Mark Willms - has been singing and playing piano for over 45 years; professionally for 35, yet is only 49 years young. Look for him as 'Carl West' in Sophia Coppola's Oscar winning movie, "LOST IN TRANSLATION", starring Bill Murray. He sings "So Into You" in a pivotal scene, and provided all the piano tracks for the bar scenes throughout the movie. His current live projects include Darren Walters and the Hott Band, Opus II, and the Lulu's Band, along with countless solo gigs. He took the early months of 2009 off from touring to focus on his new CD, called "RELEASE" (mixed by Dave Kalmusky, of Stratford Ontario, Canada), it is now available on itune, CDbaby, and at markwillms.com. He is also busy in his state of the art Pro Tools Mac-based studio, specializing in piano and vintage synth production, along with the singing and songwriting. He acquired a B.A. music (composition major) at Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ont) in 1981 and has played virtually every style imaginable. In 1988 he joined Lulu's Roadhouse Band, the house band at Lulu's in Kitchener Ont., which, up to the year 2000, was the world's longest and largest bar. Mark has toured with Canadian country legends George Fox, Jason McCoy as well as Diane Chase, John Landry, Beverly Mahood and many others. Mark has also performed in piano bars all over the world including Hong Kong, Dubai, Switzerland, Tokyo, and Canada. Mark spent a year living in Hong Kong playing multi synthesizers for Chinese super-star Jackie Cheung's world tour (look for him in his "Live In Hong Kong '99" DVD). Currently working throughout southern Ontario, Mark is writing and producing his next CD in his Pro Tools studio, and is always looking forward to his next great musical adventure.
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