The Sounds We Share, a new children's music channel, has launched with a unique approach: songs composed entirely of speech sounds from languages around the world, without any words. The project, available at thesoundsweshare.com and on YouTube, aims to create music that every child can enjoy equally, regardless of the language spoken at home.
Traditional children's songs are often tied to specific languages, requiring translation or dubbing for different audiences. The Sounds We Share eliminates this barrier by using phonemes—the universal building blocks of spoken language—along with hums, pops, rolls, and whooshes. This approach, the channel explains, works because babies are born able to distinguish speech sounds from all languages, but begin to specialize in the sounds they hear most often during the first year of life—a process called perceptual narrowing. By targeting this early window, the channel pairs playful sounds with simple movements such as bouncing, marching, twirling, swaying, or rocking, encouraging family interaction.
Creator Bryan Eisenberg, a former educator and social worker who later became a digital marketing pioneer and New York Times bestselling author, first encountered the science of phonemes at Wizard Academy in Austin, Texas. The idea stayed with him for 15 years until technology made it feasible. "Before children learn words, they learn sounds," Eisenberg said. "Words sometimes divide us. The sounds underneath them belong to everyone."
The channel features three characters: Mavi (a blue Sound Explorer), Kado (an orange Rhythm Explorer), and Lila (a lavender Melody Explorer). Season One includes two collections: Sound Adventures, for daytime energy and movement, and Dream Sounds, featuring lullabies with rain, ocean waves, and soft vocal sounds. The music and animation are produced with AI tools such as Suno and Gemini, then human-curated for quality. The channel openly discloses this on its website, emphasizing transparency about both production methods and the benefits the content provides.
Eisenberg notes that children's media often lacks honesty about what it can do. "Families deserve two things kids' media rarely gives them: honesty about how the content is made and honesty about what it can do. We put both on the front page," he said. The channel does not claim that its songs make children bilingual or smarter; instead, it focuses on playful sound exposure, listening, imitation, and movement.
The Sounds We Share targets children ages 0 to 5 and their families. A free Family Movement Guide, available at the website, illustrates the movement for each song. Based in Round Rock, Texas, the project is an independent family effort by Eisenberg, who also co-owns a home care agency serving seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities.
