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Laughing Pizza is a family band who write and perform all original pop-music for families. Their music videos can be seen every day in over 18 million homes on PBS stations and TV On-Demand around the United States. This mom, dad, and daughter trio travel across the United States performing at theatres, museums, music festivals, nightclubs, schools, and other venues – including the White House (twice, including with Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers). Laughing Pizza has also been featured on the Today Show, CNN, and FoxTV, as well as in Money Magazine,〔Money Magazine 4/1/05 http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/04/01/8254983/〕 The New York Times, Atlanta Magazine, Star Magazine, and the Huffington Post among others. They are the proud recipients of 7 Parents' Choice Awards, and their new one hour docu-concert, "Laughing Pizza LIVE" has thus far received a NAPPA award, as well as 5 Dove Awards and raving reviews from the Parents' Television Council. Lisa Michaelis and Billy Schlosser (the mom and dad) are both classically trained musicians and former music teachers with a history of success in the grown-up music business – including a #1 Billboard Dance Hit〔http://www.disco-disco.com/disco/billboard.shtml〕 and a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell. Emily, their 16-year-old daughter, plays multiple instruments including flute, drums, guitar, piano, and bass – and co-writes all of the Laughing Pizza songs with her parents – all while attending school online and crafting the new Laughing Pizza clothing line! Laughing Pizza has released two DVDs and 5 CDs on their label “Little Bean Family Entertainment” and are the proud recipients of seven Parents’ Choice Awards. Their song “On My Way” was chosen by Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton (who co-wrote the lyrics) to be featured in the beautiful new book “Julie Andrews Collection of Songs, Poems, and Lullabies” (Little/Brown). Their live performances are energetic, interactive, dance-filled shows that get kids and parents up and moving, and have created a loyal following across the country. ==Background== Before Laughing Pizza, Billy and Lisa both started performing in indie bands such as Strap d’etr0, Hot Boxes of Truth, Shade, and later wrote and recorded a #1 Dance single in 1992 (Rainfalls,〔http://www.disco-disco.com/disco/billboard.shtml〕 produced by Frankie Knuckles on Virgin records). Four years of being songwriters with Warner/Chappell and songs for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the TV show “Big Bag”, plus a math CD that is used in schools in several states, steered them toward writing for kids. Shortly after daughter Emily was born, Billy and Lisa quit the music business and moved from their native New York to Atlanta and Billy became an Executive at IBM and went on to manage global accounts at the tech consulting company, Sapient. On Tuesday morning September 11, 2001, Billy was on a flight to Boston for one of his frequent business trips. This experience changed their lives as Billy was trapped in Boston for a week and was finally able to drive the 25 hours back to Atlanta to be with his family. Billy and Lisa decided they should find a way to spend time as a family, while doing what they enjoyed most –making music together – and Laughing Pizza was created. Laughing Pizza started as a self-funded project on their home grown label called “Little Bean Family Entertainment” and released two CDs and two DVDs (every one of which earned them Parents’ Choice Awards). In 2006, Sony entered into a joint venture to release and distribute Laughing Pizza on Epic Records and Sony Wonder,〔Billboard Magazine Biz 6/8/06 http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1353480/epic-records-sony-wonder-sign-pizza-deal〕 their kids label. Unfortunately, 6 months after the deal was signed, Sony Wonder folded and Laughing Pizza was left on a rock label with the likes of Good Charlotte, J-Lo, Shakira, Sean Kingston, and Celine Dion. Both parties decided to end the joint venture in 2008 so that Laughing Pizza could continue on their musical journey under their kids label, which was reincarnated as Little Bean. The next year was spent performing, writing, and doing the leg work to get their music videos onto many PBS stations nationwide including GPB (all of Georgia); Columbus, OH; New York, San Diego, CA; Idaho; Louisiana; and Philadelphia, PA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laughing Pizza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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