Mark "Pelli" Pellizzer

Mark Pellizzer (born June 14, 1980), better known by his stage name Mark Pelli, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for being a guitarist and vocalist for the pop-reggae group MAGIC!. In addition to performing Mark has produced and written songs for several artists including: Chris Brown, Trey Songz, Shakira, Anthony Hamilton, Classified and Vita Chambers. Pelli currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Mark Pellizzer was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on June 14, 1980. He began piano at age six and the guitar at thirteen years old As a child, he traveled throughout Toronto to perform in different venues offering a diverse range of genres. At age sixteen, Pelli began producing and engineering albums and working at various recording studios. He studied classical piano at York University, where he had the opportunity to study under the virtuoso pianist Antonin Kubalek. He transferred to the University of Toronto where he switched to study jazz guitar under the mentorship of David Occhipinti. He graduated in 2004. From 2007 to 2012, Pellizzer was a member of the Justin Nozuka band, where he assisted in composing music and touring

Pelli is fully committed to promoting his new group Magic! so he hasn't made his solo songs available for purchase at the moment but some songs are available on YouTube and SoundCloud: YouTube account.

Pelli has collaborated with a number of well-known artists. In 2012, he worked with The Messengers to produce the song "Don't Judge Me" for Chris Brown which hit #1 on U.S. Urban chart, #18 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and 67 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. Pelli co-produced/wrote the song Cut Me Deep for Shakira. He co-wrote the song Inner Ninja for the Canadian rapper Classified which hit number 5 in Canada and was 5x Platinum. Pelli co-produced/wrote the song Serial Killer for Trey Songz. He co wrote/produced and mixed the song Coming Home for Anthony Hamilton. He co-produced/wrote the song Fix You for Vita Chambers. Pelli has also worked in the studio with Usher, Jennifer Lopez, JoJo and Marsha Ambrosius. In 2014, he collaborated with Kiprich to produce and feature on the song "My Own Holiday" He is a noted collaborator for Canadian artist Benj, and assisted in producing the songs "Somebody Who Loves You", "Without You", "Stay Blessed", and "Hometown." In August 2015, he announced a collaboration with Canadian artist Major Myjah, to produce the song "Disposable" off Major Myjah's new EP titled "Trouble."

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