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Mark Baranowski
Electronica / Other

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina
United States

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   Mark Baranowski: General Info
Member Since3/17/2006
Band Websitewww.createtolive.com
Band MembersMARK BARANOWSKI - all (vocals, drum machines, keyboards, synths, etc.)

MARK'S DETAILS:
STATUS - Married
HERE FOR - Friends/Fans, Networking
ORIENTATION - Straight
HOMETOWN - Buffalo, NY
RELIGION - Christian
ZODIAC SIGN - Taurus
SMOKE/DRINK - No/No
CHILDREN - Proud Parent
EDUCATION - High School
OCCUPATION - writer, filmmaker, musician, locksmith (all serious artistes should have a day job)

MARK'S SCHOOLS:
Bennett Hs (1990-1992)
Buffalo, NY
Graduated: 1992
Student Status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma

Niagara-Wheatfield Shs (1987-1990)
Sanborn, NY

Buffalo Traditional School (1984-1987)
Buffalo, NY

St. Rose of Lima Catholic School (1980-1984)
Buffalo, NY
Influences70's Prog Rock & Soul, 80's New Wave, Heavy Metal and horror film soundtracks... Most heavily influenced by Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel/Genesis, Marvin Gaye, Dave Gahan/Martin L. Gore/Depeche Mode, The Beloved, Duran Duran, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Nine Inch Nails, The Cure, Recoil, Bryan Ferry, The Fixx, Tears For Fears, Michael Hutchence/INXS, George Michael, Hall & Oates, Dead Can Dance, Enigma, Shriekback, Yello, Jan Hammer, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Goblin/Claudio Simonetti, Stefano Mainetti, Fabio Frizzi, Simon Boswell, Ennio Morricone, John Carpenter... and even The Monkees & Bee Gees!
Sounds Like...a lot of work went into it!
Record LabelIndependent Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Mark Baranowski
Click each of Mark's album titles below to
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All The Colors Of Love (2008)
Creature Of Habit (2007)
Daemonica Sensualis (2007)
Ready For Action (2005)
I'm In Trouble Now (2005)
Heaven Help Me (I'm Alive) (2005)
Anything (2005)
Awful Goodness (2004)
Expendable (2003)
The Perfect Distraction (2003)
Bare Essentials: 5 Years Of Music (2002)
The Flesh & Blood Show (2002)
Technadrift (2000)
Point Blank (1997)

MARK BARANOWSKI: All the Colors of Love
 
MARQUIS: Creature of Habit
 
MARQUIS: Daemonica Sensualis
 
THE MARKSMAN: The Reason I Put This Together
 
AWFUL GOODNESS:
 
AWFUL GOODNESS: Awful Goodness


ABOUT MARK:

Electronic-based rhythm floods your ears with songwriting brilliance as the music of Mark Baranowski takes to the air. Offering up music that infuses the listener with its own energy and mind elevation, Mark's songs offer crisp electronic textures working in sublime conjunction with pop, rock & hip-hop elements. The end result is inspired and original songcraft.

"Vital Therapy"

The world would never know healing if not for the power of music. Mark seeks to make its curative powers come alive with his emotionally charged songwriting. “Music is vital therapy, both for the artist and for the listener,” he declares. With his songs he reaches out to the listener, offering both solace and entertainment and finding a place beyond the physical in which musician and audience can coexist and energize through the power of rhythm. “As an artist, music has been a saving grace throughout my entire life, enabling me to therapeutically release otherwise hidden emotions and frustrations. As a listener, it’s pulled me through bouts of depression, set the mood for unforgettable experiences and continuously sparked my own creativity.”

"Fear"

Fear is a tremendous force for positive, driving us to improve our lot and seek out higher goals. "Fear may be my main inspiration – fear of harm befalling my family, fear of failure, fear of mediocrity and fear of poverty." Of course, with talent such as Mark's, some of these fears will surely prove to be hollow ones. But his willingness to face the darkness and find there motivation for his art has only enhanced and enriched his songwriting, making for music with depth.

"The Artist at Work"

As of early 2008, Mark has so far released 15 CDs in the course of his career (some under the pseudonyms The Marksman and MARQUIS [pronounced mar-KEE]). He has also scored his own independent films, as well as providing music for 1998’s horror opus 5 Dark Souls: Part 2. The online soundtrack for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 also boasted a track by Mark (as MARQUIS). He's since put all this "shadowy" material behind him for awhile in order to focus on children's music, stating, "The birth of my son, Eryk, completely transformed me. I've decided it's time to use my creative talents in a more positive and uplifting way, and the children's market is just where I need to be." Although this path has so far led to considerably less success than that of his previous work, he couldn't be more satisfied with - or proud of - the results of his efforts (as he hopes Eryk will be when he's old enough to appreciate them).





MARQUIS - "Screams On A Rainy Night" music video:


MARK's FILMS:

Ill Times
(Release date: 5/13/09)
©2009 Mark Baranowski
Color, 69 minutes
NOT RATED (contains strong language, mild violence & brief nudity)


(Click image to buy DVD @ Amazon.com)

Visit the ILL TIMES page on MySpace!

Repeat visits from an amoral sex fiend keep a heroin addict hooked… A desperate single mother seeking a father figure for her son sets her sights on a local gangster… An extra-marital affair leads to murder, suicide and sweet revenge… A lonely, short-tempered man faces retribution after assaulting an attractive neighbor… ILL TIMES is a small slice of city life, and an unfortunate reflection of our own society – where priorities are out of order… where morals are non-existent… where deceit and violence is second nature… where faith has been forgotten… Where the only hope is a parent’s love.

Ill Times trailer:


Heaven Help Me, I'm In Love
(Release date: 9/27/05)
©2005 Mark Baranowski
Color, 98 minutes
NOT RATED (contains strong language and nudity)


(Click image to buy DVD @ Amazon.com,
OR, BUY / RENT it from Amazon Unbox!)

CAST (in order of appearance):
Stu – TOM McCAFFERY
Butch – MARK BARANOWSKI
Angie – RYLI MORGAN
Donald - MICHAEL HICKS
Karen - MINNA HICKS
Shannon – RACHELLE WILLIAMS
Deborah – LYNN LOWRY
Lily – BRINKE STEVENS
Guy – NIC PESANTE
Tina – HEATHER TOON
Candace - ENGLAND SIMPSON
Darryl – TODD BROWN
Ken – JIMMY MOORE
Melissa - CONNEY LEMKE


Butch and Angie are in love, but their relationship isn't progressing quickly enough for Angie. When Butch foolishly attempts to deceive her on account of a friend, whom she already dislikes, she decides to call it quits and dumps him. Meanwhile, screenwriter Donald – another of Butch's friends – is having his own problems in dealing with writer's block and a wife who's tired of being ignored. Struggling desperately to write the All-American comedy, Donald soon finds inspiration in Butch...
A devious ex-girlfriend, a pushy drug dealer, a blind date gone awry and a nagging mother (Lynn Lowry) turns Butch's weekend – and spirits – from bad to downright pathetic. As Angie tends to her ailing mother (Brinke Stevens) and begins to accept life without him, Butch races to make amends in an effort to win back her heart before it's too late.

"Very cool!! [Mark's] really funny!"
--Rachael Robbins,
Newark, NJ

"Clever writing anchors the script...
also features a decent soundtrack by the multi-talented Mark Baranowski."
--Unnoticed Films (click to read entire review)
York, PA

Heaven Help Me, I'm In Love trailer:
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LYNN LOWRY interview:
....

The Powerful Play
(Release date: 8/13/04)
©2004 Mark Baranowski
B&W/Color, 88 minutes
Unrated (contains some material for mature viewers)


(Click image to buy
DVD @ Amazon.com)

The Powerful Play begins with a collection of seven music videos which accompany the jazzy-funky instrumentals off Mark Baranowski's 2002 CD, "The FLESH & BLOOD Show" (performed under his MARQUIS pseudonym):
CAN I HAVE A KISS?
....

BORN TO DIE
....

VICTIMS

MONEY
....

THE PAIN HELPS

LIVE TO CREATE
....

THE POWERFUL PLAY (2003 reprise)
....

The videos feature an assortment of his closest friends and family (such as Ryli Morgan, Tracy Ellis, Brinke Stevens and Rachelle Williams), and present Mark's own visions of love, life, lust, death, and the afterlife.
"Living and Re-living The Powerful Play" is a short film that includes an in-depth interview with Mark himself, along with home video segments and behind-the-scenes footage.

Sin By Murder
(Release date: 2/6/04)
©2004 Vista Street Entertainment
Color, 88 minutes
Unrated (for mature viewers)


(Click image to buy
DVD @ Amazon.com)

CAST:
Michael Barnes – TIM ROSS
Michelle Barnes – RACHELLE WILLIAMS
Sharon Sloan – JYLLYAN DIXON
Jack Burns – MARK BARANOWSKI
Amy Cobb – RYLI MORGAN
Arthur Wills – STEPHEN ELLIOTT
Lee Sloan – MICHAEL HICKS
Jennifer Daly – JENNIFER CALHOUN
Female Detective – LAUREN BROWER

featuring music by THIRD EYE/Ollie Olsen and FALSE PROFITS COALITION


On the night of their tenth anniversary, corporate lawyer Michael Barnes's wife is brutally murdered. Labeled the prime suspect by Detectives Jack Burns and Amy Cobb, Barnes must try to clear his name before it's too late...
Along the way, Barnes's closest friends begin to show their true colors, and with no one left to trust, he finds himself with nothing to lose as he's faced with the toughest decision of his life.

Shot on location in St. Augustine, FL and Charlotte, NC

"One of those films that gets under your skin long after you have watched it.... A perfect example of what an erotic thriller should be."
--Douglas A. Waltz, Blogcritics.org (click to read entire review)

Sin By Murder trailer:
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Expendable
(Release date: 8/14/03)
©2003 Mark Baranowski
Color, 56/49 minutes
Unrated (for mature viewers only)

  
(Click images to buy DVDs @ Amazon.com,
OR, download from Amazon Unbox!)

David (Mark Baranowski) is a newly sold-out drug dealer who decides to pay his ex-wife Nicole (Ryli Morgan) a surprise visit before leaving town with his new girlfriend (Brinke Stevens)... only to discover that Nicole isn't the same person he knew when he left her, a year earlier. She now has a girlfriend of her own (Rachelle Williams), and David soon realizes that some things are better left in the past...

"[Mark's] best film to date. It's got everything: boy loses girl, boy gets girl, girl gets girl. How can you not love lesbian vampires? Great shower scenes. In the words of a horny Aussie, "Great bloody nipples, Mate!" Dream sequence with Brinke was a nice touch..."
--Don Donovan,
Buffalo, NY


"Yet another example of micro budget film making done correctly... Ryli Morgan’s performance as Nicole is incredible to watch."
--Douglas A. Waltz, CultCuts Magazine/Divine Exploitation
Portage, MI

"Hot gals all around, man!"
--Joe Sherlock, DR. SQUID Magazine/F & C Productions
Corvallis, OR

"Fans of indie movies where the hard work is evident on the screen will not be disappointed..."
--Mike Watt, FILM THREAT

"Very David Lynch-esque erotic bloodbath... The lesbian vampire scenes (basting each other in blood) could very well be a fetish-building complex!!!! Two fangs in for Expendable..."
--Tracy Crockett, UNSPEAKABLE Magazine
Gainesville, TX

"Keep it up, Mark!"
--Bill “Choptop” Moseley,
Los Angeles, CA

"Very Cool!"
--Linnea Quigley,
Pompano Beach, FL

Expendable trailer:
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Runaway Terror
(Release date: 6/14/02)
©2002 Mark Baranowski
Color, 60 minutes
Unrated (for mature viewers)


(Click image to buy
DVD @ Amazon.com)

CAST:
Vanessa/Lydia Slowik - RYLI MORGAN
Jill Sullivan - MELANIE MURDOCK
Adam Hill - JAMI HARRELSON
Detective Luke Brennan - MARK BARANOWSKI
Adam's Girl - MICHELLE MARTIN
Tanya Abrams - VICTORIA BRIGMAN
Tim Abrams - JASON HARRELSON
Keri Miller - PHYLLIS BARNETTE

featuring music by
DUBOK

A shady producer begins losing his actresses to a knife-wielding, masked killer. A detective teams up with the twin sister of the first victim to search for the culprit, as both the list of suspects and the body count grows...

"Absolutely AWESOME! From the opening shower scene, it keeps you guessing. What a great mix of a murder/suspense film!"
--Amy Kelly,
Charlotte, NC


"There are certain things a slasher flick must do. We need the traditional creepy music and a masked or at least hidden killer, and we need blood. There must be blood. Not buckets of it, although that's acceptable. And we need naked girls. Preferably pretty naked girls. Hooray for Mark Baranowski! He gets it all right..."
--Douglas Waltz, CULTCUTS Magazine
Seattle, WA

"Takes the slasher formula and works with it in the right way. I've seen tons of big budget slasher flicks that are far worse than this..."
--Jonathon Berry, HORROR-DOMAIN.com
Langley, B.C. CANADA

"It wasn't bad at all! The mask looked like movies from the 60's, kinda cool. It seemed kinda retro to me... Retro and me get along fine."
--Contessa Oblivian,
Flint, MI

Runaway Terror trailer:
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Despair
(Release date: 10/7/01)
©2001 Mark Baranowski
Color, 35/25 minutes
Unrated (for mature viewers)


(Click image to buy
DVD @ Amazon.com)

Mark Baranowski's solemn and haunting directorial debut, Despair is the first release from Mark's own ON MARK PRODUCTIONS. Starring only model-actress Ryli Morgan and Mark himself, the film contains very little dialogue. However, its dark and stunning visuals more than make up for it!
The film depicts a married couple's final hours, before each commits suicide. Christopher no longer wishes to live a life in which his artistic talents continue to go unrecognized and unappreciated...Yvette has no desire to live without him, and her depression drives her to both insanity and self-destruction. Mark also provides the film's soundtrack, which is a perfect match to its dark premise.

DISTRIBUTION NOTE:
On 5/28/02, the original version of Despair was released on
Seduction Cinema's "Roxanna" DVD.


CONVENTION PHOTOS (click each to view):
FRIGHTVISION - April '02
TWISTED NIGHTMARE WEEKEND - September '03
FRIGHTVISION - April '04
ConCAROLINAS - June '04
TWISTED NIGHTMARE WEEKEND - September '04
ConCAROLINAS - June '05
HEAVEN HELP ME, I'm In Love premiere - October '05
GENGHIS CON - November '05
GENGHIS CON 2 - September '06

MARK BARANOWSKI Interview w/ Douglas Waltz, for DIVINE EXPLOITATION magazine (3/06)


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Jul 8 2009 8:36 PM

THANX FOR THE ADD... HERE A COUPLE PLICKEDY'S AS A GIFT FOR ME TO YOU..
 

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Jun 17 2009 10:09 AM

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Jun 10 2009 9:33 AM

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Jun 8 2009 9:56 AM

thanks for saying that! if you know anyone who needs photos done keep in touch!
Sum 1 SpeCiAl *****





Jun 1 2009 3:01 AM


Hey You
Just checkin on ya to see how life's treatin ya...
Hope things are good..
Hugs
~T~
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Jun 1 2009 3:00 AM

Thank you my Dear friend
it is my pleasure to have you as my friend
come to visit me anytime you like
Take care

Peace Love Light
Sal
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May 24 2009 4:27 PM

Hope you have a great weekend as well!
The Black Stars





May 23 2009 4:39 AM

Cheers Mark, thanks for stopping in.

Great to meet you!!

Chris
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May 21 2009 8:54 PM

Is a Honor for me to announce that I will be working in the Tattoo Fest of Krakow for more info about the fest you can visit http://www.tattoofest.pl for appointments you can contact me by myspace or e.mail salabodymodification@hotmail.com see you there Photobucket
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May 8 2009 8:34 PM

WITCHYS WIKKED GRAPHIX

WITCHYS WIKKED GRAPHIX


Have a wonderful weekend my friend...
Hugs and miss ya
~T~
Toxic-X





May 8 2009 8:33 PM

thanx for kind words,friendship and support!you are always welcome!
Kaylene Peoples





May 2 2009 8:41 PM

Hey Mark,
Very interesting, vibey music. Enjoyed listening to your jukebox selections.

Kaylene
Streetscape Family®





May 2 2009 1:37 PM

thanks alot for the support and we will stay in touch god bless
Rae Elize





May 1 2009 10:04 AM

Thank you, take care.
Rae.
Sum 1 SpeCiAl *****





Apr 20 2009 8:45 PM

WITCHYS WIKKED GRAPHIX

WITCHYS WIKKED GRAPHIX


Where ya been, i be missin you!!!
Hugs
~T~
VanHannah Elizabeth Art.





Apr 18 2009 1:39 AM

Well thank YOU oh so much for clicking the 'accept' button when I added you. Your music is definitely lovely, I like the first song you have listed. Right up my alley. You seem very nice, good luck with getting your sound heard.
:)
Blonde Ambition





Apr 15 2009 1:20 AM

Hey Mark! Thanks for the b-day wishes! It was memorable to say the least... I got to go to Roswell and have them tell me I need surgery on Monday. HAPPY FREAKIN' BIRTHDAY!!! I'll keep you posted.
Good to hear from you, I miss you guys!
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Apr 15 2009 1:20 AM

Yo thanks my boy i really appreciate da love

LR
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Apr 12 2009 12:42 AM

WITCHYS WIKKED GRAPHIX

WITCHYS WIKKED GRAPHIX


Hugs to ya Sweetie...
~T~
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Apr 9 2009 2:28 AM

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Hugs to ya my friend...
~T~
Ashlie Rhey





Apr 6 2009 3:33 PM

May the angels be with you :-)

Ashlie Rhey
www.ashlierhey.com
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Mar 30 2009 12:56 PM

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Oh well, have a good one anyway-hope things
are good ur way...
Hugs
~T~
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Mar 29 2009 9:21 AM

You bet!! Thank you!!
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Mar 26 2009 5:24 PM

Thanks for the birthday wish :)
Naquil





Mar 26 2009 2:56 AM

Thanx MB for +ding me..
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