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Stephin Raymond Merritt Born January 17 1966 Is An American Singer-Songwriter Based In Los Angeles Formerly In New York City Best Known As The Principal Singer And Songwriter In The Band The Magnetic Fields. He Is Known For His Distinctive And Untrained Bass Voice. Musical Projects He Created And Played Principal Roles In The Bands The Magnetic Fields The 6ths The Gothic Archies And Future Bible Heroes.
He Briefly Used The Name The Baudelaire Memorial Orchestra As An Attribution For A Song Written For Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events Entitled "Scream And Run Away". Further Music Was Recorded For The Audiobook Versions Of The Series And Is Attributed To The Gothic Archies. The Tragic Treasury Was Released By Nonesuch Records In October 2006 Along With The 13th And Final Book Of The Series.
Under His Own Name He Recorded And Released The Soundtracks To The Films Eban And Charley And Pieces Of April. The Soundtrack To The Nickelodeon Show The Adventures Of Pete & Pete Featured Many Of His Songs.
He And Director Chen Shi-Zheng Have Collaborated On Three Pieces Of Musical Theatre Orphan Of Zhao 2003 Peach Blossom Fan 2004 And My Life As A Fairy Tale 2005 Select Tracks From These Works Have Been Released On Nonesuch Records Under The Title Showtunes.
Additionally He Is One-Third Of The Infrequent Live-Only Musical Extravaganza The Three Terrors Ensemble Whose Other Principal Members Include 69 Love Songs Album's Dudley Klute And LD Beghtol Past Themes Of These Performances Have Included French Pop Movie Themes Including The Title Song From Deep Throat Intoxication And New York. Kenny Mellman Of Kiki & Herb James Jacobs Daniel Handler Jon DeRosa And Others Have Performed With The Three Terrors At These Sporadic Gala Events.
Merritt Wrote And Sang "I'm In A Lonely Way" In A Television Commercial For Volvo That Aired In The Summer And Fall Of 2007. He Also Performed "The Wheels On The Car".
Merritt Penned The Music And Lyrics For A 2009 Off-Broadway Stage Musical Of "Coraline" Based On The Novel By Neil Gaiman. In The MCC Theater Production His Music Will Be Performed By A Piano “orchestra” – Complete With A Traditional Piano A Toy Piano And A Prepared Piano A Piano That Has Had Its Sound Altered By Attaching Objects – Such As Tin Foil Rubber Bands And Playing Cards – To The Strings .
He Produced A Score For The Silent Film 20 000 Leagues Under The Sea That Was Performed At The Castro Theatre San Francisco On May 4 2010 As Part Of The San Francisco International Film Festival. Personal Life Merritt Has Never Met His Father Folk Singer Scott Fagan Who Had A Brief Affair With Merritt's Mother. Merritt Attended Progressive Massachusetts High School The Cambridge School Of Weston And Briefly Attended NYU Before Moving Back To Boston. He Has Worked As An Editor For Spin Magazine And Time Out New York. Merritt Has A Chihuahua Named Irving After Irving Berlin.
Merritt Is Known For Having A Dry Personality Embracing A Persona And Life That Is Very Different From The Traditional Rock Star Image. In A September 2005 Interview Conducted By The Onion's The A.V. Club Alternative Rock Musician Bob Mould Was Reminded Of An Interviewer Who Once Referred To Mould As "the Most Depressed Man In Rock". Mould's Response Was "He's Never Met Stephin Merritt Obviously."
Merritt Suffers From A Hearing Condition Known As Hyperacusis Any Sound Heard Louder Than Normal Begins To "feedback" In His Left Ear At Increasingly Louder Volumes. This Has Largely Influenced The Reserved Live Setup Of The Magnetic Fields Which Usually Consists Of Acoustic Instruments And Little To No Percussion. Merritt Also Wears Earplugs During Performances And Typically Covers His Left Ear When The Audience Applauds.
Merritt Is The Subject Of A Documentary Strange Powers Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields Which Premiered In March 2010. read less