Artist description Mark Wallace is a self-taught songwriter/musician who began his craft in his early teens. His songs often parallel his life and are written in a way that anyone can relate. From tender ballads to smooth-grooving rock and roll, Mark's interests span many musical genres. His focus now is contemporary Christian music, which can range from ballads to pop tunes with pickup.

Music Style Contemporary Christian, Pop and Rock

Musical Influences Too many to name all of them, but some of the more prominent early on were James Taylor and Fleetwood Mac (Lindsay Buckingham). More recently, biggest influences have been FFH, Steven Curtis Chapman, Avalon, Michael W. Smith, DC Talk and Chris Rice.

Artist History Through the years, Mark has honed his writing and performance skills by performing in various local bands and duets. He performed his song "A Lot To Learn" on a local access television show in Charlotte, NC, in 1996. From the time he began writing songs, Mark also began recording them. He quickly picked up various recording and mixing techniques, and as music technology has progressed, so has Mark's recording quality and skills. Mark hopes that his music will touch or bless his listeners in some way. And now, by basing the lyrics to his latest songs on God's word, his music has renewed purpose and a powerful message of joy.

Instruments Acoustic and electric guitar; some keyboard; and vocals.

Albums We Can Shine (work in progress)

Location Monroe, North Carolina - USA

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