Mark Warner (guitarist)
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Mark Warner is a Nashville, Tennessee
session guitarist
, published songwriter
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and Pop
music recordings
. []
Warner has received public music industry acknowledgement
for his songwriting contributions. In 2001 he won the Paramount Music Summer Songwriting Contest. He was then recognized for his lyrical
accomplishments in the October 2001 edition of ASCAP Playback Magazine. http://allencrane1.web133.discountasp.net/ASCAP/Playback_Honored_October_2001.htm
Warner credits several guitarists for providing his early musical influence, including Jimmy Page
, Joe Perry
and Peter Frampton
. Later artistic influences include Tom Keifer
and Jani Lane
.
Warner may be best known for his extensive electric and acoustic work on the Allen Crane
Broken Promises EP
which was released
on The Orchard Records
http://www.theorchard.com/dist/releaseInfo.php?upc=803680259627 in 2000 and features several notable artist
s including Cinderella
drummer
Fred Coury
. http://www.fredcoury.com/credits.html
Warner has since written material for, and co-produced other artists alongside former Sony Records veteran engineer and producer Voytek Kochanek at Atlantis Studio Nashville.http://allencrane1.web133.discountasp.net/credits/productioncredits.htm
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
session guitarist
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
, published songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
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Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
music recordings
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
. []
Warner has received public music industry acknowledgement
Acknowledgment (creative arts)
In the creative arts and scientific literature, an acknowledgment is an expression of gratitude for assistance in creating a literary or artistic work....
for his songwriting contributions. In 2001 he won the Paramount Music Summer Songwriting Contest. He was then recognized for his lyrical
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
accomplishments in the October 2001 edition of ASCAP Playback Magazine. http://allencrane1.web133.discountasp.net/ASCAP/Playback_Honored_October_2001.htm
Warner credits several guitarists for providing his early musical influence, including Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
, Joe Perry
Joe Perry (musician)
Anthony Joseph "Joe" Perry is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. He is influenced by many rock artists especially The Rolling Stones and The Beatles...
and Peter Frampton
Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton is an English musician, singer, producer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. He was previously associated with the bands Humble Pie and The Herd. Frampton's international breakthrough album was his live release, Frampton Comes Alive!. The album sold over 6 million copies...
. Later artistic influences include Tom Keifer
Tom Keifer
Carl Thomas Keifer is an American vocalist for the band Cinderella.-Early life:Keifer grew up in a musical family and began playing guitar at a young age. Keifer soon fell in love with the blues and was heavily influenced by this kind of music.Keifer joined his first rock band while in junior high...
and Jani Lane
Jani Lane
Jani Lane , born John Kennedy Oswald, later changed to John Patrick Oswald, was an American recording artist and the lead vocalist, frontman, lyricist and main songwriter for the hard rock band Warrant....
.
Warner may be best known for his extensive electric and acoustic work on the Allen Crane
Allen Crane
Allen Crane is an American rock band from Nashville, TN. Allen Crane was formed by session guitarist Mark Warner. [] Warner is the sole lyrical and musical creative force of the band....
Broken Promises EP
Broken Promises (album)
Broken Promises is the Allen Crane debut CD which features guitarist Mark Warner [] and veteran Cinderella drummer Fred Coury. []-Track listing:All tracks by Mark Warner# "Broken Promises" – 4:35# "She Came To Me" – 3:10# "Hootie Hoo Hoo" – 4:10...
which was released
Release (music)
In the music industry, a release is usually a term referring to the creative output from an artist available for sale or distribution; a broad term covering the many different formats music can be released in, and different forms of pieces .The word can also refer to the event at which an album or...
on The Orchard Records
The Orchard (music label)
The Orchard is a New York City based digital distribution and entertainment services company that works with independent artists and labels, and content providers...
http://www.theorchard.com/dist/releaseInfo.php?upc=803680259627 in 2000 and features several notable artist
Artist
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s including Cinderella
Cinderella (band)
Cinderella is an American heavy metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation. They were famous for being a glam metal band, but then shifted over towards a more hard...
drummer
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
Fred Coury
Fred Coury
Fred Coury is best known as the drummer for the glam metal band Cinderella. Coury lists Neil Peart, Peter Criss, Bobby Blotzer, Eric Carr, Tommy Lee and Tommy Aldridge as his drumming inspirations....
. http://www.fredcoury.com/credits.html
Warner has since written material for, and co-produced other artists alongside former Sony Records veteran engineer and producer Voytek Kochanek at Atlantis Studio Nashville.http://allencrane1.web133.discountasp.net/credits/productioncredits.htm