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Mark Bruce


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Engineer and Producer aka Marco Silver
Marco Silver co/owner Rich Bitch Studio’s. Formed Freebass in 1997as a band and limited company. Members included Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) Jake Roberts and guest vocalists. Signed to Cleveland City Records, Love is like oxygen made number 1 in the club charts. Now Known as Free Bass Inc. I’m currently working on new tracks and collaborations. Also personally responsible for design and circulation of promotional material including video, posters, album covers and all other aspects of producing and marketing a contemporary band. Employed by a wide range of renowned artists and record companies including E.L.O.,Ruby Turner, Rod Stewart, Sting. Pato Banton, Drummie Zeb (Aswad) Edwin Starr, Fuzzbox, Hazel O’ Connor, Slade, Warner Bros, and many others on tour throughout Europe and around the world.

Owner at F.B.I Free Bass Inc
1980 - Present·Birmingham, United Kingdom
From own initiative, Marco Silver formed Freebass as a band and limited company. Members included Roger Taylor (Duran Duran) Jake Roberts and guest vocalists. The group was successful in the production and release of its own music and live stage shows, and was signed to Cleveland City Records, achieving a number 1 hit in the club charts. Now Known as Free Bass Inc. Currently working on new tracks and collaborations. Personally responsible for design and circulation of promotional material including video, posters, album covers, and all other aspects of producing and marketing a contemporary band. Employed by a wide range of renowned artistes and record company’s including E.L.O., Ruby Turner, Rod Stewart, Sting. Pato Banton,Drumie Zeb (Aswad) Edwin Starr, Fuzzbox, Hazel O’Connor, Slade, Warner Bros,and many others on tour throughout Europe and around the world. Responsible for all aspects of sound and light production, including digital editing. Keyboard and synthesizer programming, setting up for performances. Monitoring technical efficiency, use, and transport of all equipment to ensure maximum quality of productions. Since the age of sixteen, whilst not on tour or engaged in other projects, I have been constantly involved in various production roles, mainly within commercial recording studios, accumulating a substantial array of skills and practical experience with a diverse range of musical and multimedia equipment, software - and artistes I have also been actively involved in all the logistical and administrative aspects of maintaining a commercial recording studio. Music plays a large part in my free time as well as my professional life - Teaching music technology at Matthew Bolton college for two years, and Djing 1998

ALBUMS


APPEARANCES +


Various
Music Factory Mastermix - Issue 176
2001, 2xCD, Mixed, P/Mixed, Music Factory, ,
Europop/Trance/Garage House
Various
Mastermix Issue 178
2001, 2xCD, Comp, Mixed, P/Mixed, Music Factory
The Mighty Lemon Drops
Uptight: The Early Recordings 1985/1986
2014, CD, Comp, RM, Cherry Red
Auction Project With Guest Mike Stern
Slink
2014, CD, Album, Not On Label (David Bixler Self-Released), ,
Contemporary Jazz
Nazareth
The Newz
2009
Nightingales*
EFL (Sex And God Knows What)
2004, 7", Single, Ltd, Num, Big Print
Nightingales*
Devil In The Detail
2004, 7", Ltd, Num, Big Print
Nightingales*
Black Country / Coo-Ca-Choo
2004, ,
Indie Rock
Nightingales*
Workshy Wunderkind
2004
Boulez* / Barraqué* – Pi-Hsien Chen*
Troisième Sonate / Douze Notations / Sonate Pour Piano
1997, CD, Album, Telos Records
Danté Fox*
Under Suspicion
1996
Eric Troyer & Hagley R.C. High School Choir
Perpetual Light
1994, CD, Single, Not On Label
Atlantic
Power
1994
Global Method
Spice Of Life EP
1992
Tomorrow's Joy
Strange Desire
1991, 12", Joynt Records, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Magnum
The Spirit
1991, ,
Hard Rock/Prog Rock
Various
The Last Temptation Of Elvis
1990, ,
Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Classic Rock
Pato Banton
Spirits In The Material World
1990
Jan Akkerman
The Noise Of Art
1990
The Magnificent Lkage*
The Magnificent Lkage
1989, 12", Single, Gi Records
Pato Banton
Visions Of The World
1989
Paul Alan Levi, Rolv Yttrehus, Brian Fennelly, Barney Childs
American Composers Alliance Recording Award
1988, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
The Mighty Lemon Drops
World Without End
1988, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
The Mighty Lemon Drops
Fall Down (Like The Rain)
1988, ,
Indie Rock
Remote
Feels So Good
1987
Felt
Poem Of The River
1987, ,
Folk Rock/Indie Rock
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It
Love Is The Slug
1986
Ted Chippington
She Loves You (And You Know That Can't Be Bad)
1986
We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It !!*
Radio Fuzzbox
1986, ,
Power Pop/Punk/Indie Rock
The Vindaloo Summer Special Starring The Nightingales, Ted Chippington, We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It !!*
Rockin' With Rita (Head To Toe)
1986
Phil Lynott
I Am Just A Cowboy
,
Classic Rock/Interview
Nazareth
The Newz
2008
Jan Akkerman
The Noise Of Art
1999