The Fresh Beat Band (originally known as The Jump Arounds) is an American live-action musical children's television series created by Scott Kraft and Nadine van der Velde for Nickelodeon.
The series stars Yvette González-Nacer, Thomas Hobson, Shayna Rose (later Tara Perry), and Jon Beavers as the "Fresh Beats" (Kiki, Shout, Marina, and Twist), described as four best friends in a band who are determined to follow their dreams.
Commercials promoting the band under that name were in heavy rotation on Nickelodeon prior to the series debut.
[6] A second collection, Vol 2.0: More Music From The Hit TV Show, was released later that year on October 9, 2012.
Most of these songs, including the opening and closing themes, were written by the series' creators and executive producers Scott Kraft and Nadine van der Velde, as well as the trio of Ric Markmann, Dan Pinnella, and Christopher Wagner (collectively known as Matter Music).