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The Mechanical Heart

About Me


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"you mean that guy that tries to play jazz?" Working Regional Drummer
"your jazz band is cool and everything... but it's pretty fake" Local Waitstaff
"He's not really a jazz musician" Local Musician
"what the hell does he think he's doing?" Local Musician 2
"It's funny, i never would've pictured you as a jazz musician, i get so sick of all these players that regurgitate standards like they were reading it from a page, you look natural up there..." Paul Westbrook- Stage Manager/Carrie Underwood/ George Thoroughgood THANKS PAUL!!!
"i think you're good" Matt Moss- Bassist
"he does alright" (in response to Local waitstaff) Trip Wamsley
and to end this real life attestation of my bio section, i leave you with a quote
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 24/05/2005
Band Website: none
Band Members: PEOPLE I PLAY WITH:
Aaron Thomas- Writer/arranger/Euphonium
Skeeter Lyons- Writer/guitarist
Justin Crain- Writer/guitarist
Charlie Heinbach- Guitarist
Isaac Watts- Writer/Singer/Guitarist
Travis Magee- Drummer/percussionist
Jereme Sullivan- Guitarist/writer
Will Deaver- Keyboardist/Composer
Dusty Haiko- Drummer
Bryan Moore- Bassist/Singer Charlie Heinbach- Guitarist
Matt Moss-Bassist
Shannon Simmons-Drums
Adam Truard- Piano/arranger
Will Richmond- Saxophone
Reggie Rogers- arranger
Stratton Doyle - Saxophone
Ryan Westbrook - Drums
Paul Westbrook- Bassist Aaron Bailey- Bassist
and more

Marcus has been featured on recordings with:
Dave Grohl
Dave Navarro
Scott Gordon
Trip Wamsley
Novacain
and more

Marcus has Stage managed for:
Richochet
Rascal Flatts
Lonestar
and more

Marcus has produced music and media for:
Warren Entner Management
Cumulus Radio
Vitamin Records
Lions Gate Films
and more

Marcus has shared stages with:
Beck
Juliette Lewis
Brooks and Dunn
Alan Jackson
and more

Current Projects:
The Kris Harper Band
Cortez Del Mar
Marcus Sawyer's Mechanical Heart
Studio Building
710 downtown House Band

If you would like to contact Marcus feel free
to send a message on MS, if you would like to
speak to him directly call 337-842-HIDE.
Influences: Clifford Brown, Django Reinhardt, Henry Mancini, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Christian, Artie Shaw, Al DiMiola, and many other greats. VIDEO GAMES!!!

Sounds Like:

Record Label: i'm with Jim on this one"must we label everything"

My Blog

Music Journal 5

ah yes, it's time for another moping, pathetic music journal. I'll start this one out with a story from my times in Los Angeles, California, and one that involves a friend of mine that none of yo...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:56:00 GMT

Vlog Rant

Part 1 Part 2
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:19:00 GMT

A great video to get you down

so i wrote this song last night.i swear all the good ones justhappen.  i wrote this song about myself and a good friend.  i feel likewe are drowning, losing, failing, etc. We are always feeling like...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:43:00 GMT

Music Journal 4

Welcome to 2009. the year that i become a guitar teacher at a music store.  Once again, i'm broke.  i have 40 cents in my Bank Account, and no gigs for as far as the eye can see. What the ...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:04:00 GMT

Music Journal 3

i ask this. Is this REALLY what you want to do? are people so hell-bent on the pursuit of "success" that they will turn on their own?What is success? it is self-defined.  A musician who has not s...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:08:00 GMT

Music Journal 2

It's been a long time since my last blog.  I changed the screename back to the Mechancial Heart.  Because that's what the music is.I've been bummed out on writing for a while now, i've been ...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:22:00 GMT

my Birthday poem

if i told you that tomorrow would be the day that i'd straighten up,and everything would change.Would you believe that shit?or would you wanna break out of it? this ball and chain...if God told you li...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:49:00 GMT

Music Journal 1

I remember going to my grandfather's house (Tonice LaFleur) and sitting obediantly while my mother and grandparents would have conversations pointless to a 8 year old.  I would venture into the l...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:02:00 GMT

Session Journal 1

Was thinking today that this time last year a fellow Aaron Thomas and i were staying up very late recording "patty cake" and "33rd Street", and "Asspuff",  in april i spent about 6 or 7 hours a n...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:08:00 GMT