Movement Imagination is an American children's band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2003. The order includes Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche, and Scott "Smitty" Smith. Group members are old friends and neighbors. It all started with four members seeing the need for children to have music that "speaks to them, not to them". With Scott Durbin's vision of a live action TV show that is a cross between Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Captain Kangaroo, the four work every night after sleep, from 9 pm to midnight. , to write songs and to develop the storyline of TV shows.
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Careers
Created by four friends in New Orleans, Imagination Movers began as a television/music concept submitted to local PBS affiliates. WLAE-TV was the first to pay attention to the group and later introduced them to Beth Courtney, President & Chief Executive Officer at Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Soon after, LPB began delivering one minute of video produced by Imagination Movers itself.
The Movers build substantial regional followers by organizing children's educational songs for melodies and rhythms that adults also love. They sell over 100,000 copies of homemade CDs and DVDs. Their three indie CDs: "Good Ideas," "Calling All Movers," and "Eight Feet" along with their grassroots DVD "Stir It Up" have, combined, won fourteen national awards, from groups such as the National Association of Parenting Publications (NAPPA) and Parental Options.
In early 2005, Disney noticed, and started negotiations to add Movers to the list of companies. It was disconnected in August when flood protection was designed and built by the Army Corps of Engineers to protect New Orleans failed. The resulting flood waters claimed the band's office, as well as the homes and work of Collins, Durbin and Poche - but the deal was signed in the spring of 2006.
In 2008, Walt Disney Records introduced Imagination Movers to the nation by releasing the first nationally released CD, "Juice Box Heroes."
In September 2008, a 22-minute show featuring the group began airing on the Disney Channel's preschool block programming known as Playhouse Disney, and finally aired on Playhouse Disney's Disney Junior substitute. The Movers starred as well as co-executive producer of the show.
The Movers did all the songs that Smith wrote on their show. In addition, Imagination Movers has received critical acclaim for their live concert performances.
In October 2009, Imagination Movers started "Live from the Idea Warehouse Concert Tour 2009". Traveling from mid-October to mid-December 2009 their live performances include many of their favorite songs and dances, as well as video appearances from Gudang Mouse.
Beginning in early February 2011 and ending in late May 2011, Imagination Movers presented "In a Big Warehouse Concert Tour," playing more than 100 shows in 50 cities across North America.
From March to October 2012, Imagination Movers toured North America on their post-Disney "Rock-O-Matic" tour. This event maintains some elements of the original TV concept, such as the "emergency idea" on stage and some devices from their old catalog, the Tour promotes the release of new album/DVD from Imagination Movers, "Rock-O-Matic", featuring all new music from band. The Rock-O-Matic album itself is produced independently of Disney and has a more mature, contemporary rock-and-roll sound, though it is still very suitable for children. Imagination Movers can be seen on the Disney Junior app and available on Demand.
In the summer of 2013, Imagination Movers released their fourth album on the Disney album, titled "Back in Blue." The album consists of 26 songs, covering most of the songs written for season three of the TV series as well as other material that Movers has never released for television shows.
Fall 2013, Imagination Movers teamed up with Blue Cross Blue Shield Association to present Think Big Tour, a 60-minute educational concert that toured the state of Louisiana.
May 2014 - Disney Junior Canada presents the Imagination Movers Live in Concert tour with special guest Mouse Warehouse. The tour covers seventeen cities in Canada, starting September 13 in Victoria, BC and ending in Glace Bay, NS on October 2, with most of the dates sold out. The tour featured Movers featuring songs from their Disney Junior series and their chart-topping album "Back In Blue," which debuted as No 1 Album Kids on iTunes in Canada.
During the fall of 2014, 9 Story Entertainment announced that it has entered into a development agreement with award-winning musical performance, Imagination Movers. 9 Story works with the band at Super Movers, a fresh, new animated/hybrid program aimed at 4-7 year olds, full of comedy, adventure and music. The main message of the event is that "Everyone has the power to become a super hero!"
In 2015, Imagination Movers released their ninth album, a CD/DVD, titled "Licensed to Move." This project is funded by many through PledgeMusic.
In 2016, Movers released the single "Super Movers," an upbeat, ska inspired audio spreading the belief that everyone has the power to become a super hero. The song reached number 1 on Kids Charts in both iTunes and Amazon in the US and Canada.
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Members
Rich Collins
This multi-instrumentalist works the controls in the recording studio. He is a drummer for Imagination Movers on TV shows, but plays guitar, bass and sometimes drums in concerts. Her drum stuck double as "Scribble Sticks", which she used to draw words and pictures on the TV screen.
A native of Silver Spring, MD, Collins graduated from The Catholic University of America and moved to New Orleans in the early 1990s to form a rock band, Dubly. Husband and father five people lost their home in 2005 during Hurricane Katrina. Prior to the establishment of The Imagination Movers, Collins was a journalist. She is currently working on her own music on Imagination Movers, and recently released her second album, Golden Pick , after the release of her solo debut, It Fastest Fast , in the year 2013.
Scott Durbin
The initial inspiration for Imagination Movers came in 2003 from Durbin, who wanted to create a live action show of local children featuring a strong male role model for children. Durbin was inspired by the likes of Captain Kangaroo and Fred Rogers as well as the music stylings of The Police and De La Soul.
The son of the second-generation Methodist pastor and pastor of the US Army, Durbin lived the life of an army boy who lived in various places around the world including Washington, DC, San Antonio and Thailand, before his family settled in New Orleans when he was about seven year. He studied abroad in high school and college, living in Japan and Denmark. He has moved because of Hurricane Katrina. He currently lives in Lafayette.
Prior to the formation of Movers, Durbin received a bachelor's degree in religious studies from the Centenary College of Louisiana and a graduate teaching certificate from the University of New Orleans. He taught for ten years, which is one of his inspirations for Imagination Movers. The first six years are at Norco Elementary 4-6 in the St. Parish system. Charles Parish where he was awarded the Master of the Year title from his school. Later, he joined the faculty at Isidore Newman School at Orleans Parish and again received recognition, accepting New Teacher of the Year awarding his first year there. He is married and has two children.
At the Idea Warehouse, Durbin, who plays mandolins, keyboards, and melodics on the show, also uses "Goggles Wobble," which allows him to see things from different perspectives.
In 2015, Durbin joins faculty at Louisiana University in Lafayette as instructor and coordinator of the Music Business Program.
Dave Poche
An architect with trade, Poche is part of the design team for the New Orleans Saints training facility and also designs various banks, office buildings and hotels in New Orleans. He recently worked on several designs that were part of the post-Katrina rebuilding effort.
As 'Dave's Moving Imagination,' Poche is a "jack-of-all-trade" Movers, using its red gadget cap as a storage device for various objects, widely used to make gizmos and cool tools. Poche is also responsible for creating the concept of Warehouse Mouse doll, which is a mainstay in this series.
As an active father, he has taken time out of his busy schedule to serve as Pram Scout, Akela and also the coach for his soccer-ball, basketball and soccer teams.
Although he did not have formal theater or musical training, Poche played with bass for a while in college and had a colorful performance background that included the task of a stand-up comic. Like his Movement counterparts, he was inspired by the 1980s and rock, pop, and alternate music of the '90s and by his front-line experience of dealing with his childrenless nights, messy playroom, and continuing pain grow. Poche plays bass guitar in Imagination Movers T.V. Show and during live performances
Originally from Baton Rouge, Poche received his title from Louisiana State University and moved to his wife's hometown of New Orleans 13 years ago. Despite losing their home due to Hurricane Katrina, the couple have returned to the New Orleans area where they currently live with their two small children.
Scott "Smitty" Smith
Smitty, a New Orleans fireman, has spent the last five years as part of Engine 7 on Basin Street and is part of Hurricane Katrina's search and rescue effort. While he is the only Mover not to lose his home due to storms, his fire house is destroyed and continues to operate from a trailer.
Smith's lead guitarist and lead songwriter is the adventurous adventurer of the group; growing up in Southern Louisiana, he hunts and fishing every weekend as a child, and continues to do so in his spare time. He loves to explore the American National Park. Smith brought his outside experience to the group by blowing ducks and call geese on several band songs, including "I Hear That."
A graduate of English Literature from the University of New Orleans, Smith given Mover prop is his trusted journal, which represents his Indiana Jones-like scientific personality and is used as a resource when Movers try to solve problems.
A native of New Orleans, Smith lives in New Orleans with his wife, Mary, their daughter, and two dogs.
Recognition
On March 22, 2008, Imagination Movers was one of the entertainment groups that performed at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll at the White House South Lawn. They will play again next year.
On August 21, 2008, Imagination Movers performed at Good Morning America .
Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche and Scott Smith, Imagination Movers, won the Emmy Daytime Entertainment 2009 Award for Extraordinary Original Songs in Children and Animation for their original song "Boing, Cluck, Cluck."
The Movers has been nominated twice for Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Original Song category: 2009 & amp; 2011.
In 2011, the Imagination Movers TV series received the WGA Award for Childrens Episodic & amp; Special - "Happy Holidays Ha-Ha" (Imagination Movers), Written by Michael G. Stern, Randi Barnes, Rick Gitelson, Scott Gray; Disney Channel.
According to Pollstar, Movers ranks # 79 in the 100th tour of North America in 2011.
The Imagination Movers adalah National Buddy Walk Partners bersama National Down Syndrome Society.
Diskografi
Recording Space Record
- "Good Ideas" (2003)
- "Calling All Movers" (2004)
- "Stir It Up" - DVD release (2005)
- "Eight Feet" (2006)
- "Licensed for Moving" CD/DVD (2015)
Disney Recording
- "Juice Box Heroes" (2008)
- "For Those About to Hop" (2009)
- "In Great Warehouse" (2010)
- "Back In Blue" (2013) - Only Digital Release
Razor & amp; Tie
- "Rock-O-Matic" - CD/DVD (February 28, 2012)
Series
Episode
References
External links
- Official Imagination Movers website
- Movement Imagination at Disney Junior
- White House 2008 Easter Egg Roll Frequently Asked Questions
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