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Mark Southerland
Mark Southerland

My name is Mark Alexander Southerland. I was born April 9, 1970 in Beech Grove, Indiana. I am a musician and an artist of several mediums including fine art as well as multimedia.I served in the United States Marine Corps from 1988-1994 and was involved in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, acting as an infantry team leader. I left the Marine Corps, honorably, as a Sergeant in 1994. As a musician, I am a guitarist, singer/songwriter and stage performer. My experiences as a stage performer are most notable as the singer/songwriter and guitarist for the rock trio, Dent. Dent shared the stage with several national acts and achieved it's own pinnacle of stardom following a handfull of independant releases, innumerable shows, and live radio and televised performances.I attended art school in Chicago, aquiring an Associates Degree in Graphic Design and Multimedia. My work in Multimedia ranges from 3D animation, videogaphy, and digital painting for cinematic uses, also known as matte painting. Due to my experience as a musician, I am also a sound designer and continually write and record in my home studio for personal pleasure as well as for use in my cinematic work. As a painter, I am most familar with the use of acrylics.Stylistically speaking, most of my paintings fall in the abstract category. As a painter in the fine arts, I have found myself continually evolving into what comes most naturally. This evolution, in itself, has been a battle between my perfectionistic expectations and the illusion of control. Abstract Automatism has become my modus operandi in stark contrast to my calculating methods as a multimedia artist. My short attention span in many cases has forced me to develop processes that allow me to work quickly to achieve something I feel worthy of re-addressing for completion.I am finding that the common thread for success and happiness in not only my artistic endeavors, but also as a human being has been simplification. Ironically, simplicity seems to be a singularity that many of us fail to define in our lives. After all, this is no longer a simple world that we live in, but an amalgamation of complexity brought about by our desire to be more comfortable in what we have become.Mark Alexander SoutherlandGet Your Own! | View Slideshow
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My Interests

songwriting, playing guitar/bass/vox, recording, Ableton Live, unusual creative outlets, diy anything, circuit bending, painting, mumbling to myself, short fuse...oh wait, this was interests.shadup just tell 'em tha truf

I'd like to meet:

My ancestor's and their friends at a party thrown by God...but not tooo soon ya know. Wow mark that was entertaining

Music:

yes and no but definitely on occasion. Mostly social use of music, otherwise rarely.what a hunk load of BS, you're an addict that locks himself away in a basement set up to do your nasty anytime you want.

Movies:

Last one I saw was "The Happening" which went exactly as I had expected, so it wasn't ground breaking.

Television:

BSG, ask me who the final cylon is...I know.

Books:

Too many to list...mostly science, physics, electronics, software, philosophy or art related.

Heroes:

Those who survive...themselves. Leonardo De Vinci for his multi-faceted genius, creativity and ingenuity, Alexander the great for his brutal focus, determination and accomplishment, Les Paul for bringing the electric guitar to the forefront of music. Nicola Tesla, a true scientist/inventor if there ever was one along with the other greats such as Archimedes, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein. Socrates, Plato, and other thinking mans heroes.

My Blog

Anti-matter

Being bi-polar has to be the human equivalent to anti-matter. I can only make healthy observations from one side of the fence or the other. Looking back at whatever issue it was, it's usua...
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:30:00 PST

UGH, were back

Spent two days at Holiday World and I'm so burnt. It was pretty impressive. I've never seen so many water tubes from such heights. Plus the number of rides that little kids can actua...
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:39:00 PST

Dj Adam Jay

I just recently confirmed that I have a cousin in town that I was unaware of. When it comes to my father's side of the family, I thought I was the only one left as far as I knew. At least ...
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:15:00 PST

Upping the ante for the delusionally paranoid

I think guns are cool...It's the enevitable dream of every boy's need for the ultimate slingshot. It's the recoil acting as a firm handshake alerting it's demand for authority. The mechani...
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:18:00 PST

One good reason to stay on myspace

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Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:25:00 PST

Indianapolis Musicians map test

Indianapolis Musicians This is a test. Add yourself if you can....
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:42:00 PST

Some jackass hit my car and ran

A shitty black s-10 like truck used my drive way to turn around and backed into my little focus. I was eating and looking right when it happened. I thought "WHAT THE FUCK!" and as soon as ...
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:31:00 PST

DIY practice amp

Here's just a few shots of my homebuilt practice amp I decided to throw together over the weekend. I had some spare wood to use, a couple of bookshelf speakers and the components lying around.&n...
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Wed, 28 May 2008 05:25:00 PST

Bones found in yard

I've uploaded some pics of a large bone that has been sawed through in various places. It appears to be from a femur of some type, possible the Trochlea. Anyone know what it may have come ...
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:47:00 PST

walking down the middle of the street

I'm just curious. I live on a predominantly black street or area. Daily, I watch the black kids walking down the middle of the street. I'm just wondering for what purpose it serves, ...
Posted by Hairlip Dog (AKA Skid) on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:07:00 PST