Glenn Schloss

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Born (1972-07-01) July 1, 1972 (age 52)
Tappan, New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Television composer
  • film composer
  • musician
  • writer
  • drum circle facilitator
Instruments
  • Drums
  • keyboards
  • piano
  • xylophone
Years active1994–present
Glenn Schloss
Schloss leading drum circle in Nyack, New York in 2015.
Schloss leading drum circle in Nyack, New York in 2015.
Background information
Born (1972-07-01) July 1, 1972 (age 52)
Tappan, New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Television composer
  • film composer
  • musician
  • writer
  • drum circle facilitator
Instruments
  • Drums
  • keyboards
  • piano
  • xylophone
Years active1994–present
Websiteflavorlab.com

Glenn Schloss (born July 1, 1972) is an American television & film composer, musician, entrepreneur, writer and drum circle facilitator.

Schloss was born and raised in Tappan, New York. He was musically inspired as a child by his parents and older brother. At age 7, he began playing the xylophone followed by the drums and keyboard. His early musical influences were Frank Zappa, Pat Metheny, Iron Maiden, John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix.[1][2]

Television

Schloss composed the theme music for the Emmy Award winning talk show, The View with writing and business partner, Erik Blicker.[3][4][5] His other television composing credits include: MSNBC's The McVeigh Tapes: Confessions of an American Terrorist,[6][7] The History Channel's Extreme History with Roger Daltrey,[8] MTV's Catfish: The TV Show, Spike TV's The Team, BBC's Never Mind The Buzzcocks, HBO's 30 by 30: Kid Flicks, VH1's Being, VH1's Rock Story, VH1's Rock Across America, VH1's The Greatest, NYC Media's The Big Quiz Thing and ESPN's Sports Center.[4][9]

Film

Schloss's film composing credits include HBO's The Nine Lives of Marion Barry,[10][11] The Sundance Channel's Positive Voices: Matthew Cusick, MSNBC's The Assassination of Dr. Tiller, Synthetic Cinema International's Dark Haul, Breaking Glass Pictures' Gone and New Line Cinema's We Married Margo.[4]

Entrepreneurship

Schloss formed the television music production company, G&E Music with business partner Erik Blicker in 1997. In 2004, Schloss, Blicker and Brian Quill created Flavorlab Archived May 18, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, a music production company for television, film, commercials and video games.[2][12][13][14][15]

Contributing writer

Schloss writes articles for the music production industry website, SonicScoop.com.[16][17]

Drum circle facilitator

Schloss created For Vibration, a live drum circle and guided groove meditation in 2012 based in Nyack, New York.[1][18][19]

Personal life

References

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