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I'm er, a young 30ish, and live in Cambridgeshire, England. I like to write, perform and of course record my own music as a side hobby in between keeping down a full time job, bringing up 3 kids, and keeping a house over all our heads.
I've played the guitar since I was a kid, and in recent years got into Mac stuff, discovered GarageBand, then Logic, which has let me put my stuff down in a semi-professional manner for the first time ever. So I bought myself a cheap bass, some keys as well, and this is the result so far. I write all my own stuff, though I've recorded a few obscure covers every now and then.
My preference is for hard rock, guitar orientated music, but I do really listen to pretty much anything and everything. I think If I had to identify my greatest influences, it would be Progressive bands like Dream Theater, and then more old-school metal stuff like Maiden - with some pop-rock and other miscellaneous stuf thrown in!
I have no skill at lyrics or at vocals, and would love to hear someones interpretation of my songs with their own talent.
All of my music is available via my website, at http://www.morks.net
I started playing music seriously when I was a teenager, and am for the most part, entirely self taught. (had some early music lessons, and a few really helpful older friends in various bands who I picked a lot of what I know off) - Again, as a teenager I was a member of several really silly bands, culminating in a stage appearance when I was 17 at some Charity School Concert. Later through University I played in several bands, and played gigged reguarly in the West Midlands.
Over the years however, my real interest in my music, has been writing and recording my own songs. Back in the 80′s, I used an Amstrad 4-track tape-recorder, and the general quality was atrocious. In the 90′s, I bought a digital Zoom Multi-track, and to be frank, it wasn’t all that much better though it was much user to multi-track and you could do some post-processing which could tidy things up a bit.
However, following a significant gap where things like wives childrens, mortgages and debt were aquired, I then bought an Apple Mac…..
Today, I record songs using Logic Pro, though up until 2011, GarageBand was my DSW of choice. I’ve recorded almost nine complete ‘albums’ of songs in the last 5 years, which are complete productions, save vocals and regardless of their shortcomings, I am really quite proud of them. In 2006, I recorded most of “Never a Truer Word”, the title track being the first complete and proper song I ever wrote, probably around 1990. In 2007, I’ve recorded a bunch of songs, under the name of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” (the first track I put down). Here, you can download and listen to my songs, feel free to comment and enjoy.
In 2008, after I had a brief hiatus playing other peoples music in a band with some work colleagues, I completed a new collection, “Inversions” in August 2008, and have since completed, “Many Ways To Be”, “Edge Of The World”, “Distant Journey”, “Tortured Soul” and have recent started “Pressure”.
My influences shine through, I think, and if you like this kind of music, you’ll recognise the strong influences that I take into most of what I write. My favourite style of music is the more progressive, modern rock, some old school metal, but mostly anything that is highly orchestrated and detailed music, with strong melodies and gripping rhythms - my favourite bands include Maiden, Dream Theater, Bon Jovi, Rush, Priest, Zeppelin etc, but I also bring in influences from bands like The Cure, Ska, Thrash and other Metal bands. Influences, I think that are evident in a number of my songs.
The favourite track of my own is currently ‘Magic Man’ or possibly “My Dream”, but I tend to find my favourite is often the last track I recorded, so make your own mind up.
I've played the guitar since I was a kid, and in recent years got into Mac stuff, discovered GarageBand, then Logic, which has let me put my stuff down in a semi-professional manner for the first time ever. So I bought myself a cheap bass, some keys as well, and this is the result so far. I write all my own stuff, though I've recorded a few obscure covers every now and then.
My preference is for hard rock, guitar orientated music, but I do really listen to pretty much anything and everything. I think If I had to identify my greatest influences, it would be Progressive bands like Dream Theater, and then more old-school metal stuff like Maiden - with some pop-rock and other miscellaneous stuf thrown in!
I have no skill at lyrics or at vocals, and would love to hear someones interpretation of my songs with their own talent.
All of my music is available via my website, at http://www.morks.net
I started playing music seriously when I was a teenager, and am for the most part, entirely self taught. (had some early music lessons, and a few really helpful older friends in various bands who I picked a lot of what I know off) - Again, as a teenager I was a member of several really silly bands, culminating in a stage appearance when I was 17 at some Charity School Concert. Later through University I played in several bands, and played gigged reguarly in the West Midlands.
Over the years however, my real interest in my music, has been writing and recording my own songs. Back in the 80′s, I used an Amstrad 4-track tape-recorder, and the general quality was atrocious. In the 90′s, I bought a digital Zoom Multi-track, and to be frank, it wasn’t all that much better though it was much user to multi-track and you could do some post-processing which could tidy things up a bit.
However, following a significant gap where things like wives childrens, mortgages and debt were aquired, I then bought an Apple Mac…..
Today, I record songs using Logic Pro, though up until 2011, GarageBand was my DSW of choice. I’ve recorded almost nine complete ‘albums’ of songs in the last 5 years, which are complete productions, save vocals and regardless of their shortcomings, I am really quite proud of them. In 2006, I recorded most of “Never a Truer Word”, the title track being the first complete and proper song I ever wrote, probably around 1990. In 2007, I’ve recorded a bunch of songs, under the name of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” (the first track I put down). Here, you can download and listen to my songs, feel free to comment and enjoy.
In 2008, after I had a brief hiatus playing other peoples music in a band with some work colleagues, I completed a new collection, “Inversions” in August 2008, and have since completed, “Many Ways To Be”, “Edge Of The World”, “Distant Journey”, “Tortured Soul” and have recent started “Pressure”.
My influences shine through, I think, and if you like this kind of music, you’ll recognise the strong influences that I take into most of what I write. My favourite style of music is the more progressive, modern rock, some old school metal, but mostly anything that is highly orchestrated and detailed music, with strong melodies and gripping rhythms - my favourite bands include Maiden, Dream Theater, Bon Jovi, Rush, Priest, Zeppelin etc, but I also bring in influences from bands like The Cure, Ska, Thrash and other Metal bands. Influences, I think that are evident in a number of my songs.
The favourite track of my own is currently ‘Magic Man’ or possibly “My Dream”, but I tend to find my favourite is often the last track I recorded, so make your own mind up.
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Collaborations
| Title | Genre | Released | Plays |
| Walk on Home | Rock | Aug 27, 2008 | 929 |
| Walk on home | Rock | Apr 21, 2008 | 734 |
Favorites
| Title | Artist | Genre | Plays |
| The Dark Line | morkjt | Rock | 442 |
| Stay | etgilles | Rock | 446 |
| Walk on Home | jmassucci [+2] | Rock | 929 |
| Misery Smile | herrsolera [+4] | Metal | 2434 |
| the music of the spheres | electric_requiem | Alternative | 833 |
| Guitar memories (ft Balok) | Ignoramus [+1] | New Age | 2797 |
