MARK LAURENT
Whangamata, NZ
Other / Singer/Songwriter / guitarist
Bio
I’ve been a professional musician since the late ‘70s. After working in bands and duos, especially over the last several years with my wife/musical partner Brenda Liddiard (aka Millennium Hippies), I’ve felt a strong calling to return to my first love – solo. I play guitar and vocal, and sometimes harmonica and rowan lute (a little instrument specially built for me). I write all my own material.
Formative influences included Led Zeppelin, Dylan, The Beatles, Rory Gallagher and John McGlau...
Comments
Crystal-Starr:
ohhh I like the new funky version of 'Crazy' Mark! Its cool! (think its hard tho cause i fell in love with the original version!)
Jan 04
Micheil Reid:
Something I Believe is another great winner Mark. Great performance!
Jun 04
Press
“MARK LAURENT AT THE BYRON VISTA SOCIAL CLUB – JULY 2005
Extract from a review
The highlight of the entire evening took place when Mark launched into some blues (to a discerning audience in a Blues festival town) during which he played blistering, brilliant acoustic guitar licks, while voice-mimicking lead guitar sounds note for note, nuance for nuance in a masterful display of technique and taste that stands as one of our Club’s most memorable performances to this day. Not only that, but he had ‘em alternately cracking up with laughter or grooving their butts off and clapping. He almost brought the house down!
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Artist Stats
Fans: 125
Song Plays: 366
Visits: 553
Video Plays: 77
Widget Hits: 7
Status
Status:
MARK LAURENT has a show on 2012-02-01 at 19:30 @ Mana Retre... in Coromandel peninsula http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/85300623 #concert
Blog
Beauty Is In The Ear Of The Beholder
May 19, 2010 at 04:56 AM
Hi Guys
My grandfather was a classically trained pianist, and he made his living as a piano tuner. He had perfect pitch, and could tune a piano to A440 without using a tuning fork or pitch pipe. My dad once told me that his dad had told him that hearing out-of-tune music could induce in him something close to physical pain. I guess he wouldn’...
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