My Song at Wrestlemania!
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My Song at Wrestlemania!
Hey guys
Haven't been here for a while but just wanted to share my latest success story.
Thanks to my song "Broken Out In Love" (later re-titled "Live In Fear") getting picked up as the entrance theme for WWE superstar Bray Wyatt, I was invited to perform it live when he made his big entrance at Wrestlemania at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome this past weekend. It was an incredible experience performing for a sold-out audience of 75,000 people! It's an experience I will never forget and never in my wildest dreams could I have envisioned happening with one little song that got picked out of a music library.
Although this amazing opportunity didn't come from a Taxi forward, it was Taxi that first turned me on to the notion that an independent artist like myself could get music into TV shows. So I really just wanted to share this and say... you never know what might happen when the right song gets to the right person's ears at the right time!
Here's a link to the performance if you want to check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFwvUC26F5Q
Thanks!
Mark
Haven't been here for a while but just wanted to share my latest success story.
Thanks to my song "Broken Out In Love" (later re-titled "Live In Fear") getting picked up as the entrance theme for WWE superstar Bray Wyatt, I was invited to perform it live when he made his big entrance at Wrestlemania at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome this past weekend. It was an incredible experience performing for a sold-out audience of 75,000 people! It's an experience I will never forget and never in my wildest dreams could I have envisioned happening with one little song that got picked out of a music library.
Although this amazing opportunity didn't come from a Taxi forward, it was Taxi that first turned me on to the notion that an independent artist like myself could get music into TV shows. So I really just wanted to share this and say... you never know what might happen when the right song gets to the right person's ears at the right time!
Here's a link to the performance if you want to check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFwvUC26F5Q
Thanks!
Mark
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Wow Mark, major congrats, what a spectacular opportunity!
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VERY cool, Mark!!
That's some great news!
Congrats!
That's some great news!
Congrats!
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WooHoo!!!
Mark, that's so cool
I often think of your amazing story.
Great to hear it's still being used and now this cherry on the cake addon story is just incredible.
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Mark, that's so cool
I often think of your amazing story.
Great to hear it's still being used and now this cherry on the cake addon story is just incredible.
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What?!?! Holy cow, are you kidding?!?! Just watched the clip. That is so freaking cool, I can't even write down the correct words. What an amazing thing. Although, those masks may give me nightmares, haha. Congratulations!!!
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Congrats, Mark! It was super great to see you up there the other night ... I told all my friends who were watching the story.
When you first posted here that Bray was using your tune in NXT I remember saying that he would probably be a "big deal" pretty soon. Glad to be right on that count! Huge props to you.
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When you first posted here that Bray was using your tune in NXT I remember saying that he would probably be a "big deal" pretty soon. Glad to be right on that count! Huge props to you.
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Wow, that is cool. I never knew who sung that song. Bray Wyatt is creepy. I am glad he lost, but your song is awesome!
Congrats on yor Wrestlemania debut! That is a huge boost. Hope you guys have your song on iTunes so people can buy it. That was a solid performance.
Congrats on yor Wrestlemania debut! That is a huge boost. Hope you guys have your song on iTunes so people can buy it. That was a solid performance.
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Forgot to mention how cool and creepy the masks were, loved it! How did that come about, did your band wear just them on this occasion or is this a regular thang?VanderBoegh wrote:What?!?! Holy cow, are you kidding?!?! Just watched the clip. That is so freaking cool, I can't even write down the correct words. What an amazing thing. Although, those masks may give me nightmares, haha. Congratulations!!!
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Thanks guys!
Marc, the masks/costumes were all WWE's idea (the wrestler himself in fact) but I'm definitely thinking of adopting a similar look for future shows etc. I love a bit of theatricality in a performance and this really added a lot to it I think.
And yes, the song is on i-tunes etc...
Thanks!!
Mark
Marc, the masks/costumes were all WWE's idea (the wrestler himself in fact) but I'm definitely thinking of adopting a similar look for future shows etc. I love a bit of theatricality in a performance and this really added a lot to it I think.
And yes, the song is on i-tunes etc...
Thanks!!
Mark
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Awesome!
Congrats!
Congrats!
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