Regardless of your political affiliation, anyone who has had the pleasure of working for Glenn Beck will agree that he is among a rare breed of gentlemen.  He is truly one of the nicest people I've ever met.  His staff is more like his family.  Glenn is extremely passionate about his work.  Composing his music has given me an deeper look in to his life, which has given me an even greater respect for him.

In 2005, I submitted my first production to Glenn - a daily countdown teaser for More-On Trivia; a "game show" hosted by Glenn on Fridays during football season in which he calls convenience store clerks in the cities where each team is based.  Glenn and executive producer, Steve "Stu" Burguiere liked the work and hired me as their full time composer for radio, television and his national, live stage shows.

I recently composed "Russell's Theme" for Glenn's successful tour, The Christmas Sweater, based on his New York Times best selling novel of the same name.

The majority of my work for radio and TV consists of song parodies, for which I collaborate with Stu.  Below are samples with a quick synopses.

That's What You Get With Global Warming
Vocals by Jeff Harvey

In 2008, an extreme leftist, ecologically fanatical organization put out an alphabetical list citing the destruction and potential demise caused by global warming.  We created a children's song outlining each item just as they appear in the original article.  Lookout, "R" is for the upcoming "rape wave".

Doctors For You
Vocals by Anthony Newett, Lyrics by Stu Burguiere

This song is based on one of the "free credit report dot com" commercials.  A tongue-in-cheek warning of the hazards that could be associated with a lower-standard health care system.

Before He Takes A Seat
Vocals by Michelle Nagy, Lyrics by Stu Burguiere

This one is one of my favorites.  On June 11, 2007, Senator Larry Craig was arrested in a bathroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for soliciting companionship by tapping his foot under the neighboring stall.  His defense was that he has a "wide stance".  Based on Carrie Underwood's, Before He Cheats, Stu eloquently tells the story with his own version of the lyrics.

Court Theme
Written by Anthony Newett

Often, I have to re-write well-known songs to circumvent some of the legal difficulties associated with publishing rights.  This poses an interesting challenge, for the resulting song must sound enough like the original so that listeners can unmistakably identify it.  This must be done without the slightest chance of copyright infringement.