A chance encounter in the pit of the Royale Theater in New York City produced a successful lifelong musical and personal partnership. Read more below.
John Trivers talks about his musical journey that began as a rock ‘n roll bass player and co-writer with Blue Oyster Cult and on tour with Canadian band Prism. He moved from New York to Los Angeles and with record producer Carter recorded at SIR and Capitol Records with Tina Turner. These songs, one of which is “Rock and Roll Widow” ended up on the Private Dancer and We Are the World albums. Hired as musical director for Chiat/Day Advertising in 1984, Trivers was responsible for the unique sound of the Apple Macintosh ad campaign.
The results are in! Thank you to all our media survey respondents who weighed in on the different musical underscores we presented for the CBS Evening News. As you know, Tony Dokoupil is now the anchor and the broadcast is undergoing a new look, sound and structure. Happy to announce that the winner of the Trivers Myers Music T-Shirt is: D R Stephenson from Benson, North Carolina.
Flashback to a Superbowl commercial that TM scored for Kinkos in 1996. Still looks and sounds great!
The Theme for the CBS Evening News (written by Trivers, Myers & Alan Pasqua in 1987 for Dan Rather) has been relaunched with Norah O’Donnell as the news anchor. O’Donnell became the head of the Evening News, inheriting the baton from Jeff Glor who handled the position seamlessly when Scott Pelley left.
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Did you know that 51% of all news anchors are women? Bravo to CBS for putting a woman at the helm of their evening news program. Since Connie Chung (an extraordinary journalist) and Katie Couric (a gifted and savvy interviewer), who paved the way, it’s been long overdue. Women tell it like it is.
THE LITTLE PIANO PROJECT - On the TruffleMusik Artist Page. Announcing the first release of an artisanal batch audio recording concept. We are exploring “Site Specific” experiences. Like live recordings, these are certain pianos, certain locations and certain recording equipment. And, yes, even a certain specific style of playing that matches the musical compositions. In this case, Liz Myers digs deep into what she feels the mystical Scriabin was trying to say with 12 miniature pieces in Opus 11 - each in a new harmonic key. These “Preludes” are unique —and so is this performance, piano and placement. Check them out! Spotify PLAYLIST.
(Wikipedia and other sources are quoted here.) Elizabeth (Liz) Myers met her future husband and musical partner, John Trivers, in the orchestra pit of the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (then known as the Royale Theatre) in New York City. Myers was working as the musical director and conductor for the hit Broadway run of Grease when Trivers came into the pit.
The Broadway Connection: Elizabeth Myers broke barriers as one of the first female music conductors on Broadway.. She led the orchestra for Grease during its long-running stint at the Royale Theatre on West 45th Street. Their meeting in the theater's pit sparked a creative and romantic partnership.
Life After the Pit: Trivers Myers Music: In 1984, the couple founded a successful Los Angeles-based boutique music production company. Commercial Soundtracks: They composed iconic sonic branding and themes for major clients like Apple, United Airlines, and the CBS Evening News. Legacy: Their work earned multiple Clio Awards, with their United Airlines "A Life" commercial score entering the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art.
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