Mark Bacino

Mark Bacino
Mark Bacino performing at The Living Room, NYC 2009
Background information
Birth name	Mark Vincent Bacino
Origin	New York City, United States
Genres	pop music
Occupation(s)	musician, singer-songwriter, producer, writer
Instruments	vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums
Years active	1998 – present
Labels	Parasol Records, Nippon Crown, DreamCrush Music

Mark Bacino is an American singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and writer.

Born and raised in New York City, Bacino is a graduate of St. John's University. While attending college, Bacino played in various bands and formed a production partnership with friend and audio engineer, Anthony Erice. Via this partnership, the duo produced and recorded a variety of local talent in their home-spun, basement studio.

Eventually Bacino set out as a solo artist; a move which yielded three self-released efforts, the last of which, 1997's "Pop Job" EP, earned him a deal with American, independent, record label Parasol Records. In late 1998, Parasol issued Bacino's official debut, "Pop Job…the long player!," augmenting the original EP with 8 new Bacino penned and recorded power-pop tracks. In the years that followed, Bacino promoted the release with his live band, becoming a regular at downtown NYC clubs such as "The Living Room" and sharing bills with the likes of such artists as The Little Willies (featuring Norah Jones) and Madeleine Peyroux.

In 2000, Bacino contributed an original song, "Merry Christmas, I Love You," to the holiday-themed, Parasol Records compilation, "Christmas Singles." The following year (2001) found Bacino contributing a cover version of Paul McCartney's "Every Night" to the album "Coming Up!;" a McCartney, tribute compilation released by Oglio Records.

Early 2003 brought more live performances and both the US and Japanese releases of Bacino's second album, "The Million Dollar Milkshake" (Parasol, Nippon Crown); This effort found Bacino marrying varied arrangements to his original, guitar-centric sound. Bacino also took to the television airwaves in '03 to promote "Milkshake" via a comedic, commercial spot which faithfully mirrored country singer Slim Whitman’s infamous TV ad from the early 1980s.

In 2004, a partnership (now amicably dissolved) with JDMI Management (Tony Visconti, Hugh Padgham) encouraged Bacino to once again revisit the role of producer. With the formation of "The Queens English," a new production company and studio, Bacino found himself producing a variety of artists and collaborating with fellow writer-producers Peter Zizzo (Avril Lavigne, Vanessa Carlton) and Marc Swersky (Hilary Duff) .