Mark Gordon Brown + Musician in Westerose, AB

ABOUT

I was born 5 September 1961 in Flint Michigan United States. I now live on a farm in central Alberta with my wife and we practice Permaculture and Sustainable Living. I was born 5 September 1961 in Flint Michigan United States. I am now living on a farm in central Alberta, Canada where my wife and I are committed to Permaculture, Sustainable Living, and Rare Breed, Heritage Breed, and Exotic Livestock as a means of easing some of the impact we "Humans" have made on our home Planet Earth.

Musically I am trying to create a larger picture than say a body of work that is based on specific pieces. I have extended my compostion palatte to include such things as project names, pieces titles, production values and the seemingly appearent lack of them in some cases. All of these things work together to tell a larger story and to have a larger effect on the listener that will hopefully transfer into new realities in both the material and spiritual worlds.

At times I will rework a piece several times creating several variations from it using different effects, instrumentations, timings, scales and temprements. At times even naming the piece two or 3 different names or mispelling the name of the same piece and putting it out under those different mispellings. Although it is the same piece.

Some of my work includes inaubible Binaural Beats embedded within the music as well inaudible tones which have an effect on the subconcious mind. The main goal of my work is to help people break free of the reality that has been created for them or that they have helped to create that may be a little constricting. I believe that Music and Art can be a means of changing reality into a more beneficial existance.

My concern is not to produce pieces that fall into a shiney little tune you can listen to whilst driving to the beach or a piece to listen to an orchestra belt out at the symphony. The pieces are meant as transitional doorways to be experienced in more intimate settings, as interactive tools for cleansing the doors of preception if you will.

The pieces are at times scary, at times humorous, at times loving. I guess I have taken on the role of a trickster to help you realize things within yourself and the music I create is only a catalyst for that purpose. Warning:

Some pieces are not suitable for listening by persons with Epilepsy or Severe Nervous Disorders. Also, before listening with headphones I would strongly advise a pre-listen to make sure it's not one of the pieces I play with the volume. ;)

Screen name:

Mark Gordon Brown

Member since:

Dec 31 2007

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

25

Gigs played:

50 to 100

Tend to practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to gig:

1 night a week

Most available:

Nights

Influences

I find this to be a tricky question. A person is influenced by everything that happens in their lives. So even music or art that I don't really care for or actively listen has had some effect on my music and art. However, that being said my musical tastes are very electic and not as snobbish as I might want to state publically. A typical music listening day for me can include such things as Johnny Cash, Petula Clark, or The Monkees, It could include at another time Fela, Baba Maal, or Nusrat Feteh Ali Khan, Another time The Sex Pistols, Ramones, or Patti Smith, or it could be Showtunes or The Rat Pack. Then listening to Philip Glass or Jimi Hendrix, other times I could be listening to Snake Handler's Gospel psychedelia. Other things that influence me are ideas specifically Spiritual Ideas even if I don't share those specific beliefs they do find their way into my art. Ideas such as conspiracy theories, religous paranoia and zeal. At times I try to put my self very much in to the mind of these types of people and see what I bring back from it. People like Timothy Leary, David Icke, Terrence McKenna, Rumi and even Princess Diana all of whom I respect. And people who I don't repsect like Jack Van Impe, William Buckly Jr, The Heinz Corperation, The President of The US(insert name of current or former here), PM of Britian(insert name or current or former here), Prince Charles, The Queen, Prince Fad, The PM of Isreal (Insert name of current or former here). Basically the Presidents and PMs of most countries I don't respect. Nature, Industry, Cultures of all kinds including Pop Culture, Colours, Smells, Emotions, The Play of Light and Shadows, I can hear them and Sounds also can become colours, smells, emotions etc etc for me. Also my Parents, My Sister, My Son, My Wife, My Step-daughter, My Family, My Friends, Old Loves, Old Hates and current ones. Basically everything influences me and ends up here or there in what I do. I guess it's just basic Chaos Theory

EQUIPMENT

Mark Gordon Brown: Roland D-20, Older Moog Synth,Korg Poly 800, Roland GS-33, Vox Mark 4 Brian Jones Edition wired for MIDI, Various Ethnic Instruments, Digitech Spacestation,Line 6 Filter Modulator, a couple MOTU 2408s. MOTU Midi Timepieces numerous effects pedals and units. Various Computer Software, a few computers some networked together and others not.

MUSIC