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Midnight Closet Project
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Greetings! "Midnight Closet Project" finally came about after years of threatening that one of these days I was going to set up an in house studio and start doing some recording. About a year ago I finally got serious and began putting the project together. Feel free to leave comments, I'm interested in your feedback. Hope you enjoy. - Mark
Why this name?
All of my equipment is crammed into a 12 by 12 walk-in closet. It's actually quite convenient when it's only me in there. Thank God for electronic drumsets. Gets a bit problematic when someone comes over to jam, but Oh Well..
Most of my work gets done between 10pm and 2am - hence, the 'midnight' part.
Most of my work gets done between 10pm and 2am - hence, the 'midnight' part.
Do you play live?
Lately I've been hanging out at a favorite 'open mic' bar in my neighborhood and I end up playing a set and listening to and chatting with the other musicians that come in. But that's about it as far as live performances.
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
Obviously, a lot more opportunity for artists to get their music heard on their own terms.
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....sorry, like that would ever happen.
Band History:
In my earlier years I played guitar and keyboards in various local bands. Then I went to college and afterwards did the career thing. I kept up with the guitar, but really didn't play much. Then about 10 years ago I decided that I really wanted to play drums all my life so I took some lessons and bought a drumset. But after awhile I realized there was still something missing. What I really missed was being able to play in a band with all of the other instruments playing their parts. So rather than start a band, I did the next best thing - I built a home studio so that I could create compositions and then play and record all of the parts and put them together. That was the beginning of the "Midnight Closet Project".
Your influences?
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and the Who were some of my childhood favorites. Also Tom Petty, Jethro Tull, Peter Gabriel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Police, Bruce Hornsby, Vonda Shepard, Pearl Jam, Warren Zevon, Phil Collins, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morisette, Cream, and Sarah Mclachlan to name a few more. More recently Oasis, Maroon5, and Verve Pipe. I'm not into crashing guitars. I'm into solid driving real tight rock, where all the instruments are working in tight harmony and synchronization.
Favorite spot?
Well, the San Francisco Bay Area is pretty nice.
Equipment used:
Fender Strat modified with a Roland VG-99 sound processing system. Yamaha 12 string acoustic. Taylor 6 string acoustic. Yamaha XS7 Motif synthesizer. Roland TD-8 electronic drumset. Cubase software running on a Dell laptop. Boss RC-50 loop station, Mackie824 studio monitors, Creative 0404 E-MU computer interface.