MarkOnKeys + Musician in Orange City, FL

My keyboard part for this was written and recorded as an audition for another songwriter. I really enjoyed working on this piece of music and continue working with him on other projects.

A rocker recorded with a long time friend's band. I did a bit of everything in this one. Even the rain, wind and thunder at the beginning were sounds I created with my keys. The instrument sounds I used were sampled recorders (played down an octave, which changed the character of the sound a bit), pipe organ, dirty Hammond organ, polysynths and bit of "Minimoog styled" lead synth. A fun song to play and record.

A friend had written some words and a few chords. She told me the band she played in wouldn't work on her idea with her. She had a few chords and strummed them on a nylon guitar for me. I arranged and finished the song for her and produced the recording. I played all the instruments, except for her initial strumming part. This was a different direction for me, than the rock style which I usually played.

A simple song recorded with a good friend. Just a little Hammond organ and some chorused piano playing. Simple, but hopefully tasteful. I enter the song in the 2nd verse.

This is my friend Marco's band. The tune was roughly recorded on a video of the show. I played Hammond on this tune...done in a totally different way.

This one was written and recorded with my Friend Rob Ash (who also co-wrote All That Still Remains). A tragic song about a father's anguish losing his sons to murder. I played a rocked out Hammond part, mixed to the right behind the guitars.

Obviously this song is not meant to sound "current". Instead it is a "retro" sci-fi piece originally written and performed in the late 70's by some friends and I. We had no recordings then, so we re-created the song and recorded it more recently using vintage "sounds of that era". I used Hammonds, Mellotron inspired and Minimoog inspired sounds for my keyboard parts. I also created the sound of the Starship" taking off into the heavens at the end. This is certainly not what I would play in a song written today, but it is a cool period piece. Not everyone will get this song, but I hope you enjoy it.

The 1st song I wrote for a band and recorded in a small studio in the Santa Cruz mountains in CA.. The singer wrote the lyrics. I wrote the music. The keyboards are mostly chords and a synth bass part played on a vintage 80's synth. There is also a short brassy section played on a classic Yamaha DX7.