In 1980 I joined Second City as Music Director and it was the perfect job for me. I was writing comedy songs and improvising music for live theatre. SCTV was in Edmonton and my first director was Catherine O’Hara and we cowrote a song for that show.
I was recruited to do a Randy Newman imitation for the tv show but at the last minute was recast as a border guard with Eugene Levy for an Abott and Costello skit. Workshops then included work with the SCTV cast and even some of the old guard from Chicago like Avery Schreiber and Del Close.
The show moved back to Toronto in 1981, and I so I moved with it to join new cast members including Ron James and Mike Myers. The work eventually led to LA to join a cast with Richard Kind and Ryan Stiles.
My comedy work came to include the Banff Television Festival where I performed with Bob Newhart, John Cleese, Dame Edna, Martin Short, Steve Allen, and Kelsey Grammer. After this I wrote and performed over 50 original comedy songs on live radio for seven seasons of CBC’s The Irrelevant Show.
I now live in Victoria B.C. where I continue to record and perform my songs.
Midnight Garden Music 
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