Who Is Doctor Noize?

 

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 a Leave It to Beaver childhood until his brother and father died in high school, inspiring him to dedicate his life to bringing the energizing friendship, creativity and humor to the world his childhood family had given to him.

He graduated with Distinction and Honors in Music and Political Science from Stanford University, where he focused on classical music history, electronic music and voice. Cullinan’s album of music for obsolete children (also known as adults), 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 überbabe 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.

Cullinan then turned his energy to creating a music program at Pinewood School, a high school with no previous music curriculum, and made an immediate and lasting impact on his students. When he stepped aside five years later, he was head of the Arts, Communication & Technology (ACT) Department; his popular Music History course had been 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; and he coached the boys’ Varsity soccer team, which had not won a league game in years, to an 8-4-2 record. In his final semester at Pinewood, he conducted his students in a fully staged, unabridged production of Sondheim’s Into The Woods to packed houses on multiple nights, and led his select choir to Anaheim, CA 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 Pinewood’s size.

Retiring from teaching soon after the birth of his first action/adventure superhero daughter, Cullinan spent the next few years working a bit but mostly doing totally awesome stuff with his daughters Sidney Grace and Riley Max. He played music with his kids and their friends, the family moved to Colorado, and Doctor Noize was born.

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 Shepard 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 Shepard’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.

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  • Illustrations by Christian Lowe
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Who is Doctor Noize?