Friendly Rich Marsella is a composer from Georgetown, Ontario. Mr. Rich has composed background music for 3 seasons of MTV's The Tom Green Show. Since 1994, he has recorded exclusively for his own eclectic record label, The Pumpkin Pie Corporation, with retail distribution across North America by Sonic Unyon Distribution, and in Europe by Hazelwood Records. Rich holds a Masters degree in music from the University of Toronto under the supervision of Dr. Lee Bartel and composer R. Murray Schafer.

In 2006, Friendly Rich developed an extreme vaudeville show called The Friendly Rich Show featuring The Lollipop People, puppetry, cartoons, crank calls and much more…Since then, the show has traveled to New York, Montreal, Vienna, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Toronto. In early 2008, Friendly’s music was been released in Europe by Hazelwood Records, and the Lollipop People just successfully toured Germany and Austria in March.

Friendly’s newest album, DINOSAUR POWER will be released in North America in May 2008 by The Pumpkin Pie Corporation.

The Lollipop People have performed alongside such artists as Of Montreal (2004), Andy Kim (2005), The Tiger Lillies (2005), Trevor Dunn (2007), the Dresden Dolls (2006, 2008) and The Great Bertholinis (2008).

Things are busy with Friendly Rich and The Pumpkin Pie Corporation, but as Friendly says, “one can either produce, or become produce”.
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