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Mark Akin

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Mark with his new Custom Frenzel Amp with Tone Tubby speakers!!
Trevor Frenzel Amps
Tone Tubby
Check Out Mark's Electronic Music Alter-Ego
'MirrorFreek'
NEWS FLASH!!
Dragonball Z Trunks-Bardock box set goes Platinum,charts in Top 10 on Billboard in 2 categories!
This accomplishment goes out to all my musician friends working hard ,making great music, and most importantly, pursuing their dreams!
I remember getting the call in 2000 like it was yesterday..
Hey, do you want to play some metal riffs on a cartoon soundtrack called Dragonball Z? Oh..you mean the cartoon my son and I watch in spanish in the mornings before school, and he's totally in love with the show?
I'm totally in!! That was my break into making soundtrack music :)
Really gets real when you're shopping with your kid for a Wii game , and the Dvd is for sale down the aisle.
And, I'm still getting royalties God Bless!
The March 15th 2008 re-release charted in the Top 10 in 2 categories on..
BILLBOARD!!
number 7 Top 10 Kid Video
number 10 Top Dvd Sales
( that's 'all' Dvd sales in the US ! )
The new Dvd box set sold 109,000 copies between March and July 2008 ..wow!
The 2 videos since their inception have sold over 870,000 copies so far, and counting!!
That's 8 times platinum in Dvd :)
Happy New Year!!
Mark
VIDEOS..
LightOfDay

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Vibe N' Denmark

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Mark Akin - Bullet Blues

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T-Rex Pedal Demo w/ Koch TwinTone Amp / Dean USA Hardtail w/ Seymour Duncan JB and '59 pickups :)
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seymourduncan.com
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MARK AKIN - GUITARIST-BASSIST-SYNTHESIST
Mark is a Multi-Platinum Soundtrack recording artist for the insanely popular Anime series Dragonball Z with syndication on Cartoon Network; sharing credits with Dream Theater, Bootsy Collins, Buckethead, Sum 41, and Saliva to name a few. His style is diverse, ranging from hard rock to electronic soundtrack vibes, to all out metal mayhem. Mark is also a well respected teacher and product specialist .
Mark is now an official T-Rex pedal endorsee! They make some really cool tone machines ..
Mark is endorsed as an artist user by these other fine companies as well :)
deanguitars.com
seymourduncan.com
Brought to you by indieOpolis and MegawattMusic, Mark released his first solo electronic CD AlienCarChase in February 2006. AlienCarchase was sparked by the influence of the insanely popular Anime series Dragonball Z, on which Mark appears. AlienCarChase is a collection of his works in the Electronica realm.
The AlienCarChase CD is available all over the web , just search AlienCarChase :)
This CD is dedicated all DBZ and Anime lovers worldwide..
Mark was recently interviewed by David McLean for his Guitar Gods column, sharing company with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and other amazing musicians..
Melodic Guitar Stylings

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TexShred!
VELOCIUS SYNDICATIS ( CRAZY DIGITECH GNX4 LOOPING, 230BPM)
Jazzin'

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Member Since: 15/04/2005
Band Website: mark-akin.com
Band Members: Mark Akin
Influences: This is just the tip of the iceberg of talent.. Rhoads, Vai, Hendrix , Jason Becker, Satch , Yngwie, Jean Luc Ponty, Dime, ZAkk , Gary Moore ,Jake E Lee, Rush, Petrucci,Liefson and so many other musicians, organic and electronic that have inspired me over the years. The list continues to grow...
Sounds Like: You decide, it's a subjective world :0
Record Label: MegaWattMusic / indieOpolis
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Current guitar pedal rig posted :)

Check it out! Love my T-REX pedals I use a Whammy and Lexicon MX200 too... Peace
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:28:00 GMT

Dragonball Z Bardock-Trunks Double Feature released!!!

Hello peeps! Awesome news.. The Dragonball Z movies I contributed music for,and shared credits with Dream Theater and Bootsie Collins , and Buckethead, was re-released as a box set double fe...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:09:00 GMT