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McGinty got his start playing keyboards with his high school friends in the South Jersey area. In 1983, he was invited to join the showband '"Franco And Mary Jane". For two years McGinty travelled across the country playing casino lounges, Sheratons and
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After the Furs disbanded, he immersed himself in the local East
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Circuit Parade is an experimental electronic chamber pop band which features analog synthesizers, cello and woodwinds. Members included McGinty (electric piano, synthesizers),
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piano bar, Sid Gold's
Request Room, with Beauty Bar owner Paul Devitt. He has an original project with singer Andrea Diaz, the Duchess and the Fox.
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neighborhood of New York City. Live "piano karaoke" can be heard every night. McGinty plays there 4 nights a week. Celebrities such as
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Baby Steps was an orchestral pop ensemble led by McGinty which lasted from 1993 until 2004. Baby Steps released a self-titled EP,
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tribute series, where local talent pays homage to the pop icons of the past. Loser's Lounge made its debut in 1993 with a
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Space Nutz is McGinty synthesizer project. One EP was released featuring synthesizer cover versions of songs by the
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project) singer Andrea Diaz to form the "cabaret-noir" duo, the
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