Songwriter, Producer, Instrumentalist, Arranger, Engineer; Everybody’s Invited
November 11th, 2008
43 minutes, stereo, CD and MP3. Debut album from The Offhand Band, released by Potluck Creative Arts.
Listen at theoffhandband.com.
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Founder, Webmaster; The Offhand Band
November 11th, 2008
- Founded this music act to create satisfying songs that are cool for kids, fun for families and great for the grown on their own.
- Webmaster for theoffhandband.com.
Licensed Simply Music Teacher
October 14th, 2008
Completed the training process to become a licensed as a teacher of Simply Music, a revolutionary, Australian-developed piano learning method that offers a breakthrough in music education. This remarkable approach has students of all ages playing great-sounding contemporary, classical, gospel, blues and accompaniment pieces — immediately — from their very first lessons.
Simply Music
Developed new music, arts and creativity services
July 1st, 2007
Developed innovative Songwriting Workshops, Singalong Workshops, Creativity Coaching service and custom songwriting/composition/writing services, most using Appreciative Inquiry to foster collaborative creativity.
Visit Potluck Creative Arts.
Relaunched arts.potluck.com
September 15th, 2006
Relaunched arts.potluck.com, adding services including composition, lyric-writing, musical arrangements and production, as well as writing and directing for motion pictures and theatre.
Founder, Principal, Webmaster; Potluck Creative Arts
September 5th, 2006
Potluck Creative Arts, Red Hook, NY
- Promoting my activities as a musician, songwriter, composer, lyricist, arranger, music producer, pianist/keyboardist, music/arts/creativity educator/facilitator and writer/director for motion pictures and theatre.
- Services offered include Songwriting Workshops; Singalong Workshops; Custom Songs; Custom Instrumentals; Custom Writing; Creativity Coaching; Music Lessons; Piano/Keyboard Performance; Musical Arrangements and Production; Directing for Motion Pictures and Theatre.
- Webmaster for potluckcreativearts.com.
Music/Piano Teacher, Alfred methods
October 21st, 2005
Using Alfred piano methods including the Basic Piano Course, Prep Course for the Younger Beginner, and Music for Little Mozarts.
Learn more at potluckcreativearts.com.
Alfred Piano Methods
Founder, Principal, Webmaster; Potluck Arts
July 8th, 2005
- Created this business to promote my arts performances and educational efforts, including concerts, singalongs and music lessons.
- Webmaster for arts.potluck.com, using custom HTML programming.
Multiple honors, 11th Annual Billboard Magazine Songwriting Contest
July 16th, 2003
- The Fall of the Roxy Usher, Music and Lyrics by Mark S. Meritt: Honorable Mention certificate and Top 500 prize.
- Someone Duplicated the Key to My Heart, Music and Lyrics by Mark S. Meritt: Honorable Mention certificate and Top 500 prize.
- Falling into the Sun; Music by Mark S. Meritt, Lyrics by Richard Hack and Mark S. Meritt: Honorable Mention certificate.
Pianist, Lara Spencer’s wedding dance, Good Morning America
September 1st, 2000
I was invited to provide live, original accompaniment for Lara Spencer and her dance instructor as part of her series documenting the planning of her wedding.
Listen and see photos at potluck.com.
Good Morning America
Pianist, Chukwu septuplets’ first birthday, Good Morning America
December 14th, 1999
I was invited to perform “Happy Birthday” on the piano for the Chukwu septuplet’s first birthday celebration.
See photos at potluck.com.
Good Morning America
Pianist, Rosie’s Christmas Carol Challenge, Good Morning America
December 1st, 1999
Rosie O’Donnell played “name that tune” with me performing snippets of Christmas songs and Rosie having to guess as many as she could in one minute.
See photos at potluck.com.
Good Morning America
Co-Creator, Composer; The Unexplainable Bonefish
March 17th, 1999
A proposed television series in which host Dr. Wiley Bonefish and a crew of puppet lab assistants would humorously help kids explore paranormal science using the scientific method.
Listen and read at potluck.com.
Composer, Co-Lyricist, Co-Librettist; The Right Circles
September 6th, 1994
- Scheming Broadway writers make fun of avant garde theatre, but what goes around comes around.
- Represented by the Farber Literary Agency, New York, NY, 1994-1996.
Client, Farber Literary Agency
April 11th, 1994
Represented by the Farber Literary Agency, New York, NY.
Music/Piano Teacher, Bastien methods
September 1st, 1992
Co-Director, Co-Editor, Composer; Seriously Gratuitous: The Making of Gratuitous Violence
May 22nd, 1992
29 minutes, color, VHS.
Watch and listen at potluck.com.
Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor, Sound, Composer; Gratuitous Violence
May 10th, 1992
- A spoof of Hollywood spy movies.
- Created for Introduction to Filmmaking class, Department of Theatre Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
- Premiere screening in the Willard Strait Theatre, Willard Strait Hall, May 10, 1992.
- 17 minutes, b/w, 16mm.
Watch and listen at potluck.com.
Cornell University
Department of Theatre, Film and Dance
Composer, Co-Lyricist, Co-Librettist, Orchestrator, Director, Musical Director; Cupid’s Arrow
May 27th, 1988
- A hip immortal helps college students find love.
- Produced by the Masque and Mime Society, Roy C. Ketcham High School, Wappingers Falls, NY.
Watch, listen and read at potluck.com.
Masque and Mime Society
Roy C. Ketcham High School
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