Mark Stephenson

Mark Stephenson began playing keyboards and piano at age 8, but didn't start writing songs until he picked up the guitar some years later. Avidly studying great songwriters he set out to learn as many songs as possible. Spending countless hours recording and arranging songs for himself and people he collaborated with, he eventually found himself in school for recording engineering, learning the more technical aspects of what goes into various types of sounds, as well as how different instruments are recorded. This ultimately enabled him to realize the sounds he had swirling around in his head, although not without a lot of experimentation. After years of working out sounds as well as refining his songwriting style, he feels that he is just starting to hit his stride musically. This is definitely an emerging artist to keep an eye (and ear) on.