The Sounds We Share, a new children's music channel, has launched at thesoundsweshare.com and on YouTube, offering songs that contain no words in any language. Instead, the music is composed of hums, pops, rolls, and whooshes—speech sounds common across human languages—allowing every child to hear the same song the same way without dubbing or translation.
Creator Bryan Eisenberg, a former educator and social worker turned digital marketing pioneer and New York Times bestselling author, conceived the idea 15 years ago after learning about phonemes at Wizard Academy in Austin, Texas. "Before children learn words, they learn sounds," said Eisenberg. "Words sometimes divide us. The sounds underneath them belong to everyone." The channel targets children ages 0 to 5, a period when research shows babies can distinguish all human speech sounds but begin to specialize in those heard most often at home.
The songs pair playful speech sounds with simple movements—bounce, march, twirl, sway, or rock—that families can do together. Season One includes two collections: Sound Adventures for daytime energy and family movement, and Dream Sounds for lullabies featuring rain, ocean waves, and soft vocal sounds. The channel is transparent about what it does not claim: its songs will not make a child bilingual or smarter, as stated on its website.
The channel features three characters: Mavi, the blue Sound Explorer who discovers new sounds; Kado, the orange Rhythm Explorer who turns discoveries into dance; and Lila, the lavender Melody Explorer who creates melodies. The music and animation are produced with AI tools like Suno and Gemini, then shaped by humans. "Every song must pass one test before it ships: would a child ask to hear it again, and would a parent survive the tenth replay?" Eisenberg said.
Eisenberg emphasized the importance of honesty in children's media. "Families deserve two things kids' media rarely gives them: honesty about how the content is made and honesty about what it can do." The channel discloses its use of AI openly on its website. A free Family Movement Guide is available at thesoundsweshare.com, offering printable movements for each song. The channel is based in Round Rock, Texas, and plans to expand to streaming platforms.
The Sounds We Share aims to provide a musical experience that transcends language, allowing children worldwide to participate equally. By focusing on the universal building blocks of speech, the channel hopes to foster early listening, imitation, and movement without the barriers of translation.
