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Hey party people! I’m Mars, I’m a reformed American Ex-Pat with 10 years of formal vocal training, who's pretty much constantly singing (either quietly or loudly) to themself.
I've been singing in choruses and choirs for almost 15 years since the age of 10. I was also the lead vocalist in two separate bands throughout High School (2013 - 2018), an American Southern Gothic band called The Neverminders and a pop-punk cover band covering Paramore, twenty one pilots, P!atD, FOB, and Weezer called Discourse. Both broke up as I moved to the UK in 2018.
Since then I have performed at two music showcases as part of the Bath Spa fine arts music program as support to mates within the program. Accompanying a harp player and bass guitar with vocals (2019) and a piano player's final project showcase (2021).
I haven't had an opportunity to sing much since moving out of Bath/Bristol area in 2022 but would love to find a band in the Herts/London area in need of a backing or leading vocalist. I love most genres and can pick up a tune really quick. I studied creative writing and songwriting at uni and love to put my poems to music as well. I'm not the best at reading sheet music as I've learned by ear for so long but I've been practicing more often with it recently (since about 2021).
I've always hung around with musicians and have picked up a lot of gear along the way (as listed below). A lot were gifts as friends upgraded, but all are in great condition and ready to be used ;)
Hit my line and reach out if you're a kindred spirit looking to fill this life with an infinite soundtrack.
- Screen name:
- okmars
- Member since:
- Aug 08 2022
- Active within 24 hours
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 13
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- 2-3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Bands/Artists I adore & would likely give a kidney to:
Pop-Punk & Punk: Paramore / twenty one pilots / Fall Out Boy / All Time Low / Panic! at the Disco / SWMRS / Des Rocs / Waterparks / blink-182 / Misfits / My Chemical Romance / The Offspring / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Sum 41 / Good Charlotte / Yellowcard / Green Day / Jimmy Eat World / Simple Plan / Weezer / BOYS LIKE GIRLS
Country & Folk: Brandi Carlile / The Head and the Heart / The Lumineers / Mt. Joy / Houndmouth / Lord Huron / KALEO / CMAT / Birdtalker / Hozier / Chris Stapleton / Elle King / The Chicks / Luke Bryan / Darius Rucker / Carrie Underwood / Dolly Parton / Shania Twain / Sierra Ferrell / Nathaniel Ratecliff & The Night Sweats / First Aid Kit / In The Valley Below / JOSEPH / BOY / The Oh Hellos / Of Monsters and Men / The Civil Wars
Indie: Rainbow Kitten Surprise / Noah Kahan / Vulfpeck / half • alive / Saint Motel / The Correspondents / Still Woozy / Glass Animals / Two Door Cinema Club / HAIM / Lime Cordiale / Portugal. The Man / GROUPLOVE / Girl In Red / Jake Bugg / Declan McKenna / Hippo Campus / Soccer Mommy
Classic Rock: Jefferson Airplane / The Rolling Stones / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Aerosmith/ Supertramp / Golden Earring / The Police / Fleetwood Mac / U2 / Pixies / AC/DC / Talking Heads / The Beatles / The Doors / Billy Joel / Dire Straits / Journey / Van Morrison / The Who / ELO / Queen / Foreigner / Paul Simon / Jimi Hendrix / Blue Oyster Cult / David Bowie / Heart / The Beach Boys / Eric Clapton
Modern Rock: Greta Van Fleet / Cage The Elephant / alt-J / The Luka State / The Black Keys / Nothing But Thieves / Franz Ferdinand / Foo Fighters / The Struts / Maneskin / Enter Shikari / The Neighbourhood / Foals / IDLES / Gorrilaz / Snow Patrol / Electric Guest / Bleachers / Queens of the Stone Age
Hip Hop & R&B: Jessie Reyez / Dave / Stormzy / Jay-Z / Kanye (lmao I'm sorry) / Post Malone / A$AP Rocky / SZA / Nicki Minaj / Anderson .Paak / Freddie Dredd / Chance the Rapper / N.E.R.D / Outkast / Blackstreet / A Tribe Called Quest / Run-D.M.C / Macklemore / Kid Cudi / Kendrick Lamar / Childish Gambino / Wiz Khalifa / Rae Sremmund / Baby Keem / Timbaland / BROCKHAMPTON
Electronic & DNB & House: Savant / Jungle / Kungs / Major Lazer / Kygo / Daft Punk / Chromeo / Yves / Big Wild / CAZZETTE / Blue Foundation / Zeds Dead / Madeon / NOISY / Bassboy / Parov Stelar / MEDUZA / AWOLNATION / Fatboy Slim / Cassius / Moby / Mystery Skulls / KAYTRANADA / Pendulum / ODESZA / Grimes / The Chemical Brothers / Knife Party / Broken Bells / The XX
Pop: Matt Maeson / Dua Lipa / Conan Grey / Prince / The 1975 / Lorde / Bastille / Ella Eyre / Ava Max / Imagine Dragons / Pink / Rhianna / Beyonce / Adele / Coldplay / The Weeknd / OneRepublic / Lady Gaga / Britney Spears / Black Eyed Peas / PRETTYMUCH / Kim Petras / Ellie Goulding / Nelly Furtado / Justin Timberlake / 5SOS / Christina Perri / Birdy
And so. so many more...
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Expert
- Vocalist - Soprano:
- Expert
- Vocalist - Alto:
- Expert
EQUIPMENT
* Macbook Pro 2021 with Riverside.fm & Ableton Live 10 & Audacity (10+ years of experience using Audacity)
* 2x Blue Snowball Mics with wind guards
* 1 Shure SM58 Mic
* Phenyx Pro UHF Wireless Handheld Microphone System (2 wireless mics with UHF receiver)
* 2x JBL IRX108BT Portable PA Speaker w/ Bluetooth
* Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB Audio Interface (Gen 3)
* 1 set of Shure SE215 In-Ear earphones
* the t.bone IEM D2.4 In-Ear Monitor
