About Dave

Dave Marks is a busy freelance musician living and working out of London. Since 1997, he has worked as a professional musician, producer, writer, arranger, teacher, gear demonstrator and magazine writer (journalist??) Aside from his full playing, teaching and masterclass schedule, Dave maintains a heavy web presence, blogging on his own site and keeping his Youtube channel stocked up with fresh content.

His CV includes an incredible array of artists from a huge range of different genres.

Pop and Rock artists:


Wishbone Ash	Julian Perretta	Saintsaviour	Rick Parfitt Jr

Jack Mc Manus	Gareth Gates	Thriller Live	Paul Carrack

….. the list continues….. Boo Hewerdine, Gary Brooker (Procul Harum), Steve Balsamo, Foy Vance, Sarah deCourcy (Kylie Minogue), X-Factor stars Andy Abraham & Brenda Edwards, Leo Green (Jools Holland Big Band), Loick Essien, Rosalie Deighton and Laura and the Tears.

He has also had the priviledge of working alongside some of the finest musicians in the world. These gigs have ranged from rock to jazz, country to funk, but have always been with the highest calibre of players.

Guitar legends:


Larry Carlton	Albert Lee	Mattias ‘IA’ Eklundh	Richard Smith

….. the list continues….. Dr. Richard Niles (Pet Shop Boys, James Brown, Michael Mc Donald), Justin Sandercoe (of justinguitar.com) Shaun Baxter and Dave Kilminster (Roger Waters).

Drum stars:


Stanton Moore	Mark Schulman	Carl Palmer	Pete Zeldman

….. the list continues….. Neal Wilkinson (James Morrison), Geoff Dunn, (Van Morrisson) and with alternative groups like The Radial Trio; London Contemporary Choir ‘The Heard’, The Ulster Youth Jazz Orchestra (UYJO), Mercury-nominated Hip-Hop artist Ty, British Soul Legend Ola Onabule, UK Country music star Billy Curtis and Canadian Country star Jayalyne Tradler, Progresive death band Linear Sphere and for the last two years, Dave has worked as the MD for the global ‘Guitar Idol’ competition finals at the London International music show.

Studio

Dave has also done sessions for a wide range of producers, including: Jon Kelly (Kate Bush, Paul Mc Cartney), Ash Alexander (Queen, Henry Mancini), Yak Bondi (Emma B, Billie, Lisa Stansfield), John Gallen (Queen, George Benson), Peter Cunnah (D:Ream), Joshua Blair (Duran Duran, Beyonce), Motti Cohen and Jo Webb (Killerfix, Annie Lennox).

From 2008 – 2010, he occupied a room in Stanley House, the studio complex owned by Hugh Padgham (The Police, Sting, Phil Collins) and Chris Potter (The Rolling Stones, The Verve), working as a session musician, arranger and producer for a number of emerging London-based artists.

During 2010, Dave has been touring with the D:REAM (of ‘Things can only get better’ fame), the Rick Parfitt Jr Band, and Ola Onabule.