Biography

Hello. My name is Mark and I'm a self-taught pianist, composer, performer, and producer of improvisational solo piano for tv, film, video games, soundtracks and content, including YouTube history channels with millions of views. I'm also rather odd.

How odd ? This happy little bio explains how we got here:

After learning chess at the age of six, I won several senior open tournaments playing mostly against bewildered adults. But, along the path from child prodigy to Candidate Master I discovered that, when it comes to excitement and sexiness, chess is firmly on a par with basket weaving. So my focus switched to football/soccer.

I developed a reputation as a prolific goalscorer, wore silly shorts and had professional tryouts. It was much more exciting. Sadly, it all ended prematurely when my knee decided to go in three different directions at the same time. So, I moved to Florida, worked as a fitness trainer and went to college. I also had a lot of surgery.

While laid up in bed I taught myself piano in 3 weeks, by noodling on a keyboard, and soon began improvising my own piano solos. People seemed to love them so I released an album and started doing weddings and hotel gigs. After landing a regular spot at Arthur’s 27 in the Buena Vista Palace, I became a full time composer, performer and recording artist. This allowed me to share my original piano solos six nights a week with audiences from all walks of life. The highlight was when Michelle Pfeiffer sat next to me during a performance. I have not bathed since.

After more than 1,000 live performances over three years, my frequent bouts of autistic burnout became unmanageable. Oh, I should probably mention that I'm 2e ASD-1. This sounds like a droid from Star Wars but basically means I have the same neurodivergent profile as Elon Musk. Sadly, in my case it comes with far less aptitude for making money.

Anyway, I took a long break from music and obtained a real estate license which they didn't let me laminate (I'm not kidding, it's apparently illegal). A series of wonderful opportunities landed in my lap so I moved to New York City, then moved back to Florida, then back to New York City, then finally back to my beloved Florida. The general consensus is that I did this just for the going away parties. I also did comedy in New York, which went about as well as you would expect.

In 2023, I literally ran out of other things to do and thus had no choice but to go back to being a full-time musician. I subsequently licensed my entire collection across all forms of media. One of the history channels featuring my music garnered 20 million views alone. I'm as shocked as you.

I've appeared in Jam Magazine and Lifestyle, but nowadays avoid publicity like the plague. I did make a rare appearance as a featured special guest on One World Music Radio when two of my singles Spellbound and Rubicon both entered the top 40 in 2025. But, I prefer a reclusive, solitary existence. Most people are thankful for that.

Outside of music, I have lifted weights all of my life and still train like a maniac 5 days a week. It's the only time I see 3-dimensional people these days. I also love to box and shoot. An autistic with weaponry is not the most comforting thought. But, rest assured, I have excellent trigger discipline and my ammo is lined up beautifully.

As a polymath, I'm an avid reader covering a wide variety of completely unrelated and mostly pointless subjects. My current obsession is Quantum mechanics and simulation theory. Building on the work of Tom Campbell, Rizwan Virk and Nick Bostrom, I wrote a ground-breaking paper called Indeterminacy as Intrinsic to Consciousness, (A refinement of Campbell's Consciousness-First Framework). This is about as much fun to read as you would expect.

Anyway, that's the story so far... Oh wait. Over the years I've coached football at High School, College and Semi-pro levels. But, one can only experience so many soccer mum's.

To date I've released five concept albums. Images (1996), After the Storm (2013), Koan (2017) Contact (2023) and Imperium (2025). Everything was written the same way. Meditate on a theme while noodling on the piano. Hit record. Go where it takes me. Unedited, unrehearsed one-take improvs. Just as the universe intended.

If you like improvisational piano, and wish to show support, please go stream my music. If you do not like piano music, go stream my music anyway. It will help feed the cats.

No pressure, if you don't stream my music the cats will still eat ... probably each other. Either way thank you for your support.