Laurel Canyon Animal Company

We intended to be an Internet radio station but we ended up creating music with animals, say Skip Haynes and Dana Walden, co-creators of the Laurel Canyon Animal Company and PETCDS.com.Skip, a hit songwriter and an associate art director for the GRAMMYS® and Dana, a hit songwriter and award-winning producer were neighbors in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. They began with the idea of creating an Internet radio station to be used as a platform for local creative talent. Their first CD, Stories From Laurel Canyon, had nothing to do with animals and was intended to be the premier show of their radio station (Laurel Canyon Radio) but a chance thought and the GRAMMYS® changed all that.One of Skips jobs as an associate art director was to photomontage individual photos of winners into photo spreads for the GRAMMY® Magazine ala 1940s MGM group photos of movies stars.After several years of doing this I couldnt help thinking these photos would be really over the top if I replaced the rock n; roll stars with dogswith sunglasses and hats. said Skip, an avid animal lover all his life. He bought a digital camera and began taking pictures of all the dogs in their neighborhood including his and Danas for a CD cover photo. This turned into their first animal friendly CD, Ugly Dogs need More Love. Skip produced the art and Dana produced the music and they both wrote and performed the songs with a little help from their friends. They manufactured a small production run and sold them at the local Laurel Canyon Country Store. These did so well that it led to their creation of a second animal related CD, Cat-A-Tonic, the formation of their first record label, the Laurel Canyon Animal Co. and a website, www.petcds.com . Both dedicated to selling only animal related music and helping fund people and organizations that help save and rehabilitate animalsTO BE CONTINUED. . . with Carla the GREEN CHICKEN. . .