When Matt and Abigail brought home their newborn baby girl, Ivy, Matt's friends asked if he'd write a song for his 11-day-old daughter. He obliged, but never dreamed it would go viral.
"I used to be in a band when I was younger, so one of my friends half jokingly challenged me to write a song for Ivy and I thought I’d give it a go." Matt says. "I'm not great with soppy daddy stuff so came up with a fun song about the adventures kids must go off on when dreaming." In just 20 minutes, Matt composed his very first lullaby.
As Ivy is fast asleep in the video below, Matt plops down next to her with his guitar and starts playing the sweetest song about penguins, monkeys, spaceships, and oceans. He casually posted it to Facebook that evening, and by the next day, the video had already gone viral. People all over the world are falling in love with this daddy-daughter duo.
But Matt doesn't want to take all the credit; he says Ivy helped him write it. "…I was looking after her at about 11 o’clock at night and she was nodding to the bits she liked and stopped to the bits that she didn’t!"
Seems like we've got a children's songwriter and a little music producer on our hands! Please enjoy "Ivy's Dream Song," and SHARE it with your friends on Facebook!
