Mark Baranowski

Producer
Charlotte, NC

Live To Create, Create To Live!

Electronic-based alt rock floods your ears with songwriting brilliance as the music of Marquis (pronounced mar-KEE) takes to the air. Offering up music that infuses the listener with its own energy and mind elevation, Marquis’ songs offer crisp electronic textures working in sublime conjunction with rock elements. The end result is inspired and original songcraft.

"Vital Therapy"

The world would never know healing if not for the power of music. Marquis 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,” declares Marquis. 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 rock. “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. In the jungle, it keeps creatures alive. In life in general, it drives us to improve our lot and seek out higher goals. “Fear may be my main inspiration – fear of failure, fear of mediocrity and fear of poverty.” Of course, with talent such as that of Marquis, these fears will prove to be hollow ones. But Marquis’ 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"

His name is derived from the infamous Marquis de Sade. “The subject matter of de Sade’s writings (eroticism, sensuality, violence) is reflected to some extent in both my music and printed materials (CD covers, etc.),” says Marquis. He has released 13 CDs so far in the course of his career. 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 song by Marquis. He’s currently at work writing material for his new album and is working with A&R Select, the hottest indie A&R firm in Hollywood, CA. The new album, “Creature of Habit,” is slated for release early in 2008.

“Marquis’ music is more haunting than the most spectral-laden castle in the old country.” – A&R Select

MARK BARANOWSKI DISCOGRAPHY:
1994 - Your Momma Knows I'm A Star (as THE MARKSMAN)
1997 - Point Blank (as THE MARKSMAN)
1999 - "You're the One" (as TIME SENSITIVE)
2000 - "Technadrift" (as MARQUIS)
2001 - DESPAIR soundtrack (as MARQUIS)
2002 - The FLESH & BLOOD Show (as MARQUIS)
2002 - Bare Essentials: 5 Years of Music
2003 - The Perfect Distraction
2003 - EXPENDABLE soundtrack (as MARQUIS)
2004 - Awful Goodness (as AWFUL GOODNESS - collaboration w/ Ryli Morgan)
2005 - "Anything" (as AWFUL GOODNESS - collaboration w/ Ryli Morgan)
2005 - Heaven Help Me (I'm Alive)
2005 - I'm In Trouble Now (as MARQUIS)
2005 - Ready For Action (as THE MARKSMAN)
2006 - The Reason I Put This Together (as THE MARKSMAN)
2007 - Daemonica Sensualis (as MARQUIS)