe is also the only place anywhere you can purchase the second Shushybye Dream Band music CD, CLOSE YOUR EYES. The CD contains ‘Feels Like Magic,’ ‘Shushybye Blues,’ ‘It’s Evening,’ ‘Pillow Park Rock,’ ‘Shushybye Boogie Tonight,’ ‘Send Your Dream Wish,’ ‘Who’s Makin’ Dreams,’ ‘Beyond the Stars and Past the Moon,’ Close Your Eyes’ and more. I’m so proud of these songs, and thrilled to have them brought to life by Michael North and our talented group of world-class musicians.

Shushybye & Goodnight!

Steve

Happy New Year To All!

Dear Shushy Fans,

Time once again (didn’t this year kind of speed by rather quickly?!) for the annual Shushybye year-end wrap-up report. And here with the annual wrap-up is Shushybye correspondent, our own Steve Syatt (that's me):

Happy New Year!

For Shushybye, 2008 was the year we were delighted to unveil our 16” plush dolls, release two new books (Shushybye: Sleepover Surprise and Shushybye: Where Is Christmas), one new DVD (Shushybye Baby) and one new music CD (Shushybye Dream Band: Close Your Eyes) – all to critical acclaim and prestigious parenting media awards.

Most important of all, families throughout the world brought home the Shushybye dolls, music CD's, books, sleepwear and DVD’s to enjoy – and our days have been made joyous by the tremendous amounts of loving emails and calls that came our way. (Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to contact us by phone, email and letter during the year).

Looking ahead to 2009, we will be premiering all-new episodes of Shushybye Baby on BabyFirstTV and embarking on a multi-city live Shushybye Dream Band tour (we're working hard on it!). We are also excited to debut Shushybye: The Musical at the spectacular Geffen Playhouse in the spring. Our concert at the Geffen was tremendously memorable and I feel so privileged to be working with this outstanding team of professionals. We also will be producing a DVD of the Shushybye musical for release later in the year and a second live concert DVD. Also, resulting from popular demand, we will be publishing a Shushybye song book featuring the music, guitar/piano chords and lyrics to 40 original Shushybye songs. Michael North, the band and I have begun recording new Shushybye songs that will be featured in the upcoming Shushybye Baby episodes as well as be made available within future music CD releases.

There are also some pretty major Shushy developments in the works that I can hardly wait to share with you (stay tuned!).

We look forward to continuing to hear from you via phone (our toll-free number is 1-866-748-7492) or email (info@shushybye.com). Its always fun to respond and engage in dialogue with our wondrous fans!

From our family to yours, we wish you health, happiness, prosperity and peace for the New Year.

Shushybye & Goodnight!
Steve

Memorable Day With Carlos Mencia

Dear Shushy Fans,

Its thrilling to all of us at Shushybye how Shushy fans come from just about everywhere - including Hollywood! I can hardly express our excitement when talented comedian Carlos Mencia and his lovely wife contacted the Shushybye Dream Band to perform at his precious son's birthday party! Snoozles, Dozie and Zeez were on hand for the event, with a special and intimate concert prepared for the birthday boy and his wondrous friends and their families led by the band's incredible lead singer Michael North (pictured here with Carlos!). Carlos shared with us how he and his family have been enjoying Shushybye on BabyFirstTV ever since his son was just an infant! Carlos is an extremely gracious host, and a dedicated family man. Everyone at Shushybye is honored to count him and his beautiful family among our awesome fans!

Shushybye & Goodnight,

Steve