Mark Hildreth first started training his voice in grade school, and as a child, taught himself to play the piano. He has a natural ear, even though two of his grandparents were born deaf. His career as an award-winning actor has taken him around the world - he has appeared in over 20 films and 30 T.V. series, including "Pirates of the Carribean 3." He spent 3 years studying at Canada's prestigious National Theater School in Montreal. They took 10 applicants per year. Mark was the youngest.
When he left his first band and went out on his own, an A&R rep at his very first show invited him to play a showcase for a major label in New York. After attending his second show, producer Warne Livesey (Midnight Oil, The Mathew Good Band, 54-40, The The) offered to work with Mark right away, anticipating a long, great career. Splitting his time between Los Angeles and Canada, Mark continues to perform in both countries. Mark and Mr. Livesey are currently recording a new album.
Mark is one of those people who sees the world differently than most. With a style that falls somewhere between Elton John and Stevie Wonder, he is equally adept at commanding a crowd while solo with the piano, or with a band behind him. He has performed in front of crowds of all sizes. He is a winner of the 2006 Singer Songwriter Awards, the Billboard World Song Contest, and his songs have been included on numerous CD's, and have won a number of other awards as well.
Mark Hildreth writes and sings what he means. And everything else seems to follow. Get into him. You'll see.
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September 8
I've posted 7 more songs on Broadjam.com/markhildreth. They are all songs written in the last 2 years, some are demos and some are "studio experiments"! Also, I included live versions of And If and Mark David Chapman.
Hope you like them!
Mark.
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August 28
Songwriting Contest!
One of my songs, The Beauty Of It All, has been nominated for a songwriting award from Imuzic.com. They now judge the song based on how many people go and listen to the track on their website.
If you'd like to vote for The Beauty Of It All, go to www.imuzic.com/pop.htm and find my song in the music-player (it's at the very end of the list!) They are counting how many people listen to the ENTIRE track. Then, vote with the stars at the top of the music-player!
Thanks for your vote in advance, should you choose to go listen!
Mark.
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August 18
As of next week, you will be able to partake in my new redesigned website. This site will be much more interactive, allowing you to connect with me in a whole new way!
You can sign up for my mailing list, so I can tell you when and where I'll be playing, and about new music in the works.
You can view my blog, listen to my songs as I write them, and leave me your ideas on the forum!
Check it out! www.mark-hildreth.com. I hope you like it.
Also, you may have noticed that my myspace page has been updated also. These changes were the handiwork of The Bad Robot web design and I.
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August 13
I've been thinking a lot about my impulse to help other people. Especially people in my family, who I have a special love for. I'm wondering whether my desire to help people is really based in an unselfish desire to make the world better, for them and indeed for all people, which is a desire I've had for quite some time. But then again, I'm not sure that I'm not wanting to do it for other reasons. For example, i've noticed a tendency I have to help other people with problems that I myself am having. It may just come down to projection, but I see other people struggling with something, and I have a very strong impulse to help them overcome it, especially if I can understand their problem because I myself am going through something I perceive as similar.
But the fact is, I very often put myself into action to help other people get through their problems and into the light, but comparitively rarely do I do this for myself. I am very unlikely to really do for myself what I am so anxious to do for others. And in any case, what they are really going through and what I percieve they are going through may be very different things, depending on my ability for insight at any given time. It so happens that I think I have fairly good insight into people. But this does not change the fact that I am quick to work through others' problems and uncomfrotable working through my own at times. As they say, it's always easy to see what others might need to do, but very difficult to turn that critical eye upon yourself.
My hypothesis at this point is that I am taking the easy route. That is, I am working on other people because I find it easier to realize and solve their problems than I find working on my own problems. I feel that I am breaching against myself in the sense that I am subverting my efforts onto the problems I PERCEIVE in other people and not focusing on my own issues. I this way, I am fulfilling my desire to make the world better, but not in a way that is truly effective, since I am only really working on my own projections and not actually on changing true conciousness, since I cannot really change anyone else, only they can do that to themselves. What am I so afraid of finding out about myself if I turn this well-developed problem solving ability onto myself? Am I just afraid to realize my own failures as a person? Or is there something else?
Questions to be answered in time.
Mark.
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August 7
God, I just want to say thanks for making Canada the safest place on Earth!
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