Animal Planet - “Swimming with My Best Friend”

When Animal Planet called me and asked for a song about a hedgehog and puppy who go swimming together, my answer could only be “YES”. The turnaround was very fast; I wrote, recorded and submitted this song in 24 hours.

 
The cuteness of this friendship between a hedgehog and puppy can only be articulated by song. | For more Too Cute!, visit http://animal.discovery.com/tv/too-...

Dreamboat Beats

I’ve recently been releasing original instrumental songs under the name Dreamboat Beats. It’s a really fun project and I’m very much enjoying the process.

Original Music/Videos

Original songs, written, recorded and produced by me!

 
An original song about staying home and taking it easy for Christmas.Written, arranged, recorded and produced by Eddie LehwaldVideo Production by Eddie Lehwa...

Paramount Story Wrangler Songs/Videos

These are original songs and videos based on stories written by 3rd graders in the Austin TX area. The turnaround is very quick; stories are received on Sunday mornings and the deadline is Thursday afternoon, so that’s only four and a half days to write and record an original song and then film and edit an original video-if that sounds like a lot, it is but it’s a total blast!

 

Once upon a time, there was a man person and he was stinky because of all of the cats and cat poop in cat world. He wanted to live in a different land and have a home in Dog World. He likes dogs better than cats and he trusts them to follow the rules: 1. Don’t poop near him. 2. No scratching or biting things (like in a bounce house). 3. No slobbering. But there wasn’t a handle on the door to get out. The handle broke when he was hurrying and it slipped all the way off. Then he had to go to a shopping center called “Buy Some Handles, Get Some Handles, Buy Some Handles” that was very far away – 2,150 miles away – to bring a handle back to the door. And ever since that day, he lived happily ever after in Dog World. Now, instead of being stinky, he’s hairy!
THE END

Story by Ms. Schultz's class

Roly the Poly and the Giant Chew Toy
Once upon a time, there was a smart roly poly and he was so tiny and clumsy that he fell into The Big Cookie. He wanted a chew toy to bite because he was lonely. It would make him feel better, as it was shaped like a friend. But, you had a buy a chew toy at one of the chocolate chip buildings on The Big Cookie, and all the store buildings weren't there. A few days ago, a human came and ate a lot of the choco chip buildings. They were really hard to find because they were all chewed up. Then, he squiggled like a worm into a narrow, dark, shadowy cave. He met a giant, humungous chew toy that was alive! The chew toy was lonely too. And ever since that day, The Roly Poly bit the chew toy because the chew toy didn't mind it, and they both felt less lonely.
The End
Story by Ms. Rangel’s class

Once upon a time, a dragowl was hanging out with all of his friends, in a haunted tree. Dragowl wanted the roots of the haunted tree to take any rude people away, deep, deep underground 1,000 km, where no one can see. But the dirt is burying the roots like brown cement that looked like dirt, so the roots were stuck. Then, Dragowl called his best buddy, Cool Pants. Cool Pants came and since he knew magic, first he made the tree nice and no longer haunted. Second he freed the roots so that the tree could grab rude people when they called someone ugly names like- weird, scal y, teacher’s pet, and feathery. And ever since that day, Dragowl realized that grabbing people away from their homes and families was not very nice. So with Cool Pants’ potion and help, the tree taught rude people to be thoughtful instead of the tree grabbing them and taking them away. The tree would say things like, “Please stop being rude. Think of how you would feel if someone did that to you.” The End

Once upon a time Carmen the cactus lived in the jungle where she explored and studied animals. Carmen wanted to live in the desert instead because it was hard to breathe in the jungle. But as she was exploring in the jungle, she met Evil Patrick a flying tiger, and they became the best of friends. She didn’t know if she could leave him. Then she asked Evil Patrick to come with her to the desert, and he said “Yes!” because he would be lonely in the jungle without her. Carmen flew with Evil Patrick on his back all the way to their new home in the desert. And ever since that day after exploring the desert, they encountered golden llamas, a new breed, and became millionaires by sharing this new species with the world. Best friends are great!

The End

JERRY’S MUSHROOM ADVENTURE-a crowdsourced Story Wrangler Story
Once upon a time, Jerry the unhappy dinosaur was camping at a dingy campsite. He was unhappy because he came for mushrooms, but they were all poisonous. Jerry wanted a secret mushroom potion because he needed it to survive. But he needed help to figure out which mushroom was poisonous and which was healthy. Then some Alien Chefs supported him by making a mushroom potion so they could be a good friend to him. And ever since that day, Jerry opened a Mushroom Potion Food Truck called Jerry’s Happy Food Truck and was finally overjoyed.
THE END

Once upon a time, there was a wonder puppy. He was at the Big Success Pet Store getting groceries. Wonder Puppy wanted puppy food because he's a puppy, and it gives him energy to fight bad guys. But there's bad guys at the store, so he doesn't know what to do. He can't even get to the food. Then the bad guys come over to him to get his money. So he uses his rope and lasers to capture the three bad guys, and flies them to jail. And ever since that day, the store owner gave him his food for free and he was happy.

The End

Story by Ms. Ibarra-Kenny’s class

Once upon a time on a yummy Pizza Planet there was a Reblue00f raspberry Fanta and Penelope pineapple Sprite and to them was born a little child named Surge. Surge wanted more juice for his hands and a delivery truck to bring the first Surge to people in Tomato Iceland and the store aisles/isles of Walheart, Dollar Me and Dallas Tree. (Later he would find a wife and have a bajillion Surge trucks.) But all little Surge could do was crawl. But because he was born in Walheart and the Walheart pizza truck visited every day, he was able to grab onto the truck one time when it stopped to deliver some pizza. Then he accidentally got some surge on his hands, got energized, and flew up the truck. He discovered the power within him, the one and only surge (for now). And ever since that day lil' Surge has been trying to make a bajillion Surge trucks per year.
THE END
Story by Ms. Wise's class

Once upon a time on the Guadalupe River, there was Larry the Water Phoenix. Larry wanted to become the Water Phoenix Queen so he could earn money to buy his mother the medicine she needs. But the current Water Phoenix Queen sent Larry on a dangerous quest through the weeds and past the crocodiles to get her lost super special clam. This clam can cure anyone in a snap with its special jewel. The Salt Water Crocodiles wouldn't let him leave. Then, he used the pepper water from his feathers to splash it on the crocodile's nostrils. They started messing with their noses with their claws. This offended and distracted them. And ever since that day Larry was known for the brave task he took going to get the clam. He became the Royal Water Phoenix Queen.
THE END

Story by Ms. Neary's class

Once upon a time there was a butler named Bo. He lived in a giant's palace under the sea. He worked for a bossy giant who never gave him a day off. He wanted to leave the palace and see the outside world and he needed the giant's magic staff to leave. But he wasn’t allowed out and he couldn’t breathe outside the palace underwater. The staff was being guarded by Pixie and Poxie, the giant seahorses. Then he created a plan to put sleeping pills in there seaweed. So Pixie and Poxie gobbled the seaweed and fell asleep. Bo opened the door to the giant’s bedroom and he tiptoed to the bed. He saw the magic staff but the giant was grasping it in his sleep. He tickled the giant’s nose with a feather, and as the giant reached for his nose, Bo snatched the magic staff from his hands. Bo took the staff and escaped from the giant’s palace. And ever since that day, Bo was free to work for someone a lot nicer that let him take breaks and have the weekends off to have fun and see the outside world. He also got the summer off but he never went to the beach.
The End

Once upon a time Steve the Miner was walking to the forest and he fell in a hole. It was the Pop Rock Cave where it smelled sweet and felt like smooth pop rocks. Steve wanted the rare magical pop rock diamonds because they help you change your voice when you eat them. You can turn into an animal just by thinking of it, like a lizard, a gorilla, a cat, a husky puppy. But he didn't have mining tools because it was his day off. Then he thought about making new tools from the trees for sticks and out of the Iron tree. He got the pop rock diamonds. And ever since that day he took his mining tools everywhere he went.
The End

Once upon a time in a treehouse in Nut City there lived Rex the cute peanut girl. Rex the peanut girl had the goal to collect tons of peanuts because she wanted to gobble them because whoever ate peanuts in that world would be very very popular. But the only peanuts grew on the moon bc an astronaut brought all the peanut seeds with them to the moon and planted them on the moon bc there were cannibal peanuts in Nut City who wanted to scarf all of them. Then she had to do a mission to fly on the moon. And ever since that day, she carefully went to the market and then she bought a bunch of sweet potatoes and she went to the rocket store and bought and built a rocket powered by sweet potatoes (which was the cheapest rocket) and flew in her rocket powered by sweet potatoes to the moon to collect peanuts. Rex felt stellar.
The end.

Story by Ms. Tennyson’s class

Soundtrack - “Painter Greenhouse”

This short film was screened at SXSW 2019, and was selected by the City of Austin for their 2019 “Faces of Austin” program. I created original music to complement the sound and feel of the greenhouse, various characters and aquaponics equipment.