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Multi-instrumentalist and performer based in the UK and willing to travel. Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, Instrumental or with Vocals

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Mark is a trained performer and musician. His credits include performing worldwide with The Octaves Vocal Harmony group, Live TV Appearances, Ringo Starr in the tour of "The Sessions", performing with UK function bands and playing as a session musician for stage productions. Mark is a highly experienced musician and guarantees to create a fantastic atmosphere for any event. His music covers multiple genres over multiple decades with songs ranging from the 1920's right up to present day. Mark can perform with either guitar, piano, ukulele or just as a vocalist. His repertoire, of over 500 songs, covers Pop, Jazz, Show tunes, and even Disney, all of which can be tailored to suit your taste. He can even tailor his performance depending on whether you wish him to play with or without backing tracks, a mix of instruments (not at the same time!), instrumental or with vocals. He can utilise pianos already in situ at a venue or can bring along a Roland digital piano with a top spec sound system should it be required. Should you have any song requests then please let Mark know as he will do his best to make sure they are included within his set. In addition to solo performances, Mark can also offer as duo, trio or quartet performances. LINEUPS Soloist: - Piano Instrumental - Ukulele Instrumental - Guitar & Vocals - Piano & Vocals - Ukulele & Vocals - Vocals with Backing Tracks (or other musicians) Duo, Trio or Quartet performances: Any combination of (depending on availability): - Guitars - Bass - Cajon (percussion) - Cigar Box Guitar - Ukuleles - Piano - Saxophone - Fiddle - Vocals (male & female) EXAMPLE SETUPS - 2x Guitars + Vocals (duo) - Guitar & Piano + Vocals (duo) - Piano & Saxophone - either instrumental or with vocals (duo) - Guitar, Ukulele and Cajon + Vocals (trio) - Piano, Bass, Guitar + Vocals (trio) - Guitar, Bass, Cajon & Fiddle + Vocals (quartet) - 2x Ukuleles, Bass, Cajon (quartet) - As seen on "Sunday Brunch" Please note these are just examples and if you wish for another setup then please enquire.

Mark

5 out of 5

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5.0

Professionalism

5.0

Communication

5.0

Punctuality

5.0

Mark's Reviews

5 out of 5

Mark was amazing when he played at our wedding. He played a varied song list which went down really well with our guests - so much so that he was often applauded mid wedding breakfast! Thanks for helping make it a special day for us!

5 out of 5

Great singer / asked what our needs were

5 out of 5

Mark did an absolutely amazing job at our wedding, playing during the ceremony and for our drinks reception. He was a true professional but also really friendly and all our guests commented on how good the music was. Our only regret is that we didn’t get to hear him play more as we were whisked away for photos! Thank you Mark- your playing really helped make our day perfect!!

We booked Mark for our wedding as we wanted a guitarist to make our drinks reception fun and lively! My word, he didn't disappoint and was brilliant! Mark was so friendly and professional all the way through. We can't thank him enough! Fantastic music, awesome guy, highly recommended!

Just wanted to message and say thank you so much for being so awesome at our wedding! Everyone has been saying how good you were!! Thanks so much again!

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Mark's Song list

All these songs can be adapted for either Guitar, Ukulele, Piano or Instrumental Piano:

20th Century Boy

500 Miles

7 Years

99 Red Balloons

A Little Respect

A-Team

Accidentally in Love

Africa

Ain't No Sunshine

All About The Bass

All Along the Watchtower

All I Have To Do is Dream

All I Want Is You

All My Loving

All Night Long

All Of Me

All Right Now

All You Need is Love

Alright

American Pie

Angels

Annies Song

Bad Day

Bad Moon Rising

Bad Romance

Band On The Run

Beneath your Beautiful

Best Day Of My Life

Better Together

Big Yellow Taxi

Billie Jean

Black Magic

Blackbird

Blame It On Me

Blame it On The Boogie

Blank Space

Bleeding Love

Blue Suede Shoes

Blurred Lines

Boogie Nights

Breakdown

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Bridge over Troubled Water

Broken Strings

Brown Eyed Girl

Budapest

Build Me Up Buttercup

Burn

California Dreaming

California Gurls

Can't Stop The Feeling

Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

Castle on The Hill

Celebration

Chained To The Rhythm

Champagne Supernova

Chasing Cars

Cheap Thrills

Cheerleader

Circle Of Life

Clocks

Come Up And See Me

Counting Stars

Country Roads

Crazy

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Dakota

Dance With Me Tonight

Dancing In The Dark

Dancing in The Moonlight

Dancing In The Streets

Daydream Believer

Do You Love me

Don't Be So Hard on Yourself

Don't Look Back in Anger

Don't Stop

Don't Stop Believing

Don't Stop Me Now

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Don't You Want Me

Don't You Worry Child

Down Under

Drops Of Jupiter

Easy

Empire State Of Mind

Every Breath You Take

Everybody Needs Somebody

Everything

Everything I Do

Everytime We Touch

Faith

Fast Car

Feeling Good

Fight Song

Firework

Fix You

Footloose

Forget You

Free Falling

Get Lucky

Get Ready

Ghost

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Go Your Own Way

God Only Knows

Good Riddance

Got My Mind Set On You

Greatest Day

Half The World Away

Hallelujah

Happy

Happy Together

Heal The World

Heard it Through The Grapevine

Here comes The Sun

Hey Jude

Hey Soul Sister

Hey There Delilah

Hey Ya

Hi Ho Silver Lining

Higher & Higher

Highway to Hell

History

Ho Hey

Hold Back The River

Hold My Hand

Hold The Line

Home

Hotel California

House Of The Rising Sun

How Deep is Your Love

How to Save A Life

Human

I Can See Clearly Now

I Gotta Feeling

I Knew You Were Touble

I Saw Her Standing There

I Think We're Alone Now

I Want To Break Free

I will Survive

I Will Wait

I Won't Give Up

I'll Be There For You

I'm a Believer

I'm Your Man

I'm Yours

I've Just Seen a Face

Imagine

In My Life

In The Summertime

Islands in The Stream

It Must Be Love

It's All About You

Itchycoo Park

Johnny B Goode

Just Haven't Met You Yet

Kids

Killing Me Softly

King

Knocking on Heavens Door

Lady Madonna

Lean on Me

Learn To Fly

Let Her Go

Lifted

Like a Pill

Lips Are Moving

Little Talks

Living On A Prayer

Locked Out Of Heaven

Losing My Religion

Love Me Again

Love Train

Love Yourself

Lovely Day

Loving Each Day

Lying Eyes

Maggie May

Make You Feel My Love

Man In The Mirror

Maria

Marvin Gaye

Moondance

Moves Like Jagger

Mr Blue Sky

Mr Brightside

Mrs Robinson

My Girl

My Sharona

Never Gonna Give You Up

Next To Me

Nothing Compares 2 U

Ob La Di

Octopus's Garden

One Day Like This

Perfect

Perfect 10

Play That Funky Music

Please Please Me

Pompeii

Pretty Woman

Price Tag

Purple Rain

Put Your Records On

Radioactive

Rather Be

Red Red Wine

Relight My Fire

Ring OF Fire

Riptide

Roar

Rockin' All Over The World

Rolling in The Deep

Rude

Run

Satisfaction

Save Tonight

See You Again

September

Shake A Tail Feather

Shake it Off

Shape of You

She Looks So Perfect

She Moves in Her Own Way

She Will Be Loved

She's So Lovely

Shine

Shiny Happy People

Shut Up And Dance

Signed Sealed Delivered

Sit Down

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

Sky Full Of Stars

Somebody That I Used To Know

Something

Somewhere only we Know

Somewhere/Wonderful World

SOS

Soul Man

Space Oddity

Stand By Me

Starlight

Stay With Me

Stitches

Stuck in The Middle

Summer of 69

Sunny Afternoon

Superstition

Suspicious Minds

Sweet Child O' Mine

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Home Alabama

Sweet Soul Music

Sweetest Thing

Symphony

Tainted Love

Take On Me

Tears in Heaven

Tears of a Clown

Teenage Dirtbag

Teenage Kicks

That's Entertainment

The Edge Of Glory

The Final Countdown

The Lazy Song

The One I Love

The Way You Make me Feel

The Weight

There She Goes

Thinking Out Loud

This is Me

This Love

Three Little Birds

Tide Is High

Titanium

Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Town Called Malice

Treasure

Treat you Better

Troublemaker

Twist & Shout

Under The Bridge

Uptown Funk

Use Somebody

Valerie

Venus

Video Killed The Radio Star

Virtual Insanity

Viva La Vida

Wake Me Up

Walking in Memphis

Walking on Sunshine

Waterloo

We Are Young

We Built This City

We Found Love

What Makes you Beautiful

What's Going on

When I Was Your Man

Where is the Love

Wherever you Will Go

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Whiskey in The Jar

Whistle for The Choir

Wings

With or Without You

Wonderwall

Wrecking Ball

Yellow

You Can't Hurry Love

You Never Can Tell

You're Beautiful

You've Got A Friend

You've Got a Friend in Me

Can You feel The Love Tonight

Hakuna Matata

You're Welcome

Beauty & The Beast

Part Of your World

Let it go

Under the Sea

A New England

Knock Knock

Tiny Dancer

Your Song

Mark's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£130
Up to 1 hour	£190
Up to 2 hours	£250
Up to 3 hours	£310

Drinks reception

Two performances of up to 45 mins each during your drinks reception. Jazz Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Acoustic - a wide variety of genres and styles to choose from.

£180

New Years Eve

2x 1 hour sets. This can be split up further so I can help bring in the New Year with everyone. Party music and fun songs everyone loves to bring in a happy new year.

£700

Full Day Wedding Music

This includes CEREMONY: Music before the service begins, music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave. COCKTAIL HOUR: Live background music for guests to enjoy while mingling with other guests - Can be acoustic, jazz, Ukulele, Instrumental or with Vocals. EVENING RECEPTION: More upbeat party set including recorded music before, inbetween and after sets. Can organise more musicians to join for an extra fee depending on criteria.

£750

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

They love the crowd participation and the fact I can take requests on the spot and give the crowd exactly what they want.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Venues all over the world from theatres, arenas, bars, hotels, cruise ships and much much more.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

Various artists from several genres from Jazz, Musical Theatre, Rock, Country and Pop.

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

Performed in large arena productions including at the Royal Albert Hall

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

I always try my best to be flexible to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. If timings change slightly in the run up to the event just let me know.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Absolutely. Music in-between my sets is included in the price. If you'd like a music to be played via my PA after the final set until the venue closes, I can provide this for an additional fee.

How much time do you need to set up?

The setup time will vary depending on the venue and the kind of music I am providing. This can be discussed during the booking process.

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

My set lists are crafted from countless performances and learning what works best to ensure guests dance and have an amazing time. However I am able to take requests to some extent as I have a very large repertoire. If you want a specific song on the day of your event we can discuss this beforehand.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes, Everything I need is provided by me.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

If there is a special song you'd like me to learn I am happy to do this for you.

Musicianship

Genres:

Pop, Christmas, Contemporary classical, Film / TV music, Musical theatre, Classical, 1920s era music, 1930s era music, 1940s era music, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Country, Jazz, Cabaret, Modern jazz, Swing, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Easy listening, Light music, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Covers, Disco, Karaoke, Motown, Vintage, Tribute, Top 40, Rock, Britpop, Classic rock, Indie, Pop rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Power rock, World music, Hawaiian music, Skiffle, Gypsy jazz, Soul, Alternative rock

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Instruments:

Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, Singer, Bass Guitar, Composer, Electric guitar

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Event types:

Private event, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Virtual event

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Other skills:

Arranger, Audio engineer, Composer, Sound technician, Transcription, Actor, Dancer, Instrumental teaching, Singing teaching, Orchestrator, Producer, Live looping, Theory teaching, Community music worker, Accompanist

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