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Mark Young

"THE VOICE..."

About Me


Some food for thought about me:::
I am in a place I have not been in for quite sometime. Things are loose, undefined, and slightly askew…and I love every bit of the freedom that comes from this formulation.
I am a vocalist...I sing. The voice is my instrument and I use it to try and inflict emotion upon the listener...You.
I am not the best singer...I am not the worst singer...but I will, and do, sing with passion and conviction. Taking all I can, and all I am, from myself and pass it to the listeners...that is my true passion.
I am recording a CD that will **hopefully** be finished, mastered, and duplicated by late July. It will be a physical CD in that you will be able to hold a copy, and read liner notes and such. The CD will also be distributed digitally for you more tech savy folks. The hope was to have it done earlier this year...but there is this thing called life, and at times it takes precidence.
Summer 2008 release...
Major page update...
Merchandise available...
Light weekend and festival touring...
Worldwide distribution...
Try me on...let me know if you enjoy the ride...
Meet the reason this music is making its way to you...she loves me more than anyone I have ever known...

Her earplugs are for my music made in the key of "A"wesome...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/2/2004
Band Website: markyoungrocks.com
Band Members:

Me, Myself, and I...

Influences: Everything I have ever heard in my life...really. If it is there to be heard, then I find it to be interesting. The sweetest influences in my life are when my sons call me daddy...when they tell me that they like what I have just played for them...or when I move them to sing along with me.

Groups and people who move me:::

Lionel Richie, Prince, Team Sleep, Switchfoot, Jeff Healey, SEAL, Jeff Buckley, EVANSBLUE, Breaking Benjamin, Lifehouse, Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind, Coldplay, POST HARBOR, Pearl Jam, Staind, Fuel, Maxwell, ScottyB, Mycle Wastman, Snow Patrol, Peter Gabriel, Crossfade, Deftones, Chevelle, Dishwalla, Emery, GUSTER, Incubus, Matchbox 20, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Peabo Bryson, Michael Jackson, Rob Zombie, Tonic, anyone who really cares about the sound...

I could go on...but does it really matter anymore...?

Listen to KEXP/requests:::

Featured artist on:::

Recording update May - June 2008:

Recording update April 2008:

SoulFood Books Performance 11-3-07:

Sounds Like:

...that time when you were 17...when you were not sure if you should be who they think you to be. Akward in stance, you choose to step forward and dip a toe into the pool of life. Consequences unknown...

...like the feeling of when you close your eyes in the forest, taking the deepest breath that the lungs can handle...and you smell tomorrow...

...sounds like life.

Record Label: Open to offers... and searching...

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Frustration and the Frightening...

IT resonates&..Like a marching army through my mind, the sounds of "what now" sing again in efforts to collapse the walls of stability that I have fought so hard to build.  This DRONING is not of...
Posted by Mark Young on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:33:00 PST

April recording update....in video form.

The struggle continues...though the battle is drawing to an end. It seems as though when I get one step closer to victory, the line is tugged and a new ending is created. That ending is da...
Posted by Mark Young on Tue, 13 May 2008 08:48:00 PST

Seeds of emotion and change...

It starts with a simple small swell&an emotion that sparks a change.  There might not be any words associated with the sensation at the time of creation, but the seed has still been germinated.&n...
Posted by Mark Young on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:03:00 PST

My Valentine Mix-Tape for the masses&

Well it is here...The battle between love and hate that rages on everyday is in the headlines today.  Valentine's day...here and almost gone is the day of reflection.  The moment when we ar...
Posted by Mark Young on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:49:00 PST

Recording update...is it 2008 already...?

Five are done&well at least wounded...The week before Hannakwanzafestimas I took a Friday off to go into the studio.  This was to be followed with a full day on Sunday as well.  The plan was...
Posted by Mark Young on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:06:00 PST

CD updates...

Momentum:..It is an odd thing&You start to build, yet so quickly it falls flat&gravity, life and the grind quickly bringing it to a deafening halt.I have been in 5 states in the past 3-1/2 weeks. ...
Posted by Mark Young on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:34:00 PST

Travel woes...

I have officially lost it& It is 5:10am and I am working on two hours of sleep&last night was rough&various ways to describe the activities&but the end result being rough.Fast forward to this morning ...
Posted by Mark Young on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 05:22:00 PST

Small town, dark sky, run...

I am in a small town...sitting here I am drinking a "modern" beverage...Venti Pumpkin Spice Latte...Sitting here I watch the others course in and out of the temple of coffee for which I reside.  ...
Posted by Mark Young on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:20:00 PST

Frightened...Fear and Loathing in the mind...

I am really nervous.  Seriously, I am starting to have those red-light flashes of DANGER in my head.  You know the ones&the signs that we throw up when we start to push the envelope of our c...
Posted by Mark Young on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:39:00 PST

Tech bubble&Are you in or out&?

It seems that I am starting to slide down the slippery slope again.  I thought I had escaped the treacherous trappings of the damn thing.  I thought that by upgrading all things around me th...
Posted by Mark Young on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:52:00 PST