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About Marc

House musician for The Botanist UK and nationwide entertainment for weddings, corporate and celebrations of all kinds!

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Guitarist

Hull

Public liability insurance of £1 million

I'm a one-man band that specialises in creating a unique blend of atmospheric folk, rock 'n' roll, swing and big band, and acoustic pop nostalgia. I use a very unique style of performance to create immersive experiences that fit seamlessly within your special day, no matter what you're celebrating or how you celebrate it. Having previously come from working in the wedding industry, I've got a very unique perspective as to what it takes to pull off the perfect day. I'll work with all of your vendors, and yourselves especially to find the right music, vibe and finishing touch to just about everywhere you could possible want it within your wedding timeline to create absolutely unforgettable moments.

Marc

5 out of 5

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Marc's Reviews

5 out of 5

Marc performed throughout the day at our wedding. He was absolutely superb! He injected energy and fun into our day! He is incredibly kind and easy to work alongside when planning a wedding. He offered great advice from previous experiences and adds a personal touch by taking your requests on board. You can see he really wants to make your day as special as he can. Thank you so much for everything!

5 out of 5

Marc was fantastic and made our event very special. It was a festival themed hen party so a bit unpredictable weather and intoxication wise! But Marc took it in his stride and tailored it to suit all our needs. Great value for money too. Would very much recommend!

Marc's Song list

7 - Catfish & The Bottlemen

A Million Dreams - Hugh Jackman (Greatest Showman) ‡

A Sky Full of Stars - Coldplay

A Star Is Born - Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga

Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows

Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Ain’t That A Kick In The Head - Dean Martin ‡

All About You - McFly

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix

All The Small Things - Blink182

America - Razorlight

Angels - Robbie Williams

Baby I’m Yours - Arctic Monkeys

Babylon - David Gray

Bad Moon Rising - Creedance Clearwater Revival

Beautiful Crazy - Luke Combs

Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston

Been Caught Cheating - Sean Kingston

Before You Accuse Me - Creedance Clearwater Revival

Believe - DMAs

Best Day of My Life - American Authors

Beyond The Sea - Dean Martin ‡

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve

Black And Gold - Sam Sparro

Black Velvet Band - The Dubliners

Blame It On Me - George Ezra

Blowin’ In The Wind - Bob Dylan

Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day

Broken Halos - Chris Stapleton

Broken Strings - James Morrison

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Budapest - George Ezra

Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John

Can’t Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Presley

Candy - Paolo Nutini

Cannonball - Damien Rice

Canter - Gerry Cinnamon

Champagne Supernova - Oasis

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol

Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis

Closer - The Chainsmokers

Closing Time - Semisonic

Cocoon - Catfish & The Bottlemen

Collide - Howie Day

Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra ‡

Crazy - Gnarles Barkley

Creep - Radiohead

Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Dakota - Stereophonics

Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader

Dancing On My Own - Calum Scott

Dancing Queen - ABBA

Dirty Old Town - The Pogues

Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis

Don’t Stop Believing - Clementine Duo

Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac

Englishman In New York - Sting

Everything - Michael Bublé ‡

Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz

Feeling Good - Michael Bublé ‡

Fields of Athenry - Dropkick Muprhys

Fields of Athenry - Dropkick Murphys

Fluorescent Adolescent - Arctic Monkeys

Fly Me To The Moon - Frank Sinatra ‡

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi

Forget You - CeeLo Green

Fortunate Son - Creedance Clearwater Revival

Free Fallin’ - John Mayer

Friday I’m In Love - The Cure

Geronimo - Sheppard

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day

Got My Mojo Workin’ - Muddy Waters

Guiding Light - Foy Vance

Half The World Away - Oasis

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley

Handbags & Gladrags - Stereophonics

Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedance Clearwater Revival

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

Hero - Enrique Iglesias

Hey Ya - OutKast

Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel

High & Dry - Radiohead

Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles

Ho Hey - The Lumineers

Hold Back The River - James Bay

Hold My Girl - George Ezra

Hold On We’re Going Home - Drake

Holes - Passenger

Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

Hotel California - Eagles

House of The Rising Sun - The Animals/The White Buffalo

How To Save A Life - The Fray

Human - The Killers

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Hypersonic Missiles - Sam Fender

I Can See Cleary Now - Johnny Nash

I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

I Get A Kick Out of You - Frank Sinatra ‡

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

I Left My Heart In San Fransisco - Tony Bennett ‡

I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles

I Took A Pill In Ibiza - Mike Posner

I Wanna Be Like You - The Jungle Book ‡

I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me - Whitney Houston

I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab For A Cutie

I Will Go The Distance - Michael Bolton (Hercules) ‡

I Won’t Back Down - Tom Petty

I’m A Believer - Smash Mouth

I’m In Love With You - The 1975

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

If I Only Had A Brain - Robbie Williams ‡

In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra ‡

Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

Just For Tonight - One Night Only

Just The Two of Us - Grover Washington Jr

Keep Your Head Up - Ben Howard

Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer

Knocking On Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan

L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole ‡

Lady Here Me Tonight - Modjo

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac

Last Request - Paolo Nutini

Let Her Go - Passenger

Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams

Let The Be Love - Nat King Cole ‡

Life Is A Rollercoaster - Ronan Keating

Lightning Bolt - Jake Bugg

Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons

Little Talks - Of Monsters & Men

Live Forever - Oasis

Livin’ On A Prayer

Losing My Religion

Love Machine - Girls Aloud

Lovely Day - Bill Withers

Luck Be A Lady - Frank Sinatra ‡

Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin ‡

Mad World - Gary Jules

Magic - Coldplay

Many of Horror - Biffy Clyro

Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys

Marry You - Bruno Mars

Maybe Tomorrow - Stereophonics

Millionaire - Chris Stapleton

Moon River - Louis Armstrong ‡

Mr Bonjangles - Robbie Williams ‡

Mr Brightside - The Killers

My Girl - The Temptations

My Hero - Food Fighters

My Kind of Town - Frank Sinatra ‡

My Way - Frank Sinatra ‡

Naïve - The Kooks

Never Gonna Give You Up - The Fratellis

No Diggity - Blackstreet

No Place - Backstreet Boys

No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley

Not Nineteen Forever - The Courteeners

One Day - Matisyahu

Out of Luck - The King Blues

Paradise - George Ezra

Peace In The Pines - Kolton Moor & The Clever Few

Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles

Pompeii - Bastille

Proud Mary - Creedance Clearwater Revival

Pumped Up Kicks - FOSTER THE PEOPLE

Purple Rain - Prince

Rattlin’ Bog - The Irish Descendants

Red - Daniel Merriweather

Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell

Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Riptide - Vance Joy

Rocket Man - Elton John

Rule The World - Take That

Same Jeans - The View

Seaside - The Kooks

Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon

Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO

She’s The One - Robbie Williams

Shotgun - George Ezra

Shut Up & Dance - WALKTHEMOON

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Simply The Best - Billianne

Sit Down - James

Sitting On The Dock of The Bay - Otis Reading

Skyfall - Adele ‡

Smile - Nat King Cole ‡

Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi

Something In The Orange - Zach Bryan

Songbird - Oasis

Stand By Me - Ben E. King

Step Up The Morphine - DMA’s

Stop And Stare - OneRepublic

Straighten Up And Fly Right - Nat King Cole ‡

Streets of London - Ralph McTell

Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealer’s Wheel

Suck It And See - Arctic Monkeys

Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams

Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra ‡

Sun Queen - Gerry Cinnamon

Sunday Morning - Maroon 5

Sweet Caroline - Neill Diamond

Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Take It Easy - Eagles

Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver

Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters

Teacher’s Pet - School of Rock

Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

That’s Life - Frank Sinatra ‡

The A Team - Ed Sheeran

The Book of Love - Gavin James

The Galway Girl - Steve Earle

The Irish Rover - The Pogues

The Last Unicorn - Passenger

The One I Love - David Gray

The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

The Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Way You Look Tonight - Frank Sinatra ‡

The Wild Rover - The Dubliners

Theme From New York, New York - Frank Sinatra ‡

There She Goes - The LA’s

Toss A Coin - The Witcher

Try A Little Tenderness - The Commitments ‡

Twist & Shout - The Beatles

Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

Valerie - Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse

Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

Weekend In Paradise - Jamie Webster

What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong ‡

What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club

When You Were Young - The Killers

Wherever You Will Go - The Calling

Whiskey In The Jar - Thin Lizzy

Whitehouse Road - Tyler Childers

Why Does It Always Rain On Me - Travis

Wicked Game - Chris Isaak

Wild Mountain Thyme - Francis McPeake

You & Me Song - The Wannadies

You Are The Reason - Calum Scott

You Get what You Give - New Radicals

You Make Me Feel So Young - Frank Sinatra ‡

You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates

You’ll Never Be Alone - Gerry & The Pacemakers ‡

You’re Still The One - Shania Twain

You’ve Got A Friend In Me - Toy Story

Your Song - Ed Sheeran

Zombie - The Cranberries

Marc's Prices

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Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£250
Up to 1 hour	£250
Up to 2 hours	£312.50
Up to 3 hours	£437.50

Day 01

30m Ceremony set, includes 3 song requests and 15m of live music as your guests enter your ceremony room

£500

Evening 01

2x 45m sets of Live Music OR DJ Set until midnight*

£625

Day 02

Ceremony (30m) Cocktail Hour (60m)

£625

Day 03

Ceremony (30m set) Cocktail Hour (60m set) Wedding Breakfast (60m)

£750

Evening 02

2x 45m live music sets AND DJ Set until midnight*

£875

All Day Package

The Day Ceremony (30m), Cocktail Hour (60m), Wedding Breakfast (60m) The Night DJ set until midnight*

£1375

All Day 02

The Day Ceremony (30m), Cocktail Hour (60m), Wedding Breakfast (60m) The Night 2x45m Live Music Sets + DJ set until midnight*

£1500

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

Every client loves me for different reasons. Playing traditional Irish folk at an Irish family Christening, playing all the oldies that everybody loves to swing, bop and boogie too and creating unique covers of pop and folk songs that are rarely performed by acoustic acts

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

The Beverley Barn, The Botanist (York, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle & Lincoln, HedonFest 2022, Springboard Fest 2022 & 2023, Filthy's Newcastle, Leazes Park Food & Drink Festival 2016, The Gin To My Tonic Festival 2022, Popolo's Newcastle, Head of Steam (Newcastle Quayside), Hygge (Hull), Harry's Bar (Hull), The Apollo (Hull) and many, many more!

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

My main influences come from blues, rock'n'roll and Americana. Acts like Elvis, Bo Diddley, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Bob Dylan and the Eagles are main stays in my Spotify. That's not to say that I don't love singing Dancing Queen by ABBA, but its great to have that little bit of a different vibe!

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

I've played several high profile gigs including the Mayoral Civic Authority for Hull & the East Riding, performing to the councillors, mayors and Lord Mayors of the area. I've played some big local festivals mentioned above but my passion is really all for the gigs where I get to work with incredible hosts and couples planning the perfect celebration

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

I'm super laid back with changing timings. As someone that's come from working in the weddings and events industry, I know that timings very usually will need wiggle room! Keep me up to date with timing changes and I'll are sure everything runs smoothly on the date!

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

I do this as standard for every booking, even bars/pubs. As soon as I've delivered power to my system, I'll be able to put on tracks that suit the songlist for the event or ones we've agreed on ahead of time. If you'd like these as part of a live DJ set, I'm happy to bring my DJ equipment for a fee.

How much time do you need to set up?

For weddings, I'll arrive 1.5-2 hours early. For all other events, usually 1-1.5 hrs before showtime. As soon as the systems are powered, free playlist services are good to go!

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

I'm happy to write set lists based on your music likes and dislikes. I'm also absolutely fine with you picking every song for every set (usually 12 songs is one 40 minute set). I do have a recommended order for different genres that's been tried and tested but I'll work with you and work with the crowd on the day to give the best possible performance!

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

There's absolutely nothing you'll need to supply aside from the venue! All cables, PA systems, instruments etc are the tools of my trade, so naturally I bring them as a plumber brings his plunger... If you're planning on an outdoor event though, overhead coverage is required and can be supplied for a surcharge

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

I'll try to learn up to three songs for weddings booked on a package that aren't included on my songlists. The more time I'm given to listen, learn and record demos for you to hear, the better though! For other events, this will only be on an ad hoc basis and costs £30 on top of your estimate.

Musicianship

Genres:

Rock 'n' Roll, House, Deep house, EDM, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, Folk, Country, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional Scottish folk, Folk rock, Rockabilly, Classic rock, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Americana, Vintage

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Instruments:

Guitar, Percussion

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Birthday party, New Year's Eve, Christmas party, Funeral / Memorial service

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Other skills:

Sound technician, Audio engineer, MC, Fluent improviser

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