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Chris Merritt - Cult of Karl

Chris Merritt's 'Cult of Karl' has been put to video at long last. Art and direction all by the talented Steve Pick.

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3 years ago

I Was Scared - piano arrangement submission

I Was Scared

written by Rivers Cuomo

piano by Chris Merritt

Hi! Someone kindly informed me that Rivers Cuomo, lead singer of famed rock and roll ...

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3 years ago

Chris Merritt - Dr Jerk

Music: 'Dr. Jerk' by Chris Merritt ( http://www.chrismerrittmusi... )

Director: Stephen Groo ( http://www.utahwolfproducti... )

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3 years ago

Chris Merritt - "Mimic" music video

"Mimic" by Chris Merritt

Writer/director - Tony Peterson

Director of photography - Cole Webbley

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3 years ago

Chris Merritt - Dance Karate

Chris Merritt performs "Dance Karate" at Flight in Fuchu, Tokyo on June 6, 2008 with Tim Fellow (drums) and Dustin Hofheins (bass)

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3 years ago

Chris Merritt - Cruise Elroy breakdown

Chris Merritt performs a section of "Cruise Elroy" live at Sensation in Ueno, Tokyo on June 7, 2008 with Tim Fellow (drums) and Dustin Hofheins (bass)

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3 years ago

Chris Merritt - Tower of Sand

Chris Merritt performs Tower of Sand live at Sensation in Ueno, Tokyo on June 7 2008 with Tim Fellow (drums) and Dustin Hofheins (bass)

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3 years ago

Chris Merritt - Arizona

Chris Merritt performs "Arizona" live at Sensation in Ueno, Tokyo on June 7, 2008 with Dustin Hofheins (bass) and Tim Fellow (drums)

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Chris Merritt

Chris Merritt Live - Tower of Sand, Sarah, Cruise Elroy

About Chris Merritt

Chris Merritt music videos and live performances

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Latest Activity

Dec 5, 2009

Date Joined

May 24, 2008

About this user

Chris Merritt is an authentic voice that cuts through the clatter with objectively good music from the heart. He cleverly blends the sounds of piano-driven rock, pop, rhythm and blues in a joyful, unpretentious style, with plenty of wit and humor that's distinctively his own.

Raised in the dense Blue Ridge Mountains of Northern Virginia, Chris Merritt started playing the piano at the age of seven. Since then, he has written and recorded over 1,000 original songs and performed across the U.S., Canada and Japan. Even as an independent artist, his jazz-influenced, quirky style has gained him a steadily growing cult following across the world.

Merritt "plays the piano like a guitar," and combines keyboards with eight-bit Nintendo sounds, catchy meoldies with layered vocal harmonies, and eclectic subject matter with personal lyrics.

As a child, Chris was obsessed with jazz and blues. By age 12, Chris was recording next to jazz legend Marcus Roberts and playing Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue on a float in the Rose Bowl Parade. He spent two years in Los Angeles as the lead singer of his band, Paperface, signed to Takeover Records, and another year performing independently under his own name. In 2007, Chris moved to Salt Lake City under the encouragement of childhood friend Tim Fellow, who assumed drumming and managing duties.

Chris Merritt and his new trio were soon drawing local crowds of over a thousand. They played together for the next two busy years, performing over 100 U.S. shows, being chosen for the "Top Six" in Billboard Magazine's Indie World Series, opening for rock legend Ben Folds, doing a ten-stop tour of Japan, lending songs to two independent films, and had his double album, "Pixie and the Bear" favorably reviewed in The Washington Post.

Chris returned home to Northern Virginia for a year, formed a new band, moved to NYC, and is now playing to growing crowds along the East Coast.

Chris Merritt has shared the stage with Ben Folds, Marcus Roberts, Ozma, Matt and Kim, Robert Sledge (of Ben Folds Five),
Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band), Reel Big Fish, Craig's Brother, Ron Blake (SNL Band), Rashawn Ross (Dave Matthews Band),
Wycliffe Gordon (Wynton Marsalis), Chris Slade (AC/DC), The Show is The Rainbow, and John Beasly (Miles Davis)

Age

Hometown

Upperville, VA

Country

United States

Occupation

Independent Musician

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