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Mark Hildreth

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

About Me


With two born-deaf grandparents, Mark Hildreth was an unlikely musical prodigy. The eldest son of British parents, Mark was exposed as a child to some of the great musical legends of the sixties and seventies – Bob Seger, Elton John, Billy Joel, and John Lennon, and taught himself to sing and play piano at the age of 10. At eighteen, Mark was accepted to one of Canada’s top arts programs, in the culture-rich city of Montreal, Quebec. They accepted 12 applicants a year – Mark was the youngest. After playing just two gigs, he was invited to showcase at Sony/BMG in New York, and signed a demo deal with Warne Livesey, the prodigious producer of Midnight Oil, Holly McNarland, The The, 54-40, and The Mathew Good Band. Having sold over 15 million records in his career to that point, Mr. Livesey knew that Mark’s first album, Complex State Of Attachment, an instantly hummable collection of pop/R&B songs rife with heart, honesty and groove, would be a success.It was around this time that Mark’s life suddenly changed. One of his closest friends died suddenly of a drug overdose. With this momentous event, Mark discovered a new passion for an ideology behind his music, and the one musician who would offer him a musical sensibility to aspire toward – Stevie Wonder. “What really gets me about Stevie is his perspective as a songwriter. He always writes from a standpoint of building love, compassion and integrity in the world, and that is what I want to do with music.”With hundreds of stage appearances under his belt, Mark Hildreth is on a mission to leave the world a better place than he found it through music. The winner of the 2006 Singer Songwriter Awards, and the Billboard World Song Contest, he splits his time between Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada. Mark has a perspective and an emotional depth that is rare in this world, and it only takes one meeting to see it. “I know that people can change, that the world can change, because I changed. And I want to share that.”Complex State Of Attachment, and it’s first singles Magic Spell and Siddhartha, can be heard at Mark’s website, www.mark-hildreth.com, and his Myspace page, www.myspace.com/mhildreth.

My Interests

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Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Website: mark-hildreth.com
Band Members: Mark Hildreth, with Ian Browne, Doug Elliot, Dallas Budd, Jory Groberman, Gillian Mott Strings, Sherry St. Germain, Marcus Moseley, Jim Byrnes
Influences: Elton John, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon
Sounds Like: Elton John, Stevie Wonder, David Grey, Damien Rice, John Lennon, John Mayer, Billy Joel
Record Label: Statement Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Music West 2008 - My first live appearance since finishing Complex State Of Attachment

I'm going to appear LIVE at New Music West, the popular west coast music festival that takes place in Vancouver, Canada!I'll be playing at The Chapel on May 16 at 10:00pm. Ried Jamieson and Dan Kosub ...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:35:00 PST

Appearing LIVE!

I’ll be playing New Music West, the popular west coast music festival held in Vancouver BC, on Friday May 16 at 10:00pm at The Chapel. I will appear with Dan Kosub and Ried Jamieson. Contact www...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:45:00 PST

Sharing the love!

I have posted 2 NEW SONGS from my forthcoming album, Complex State Of Attachment on:www.myspace.com/mhildrethThis is the first public glimpse of anything from the new album, and I’m STOKED to sh...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:42:00 PST

Love

I'm about to finish my new record, entitled Complex State Of Attachment, and I want to explain what the title means. There was a group of American scientists who were having a dialogue with the Dalai ...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:11:00 PST

We’re building a Fan Street Team!

If you like what I'm up to and want to help support the new record, Complex State Of Attachment, we want to hear from you! We're putting together a Street Team of dedicated fans who want to be a part ...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:50:00 PST

Birthday Party!

So it's my birthday, see?And I was thinking about how these things always seem to be made out to be more than they are&people keep asking me, do you feel different?? hahaha, and I do! I feel so hopefu...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:05:00 PST

I LIKE!

Check me out on my new page on ILike! http://www.ilike.com/artist/Mark++HildrethMark.
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:52:00 PST

To be or not to Be

Every year TONS of us make commitments to ourselves to change the way we live, by marking the turning of a new year with a "resolution." This implies that we see and are aware, in some way, that there...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:44:00 PST

What if suffering is a choice?

When people ask me what kind of music I make, I tell them that my music falls somewhere between Elton John and Stevie Wonder. I say this because Elton John was my first and still my biggest influence,...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Tue, 25 Dec 2007 04:03:00 PST

Mark Hildreth - LIVE at The House of Blues

I will appear live at The House of Blues in Hollywood, CA on September 30, '07. Show will start at 10:15pm! Tickets are now available through PayPal! Just send $10US to [email protected]. Your...
Posted by Mark Hildreth on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:32:00 PST