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TeamVico is dedicated to recording rock and roll music for the whole family to sing along with. During the production of our CDs special attention is paid to the pace of the vocals so that the lyrics can be understood by the speech delayed and children with Autism.This project began when my son's first speech therapist told me that they sing too quickly on commercial children's CDs for our kids to understand the words. She asked us to record some traditional childrens songs at a slower than normal tempo. But, in order not to make it feel slow, we rocked up the music! My son (then three years old and non-verbal) really took to it and so did other children on the spectrum. He is now eleven and conversational. I believe that his desire to sing along played a part in his continued recovery.Tunes from TeamVico's three CDs can be heard at www.teamvico.com and at http://www.myspace.com/teamvicomusic.Hope you like it.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Paul McCartney, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Chris Squire, Chrissie Hynde, Geddy Lee, Steven Wilson, Claire Grogan, BB King, Jake Slichter, Dan Wilson, Carole King, Aimee Mann

My Blog

TeamVico performing at TACA picnic - Sunday June 14

TeamVico will be performing a ten song set at the 6th Annual TACA picnic on Sunday, June 14th.  If you have never been to the TACA picnic, it is a fun and safe afternoon for kids with autism - and a b...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:12:00 GMT

TeamVico songs to be used in Autism documentary

I just got confirmation that two TeamVico songs from the "Shadow Shines" CD will be featured in a new Autism documentary entitled "Finding Tonio".  Both songs will be included on the soundtrack C...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:04:00 GMT

Top Ten List of coping skills for Dads of children with autism

A few months ago I spoke at the TACA retreat about Dads & Autism.  I closed up my talk with a Top Ten List for Dads.  It was printed in the TACA newsletter & picked up by the Autism ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:16:00 GMT

Welcome To Holland - The Lost Manuscript

Moira flew to Washington DC to march in the Green Our Vaccines rally.  Having never been to our Nation's Capital, she spent a day as a tourist.  Upon visiting the Library of Congress and stu...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:59:00 GMT

Attended Autism One conference

My wife and I attended last weekend's Autism One conference as TACA Parent Mentors.  The first night (Thursday) was the new parent mixer which went really well.  I met and heard from a bunch...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 19:16:00 GMT

TeamVico songs now available as individual downloads

You can download the individual tracks at: http://www.myspace.com/teamvicomusic You can also listen to a bunch of them - full length- as well! This just made my day.  How about you?
Posted by on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:34:00 GMT

TeamVico made Yahoo news!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20080326/bs_prweb/prweb803834   World Autism Day: TeamVico Releases Concept Album about the Autism Journey .. --> BEGIN STORY BODY --> Wed Mar 26, 3:01 AM ET .. ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:39:00 GMT

New TeamVico CD available NOW

The new TeamVico CD is now available.  You can listen to three full length songs here:  http://www.teamvico.com/whatsnew/index.shtml You can hear clips from all of the songs on our new cd he...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:47:00 GMT

New TeamVico CD coming soon!

It's all finally coming together.  The CD is mastered, the artwork finished & I just got approval to manufacture.  I hope to drop off all of the components to the CD pressing plant tomor...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:57:00 GMT

Rockin the ARI show!

We had a great time playing the Autism Reasearch Institute's Autism Walk L.A. event on Saturday.  Thanks to the folks at ARI for allowing us to play and a big shout out to our fan - Jonah, ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:55:00 GMT