Robby Merkin
General Info
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Genre: Other
Location NEW YORK, New York, US
Profile Views: 33293
Last Login: 1/6/2011
Member Since 2/21/2006
Record Label Jakar Productions
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
........ROBBY MERKIN ............ ...... ....is a composer, arranger, music director, and producer who has worked in virtually every corner of the entertainment industry. For the past decade and a half his career has focused primarily on material for children; Robby earned five Emmy nominations as musical director of ..SESAME STREET.. and served as music director and arranger for the Double-Platinum, Academy Award and Grammy winning Disney feature ..THE LITTLE MERMAID... He designed and created web radio stations for ..NICK Jr. ONLINE.. and has composed musicals for ..TADA.., New York's only all-children repertory theater company. Recently he produced, arranged, and played all the instruments on HEY, MR. DJ!, the first pop record performed by ..THE BROADWAY KIDS... Currently he is composer, music director, sound designer, and voice of the host for ..www.ONEMORESTORY.com.., a virtual library for early readers... ..............Click me, please . . . ⇒ ............................ In addition, he is developing a music driven animated show for tweens, and serving as curriculum and content consultant for Noggin's ..JACK'S BIG MUSIC SHOW..... .. .. In a somewhat more adult vein, Robby was orchestrator and music director for both the stage and screen productions of ..LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS... He has arranged and/or music directed dozens of musicals inuding ......BUDDY...... (The Buddy Holly Story), ......ELVIS: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION......, Ray Davies' ......80 DAYS......,.... Randy Newman's ......THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,......, and recently, ......NEWYORKERS: A MUSICAL COLLAGE...... at the Manhattan Theater Club. He created the definitive version of Robby Bensons musical ......OPEN HEART......, and is currently music supervising an adaptation of ......THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE...... and ......RADICALS......, a musical about student unrest and social upheaval in the '60's. He has composed, arranged, produced and/or conducted for the Tonight Show, The Joan Rivers Show, The Merv Griffin Show, Saturday Night Live, and Walt Disney TV, and scored the teen soap opera, ....SWANS CROSSING..... .. .... .. ..Robby created and taught courses on the history of rocknroll at Queens College, was a member of the seminal folk-rock band ..PEARLS BEFORE SWINE.., and was a governor of the New York Chapter of NARAS (National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences, the organization that sponsors the Grammies). Prior to that he served as composer-in-residence for several New York repertory and dance companies. He has won numerous ASCAP awards and Meet the Composer grants, taught music theory at Queens College, the Graduate Center, and Montclair State University, and lectured on contemporary music at Cooper Union. .. .... .. .. -
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........FROM THE ARCHIVES - SOME OF MY FAVORITE BLOGS....................October 11 - IT DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS..........August 4 - MUSIC: A TRANSCENDANT POWER..........June 30 - HOW DO I QUIT MY DAY JOB?..........JUNE 13 - SOMETHING POSITIVE........................ -
Influences
..Too many to mention, but for those who can't live without lists, here are a few significant ones:.. ..The ocean ..Spike Jones ..Charles Mingus ..Claude Debussy ..The Beatles ..Carl Stalling ..Edgar Varese ..John Lee Hooker ..Charles Ives ..Nature ..Prince Gesualdo ..Antonin Artaud ..Kurt Weill ..Eddie Palmieri -
Sounds Like
Everything and nothing; the world; the sea; thought; breath; comedy;conflict; growth; discovery; surprise; comfort; .. ........ ....CHANGE........... .... ....Think of it as the accompaniment to your own personal cartoon show..... Meanwhile, check out mine:.. .. ..
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5 Songs | Sep 21, 2008
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Daechelle
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Christopher Dallo 3 years ago
ALFIO Hi there Robby Merkin
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Ruby Jane 3 years ago
Centascope 3 years ago
Markus Lange
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Jill Hennessy 4 years ago
cHaOtiC_StRucTurE 4 years ago
THE BOY : official 4 years ago
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Hi Robby,
Congratulations on your great, Fun songs and music. Love them all. Thanks for the friendship.
Wishing you all the Best
Christopher
Thanks for the add - hope you enjoy the music.
Please join my mailing list if you want to know what's going on in the world of ALFIO!
www.alfiomusic.com
best,
ALFIO
Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too!
Ruby Jane
Hi Robby Merkin
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
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hi Robby Merkin ,
our new release on Freakz Me Out is out now.
BONAPARTE vs MARKUS LANGE // "ANTi ANTi Remixes".
Out on 12” vinyl & digital (like i-tunes & beatport)
we hope u like it. stay anti...;-)
Thanks for the add, glad you like the tunes!
Rock on, Jill
Very cool new music, Robby. Congratulations on a job well done. I'll bet your daughter is thrilled with having a dad like you.
Q : Can you forgive bent heart?
from Japan : THE BOY