SINGER/SONGWRITER MARK GREENAWALT

A breif bio about the music and songwriting of Mark Greenawalt and career highlights. Licensed music synched to film TV and advertising campaigns. Mark Greenawalt performances and recordings as a solo artist. Bands that Mark Greenawalt has played in as a musician, singer, and songwriter. The songwriting works of Mark Greenawalt and his wonderful co-writers. menu for body art gallery by Mark Greenawalt

Mark Greenawalt started playing music seriously when he assembled a band and produced a two hour rock concert in high school. After that he started playing nightclubs in the Mid-Atlantic region with the bands NiteKap and Center Alley while attending Penn State University. He began writing and recording his original songs in the basement on a Tascam 4-Track recorder and then moved to Arizona after graduating with Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He formed the Phoenix-based band, ANTI-M, with friend and collaborator Ed Clapper and they recorded two independent albums entitled "Beyond the Emerald City" and "Exhibit 'A'". Their song "Until The Fire's Gone" was placed in the feature film OPEN ARMS and it received rotation on local radio. Next Greenawalt joined Gemini Records recording artist RAY WHEELER AND THE EDGE and did a national tour of college campuses. While in this band he co-wrote the song "Over The Edge" with guitarist Scott Brown which was recorded on their second CD.

In 1995 he moved to Nashville, Tennessee to persue songwriting and had the opportunity to perform at venues such as the Bluebird Cafe, Tootsies Orchid Lounge, The Broken Spoke, and even the Nashville Arena. His collaborators included Dawna Bradford (writer for Trick Pony), Kristy Deck, Chris St.Croix, Molly Reid, Ashley Hayes, and Amy Hailstone. Greenawalt and Dawna Bradford recorded "The Letter" at the world famous Studio B and then recorded "Simple Life" in his home Session 8 recording studio which climbed to #1 on the mp3.com country chart. He did a couple of events with the Styx tribute band EQUINOX also before moving back to Phoenix. He is currently playing, writing, and recording songs with the band SPARK JACK DADDY.

BAND HISTORY

Anti-M Logo from Exhibit A

SPARK JACK DADDY

Spark Jack Daddy is a 14-piece band that plays high energy rock and pop songs. The band consists of 2 guitars, 4 horns, 4 harmony singers, a drummer, bassist, percussionist, and keyboardist. The core of this band is made up of members of Nineball and they kicked off this project with a show in New Orleans. After a string of corporate events playing audience favorites they recently wrote new songs that featured the expansive orchestration. In 2018 they debut their original music at the McDowell Mountain Music Festival which also featured (Dr. Dog, Too Many Zooz, Cut Copy, Big Gigantic, and the Seratones).

I play keyboards and occasionally break out the harmonica or mandolin. The band is playing "My Own Little World", a song that I co-wrote with Nashville songwriter Chris St.Croix. Upcoming show is at the Culinary Arts Festival in Scottsdale.

    

 

Anti-M Logo from Exhibit A

ANTI-M

Click HERE for more about Anti-M

SHOOT ME
Recorded by Anti-M
Written by Mark Greenawalt, Future-Class X Publishing (ASCAP)


ANTI-M was a rock band that I started in 1989 with guitarist Ed Clapper. To read more about that band project, click on the logo to the left. This is a song that I wrote called "Shoot Me" that was released on our second release entitled "Exhibit A". Click on the title of the song to listen.(Greenawalt) 1993 Hair Farmer Publishing.
Mark Greenawalt - Lead Vocal, Guitar, and Keyboards
Ed Clapper - Guitar (solo) and Harmony Vocal
Roger Wiedabach - Drums and Harmony Vocal
Jerre Lamar - Bass


Equinox Styx Cover Band

EQUINOX

SUITE MADAME BLUE
Cover (DeYoung)


When I lived in Nashville, I joined a Styx tribute band called Equinox. We only played two shows, but one of them was a Styx Jam that brought Styx fans from all over the country to Nashville to hear us play. Here is a link to a video file of me singing and playing guitar on Suite Madame Blue. For more pictures and clips from this event, click here .
Mark Greenawalt (Lead Vocal and Guitar), Bill Vincent (Keyboards and Harmony Vocals), Tom Lyle (Bass and Harmony Vocals), Kevin (Guitar and Harmony Vocals), and Joey (Drums)

    

 

DOUBLE NEGATIVE

Seven Nation Army
by the White Stripes


Drums are not my forte. I am much more comfortable behind a guitar or keyboards, but for the Intel Talent show at the Chandler Center for the Arts I played drums for a band called Double Negative. The band was made up of my long time friend Ed Clapper (Anti-M) on guitar, his daughter Aris on Vocals, and my son Sage on bass. We did a cover of Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes. Here is is from Youtube.
Mark Greenawalt - Drums
Ed Clapper - Guitar
Aris Clapper - Vocals
Sage Greenawalt - Bass

Double Negative Covered Paramore's "Ain't It Fun"

Double Negative Covers Ben Fold's "Rockin' The Suburbs"

Double Negative (assuming the name of EC3 for this performance) covers Matchbox 20's "Bright Lights"

    

Other bands to be added soon include the following:
Sonic City
Squidog
Dawna Bradford Band
Ashley Hayes Band
Molly Reid Band
Ray Wheeler & The Edge
Prophecy
Z-Rock Preserve Band
Center Alley
NiteKap

 

 

     
 

Mark Greenawalt, Artist
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

E-mail:  mark@markgreenawalt.com 

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All songs and music on this site are copyrighted 1985-present by Mark Greenawalt or as noted and all rights are reserved. Music on this site are not intended for free download, but for demonstration purposes to collaborators, businesses, and fans worldwide. The works are not in the public domain and are not to be downloaded from this site or used in any electronic format without prior permission from Mark Greenawalt.  Unauthorized use is a violation of copyright laws.