Vancouver
32 Years Old
Singer-Songwriter, Vocalist

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"To move the world, we must first move ourselves. - Socrates"

BIOGRAPHY

With two born-deaf grandparents, Mark Hildreth was an unlikely musical prodigy. The eldest son of British parents, Mark was exposed as a child to some of the great musical legends of the sixties and seventies – Bob Seger, Elton John, Billy Joel, and John Lennon, and taught himself to sing and play piano at the age of 10.

At eighteen, Mark was accepted to one of Canada’s top arts programs, in the culture-rich city of Montreal, Quebec. They accepted 12 applicants a year – Mark was the youngest. After playing just two gigs, he was invited to showcase at Sony/BMG in New York, and signed a demo deal with Warne Livesey, the prodigious producer of Midnight Oil, Holly McNarland, The The, 54-40, and The Mathew Good Band. Having sold over 15 million records in his career to that point, Mr. Livesey knew that Mark’s first album, Complex State Of Attachment, an instantly hummable collection of pop/R&B;songs rife with heart, honesty and groove, would be a success.

It was around this time that Mark’s life suddenly changed. One of his closest friends died suddenly of a drug overdose. With this momentous event, Mark discovered a new passion for an ideology behind his music, and the one musician who would offer him a musical sensibility to aspire toward – Stevie Wonder. “What really gets me about Stevie is his perspective as a songwriter. He always writes from a standpoint of building love, compassion and integrity in the world, and that is what I want to do with music.”

With hundreds of stage appearances under his belt, Mark Hildreth is on a mission to leave the world a better place than he found it through music. The winner of the 2006 Singer Songwriter Awards, and the Billboard World Song Contest, he splits his time between Los Angeles and Vancouver, Canada. Mark has a perspective and an emotional depth that is rare in this world, and it only takes one meeting to see it. “I know that people can change, that the world can change, because I changed. And I want to share that.”

Complex State Of Attachment, and it’s first singles Magic Spell and Siddhartha, can be heard at Mark’s website, www.mark-hildreth.com, and his Myspace page, www.myspace.com/mhildreth.

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Pop, R&B

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Mark Hildreth, I own my own publishing

Contact

Management: unmanaged
Publishing: mark@mark-hildreth.com
Label: mark@mark-hildreth.com
Booking: mark@mark-hildreth.com

P.R.O.

ASCAP

INSTRUMENTS

keyboard / piano / vocals

INFLUENCES

Elton John Stevie Wonder Billy Joel Peter Gabriel Sting John Mayer Coldplay

DAY JOB

Professional actor - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383926/

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing online
in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv
in getting a record deal
in getting a publishing deal

I WRITE:

It's my second job

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

SONG CUTS

Mark Hildreth

SONG PLACEMENTS

SPECIAL APPEARANCES/CREDITS Millenium Music Conference 11 New Music West 11 Diaspora For Africa – Vol. 2 “The Beauty Of It All” Noteborn Music Film and TV Licensing “Ready To Fall”

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

AWARDS Grand Prize Winner – 2008 Vision 4 Music Songwriting Awards “Magic Spell” Winner – 2006 New Generation Song Contest “Ready To Fall” Top 12 Finalist – 2006 We Are Listening Singer Songwriter Awards “Ready To Fall” 14th Annual Billboard World Song Contest “Ready To Fall” “Love Will Make It Certain” Top 16 Finalist – 2007 Peacedriven Song Writing Awards 2008 Disc Makers' Independent Music World Series Winner - Magic Spell LA Music Awards – Single Of The Year nominee Magic Spell

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

Singles: "Change Of Mind" - 2009 "Magic Spell" - 2008 "Siddhartha" - 2008 "Ready To Fall" - 2007 "Love Will Make It Certain" - 2007 "I'll Be Your Eyes" - 2006

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