Different spelling of the name; looked really cool. No special reason.

Not at the moment, no. though that may change.

Hmmmm,...that's a good question; I think it gives artists a chance to be heard by the general public who may otherwise not be heard through usual methods.

That's another good question, given the facts on how the majors work, or at times on how they don't. No easy answers on that one.

As far as influences go, lots of 80's artists, i.e., Prince, Loverboy, Billy Idol, Teena Marie, the Go-Go's, Journey, INXS, DuranDuran, Starship,; more melodic stuff. Something that's sorely lacking in music right now, sorry to say. Nothing from AMERICAN IDOL or current radio, that's for sure! (LOL!)

Where else? the planet Earth itself. (LOL)!

As far as gear; for the first CD,......BTW, everything was recorded on analog gear( most of which was on cassette 8-trk., one cut on 1/4 in. 8-trk, and 2 on 1/2 in. 8-trk.) then mixed onto digital tape and mastered on CD. For the 2nd CD, S.T.A.T.!, there was a combination of an ADAT and PC recording software, except for one track that was recorded on analog tape, later mixed to digital tape; the whole project was digitally mastered. The 3rd one, DIGITAL ECLIPSE, was recorded completely via my PC and mixed onto analog tape, then digitally mastered. The new (current) CD, BAD VIBES, was recorded on PC, then mixed onto digital tape and mastered digitally.

the CD's, ......BTW, S.T.A.T.!, DIGITAL ECLIPSE, and BAD VIBES are now available at ear-x-tacy records in Louisville, Ky., as well at CD Baby dot com. Or you can buy them from me directly. Contact me via this webpage, myspace.com/markusky, or at statsongs@hotmail.com for purchasing info.
thanks.

markus