Mark Hammond and Epiphany

'Mark Hammond puts the meaning of muse back into music. His songs think, as well as feel, as well as sing along the marrow of the bone. They are head-strong, heart-felt, and are a brimful of ideas and imagery. Uncomfortably honest or tenderly expressive, lively or lyrical, Mark means what he says and says what he means..love and loss, travelling and stillness, about self, soul and the savages down the road.or maybe just about the sunlight on a rain washed roof.. In any case, it’s best to listen, or better still, to listen again.' Peter Dale, Music Teacher, Reviewer, Composer 20/7/07.

I began to teach myself to sing and play the guitar when I was 15. It took me a couple of years before anything came together. I have practiced so much in the past 10 years it has become my life. It is a great gift but requires so much sacrifice, if I had a choice I think i might try to be a Yoga Teacher but I don't think I do, I genuinely believe music is my calling and if I don't play and sing everyday, I don't feel alive.

I'm currently trying to book gigs in and around the San Francisco Bay area. Im only getting started out here really, but Im digging out some nice little gems to play at.

Nick Drake, Nirvana, The Everly Brothers, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Bert Jansch, John Martin, The Screaming Trees, David Bowie, The Doors and The Cure.

Limited edition handmade Irish Guitars by Avalon. Roland acoustic processing like the AC-60 or AD-5. Vintage Guild guitars also. I record all my tracks in my studio using Akg c414's, earthworks drum mics, Focusrite ISA pre's into Logic via BLA modded Motu converters.

''There are only two questions you should be asking yourself; 'Who am I' and 'Why am I here'' - George Harrison