Rotating band membership includes: Stephan Crump, Aaron Kant, Peter "The Baron Von" Lindberg, Bob Parins, Rodney Q. Sherwood, Angie Ketterman.
Appearing on Mark McAdam's albums: Rain Phoenix, Pete McNeal, Dermot Mulroney, Sandy Chila, Jon Graboff and more. More!
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If you like Elliott Smith, Belle & Sebastian, Wilco, Tom Waits, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Rilo Kiley, Simon & Garfunkel, Jose Gonzalez, Yo La Tengo, The Shins, or The Replacements...you might like Mark McAdam, too.
NOTICE - Mark McAdam is on an extended hiatus from being "Mark McAdam." You can see him performing with The Stevensons, Coney Island Swandive, or The Citizens Band until further notice. However...
*THE NEW ALBUM - CAVALCADE - IS NOW AVAILABLE ON I-TUNES!
This is not a proper bio. A proper bio is written in the third person, preferably authored by someone other than the subject. I'm sure there are proper bios for me somewhere online, although my own website is under longterm construction. There were safety codes violated, evidently, wiring issues, and a dodgy general contractor who skipped town.
The things you see on this page, written as if Im not right here in the room, written in the third person like that... those things are written by the Record Company People. They are professionals. You can tell its them, not me, by the way the call me McAdam. Whereas I call myself me or I. Like, Jose Gonzales over there, for instance. Never heard of him. I'm sure he's nice and it sounds like he's talented. But I wouldn't know him if he came up and bit me on the shoulder.
I would like to clear a few things up:
Yes, I am from the seacoast region of New Hampshire. Its really a beautiful place. You ought to visit sometime. I go back as often as I can. However, if you go there, please dont bother my parents or show up at their house unannounced. They dont have any spare locks of my hair or baby photos they will give you, nor will they let you use the bathroom. Theyre nice, giving people, but really.
Yes, I live in New York now and have a little studio in my apartment. Yes, that really is my apartment in that video.
No, you may not have the address.
No, for the thousandth time, I am not dating a certain British model whose name I wont mention here for fear of breathing new life into that rumor. Nor am I dating Thora Birch. Nor was I ever seen canoodling with Regine from Arcade Fire! Who Ive never even met, and who, I believe, is MARRIED TO THE TALL GUY!
Yes, I used to live in Los Angeles and I was in the band Sumack.
Here are some things people wrote about my last record
"Beautiful, fabulous, incredible. Sweet, lightly raspy, melodic, excellent vocals, wonderfully-fit lyrics, poppy, weepy, gorgeous guitar melodies, and clever structures reign in each and every song." - Action Attack Helicopter
"A low-key, hidden gem of a record. The kind of album Wilco might make if they never read their own press clippings." - All Music Guide
"McAdam passes through one musical room to another, but always with the kind of relaxed skill that most musicians secretly aspire to." - Amplifier
"...imaginative, crisp, smart and inventive. We have gone completely apeshit over this album." - Babysue.com
"Boy Wonder is perceptive and lonely, alternately sparse and lavish, evocative and amusing, ... One of the most intelligent, enjoyable albums Ive heard in a long time." -Splendid
*A friend just told me that TWO films that I composed music for were on the myspace front page for film. "God Grew Tired of Us" and "Dante's Inferno." You ought to check them out, I'd say.
*Our little video over there is listed in SPIN magazine's "Don't Miss Videos" section of the December 2006 issue. Check it out, if you're so inclined.
*"Too Hard" was featured on the January 15, 2006 episode and the Thanksgiving episode of "Grey's Anatomy." You may have also heard bits of my music on Californication (an embarrassing title), Men In Trees, and several other network shows I have yet to witness.
I still listen to my Sumack album all the time. It might skip like a mother in some places, but it still makes me happy. I remember I was part of the street team like a decade ago.
Hey there old friend. WOW! Life has been so hectic and such a whirlwind that I had forgooten how long it has been since we caught up. I hope that you had a great summer, and enjoy your Holiday weekend. Iam off from work for some mich needed R&R. YAY!
As 2007 comes to a close, I was thinking about you. :) May 2008 bring you joy, love, life and all the professional & personal success that the world has to offer.
As 2007 comes to a close, I was thinking about you. :) May 2008 bring you joy, love, life and all the professional & personal success that the world has to offer.
