Sunday, October 19, 2008

Rockin' the Standards Creator Tim Bedley Featured in the Biola Magazine; Rockin' the Standards Goes to Canada


The creator of our band, Tim Bedley, is currently featured in the Fall 2008 Biola Magazine. The article is great, check it out at our website on the press page. We had another amazing week! We were in the top 5 on Amazon.com for most of this past week. This week we shipped CDs to new fans in the following states:
Oregon
Texas
Virginia
Missouri
Idaho
California
New Mexico
Tennessee
Rockin' the Standards also went international this week! We shipped a CD to new fans in British Columbia, Canada. Thanks Canada!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Top 100 on iTunes for Rockin' the Standards album "MATH"

Today our album "MATH" climbed into the top 100 on iTunes in the category of Children's Music. As of this writing we were at # 87. Thank you AMERICA! We believe that mixing real rock n' roll music with lyrics that teach 2nd through 6th graders is just plain COOL! In fact we put the COOL in SCHOOL! (Do you see it? You need to take the S and H out of SCHOOL to get COOL, that's what we do!) AMERICA, we need your help! We are a couple of teachers and musicians with what we believe is a revolutionary new educational rock n' roll style. Yet we have no $$$ for advertising yet. Please spread the word about us. Help the crazy teachers and musicians behind Rockin' the Standards climb to # 1 on iTunes! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Visit our website http://www.rockinthestandards.com

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Rockin' the Standards "MATH" Tops Jonas Brothers "A Little Bit Longer" at Amazon.com!



Today was a historic day for our band Rockin' the Standards. We hit # 1 again on Amazon.com in the category of Children's Educational Music. However, the bigger news is that we topped the Jonas Brothers in the category of Children's Music overall. Thank you AMERICA! The concept of our band is simple. We've taken real rock n' roll music and combined it with lyrics that help 2nd through 6th graders remember difficult academic state standards. Our music isn't your normal "Barney sounding" educational music. Kids love it, parents want it, and teachers need it! Please visit our website and tell other parents and teachers about us.

This past week we shipped CDs to new fans in the following states:

Florida
New York
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
Washington
Oregon

If you don't have our album "MATH" yet, visit our website and order the CD or download it at iTunes, Amazon, PayPlay, or Digstation.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Rockin' the Standards retains # 1 spot for Children's Educational Music on Amazon.com

As of this writing Rockin' the Standards remains the # 1 MP3 download on Amazon.com in the category of Children's Educational Music. We are thrilled that America is catching our vision of having real rock n' roll music that also happens to help elementary students remember difficult math concepts. Half of the people involved in Rockin' the Standards are elementary school teachers. We use our own music in the classroom just about everyday. It is incredible to see the power of educational rock n' roll music in the classroom. We've seen third graders remember place value to the hundred billions and to the right of the decimal to the ten-thousandths by rockin' out to our # 1 hit song THE PLACE VALUE RAP. This is just one example of how our 14 math rock songs are making a difference in the lives of elementary students. If you're not using music in your classroom, you and your students are missing out big time!

This past week we shipped CD orders to lots of new fans in California. This was due to the fact that we were featured in the Press Enterprise earlier in the week. We also shipped CDs to new fans in the following states:

New York
Virginia
Florida

America, thanks again for making us # 1! Tell your family, friends, and even your enemies about Rockin' the Standards!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Rockin' the Standards still # 1 MP3 Download at Amazon.com; Featured on Teachers.Net


WOW! As of this writing we are still # 1 on Amazon.com in the category of Children's Educational Music. We are competing with the big boys. One of the bands near the top with us is They Might Be Giants. Little did I know that they are backed by Disney. Only in America could a couple of teachers and their musically talented friends reach # 1 in their music genre by working hard to spread the word about their unique educational rock n' roll. Help our campaign to compete with the Disney heavy hitters by e-mailing your friends and family our website, blog, and YouTube links.






This month our band is featured on Teachers.Net in their online magazine called the Gazette. We are in a special feature called Teachers.Net Recommends... Thank you to all you T-Net users who have supported RTS in the past. Help us compete with the Disney heavy hitters by letting your friends on T-Net know about us. Teachers.Net plans to do a Rockin' the Standards CD give away promotion in the near future. Keep an eye out for that!
O.K. America, help us pass up the Jonas Brothers, Camp Rock, and Miley Cyrus. We came close a few days ago.(Read the posting on Sept. 29th about how we reached #6 just behind Camp Rock and the Jonas Brothers) THANKS AMERICA!!!!!!!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Rockin' the Standards takes on Camp Rock, The Jonas Brothers, and Miley Cyrus


Today Rockin' the Standards reached new heights at Amazon.com. Our album "MATH" held on to the # 1 spot in the MP3 album download category of Children's Educational Music . The bigger news is that we reached # 6 in the MP3 album download category of Children's Music. That category includes Disney's heavy hitters Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers, and Camp Rock. You have to understand how huge this is for us. We are a couple of elementary school teachers who teamed up with a couple of our musically talented friends to help elementary students learn with the assistance of some rock n' roll. For us to be # 6, right behind Camp Rock and the Jonas Brothers is mind boggling. It's a God thing for sure. We haven't spent any $$$ on advertising. America please keep helping us. How cool would it be if we passed up the Disney heavy hitters. Thanks America!

Rockin' the Standards reaches # 1 AGAIN on Septemeber 28th & 29th; Press Enterprise Article



Thank you America. You are helping your elementary school children and the crazy teachers and musicians behind Rockin' the Standards by downloading and purchasing our album titled "MATH." Yesterday and this morning we were ranked # 1 in our genre of Children's Educational Music on Amazon.com. Tell everyone you know that has elementary students in their lives about us. Help us reach our goal of 10,000 downloads. This morning we are excited to be ranked # 18 overall in the broader Children's Music category on Amazon.com. That category includes Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Camp Rock, High School Musical, basically all the big names in Children's Music. Wouldn't that be something if we could reach # 1 in that category and beat out Miley Cyrus with no advertising budget? Today our band is featured in The Press Enterprise. Read the article and send the link to all your friends with elementary school kids. We are trying to revolutionize children's educational music. Thanks again America and keep on rockin' with your kids.