Videos: I Am Winkle
Mark details the creative process and themes of the videos below.
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In the Milky Way
A song about the inability to feel like you fit in this crazy world and eventually transcending to joy by becoming one with the universe.
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In the Milky Way (Copyright 2020 Mark Minassian)
Recorded at Rosemill Studio (2021) Produced by Leo Valentino & Mark Minassian Sound engineer: Leo Valentino Artwork by Carolyn Asti Video produced by Mark Minassian 2020 Mark Minassian: lead vocal, background vocals, electric 6- & 12-string guitars, bass guitar Carolyn Asti: background vocals Katie Kilmartin: background vocals Mark Minassian and Leo Valentino: drum sequencing Video Published on August 28, 2021 All Rights Reserved |
With You Without You
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One of the first songs I wrote when I decided to return to songwriting in 2014. Back to my pop rock wheelhouse, full of guitars and vocal harmonies.
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With You Without You (Copyright 2016 Mark Minassian)
Song produced by Leo Valentino & Mark Minassian Recorded at Rosemill Studio (2016) Remixed at Rosemill Studio (2019) Produced by Leo Valentino & Mark Minassian Sound engineer: Leo Valentino Artwork by Carolyn Asti Video produced by Mark Minassian 2019 Mark Minassian: lead vocal, background vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitar Mark Minassian and D.W. Fearn: drum track (midi sequencing) Video Published on July 24, 2019 All Rights Reserved |
Can I Carry You Home |
Can I Carry You Home (Copyright Mark Minassian 2013)
Dedicated to Arthur "Pete" Minassian (June 26, 1936 to April 16, 2013) Song produced by Leo Valentino and Mark Minassian Recorded at Rosemill Studios 2016-2017 Video produced by Mark Minassian 2017. Mark Minassian: lead vocal, background vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitar, organ, choral sequencing, drum sequencing Tracy Slider and Paige Walton: Background and choral vocals Video Published on December 21,2017 All Rights Reserved |
On April 16 2013, my oldest brother, Pete died of bile duct and liver cancer. This was not the first person in my immediate family to die from cancer. Both my parents and sister in law also died from this devastating disease, but there was something about my brother's swift and untimely death that seemed to throw an internal switch inside me. After pursuing a career in music in the early part of my life, I had not played music for over 25 years when my brother died. Suddenly I was motivated to play and write again. I dusted off the only guitar I kept for all those years, and began playing and writing again. It was not long afterward that I wrote this song, Can I Carry You Home, and soon realized it was written with my brother in mind. With the help of my longtime friend and soundman, Leo Valentino we recorded the song in my home studio where we finished it in January of 2017. So this one is dedicated to you Pete.
It's also in memory of all those who have fought the battle against cancer and lost. If you would like the name of a friend or loved one added to the list below, please send their full name and the type of cancer they so courageously battled against through my contact page. I would be honored to add it. And please share this song with anyone who you think might receive even a small amount of comfort from listening to it.
A special thanks to Tracy Slider and Paige Walton for enhancing this song with their vocal talents.
It's also in memory of all those who have fought the battle against cancer and lost. If you would like the name of a friend or loved one added to the list below, please send their full name and the type of cancer they so courageously battled against through my contact page. I would be honored to add it. And please share this song with anyone who you think might receive even a small amount of comfort from listening to it.
A special thanks to Tracy Slider and Paige Walton for enhancing this song with their vocal talents.
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In Memory Of
Raymond Asti (colon cancer) David Berdoulay (spinal cancer) Richard Bosco (esophageal cancer) Lucille Margaret Cassidy (gall bladder cancer) Mary Conway (stomach cancer) Jeff Chernet (lung cancer) Bernie Crawford (esophageal & lung cancer) Dominic Faragalli, (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) Frank F. Francesco, Sr. (esophageal cancer) Gus Interrante (lung cancer) Charles Jokinen (thymic carcinoma) Mark Havens (cancer) Myrtle Hernandez (cancer) Rose Kabakjian (nee Minassian) (breast cancer) |
Sally McCormick (ovarian cancer)
Ara Minassian (prostate cancer) Arthur "Pete" Minassian (bile duct & liver cancer) Marie Minassian (uterine cancer) Mary Morello Minassian (pancreatic cancer) Shirley Petkosek (cancer) Elaine Adams Prince (oral cancer) Josephine Rogers (glioblastoma) Tommy Ruddy (DIPG - brain cancer) Peter Segal (esophageal cancer) Ed Sipler (kidney cancer) Helen Valentino (breast cancer) Rebecca Wilson (cancer) Robert "Bobby" Wynne (lung cancer) Dean Yadevia (brain cancer) |
Recording a Song From demo to final mix |
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How this song was recorded: They Don't Know You by I Am Winkle, aka Mark Minassian
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While recording They Don't Know You at D.W. Fearn Studios in 2017, video was shot of all the recording sessions. The session musicians besides myself were George Hazelrigg on keyboards, Geoff Hazelrigg on standup bass, and Andy Vernon on percussion. I played guitar and performed all the vocals. D.W. then assembled the many hours of footage into the following video: Recording A Song From Demo To Final Mix.
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