Continued to write songs and play music while attending college. Moved from the Washington, DC, area to Los Angeles in 1977, and began recording there, later organizing/fronting The Spellbinders. Relocated back to the Washington, DC, area in 1983, forming/fronting The Marksmen and The Redeemers. Instruments: organ, piano, synthesizer. Released in 2010: 10-song CD, "It Happened One Evening" -- retrospective blend of chamber pop, lo fi, and progressive rock, the recording of which spanned some years, the first group of songs being completed in Hollywood, the balance later in DC. Remixed and mastered. Musicians playing on songs recorded in Hollywood included Peter Case (The Plimsouls, The Nerves); Patrick Jones (The Red Rockers); Dale Nickey (Virginia and The Slims); and Glen Laughlin (The Dickies). Rocktober Magazine, October 2010: "Mark is the man! Dramatic story songs, or story-like songs with madrigal like singing and sax or harmony or keyboard flourishes that make this fall somewhere between lo-fi Phil Spector drama and outsider art." Sea of Tranquility, September 2010: "sounds like Al Stewart and dare I say, at least on 'The Flying Dutchman,' a bit like Roy Orbison. . . . memorable film-score-like sax solos on the title track and 'Song of Songs'" Bands: The Spellbinders (Hollywood, 79-82), The Marksmen (DC, 84-87), The Redeemers, (DC, 88-04). Recordings: The Marksmen: "Gypsy Girl" comp LP, Fury Records (UK); "Zorch Factor II" comp LP, Nervous Records (UK); The Redeemers: "The Redeemers" LP, "Love's Final Round" CD (solo, with The Redeemers), "She Rocks n Rolls All Night & Day" CD, One Horse Records; "The Best of Little Steven's Cavestomp! Garage Rock Band Search, Vol. 1" CD, THE WIZ.