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"Originally from Brooklyn, NYC, Mark began his music career at the Institute of Audio Research (IAR) in New York City in the summer of 1970. At the young age of 16, Mark was commuting into Manhattan, NYC at night, learning the inside ropes of making records and recording up & coming basement bands. After graduating from IAR and high school in the same year, 1972, Mark was drawn to the Brit sound and was off to London, England, where he soon arrived on the doorsteps of AIR Studios, one of the world’s most renowned recording facilities, owned by Sir George Martin. “I just flew over and started walking the streets of London looking for a job, stopping in every studio that I took off the back of my favorite albums.” he remembers.
Mark soon met Nigel Walker, who was working as an assistant to producer John Punter on an Alan Clarke (lead singer of The Hollies) solo project at AIR Studios. “That ended up being my first job in the business, working with John Punter and Sir George Martin, getting cigarettes & coffee for the guys and just watching & listening in the background, absorbing everything.” Not only did Mark gain a considerable amount of expertise in engineering and mixing records but also invaluable experience in classic rock production and orchestral techniques working as an assistant under Sir George Martin. Sir George was responsible for producing arguably the most influential band in the history of rock ‘n’ roll, The Beatles.
Working with Sir George Martin started out simply recording classical records in the different cathedrals around London for the Grammy Award winning chamber choir group, The King's Singers. He soon began setting up and assisting on various Sir George Martin and Sir Paul McCartney sessions.
Mark’s experience led to his first major engineering assignment; Carly Simon’s ""No Secrets"" album, which included the international smash, “You’re So Vain” (YES, he does know who it's about !!!), and would become his very first of many engineering & mixing credits. Hanging out with Mick Jagger for the background vocals on “You’re So Vain” and then going over to Olympic Studios for the mixing of the Rolling Stones live ’72 tour tapes was certainly the highlight of his early years and all before the age of 19. However, this was only the beginning for Mark. “I’d say the most amazing session had to be ""Live and Let Die"", performed by Sir Paul McCartney and Wings, “They had a 63 piece orchestra in there and I felt like I had emptied every ashtray known to man before the end of that one.” (In fact, ""Live and Let Die"" is one of the very few songs from the Bond films to be nominated for a Best Song Oscar.)"
