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Mark has always held a deep passion for the old songs, from Tin Pan Alley to Jazz, Blues, early Country and Rock'n'Roll. He shares this taste with much of the senior population and has spent most of his life learning, performing and teaching a wide range of older songs. this makes him an ideal performer for any senior audience.
A few years ago, Mark began playing at senior care facilities and he discovered his perfect audience. He soon realized this was an ideal situation as most seniors seem to love the same music as him. Since then, Mark has performed hundreds of times at dozens of facilities. Mark is very popular with his senior audiences, who really seem to appreciate his performance style and personality.
Click below to hear solo performances of some famous standards.
Click to hear some classic Country music and older Pop hits.
Songs from the 50's to 70's, the golden era of Rock'n'Roll!
When Mark began entertaining seniors, he played solo guitar and sang, though he sometimes brought a band along for parties. He always had a good response but when he brought a band he noticed the enthusiasm went through the roof.
So he decided to bring a band's energy and musical sophistication to every solo show by creating recordings of himself playing all the other parts. He has now developed many lively solo sets with accompaniment and the response from audiences has been extremely positive!
Having really put some serious time and effort into preparing his backgrounds, and by using all the right tools, Mark now presents well planned, fast flowing sets full of absolute favorites.
He moves from song to song in seconds with only a couple of short pauses each hour to share a story or some light humor. Each set is carefully timed and planned to ensure the hour goes fast and is full of joy.
Click the button below to see complete set lists.
Mark is a lively, personable guy who has had an interesting life full of travel and adventure! He has fit many roles over the years, from street entertainer to teacher and from touring musician to traveling salesman. He brings the benefit of his broad experience and his ease with people to the show.
As the songs or the mood suggest he punctuates his sets with anecdotes about the songs and his life. He also brings a few clean, appropriate jokes to break the ice and lighten things up once in a while.
Mark has put his Berklee College of Music training as an arranger and upright bass player to good use in producing subtle yet powerful backing tracks for many of his tunes with real acoustic guitar, upright bass and drums. He controls these with a foot pedal and plays through a very small, high quality amplifier. This allows him to produce a full band sound at very low volume without the need for additional musicians, thus offering a very cost-effective, high quality sound.
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