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Glow by Lianne Kaye - Production Remix 2023 with I Am Winkle 
This is by far the best remix of this song I've listened to yet. It didn't feel like you were showing off your own skills but supporting her song and vocal performance. Excellent work! ~ @fIshonabike

​​Who Is "I Am Winkle?"

I Am Winkle, aka Mark Minassian, is a longtime Philadelphia-area musician and songwriter who strives not to be pigeon-holed into any one particular style or genre. Through the years, he has recorded rock, retro-pop, blues, folk, contemporary bluegrass, singer-songwriter and instrumental surf music, much of which is featured on this website. His musical journey began in the 1970s and continued into the 1980’s before he sold off most of his equipment, returned to school and then entered the corporate world. A successful career as a Technical Applications Manager for a small technology company allowed for an early retirement, which now gives him the time to reengage in his songwriting and recording. His nearly 30-year hiatus from performing, mimicking the lengthy sleep of Washington Irving’s character Rip Van Winkle, inspired his current nom du jour, I Am Winkle. 

Discography

I Am Winkle 
​■ If Ever You Should Think of Me 2023
■ Sorrow On the Trail 2023
​■ Chester County Suite 2022
■ Sleepy Boy 2022
​■ In the Milky Way 2021
■ Sandy Way 2019
​■ With You Without You 2019
■ Falling Apart 2018
■ Dangerous Dreams​ 2018
■ Can I Carry You Home 2017
■ Tell Me What To Say 2017
■ They Don't Know You 2017​
■ *They Don't Know You 2017
​■ Need To Know Basis 2016
■ Mysterious Rover 2016
​■ The Hourglass 2016
​■ Stooge 2015
■ Creeper 2015
​*smooth jazz version
Into the Soup
​■ Surf Six EP 2022
​Last Stand Blues Band
​■ You're a Long Gone Woman 2020
Bomp Zone Recordings
■ Break Free 1985
​■ Rockin' To The   Rhythm 1985 
■ Shake You Up 1985
■ ​Solo ​1985
■ Voices 1985
​​■ Necessity (live) 1984
■ ​Break Free (alternate   version) 1983   
■ Impulse 1983
■ Mysterious Rover​ 1983
Mark Ian Band
■ You Can't Let Go 1979​
■ You Make Me Feel 1977
■ My Number Has Arrived  1977
■ Lay Your Cards On theTable 1976
■ Class Of 65 1975
■ Love Again At All 1975
■ Of Kings and Queens 1971
Mark Ian Band Recordings
"Debut On Q" Radio Show
■ Fallen Angels 1976
■ Love Again At All 1976
■ Now That You Know It 1976


Singer-songwriter ~ I Am Winkle ~ aka Mark Minassian
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