Lanny Sherwin

Lanny is a singer-songwriter and is President of the children's record label, Sandman Records. He has released 5 award-winning kids' CDs, each of which follows his motto: "DON'T DRIVE PARENTS CRAZY! Having spent several years as a songwriter in Nashville, Lanny's son, Alec, was born in 1997. After about 2 months of listening to Barney, Elmo, and other brain-frying lullaby CDs on the market, he decided to write his own: "Dream With Me Tonight - Lullabies For All Ages". Asylum recording artist, Melodie Crittenden, sang the breathtaking vocals.

Having spent several years as a songwriter in Nashville, Lanny's son, Alec, was born in 1997. After about 2 months of listening to Barney, Elmo, and other brain-frying lullaby CDs on the market, he decided to write his own: "Dream With Me Tonight - Lullabies For All Ages". Asylum recording artist, Melodie Crittenden, sang the breathtaking vocals. The next year he wrote "Dream With Me Tonight, Vol. 2 - A Father's Lullabies". Gene Miller, a former Mercury Records artist, handled vocals on that CD.

As Alec grew up, so did the themes of Lanny's songs. Released in 2006, "Turn Up the Music!" is geared toward 4 - 9 year olds. Lanny himself sang the vocals. That CD has won 8 children music awards. In 2007, he wrote & sang on "I Like Being Me!" - also for 4 - 9 year olds. The new Lanny Sherwin's ?MELTDOWN?, was released in May, ?09.

His CDs have won over 30 music awards from:
Parent's Choice Teacher's Choice Children's Music Web
Dove Foundation iParenting Natl Assn of Parenting Publications
Dr. Toy Creative Child International Songwriting Competition

Lanny recently initiated the first-ever "Pickleberry Pie Very Special Concert Series" for kids at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA, and continues to perform at schools, hospitals, and children's fund-raising events. In 2009, in partnership with the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, he began a series of songwriting residencies in regional elementary schools.

Lanny started out writing lullabies out of love for his newborn child and out of desperation at having to listen to what was available in the market. Now he just writes because - deep down - he loves being immature. He admits to having seen The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, & Led Zeppelin in concert but he lies about his age. He has been a sea turtle researcher; a magazine publisher; a staff songwriter in Nashville; owns his own music publishing company; has run 9 marathons; has shared the stage with Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters, & Mike Wallace. He lives in Santa Barbara, CA, with his wife, Holly, their son (12), Alec, and their yellow Lab, Sam.