Founder Manhattan Producers
Alliance (manhatpro.com)….elite membership organization comprised of Emmy, Oscar, Tony
and Grammy-winning composers and music producers
Founder Manhattan Producers Alliance….elite membership organization comprised of Emmy, Oscar, Tony and Grammy-winning composers and music producers
- Creator of music technology enhanced education initiatives for K-12
- Award-winning composer for children/family film and television (Sesame Workshop, Nickelodeon, Disney, PBS)
- Co-founder of successful music production company
- Former advertising music executive (Saatchi and Saatchi, McCann Erickson, Foote, Cohen and Belding)
“I’m fortunate to have been involved in a number of successful collaborations that combine education and entertainment in innovative and compelling ways. In working with Jim Henson, Sesame Workshop, and WGBH, I have had the opportunity to work with an extraordinary group of people and learn the trick of balancing intensely personal creativity with the broadly collaborative process of film and television. I am looking to expand upon my experience with new projects that challenge the potential of kids' media. SoundBites, a music technology summer camp for middle schoolers, is the most recent of these...”
Born into the entertainment business and literally raised in a booking agency, Carroll grew up in the midst of the New York music scene. Surrounded by a Broadway Danny Rose cast of musicians, comedians, singers and entertainers he first performed professionally at age 12.
Career Highlights: Performed with Zippy the Chimp, a tuxedo-clad chimpanzee whose skills included drinking bourbon and roller skating, sometimes simultaneously.
Once offered a job to play guitar wearing a pig suit while singing songs about bacon in shopping malls.
Specialties:
Composer/Lyricist, Music Producer, Supervising Sound Editor, Advertising Music Executive, Music Industry Entrepreneur. Expert knowledge in: - music publishing/sync licensing, particularly web based, automated sync licensing. - music and audio production processes for film and television including web enabled, remote recording and collaboration. - music technology enhanced education K-12.
Past Positions:
Music Director/Composer "Zoom" at WGBH
Music Director/Composer "Sesame English" at Sesame Workshop
Supervising Sound Editor "The Wubbulous World of Dr. Suess" at The Jim Henson Company