The instruments of choice for the best players in the world... Strings will never be the same. MARK WOOD, award winning composer, interna- tional recording artist, and electric violinist, is widely acknowledged as the premier electric rock violinist of his generation. Mark studied under maestro Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood and attended the Juilliard School of Music on full scholarship, which he left to pursue his vision of bringing rock violin into the mainstream. His first release “Voodoo Violince” is widely hailed as the quintessential rock violin record. In addi- tion to his own band, The Mark Wood Experience, he has received two platinum and gold records from his work with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and has toured and performed with Dee Snider’s Van Helsing’s Curse, Celine Dion, Billy Joel, Lenny Kravitz, and Jewel. Mark has been a featured guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and has had articles written about him in the New York Times, USA Today, and Time Magazine, among others. Mark is currently starring in a national TV ad campaign for Pepsi. The music track is a Kanye West produced hip hop version of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (featuring the rapper Nas). Mark won an Emmy award for his music for the Tour De France bike race on CBS-TV and received three additional Emmy nominations. As an inventor, Mark established Wood Violins, a company whose mission is to make Mark’s incredible instruments available to the general public. Mark’s Electrify Your Strings!™ series of music educa- tion programs have become enormously successful and in demand with hundreds of schools participating around the country. His definitive electric violin method book by the same name is a must-have for all string players. MARK WOOD JIMMY HERMAN ~ Carrie Underwood JESSE SPENCER ~ House and Band From TV SHAWN BAILEY ~ Big and Rich RACHEL BARTON PINE ~ Solo Artist ASHA MEVLANA ~ Porcelain, Gnarls Barkley MARCUS RATZENBOECK ~ Tantric JIMMY HERMAN plays a 5-string fretless Viper with American Idol winner Carrie Underwood. He is also the proud owner of a 7-string fretted Viper with a camouflage finish from our new Artist Series. Jimmy is currently on a world tour with Carrie promoting her enormously successful catalogue of CDs. JESSE SPENCER, one of the stars of the hit TV show “House” also happens to be a wonderful violin- ist who performs with Band From TV, a group comprised of TV actors who devote their free time to raising millions of dollars for their personal charities. Jesse plays a stunning 5-string fretless Sabre with a Barbera pickup, Perfection pegs, and a teak tiger maple exotic top. ASHA MEVLANA plays a 7-string fretted Viper with Universal Records band Porcelain. She has also toured with Gnarls Barkley and performed with Alanis Morisette on the Tonight Show. MARCUS RATZENBOECK is in the phenomenal group Tantric and owns an entire arsenal of Wood instruments, including two Vipers and a Sabre. Having recorded several CDs and music videos with Tantric, Marcus is also an accomplished music educator, was concertmaster of the Louisville Bach Society, and was the principal second violin of the Louisville Orchestra. RACHEL BARTON PINE is one of the most-recognized names on the classical music scene today. She made her debut as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony at age 10. Since then she’s gone on to perform with orchestras all over the world, as well as with many of rock’s biggest names. She uses her fame to extol the virtues of ALL genres of music – and her Viper helps her spread the word! SHAWN BAILEY plays a 5-string fretless Viper with Warner Brothers country artists Big and Rich and Cowboy Troy. He has performed with his Viper at the Country Music Awards, Good Morning America, and more! WOODVIOLINS.COM
Welcome message from author
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
The instruments of choice for the best players in the world...
Strings will never be the same.
MARK WOOD, award winning composer, interna-tional recording artist, and electric violinist, is widely acknowledged as the premier electric rock violinist of his generation. Mark studied under maestro Leonard Bernstein at Tanglewood and attended the Juilliard School of Music on full scholarship, which he left to pursue his vision of bringing rock violin into the mainstream. His first release “Voodoo Violince” is widely hailed as the quintessential rock violin record. In addi-tion to his own band, The Mark Wood Experience, he has received two platinum and gold records from his work with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and has toured and performed with Dee Snider’s Van Helsing’s Curse, Celine Dion, Billy Joel, Lenny Kravitz, and Jewel. Mark has been a featured guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and has had articles written about him in the New York Times, USA Today, and Time
Magazine, among others.Mark is currently starring in a national TV ad campaign for Pepsi. The music track is a Kanye West produced hip hop version of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (featuring the rapper Nas).Mark won an Emmy award for his music for the Tour De France bike race on CBS-TV and received three additional Emmy nominations. As an inventor, Mark established Wood Violins, a company whose mission is to make Mark’s incredible instruments available to the general public.Mark’s Electrify Your Strings!™ series of music educa-tion programs have become enormously successful and in demand with hundreds of schools participating around the country. His definitive electric violin method book by the same name is a must-have for all string players.
MARK WOOD
JIMMY HERMAN ~ Carrie Underwood
JESSE SPENCER ~ House and Band From TV
SHAWN BAILEY ~ Big and Rich
RACHEL BARTON PINE ~ Solo Artist
ASHA MEVLANA ~ Porcelain, Gnarls Barkley
MARCUS RATZENBOECK ~ Tantric
JIMMY HERMAN plays a 5-string fretless Viper with American Idol winner Carrie Underwood. He is also the proud owner of a 7-string fretted Viper with a camouflage finish from our new Artist Series. Jimmy is currently on a world tour with Carrie promoting her enormously successful catalogue of CDs.
JESSE SPENCER, one of the stars of the hit TV show “House” also happens to be a wonderful violin-ist who performs with Band From TV, a group comprised of TV actors who devote their free time to raising millions of dollars for their personal charities. Jesse plays a stunning 5-string fretless Sabre with a Barbera pickup, Perfection pegs, and a teak tiger maple exotic top.
ASHA MEVLANA plays a 7-string fretted Viper with Universal Records band Porcelain. She has also toured with Gnarls Barkley and performed with Alanis Morisette on the Tonight Show.
MARCUS RATZENBOECK is in the phenomenal group Tantric and owns an entire arsenal of Wood instruments, including two Vipers and a Sabre. Having recorded several CDs and music videos with Tantric, Marcus is also an accomplished music educator, was concertmaster of the Louisville Bach Society, and was the principal second violin of the Louisville Orchestra.
RACHEL BARTON PINE is one of the most-recognized names on the classical music scene today. She made her debut as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony at age 10. Since then she’s gone on to perform with orchestras all over the world, as well as with many of rock’s biggest names. She uses her fame to extol the virtues of ALL genres of music – and her Viper helps her spread the word!
SHAWN BAILEY plays a 5-string fretless Viper with Warner Brothers country artists Big and Rich and Cowboy Troy. He has performed with his Viper at the Country Music Awards, Good Morning America, and more!
WOODVIOLINS.COM
Related Documents
