Marcus Fire "Fya" is a West Coast music producer, didgeridoo virtuoso, DJ, MC, multi-instrumentalist live looper, and beatboxer. He's currently writing music in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

Lately he's been a guest freestyle MC regularly in the southern Oregon area. He's one of the world's most famous percussionist Brent Lewis accompany him at many of his shows. He's played with Ganga Giri, David Blonski, Arjuna, Radioactive 'Michael Franti', Victoria Williams, and Flowerbox. Marcus has been blessed to play recently with Southern Oregon's finest musicians. He's freestyled with
Alcyon Massive, Frankie Hernandez, Skunkfunk with Evton B of Indubious (MC and Bass), MC'in and bhingi drumming with Mista Chief, Marko, Alcyon Massive, Ras Cricket, Brian of "Synergy", Ras David, and the Cultivators (bhingi) , as well as guitar for the first incarnation of 100 Watt Mind, as well as Sister Molly Rose. He played didgeridoo at the Beloved festival for liquid fire mantra...later joined by DJ Cheb I Sabbah on deck!

Marcus also performed at the Joshua Tree Music Festival with "Kundalini Rising" and the "overtone singing choir". Also at the Joshua Tree Didgeridoo festival he regularly was a performer. He hosted the open mic stage there for years. There he was called Mark Zero, and a group formed magically one day called "Tribe Zero". Marcus has been playing the Oregon Spring Fair in Roseburg for five years. and many of the world's best didgeridoo players.

Marcus began piano at age 3 at the Yamaha music school. He spent most of his early years (8 to 17 reading, drawing, writing poetry, and short stories with ambitions to be a professional writer. Seeing the limitations with a career in poetry, he decided to focus more on music.

Marcus performed at the Joshua Tree Music Festival with "Kundalini Rising" and was a main vocalist in the "overtone singing choir". Also at the Joshua Tree Didgeridoo festival he regularly was a performer. He hosted the open mic stage there for years. There he was called Mark Zero, and a group formed magically one day called "Tribe Zero".
Marcus attended the National guitar Workshop for many years. Finally completing a week intensive with Full Sail's summer recording course.
More private guitar lessons followed, lot's of practice, as well as community college.

In college (Riverside, CA) he studied music theory, MIDI/recording/jazz improv, classical guitar, choir and vocal lessons. He played jazz guitar in the school band, percussion in the orchestra, and classical guitar in the ensemble. He worked in the MIDI computer lab for a year as a tutor.

At home he studied even more to fill in the gaps- getting funky, learning reggae, hip hop, rock n' roll. electronica and recording with Digital Performer. He learned the art of jamming from the young rockers that were attending school. It was here he discovered Yoga and Pilate's stress reducing techniques there.

Eventually he dropped out, and tuned completely into making the music and art he really wanted to. Leaving the city behind he ventured biblically into the desert for five years.

In Joshua Tree he discovered world music and Vipassana meditation- the missing links. Now he is a professional percussionist and didgeridoo performer.

He performed at the Joshua Tree Music Festival with "Kundalini Rising" Also at the Joshua Tree Didgeridoo festival he regularly was a performer. He hosted the open mic stage there for years. There he was called Mark Zero, and a group formed magically one day called "Tribe Zero".

He studied Yoga in Joshua Tree with two amazing Yoga teachers, for three years. The human pretzel Max Thomas (of Living Yoga, director of White Lotus Yoga, and teacher to Sting). Later Marcus successfully taught Yoga at the YMCA - certified to teach by the Universe.

Marcus moved to the Northwest 8 years ago to escape the California craziness and get closer to Family.

In Ashland, Oregon he has been blessed to play bass for Prema Mayi's Kirtan group. As well as a hibernating world music jam band-heavy on percussion! He's played handdrums alongside DJ's for many ecstatic dances.

Marcus is also an accomplished acrylic, watercolorist, and ceramist with past art shows selling out.

Currently he is finishing his first conscious hip hop album with tasty world music flavors. He's also learning to perfom with the newest audio tool "Maschine" by Native Instruments.