Caspar Baby Pants
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Who is Caspar Baby Pants?
Caspar Baby Pants is from Seattle, USA. He makes high quality intelligent simple acoustic music for kids and their parents to enjoy together.
What is their music like?
Casper Babypants makes stripped-back, funky kids’ songs built on groove and melody—a mix of pop and indie with a light sprinkle of folk.
Why we think you’ll love it
Especially good for very little ones, Casper Babypants bridges the gap with songs toddlers will love—and engage with—that parents will enjoy too. The lyrics and themes are ridiculous and hilarious in equal measure: a gardener overrun by moles; a flea complaining he’s got too many dogs; a blue jay up to no good. It’s also worth checking out his brilliant reinterpretations of classic nursery rhymes. If you’re asked to put on ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’, choose the Casper Babypants version, which turns it into a four-verse epic. His Beatles cover albums are well worth a listen too—an easy, fun way to introduce children to the Fab Four’s hits.
Artist Bio
Caspar Babypants is the stage name for children's music artist Chris Ballew from Seattle, USA.
Ballew's first brush with children's music came in 2002, when he recorded and donated an album of traditional children's songs to the nonprofit Program for Early Parent Support titled "PEPS Sing A Long!" Having a son and daughter himself, he enjoyed making the record but didn't think about it again until 2008 when he discussed working on a children's book with his wife, collage artist Kate Endle. Ballew began digging up nursery rhymes and folk songs in the public domain, songs that have been reinterpreted and passed down through generations. This, in addition to a number of original songs, formed his first full-length release, "Here I Am!"
The album was a hit, and Ballew began to perform in the Seattle area. A longtime friend, Fred Northup, heard the album while working on a project with Ballew, and Northup offered to play as his live percussionist. Northup, a Seattle-based comedy improvisor, suggested his frequent collaborator Ron Hippe as a keyboard player, and Ballew subsequently auditioned Hippe. Christening the two "Frederick Babyshirt" and "Ronald Babyshoes", they officially became the Caspar Babypants live band in 2009. Ballew is the primary creative force behind Caspar Babypants and records, produces, masters and distributes the albums from his home studio. Northup and Hippe frequently appear on his recordings but have not played live with Caspar since May of 2012. Currently Ballew performs exclusively as a solo artist.
Caspar Babypants is a true do it yourself (DIY) venture with Ballew running the Aurora Elephant Music record label, booking shows, running the studio, and producing and distributing the albums.