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Stage Name: Mark Barnes
City: Maryville, TN
Age: 46
Race: White
Sex: Male
Sexualilty: Gay

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For Musical Selections by Mark Barnes, please visit his and our MySpace Music Pages at:

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Website: www.markbarnesmusic.com

www.myspace.com/meakpromusic

THE AWAKENING!

New Album from Mark Barnes

Coming Soon April 2008

Born in Buffalo, NY on April 19, 1961, Mark’s immediate family was always very creative through either music or art. His Grandmother played Piano at various movie houses for the silent films in the 20's and 30’s. His Father and Mother were musically and artistically inclined respectively.

He has been playing the Piano since the age of 3 and was known as a terror to his piano teachers, never wanting to play the lesson but always wanting to feel the music instead and play what was inside his head. When he was 12, his mother finally signed his sister and him for Guitar lessons. Although he had no interest in playing the guitar and did not feel this would be of any benefit, the instructor worked with the both of them for 6 months. The instructor was teaching them guitar chords, his sister the guitar and for Mark, the relationship of the guitar and their chords to the piano. It was great and Mark credits the instructor with helping him to understand how to play out his emotions and feelings.

Mark guesses he composed his first Ballad at age 15 for his father. He still plays that song to this day as it was composed within his head as Mark has never had a formal music education. Mark always thought it was funny as his dad always called him the professor. “I always thought that would somehow become my nickname, but my friends were always calling me Barnsey”, Mark said, and that’s what stuck. Mark loves to travel extensively and find the most relaxing vacation to be a cruise. He also really enjoys working with other musicians and finds that its helps create a very emotional edge about his music. It is the one venue in which he can truly express all of his tears, fears, laughter and love for all of those around him. Mark feels “Music is the window to the soul. Put your negative emotions into being creative and never take them out on another human being.”

Mark was always the realist when he was younger. He wanted to enter the music field but never felt the right timing then and thought that in such a competitive field and with all of these other wonderful musicians out there that he would never stand a chance. So thus, he went into financial business for himself, running numerous successful mortgage banking and mortgage lending firms for the last 24 years, moving to Florida in the process. He continued to compose and play new music for the people who mattered most in his life, which were his family & his friends.

Funny how times change, and the Internet was probably the biggest catalyst in that change for the music industry. Mark states; “It has brought us so much closer and has given us all a real gift and must say setting up my MySpace personal and music page, was the most positive experience of my musical life”. It has allowed me to meet some very wonderful and talented musicians, singers, promoters and artists of all walks of life and share their talents with each other and the public (their fans). It has inspired me to realize that it does not matter how old you are or where you are in life, good music and the arts should play an important role in everyone's existence.”

Mark found new inspirations since his mom’s passing, and the emotional well just keeps pouring out new songs weekly. That combined with all of the new people he has met, been exposed to and inspired by, have allowed him to open himself to listening and composing all types and styles of music.

Out of this entire experience and most of all, he looks forward to continue composing and writing new music and playing them….just for you!


Sounds Like: Jim Brickman, George Winston, Yanni, David Lanz, John Herberman, Secret Garden