Doctor Noize

Who Is Doctor Noize?

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Let’s get one thing straight: Doctor Noize‘s real name is not Mylie Cyrus. It’s Cory Cullinan. He grew up in Silicon Valley and had an idyllic childhood family life until a dramatic series of events brought unusual focus and purpose into his life at a young age..

Cullinan graduated with Distinction and Honors in Music and Political Science from Stanford, where he focused on classical music history, electronic music and voice. His album My Oyster drew rave reviews for having the free spirit of an indie release but the production values of a major release — a blueprint he would follow upon becoming Doctor Noize. His adult music includes a live recording of his marriage proposal to his wife Janette and music that has appeared in mainstream movies, television shows and documentaries, from Brad Pitt’s Spy Game to films shown everywhere from the Sundance Film Festival and PBS to Air Force training sessions.

He then turned his energy to teaching high school music, and made an immediate and lasting impact on his students. His popular Music History course was made a requirement for all freshmen; his music composition and production class had released eight full length CD’s of original songs created in the school’s new recording studio; he conducted his students in a fully staged production of Sondheim‘s Into The Woods; and led his select choir to win the Best Overall Choir award at Disneyland‘s huge Music In The Parks competition. The group earned the only perfect score from the judges while competing against schools ten times our size.

He released The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof, his first recording under the guise of his alter ego, Doctor Noize. Within two months, it had spawned a national #1 hit song — Banana — on XM Sirius Kids Radio and scored awards ranging from a Parents Choice Award to being named one of Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products. Then came the completion of Doctor Noize’s first book, The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof. Like the recording, the book tells the tale of the great monkey Phineas McBoof and his quest for the impossible perfect song with his band, The International Band Of Misunderstood Geniuses.

As a live performer, the Doc has inspired enthusiastic audiences across the country by engaging kids and adults alike with his totally innovative performance approach that always inspires his audiences to participate in the creative process. His stage shows feature him performing multiple instruments and arranging and recording songs live on the spot, inviting audience members to come onstage and contribute their own talents. All Doctor Noize live programz are administered to creative audiences with immeasurable doses of energy, goodwill and humor. The Doc performs everything from little acoustic showz to full Noizy showz to Dr. Noize family performances with full symphony orchestra.

To stay connected to fans wherever they are, Doctor Noize writes a monthly Noizeletter blog that’s developed quite a fan base itself. Zooglobble writer and NPR family music commentator Stefan Shepherd called it the “Best Newsletter In Kids Music” by “the funniest guy in kids music, and that’s saying something.” The problem is, Dr. Noize is trying to be very serious, so Shepherd’s commentary was very hurtful. Or not.

Doctor Noize scored his second national Top Ten hit on Sirius XM Kids Place Live! radio with his theme song Welcome To Grammaropolis for the multimedia brand Grammaropolis. He is still trying to memorize his own lyrics to that song for live performance. There are a lot of them and they move very fast. Like really, really fast. The song also features the first Doctor Noize animated video.

Doctor Noize just signed a dream multimedia deal with Outblaze, the creators of the Hello Kitty 3D animated videos and games, online games for Ben 10 and Tom & Jerry, and the popular kids’ mobile apps by Dream Cortex. He is now the CEO of a newly formed company called Doctor Noize Inc., a partnership between Dr. Noize and Outblaze. The multimedia product line of Dr. Noize is about to greatly expand, and he’ll be touring the US and Hong Kong every year playing shows to Noizemakers all over the place. Groovy baby.

So that’s that. Thanks for stopping by and reading this bio. We hope you thought it was even better than Tolstoy’s War & Peace, but a lot shorter. Well, a little shorter. See you at the showz.

Awards & Honors…

XM Kids Radio‘s national #1 hit song, Banana
XM Kids Radio‘s national Top 10 hit song, Welcome To Grammaropolis
Named one of Dr. Toy’s 100 Best Children’s Products
Winner of a Parents’ Choice Recommended Award
Winner of a Children’s Music Web Judge’s Special Award
Winner of CD Baby‘s Editor’s Picks Recommended Award
Winner of a West Coast Songwriters International Song Competition Honorable Mention Award (Don’t Be Silly)
Full album & interview broadcast an unprecedented 8 times on XM Kids Radio
Played on local radio nationwide, from Alaska to Tennessee
Featured in-flight entertainment on Continental Airlines
Endorsed by fantastic family musicians like Roger Day, Zak Morgan, Yosi, Andy Z, Steve Weeks, & Baby Loves Disco co-founder Andy Blackman Hurwitz
Inspired reviews from everyday Noizemakers worldwide

Reviews…

Out With The Kids Welcome To Dr. Noize’s Grammaropolis by Jeff Bogle
Anderson Valley Advertiser Monkey Music by David Yearsley (Professor of Music, Cornell University)
Kids Music Planet Podcast by Lisa & Monty Harper
Richmond Parents Monthly The Doctor is In the Groove by Joseph W. Cates
Baltimore’s Child The Good, The Mediocre, The Outright Lameby Charlotte Bohn
Out With The Kids The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof by Jeff
cool mom picks We built this city on nouns and verbs by Mir
The Christian Science Monitor Noteworthy: The Best In Recent Kid’s CDs by Yvonne Zipp
ParentWorld.com The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof by Chad Young
El Crystal Elementary School To Whom It May Concern… by Skip Johnson (Principal)
Babble Magazine The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof by Melissa Eva Miller
School Library Journal The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof by Maren Ostergard
School 180 Dr. Noize Bootleg by Chris Walsh
Cookie Magazine The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof by Chris Healy
lilsugar A Few of Lil’s Favorite Things by Heather Maddan
The Pokey Pup The Ballad Of Phineas McBoof by Bryan Townsend
nymag.com Agenda Recommends by the New York Entertainment Agenda Vulture
top40-charts.com Music Makes A Great Holiday Gift For Kids Award-Winning 2007 CDs

Articles & Interviews…

Zooglobble Interview: The musician/genius/madman behind Doctor Noize by Stefan Shepherd
The Coloradoan Rock-n-roll ain’t Noize pollution by Kirsten Silveira
Cool Mom Picks We built this city on nouns and verbs by Mir
North State Parent Magazine Dr. Noize & His Friend Mr. Beethoven — Youth Concert With North State Symphony by Lisa Shara
Redding Record Searchlight Symphony aims to make classical music fun by Jon Lewis
XM Kids Radio Interview by Mindy Thomas (Program Director & Host)
The Kids Show! on KRFC FM by Chris Maldonado (Program Host)
Indie Kids Rock Interview by Yosi (acclaimed family musician)
Palo Alto Weekly The art of ‘noize’ by Rebecca Wallace
Ad Libs Doctor Noize Beats Truman by Rebecca Wallace
Lone Tree Voice More than just Noize by Stephanie Thompson
Stanford Magazine Bring on da Noize by Caitlin Berka
San Jose Mercury News Doctor Noize Invites The Kids To Lay Down Techno-Pop Tracks by Yoshi Kato
Lone Tree Voice “Make some noize” with Phineas by Sonya Ellingboe
Denver Post Musical animal Dr. Noize helps kids ring in 2008 by Kathleen St. John
Los Altos Town Crier Doctor Noize readies to rock Bus Barn Saturday in Stepping Out
Grammy.com EducationWatch: Musical Adventures by Laurel Fishman
The Coloradoan Kids rock: Fest puts youths center stage by Stacy Nick
The Loveland Reporter-Herald Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest overflows with diverse range of musical talent… by Lynette Chilcoat
TD Monthly Music With a Message by Julie L. Jones

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