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Mark Small

smallmusic.com

About Me

Twin tenor recording with Walter Smith is available through iTunes (under Bronze, Jazz) and also at our band’s myspace site. myspace.com/bronzemusic1 For any important correspondence, please refer to my website email address as I will not be checking this site very frequently. I’ll be touring for most of 2008 but feel free to email me at Mark at smallmusic dot com. Thanks for stopping by. I’m glad you came to visit and I hope you like the tunes.Twin tenor recording with Walter Smith is up on iTunes sometime.Living and playing in NYC when not on tour with Warner Bros. recording artist Michael Buble (Michaelbuble.com). Check the schedule on his site to see if we’ll be in your area and drop me a line if you want.Smallmusic.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2005
Band Website: smallmusic.com
Influences: Paul Klee, Joan Mitchell (I like Joni as well), Juan Miro, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, David Foster Wallace (not to be confused...), Hokusai, Alan Watts, Khalil Gibran, J.D. Salinger, Malcolm Gladwell, Michel Gondry, Umberto Eco, Gaudi, Modigliani, Kafka, Ted Hughes, Emily Dickenson, Crescent and Frost, Zush, Elliot Smith, Hunter S. Thompson, Michael Mann, Hal Crook, Wes Anderson, Aimee Mann, Slam Stuart, Dane Cook, Alberto Giacometti, Charlie Kaufman, Dave Santoro, Milton Nascimento, Woody Allen, Sartre, Joao Gilberto, James Farber, Kneebody, Mark Rothko, Tom Griswold, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Meshugga, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Paul Erdös (there's more, feel free to ask)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Unbelievable

http://www.portfolio.com/careers/job-of-the-week/2008/06/23/ Superfan-Cameron-Hughes?PMID=alsoin/No.-1-Fan
Posted by Mark Small on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:48:00 PST

.... and discuss

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/US_Court_shuts_down_leaked_doc _0218.html
Posted by Mark Small on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:15:00 PST

Is this even possible?

http://torrentfreak.com/pirated-by-itunes-artist-turns-to-bi ttorrent-080206/
Posted by Mark Small on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:29:00 PST

My co-led band with Walter Smith, BRONZE (now on iTunes)

I just found out by searching iTunes that mine and Walter Smith III new record BRONZE is now available on iTunes. So if no one gave you any presents over the holiday that you liked and you had to mak...
Posted by Mark Small on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:32:00 PST

Seeing is believing

Live music: just a rushed thoughtI was reminded on my birthday of the way I used to describe jazz and recordings to other people. I hadn't thought about it in a long time. Our tour manager got a bun...
Posted by Mark Small on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:44:00 PST

Knit Jazz Fest

Just wanted to send a quick message out into cyberspace to say that I was truly inspired after hearing the other acs at the Knitting Factory Winter Jazz Fest here in NYC. Hearing the scope of music t...
Posted by Mark Small on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:47:00 PST

Amazement

The other day I held my brother's 3 week old daughter. She was just sitting there, hanging out, moving her arms around and blinking her eyes when all the sudden she had the most concentrated look on ...
Posted by Mark Small on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:35:00 PST

Is this weird?

Has anyone ever been put on hold by Bank of America? Is that not the catchiest little tune they play while you wait? It develops from this little germ of an idea and eventually its a fully produced ...
Posted by Mark Small on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:26:00 PST

Kneebody in Italy

This is just a note for those of you in the myspace world who reside in Italy. The band Kneebody is coming to Italy and I think they're incredible. They're in my top 8 so if you want to check them o...
Posted by Mark Small on Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:10:00 PST

Sometimes NYC is the best place on Earth

I saw an epic 5 shows tonight. First, I was able to catch the group Gilfema (check my top 8) at the Virgin Mega-store, doing an in-store appearance around 5:30. The few songs I was able to stay ...
Posted by Mark Small on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:36:00 PST