WALKER
Mark Walker's debut solo CD, DYSFUNCTIONAL ILLAUREATE, covers a wide range of mood and texture, touching on the hard & angst-ridden to the slow and ethereal. CD
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Positive Spin Positive Spin
Twisting In Heaven Twisting In Heaven
Dedicated to televangelists and all other manipulators of human spirituality.
Goodbye Jenny Goodbye Jenny
Pretty self-explanetory. I wanted to do a poppy little tune, but still felt obligated to make the words super-depressing to make up for the upbeat element of the music. Check the tribute to "Blue Moon" in the guitar solo.
Blind Road Blind Road
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Hey. So this is who I am and what I do: My name's Mark Walker. I write songs, sing and play them. Bass is my main instrument when playing out live, but I also include guitar & drums and some samples & loops for the recorded material. I started playing music as a kid when I lived in Portland, OR, and continued on up in Seattle, WA during the '90's and now I'm continuing here in New York City. Right now I perform as a solo artist, but I'm also looking to get a band together to play out live as well. Feel free to drop a line if you're a guitarist or drummer and want to hook up and play sometime.Band/artist history
1987 "Slutboy-3" - Project in college, my first original music collaboration.
1989 "Deliverance" - Cheesy metal band in Portland. A "let's get stoned and get laid" band if there ever was one.
1993 "Lead Pipe Cinch" - Progressive metal band in Seattle, WA.
1995 "The Free Range Chickens" - Theatrical music group in Seattle doing rockabilly/surf/country-blues riffs over satirical vocalizing ala Frank Zappa, Fred Lane.
1997 "The Evaders" - Garage/Punk rock band in Seattle fronted by vocalist Elise Sauer. Drummer Wishbone also played for "Stink," and guitarist Ian now plays bass in "Quick 66."
1998 "The Bare Sharons" - My first band as a frontman/primary songwriter in Seattle. Too many incarnations to ever really get off the ground.
Today I continue to write and perform as a solo artist. I occasional sit in with other projects and am looking for others to play out with on my material as well.
Where it all began
When me and 3 of my school buddies were about 11-12, we started making a routine of getting together and cranking up our acoustic guitars through the stereo mics, overloading the preamp so the guitars would distort. We were four little Chuck Berry wannabes. We all messed around on the piano as well; somewhere along the way we came across a drum kit, and eventually we got the bright idea to play separate instruments so we could be an actual band.
I actually wanted to be a drummer, but there's no way my mom could afford a drum kit. Besides the expense, I think my mom realized just how fucking loud drums would be, especially in an apartment, so that option was quickly vanquished the same day we went to the music store. But there was a used bass & amp for sale at that same store, so I asked if I could get a bass instead. It seemed like a harmless substitute at the time, and it stuck. I'm glad I ended up on bass. It became by far my favorite instrument to play. The four of us played our first show as a guitar/bass/piano/drum consortium for our classmates in the sixth grade.Have you performed in front of an audience?Right now I'm playing at a few little places in NYC. Some of my favorites are The Sidewalk Cafe, Earth Matters, Mickey's Blue Room, The Infrared Lounge...
Special moment... when the ceiling at the Infrared Lounge collapsed from an over flowing bathtub in the apartment above.
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When the PA speakers literally caught fire at a show in Ellensburg, WA.
Your musical influences
WAY too many over the years to mention them all.What equipment do you use?
I play Rickenbacker 4001 basses through an SWR head and a Hiwatt 4x12 cab.Anything else?
Have a fun summer! And check out my site, buy my stuff, come see my shows. And, what the hell... go ahead and put up a statue of me at my favorite spot on earth.
Mark Walker
markwalker4001@yahoo.com
http://www.thewalkersite.com/Contact
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Mark, just remember that yesterday, today was tomorrow and tomorrow, today will be yesterday...BLONG!
nice, melodic can't think what it remindes me of. a bit like my songs in that way
Your sh*** is dope!! Keep it up!!
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I just finished up a brand new track featuring Indie Rock artist Dana Rolston. Be sure to check it out and leave some feedback!!! The song is called 'My Bed Is Cold', it'll rock your socks off your f***in feet, reapply them and then rock them off again!!!
-JDUB
I really like Girl Behind Glass, That is a hot sound. My only crituque is that it has the same beat from beginning to end. Other than that that, I just love it!
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