I decided that I would like to bring you some highlights of the talent in SL... Especially the lesser spotted variety :D Mark Allen Jensen in concert at Our Place 21st December 2016
I like to get out and see other performers when I can and I am always so happy to discover another talent that I have not heard before. Yesterday I went to "Our Place" to see Lisa Brune and was intrigued to stay. If I go along to listen to a familiar artist I like to try and catch a couple of the songs of the following artist as well. After all you don't know what you might be missing! Mark turned out to be well worth staying for. He has a lovely mellow guitar style with clarity and resonance; his voice is evocative of James Taylor and Gordon Lightfoot. He plays a combination of covers and his own songs. Mark classes himself as folk/rock but his sound is actually very fresh and contemporary. When I mentioned the similarity in his voice to Lightfoot he sang a wonderful rendition of "If You Could Read My Mind Love", a personal favourite of mine. Mark comes to us via satelite from Minneapolis. This is a return to SecondLife for him after 2 years. He has been writing and performing his own compositions since the age of 19 and has travelled a lot to perform. He describes his songs as "little pieces of his shredded soul". When I took a look at his website, I found a very honest and frank summary of his past. It was certainly no sunshine and rainbows. He stands out as an excellent example of someone who has used the shadows to fuel the creation of his songs. This has resulted in some really beautiful works such as "What Am I Still Doing Here?" and "If I Fail This Time", both of which can be found on the track listings of his website. Don't let this fool you into thinking that his songs are maudlin, far from it. In the words of one of his songs, "I don't want to write no sad songs..." He proved this as he played us one of his songs, "Hazel Green", which has a very catchy riff and an almost playful lyric. He does however maintain that it is all about "..the need for my soul to be heard" You can't argue with that. For someone as unassuming and humble in the words between his music, Mark sure has tremendous talent to share with the world. His use of melody and harmony make for enchanting songs. I should mention that he is also very funny; something I discovered before he even got on stage. Mark finished his performance with a cover of Adele's "Someone Like You" and did probably the most outstanding version I have heard in SL. Carry on Mark...! we are listening :) You can see a clip of Mark performing { H E R E } http://www.markjensenmusic.com - lots of content https://www.facebook.com/Markallanjensen/ To book Mark for your venue, please contact Nyna Slate-Sands either in world or on Facebook.
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