I was born (1944) into a musical family in Washington, D.C. When I was a doctoral student in clinical psychology I considered dropping out to pursue music full time. I had just written the music for a feature film named Cowards, and recorded the soundtrack with my friends Paul Raskin, Jeff Cheeger, Danny Pisello, and Mary Goldie. Even though this anti-war movie turned out to be a disappointment, it was a heady experience to hear myself singing the theme song when the film opened at the Little Carnegie Theater in New York City.
Click here to read Vincent Canby's review in the New York Times and hear the theme song from the film.
I became a psychologist, but never stopped writing and performing my music. When I joined the staff of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas where my wife Harriet Lerner and I worked for many years, I brought my music and career together. In 1983 I founded Menninger Video Productions to produce educational films for the mental health professions. I had the incredible luxury of having a recording studio near my office where I did the music for many of our productions. The first film we made about the family genogram is still on the market, and is used in hundreds of universities. You can hear There Was A Time, the theme song from that film, my most widely listened to song, on the My Songs page.
A few years ago I wrote a song called Walking in Johnny Mercer's Shoes, which got a fair share of media attention. It's about the great songwriter from Savannah. If you are using a PC, Click here to read an interview I did in Savannah, and listen to this song on the website of WTOC-TV. If you are using a Mac, click here instead.
I hope you enjoy the music. Contact me and let me know what you think!
Steve
I became a psychologist, but never stopped writing and performing my music. When I joined the staff of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas where my wife Harriet Lerner and I worked for many years, I brought my music and career together. In 1983 I founded Menninger Video Productions to produce educational films for the mental health professions. I had the incredible luxury of having a recording studio near my office where I did the music for many of our productions. The first film we made about the family genogram is still on the market, and is used in hundreds of universities. You can hear There Was A Time, the theme song from that film, my most widely listened to song, on the My Songs page.
A few years ago I wrote a song called Walking in Johnny Mercer's Shoes, which got a fair share of media attention. It's about the great songwriter from Savannah. If you are using a PC, Click here to read an interview I did in Savannah, and listen to this song on the website of WTOC-TV. If you are using a Mac, click here instead.
I hope you enjoy the music. Contact me and let me know what you think!
Steve