Music Style Many, rock, jazz, folk, blues

Musical Influences Steve Stills, Dylan, Steeley Dan, Bela Fleck, Yusef Lateef, Grant Green

Artist History As a studio player, sideman, producer, performer and composer Mark approaches all musical pursuits with his unique and sincere voice. While pursuing his Master's Degree, Mark was turned onto the ways technology was revolutionizing the creation, printing and recording of music. Using an old-school, pencil and practice approach in conjunction with powerful new digital production tools allows Mark to create distinct new music grounded in tradition yet constantly innovative. His music draws on all aspects of his eclectic, well-schooled background and melds them into exciting new compositions and scores. His songs are full of interesting chord changes, dexterous guitars and literary lyrics that are reflective, observant and poetic. In addition to his songwriting and performing Mark has a production company, MMIProductions. He and a few talented associates specialize in creating and producing music and sound for multimedia, film and the internet. He is committed to applying his diverse musical energies to meet the musical needs of the developing mediums and venues created by emerging technologies

Group Members MARK M. IROSE, has been playing guitar since age five. His father was a bass player in a folk trio act and he grew up in a musical family surrounded by folk, blues and bluegrass. Years of lessons with noted blues guitarist Rory Block instilled in him the fire of Delta blues. Rock-n-Roll bands, years of playing French horn, classical guitar, and college lead him to jazz as a creative and improvisational zenith. Playing and writing jazz polished his already dexterous chops and brought him ever closer to his childhood goal of being versatile enough to sit down and play any music with anyone. Study, and recording (Yusef Lateef's Encounters Atlantic 7 8-2250-2 1991) with Yusef Lateef widened his perspective and served as a major inspiration. The artful science of arranging and composition provided a large canvas on which to apply his musical hand. Melding his various stylistic influences with formal education, years of playing, performing and song writing has created a fresh, versatile voice as both a player and a composer

Instruments Guitar and full band, horns

Albums Relativity

Location Stockbridge, MA - USA

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