Salon.com > chris frantz http://www.salon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Newtown kids’ music output: How much is too much? http://www.salon.com/2013/02/07/the_newtown_kids_music_output_how_much_is_too_much/ http://www.salon.com/2013/02/07/the_newtown_kids_music_output_how_much_is_too_much/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13193552 The students of Sandy Hook Elementary School have turned December's tragedy into an occasion for uplift: Different groups of students have recorded a charity single of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and performed "God Bless America" with Jennifer Hudson at the Super Bowl. The Sandy Hook school choir is now set to perform "Call Me Maybe" during the Grammy pre-show, along with a satellite interview with "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest. Already, there have been outraged tweets at the perceived exploitation of Newtown kids by the entertainment industry, a number of which have been collected in this Daily Intel post.

Chris Frantz, the former Talking Heads drummer, volunteered his Fairfield County, Conn., home studio for the Newtown students' "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," and admitted he initially felt trepidation about working with a small group of Sandy Hook students. "I wondered, 'How is this going to be perceived by people on the outside?'" he told Salon. "But as soon as the children showed up at our home, I knew it was a unique and important opportunity."

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