IRA MARLOWE has taught songwriting at UC Berkeley, Blue Bear School of Music, and the Monkey House.  He promotes an intuitive approach to songwriting, believing that our best creative impulses come from our unconscious minds.  The conscious, analytical brain is then very useful as an editor, shaping raw inspiration into a finished song. 

Ira served four years as songwriter-in-residence for the SF Mime Troupe, the Tony Award-winning political theater ensemble.  His songs have appeared in places as far flung as NPR, the Dr. Demento Show, The Songs Inspired by Literature Project, Reader Rabbit kids' DVDs and the Diner Dash video game series.  He briefly had a deal with Dreamworks Records and knows dark secrets about a famous session drummer.