HAMPSHIRE THE CROWD IS UP ON THEIR FEET, BOUNCING TO THE MUSIC WITH THEIR BINKIES AND BLANKETS. ♪ >> LA LA LA LA LA LA ERIN: IN HIS RATTLEBOX STUDIO IN CONCORD, AARON JONES, BETTER KNOWN AS MR. AARON TO HIS LEAGUE OF LITTLE FANS, IS LIKE THE PIED PIPER OF PRESCHOOLERS. ♪ >> WE COME THREE DAYS A WEEK AND HE LOOKS FORWARD TO IT WHEN WE ARE COMING UP THE STAIRS, HE IS GOING YAYAYAYA!, AND HE STARTS SINGING HONK, HONK, BEAT, BEAT ♪ >> HONK HONK BEEP BEEP, THE SIREN GOES OOOH. ♪ MR. AARON: IT’S KINDA AMAZING HOW NATURAL IT IS FOR KIDS TO EXPERIENCE MUSIC AND PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC RIGHT? FOR ME IT IS LIKELY A CREATIVE SPIRIT AND IMAGINATION AND THEIR COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE TO BE WHO THEY ARE. >> IT IS GREAT TO GET THEM INTERACTING AND GETTING TO THE MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS. IT IS REALLY FUN. ♪ ERIN: FROM LOCAL FARMS TO GYMS. MR. AARON’S BAND PERFORMS ALL OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK THIS MUSIC MAN OFFERS HIS LITTLE RATTLER CLASSES. ♪ ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GIANTS ♪ ♪ THEY’RE LIKE COMING OVER FOR TEA ♪ ♪ ERIN: "ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GIANTS" IS HIS FIRST C.D., HIS LATEST, IS MAXIMUM, >> I FEEL THAT KIDS ARE MAXIMUM TOO. RIGHT? THEY ARE ALWAYS LIVING CRANKED UP TO 11. >> AND GOOOO, AND STOP. ♪ >> PUMPKIN FELL ON MY FOOT VIDEO ♪ >> IT DID NOT FEEL GOD COME LIKE A PUMPKIN SHOULD, I DROPPED A PUMPKIN ON MY FOOT! ♪ ERIN: MUSIC VIDEOS ON HIS YOU TUBE CHANNEL OFTEN FEATURE HIS TWO MUSES, HIS DAUGHTERS, WHO’VE INSPIRED MANY OF HIS SONGS, LIKE THIS ONE BASED ON A BEDTIM STORY. ♪ RUN, RUN RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN ♪ >> I DECIDED THAT THE GINGERBREA MAN RUNS AWAY AND JOINS A BAND. HOW COOL WOULD THAT THE, RIGHT AARON FEIS MR. AARON STARTE -- AARON: MR. AARON STARTED WRITING SONGS FOR KIDS IN COLLEGE, HIS SUMMER JOB WAS IN LINCOLN AT JEAN’S PLAYHOUSE WHERE HE WAS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR THE CHILDREN’S THEATRE. MR. AARON: WE WROTE 8 NEW 40 MINUTE MUSICALS IN THE COURSE OF A SUMMER ALL FAIRY TALE ADAPTATIONS. IT WAS AN INSANE SUMMER, BUT IT REALLY GOT ME EXCITED ABOUT MUSICAL THEATER AND GIVE ME A LOT OF EXPERIENCE LIKE REALLY QUICKLY. [LAUGHTER] AARON: FROM THERE, THIS COMPOSER HEADED TO NYU’S MUSICAL THEATRE GRAD PROGRAM WHERE MET HIS WIFE ANNA, A LYRICIST FROM LEBANON, . >> WE ENDED UP WRITING A MUSICAL ABOUT RIDDING THE WORLD OF BOREDOM, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY APPLY TO MR. AARON RIDDING THE WORLD, OR CONCORD, OF BOREDOM ON A TUESDAY MORNIN [LAUGHTER] ERIN: THEY MARRIED AFTER GRADUATION. AND ANNA AND ARRON, FORMED KIDS MUSIC GROUP "THE BANANA BARRON", THEN A CHANCE MEETING WITH A MEMBER OF ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND LED TO A NEW GIG MR. AARON: ACTUALLY FUNNY ENOUGH ONE OF THE LADIES FROM LUSCIOUS JACKSON USED TO BRING HER SON TO MY KIDS MUSIC CLASS THAT I WAS DOING IN BROOKLYN. THEY USED TO COME TO CLASS. AND THEN WHEN LUSCIOUS JACKSON DECIDED THEY WERE GETTING BA TOGETHER, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS WASN’ RETURNING, SO THEY WERE LIKE, WE NEED A MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST WHO CAN SING. SO NOW I TOUR WITH THEM AND BACK THEM UP, PLAY GUITAR AND KEYBOARD, AND THING. THEY TELL ME NOT TO SMILE SO MUCH. THINGS LIKE THAT. ♪ ERIN: HE ALSO PLAYS CLUBS IN BOSTON AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, AS PART OF ROCK DUO "BOSEY JOE," THE MUSIC IS EXPERIMENTAL AND IMPROVISED. BUT IT’S HIS GIGS FOR A YOUNGER AUDIENCE THAT EARNED MR. AARON THE TITLE OF BEST CHILDREN’S PERFORMER FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE MAGAZINE, >> THE PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN HIT A BIG BUMP. ONE TWO WOO. ♪ >> IT IS REALLY FUN AND SO EXCITING. HE HAS SUCH A CONTAGIOUS ENERGY. >> WHO’S IN THIS LITTLE BLACK BAG? QUACK QUACK, A DUCK A DUCK? [LAUGHTER] >> I LOVE THAT HE KNOWS EACH KIDS NAME BY JUST HEARING IT ONCE. >> I’M GOING TO LOOK ONE MO TIME, RIGHT, OLIVER? >> EVEN LITTLE THINGS LIKE CLEANING UP DURING THE SONGS. HE WAS REALLY SHY AT FIRST AND NOW, HE GETS IN THERE AND HE FOLLOWS MR. AARON AROUND AND ALL THE SONGS TO READ A REALLY KEEPS HIM CALM. >> AS SOON AS HE PULLS OUT THAT GUITAR AND STRUMMING CHORDS SHE HAS THAT NICE OUTLET FOR HER ENERGY AND CREATIVIT >> HE INVITES EVERYBODY IN WITH HIS PERFORMANCE AND WITH HIS SINGING, AND WITH HIS PLAYFULNESS. I THINK THAT IS A MAJOR REASON WHY IS SO POPULAR. >> TWO TREES, 10 LITTLE LEAVES, THEY ARE BLOWING IN THE BREEZE ♪ CAN YOU GO WHOOSHHH! ♪ MR. AARON: I DON’T SET OUT TO SEE SOMETHING. IF THE KIDS ARE HAVING FUN AND THEY ARE INTO IT THEY END UP RUNNING A LOT. A LOT OF MOVEMENT, LANGUAGE, COUNTING. IT IS MORE OF HIM UP ITS APPROACH, LETS THE PHILLY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND WE WILL SECRETLY LEARNED SOME THINGS ALONG THE WAY. -- LET’S GET SILLY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND WE WILL STICK REALLY LEARN SOME THINGS ALONG THE WAY. ♪ WHEN YOU ARE A GIANT, EVERYDAY IS A PARTYYYYY YEAAHHHH! ♪ [LAUGHTER] >> VERY NICE!