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Cosmicity
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SHORTER BIO\nCosmicity's sole “band” member, Mark Nicholas, met his first synthesizer in the late 1980's. It was love at first sight. By 1994 Mark had spent enough money and collected enough electronic equipment to declare himself a band. Cosmicity was born.\nWidely considered the cheekiest band in the electro-pop scene, Cosmicity is proud of all that he's accomplished. Says frontman, programmer, keyboardist, songwriter, singer and road manager Mark Nicholas: "I'm proud of everything I've accomplished as Cosmicity." Is this guy charismatic or WHAT? Some might even call him sassy, but that's probably a tad too feminine for Mark's tastes. We'll stick with cheeky.\nAnyway, if you're reading this hoping to gather some actual facts about Cosmicity, here are some lovely little snippets of information for you:\n-Cosmicity has played several big American synth festivals (sharing a stage with many popular electronic bands ranging from Anything Box to Alphaville, Melotron to And One, and beyond).\n-Cosmicity has songs on more than 30 electronic music compilations (next to bands like Information Society, Heaven 17, White Town, Real Life, and Cause and Effect).\n-Cosmicity has been known to eat nothing but grape Pez for weeks at a time, usually as an emotional response to various television show cancellations. (We all miss you, “Firefly”.)\n-Cosmicity is currently focusing promotional efforts on the internet. Sales have been excellent: more than 10,000 times better than they were just 15 years ago. According to Nicholas, "online sales have been good. I'm very pleased." Wow... there’s that damn smooth-talk again, am I right?!\n-Cosmicity had retired the band in 2004 to pursue a new sound under his real name (Mark Nicholas). Those albums (released in 2007 and 2008) were very successful and can still be found at most major online retailers. On January 4th, 2010, Mark officially revived the Cosmicity name for an EP of brand new songs called “ASCII Cupcake”.\nWhen asked what fans should expect from his next release (titled “Thank The Maker”, coming in 2011), Mark said only: "...it's a collection of songs that will get you erect." Of course, by this he means that you'll want to be STANDING when you hear it so you can more easily move around to its intricate, pulsing soundscapes. What did you think he meant?\nLONGER BIO\nMark Nicholas is a Detroit-based electronic musician, well-known in the underground Synthpop community as the man behind the band Cosmicity.\nMark has been bonkers for the sound of synthesizers since he first heard songs like "Automatic" by the Pointer Sisters and "Borderline" by Madonna at the age of 11. His mom had him take piano lessons, but he didn't like them much. As he got older, Mark found that what he really liked was making his own songs and sounds, which he tried to do whenever he could borrow time on the one synthesizer they had at his high school.\nWhen Mark was about 16 years old, he was asked to play the piano for a competitive school event. Mark agreed, even though he was (and still is) terrible at reading printed music. When he played poorly during a rehearsal the day before the big event, his entire class, all 350 people, began to boo him. Mark left in complete shame. The rest of the school day he was yelled at in the halls because everyone was sure the class would lose due to his poor performance. It was one of the most humiliating moments of his life. That night he went home and listened to recordings of the songs he needed to play. He then sat down at the piano and figured out his own arrangements, using his much stronger skill: the ability to play by ear. When he played the big event the next day, his class won the competition.\nMark went on to get a degree in Music and Technology at the University of Michigan. However, he doesn’t give much credit to the school for his current strengths as a composer and programmer. He was really only interested in pop music, and the reigning wisdom among his professors and fellow students was that pop music was of little or no value. (They liked Jazz, Classical and 12-tone.) What he did do, in 1994 during his Junior year, was decide to self-release a CD under the name Cosmicity. With a lot of pushing (posting flyers, getting his CD on to the shelves at the local Tower record store, one-man live shows), Cosmicity got a little attention. And with that, a couple of people started talking about Cosmicity on this brand new thing called "the Internet". (It really was brand new in 1994!)\nBy 1997, Cosmicity had a sizable following and had found a home at a new Synthpop record label called A Different Drum. There, Cosmicity released many albums for many years and he was very happy to be doing it.\nHowever, by 2004, Mark felt like he wasn't really reaching anyone new with his music, and he was feeling stagnant. He dropped the name Cosmicity, left A Different Drum, and began work on a whole new sound. The result of his efforts was the 2007 album "Duchess 33", released on his own new record label "Dirty Electronic" under his given name. The album sold well, and throughout the year Mark began to grow a new and more diverse fan base. In January 2008 he also released the remix album "Perversions", featuring alternate versions of songs from "Duchess 33", as well as some fun covers ("Maniac" from Flashdance, "California Love" originally by Tupac and Dr. Dre) and even new versions of some Cosmicity classics like "Your Beautiful Lie" and “I Want You”.\nIn June of 2008, Mark became a father (with his wife Sara, aka DJ Ginger Snapp). It was the best day of their lives. Unfortunately, their daughter Zoe has been plagued by severe health problems and developmental delays since she was only 2 months old (a diagnosis still has not been found, as of late 2010). Time in hospitals and doctors offices searching for ways to help Zoe quickly became the norm.\nHowever, because music is such a huge part of Mark’s life, he changed the way he works to ensure he can continue composing while he simultaneously works on doing everything he can to help his daughter. Mark recently (2010) returned to the Cosmicity name and released an EP called “ASCII Cupcake”. It was composed entirely on a laptop computer in pockets of time between doctor’s visits and therapy sessions, and represents a stark mood change in Mark’s musical journey.\nStill, some things remain constant. Mark's music has always been 100% synthesizer-driven, electronic, melodic, lyrically meaningful, and emotionally engaging. For this 11th original Cosmicity release, and beyond, you can always be sure that Mark’s passion will make you truly feel as he feels.\nA new full-length Cosmicity album, titled “Thank The Maker”, was recently announced for 2011. Short song previews can be heard on YouTube.
SHORTER BIO\nCosmicity's sole “band” member, Mark Nicholas, met his first synthesizer in the late 1980's. It was love at first sight. By 1994 Mark had spent enough money and collected enough electronic equipment to declare himself a band. Cosmicity was born.\nWidely considered the cheekiest band in the electro-pop scene, Cosmicity is proud of all that he's accomplished. Says frontman, programmer, keyboardist, songwriter, singer and road manager Mark Nicholas: "I'm proud of everything I've accomplished as Cosmicity." Is this guy charismatic or WHAT? Some might even call him sassy, but that's probably a tad too feminine for Mark's tastes. We'll stick with cheeky.\nAnyway, if you're reading this hoping to gather some actual facts about Cosmicity, here are some lovely little snippets of information for you:\n-Cosmicity has played several big American synth festivals (sharing a stage with many popular electronic bands ranging from Anything Box to Alphaville, Melotron to And One, and beyond).\n-Cosmicity has songs on more than 30 electronic music compilations (next to bands like Information Society, Heaven 17, White Town, Real Life, and Cause and Effect).\n-Cosmicity has been known to eat nothing but grape Pez for weeks at a time, usually as an emotional response to various television show cancellations. (We all miss you, “Firefly”.)\n-Cosmicity is currently focusing promotional efforts on the internet. Sales have been excellent: more than 10,000 times better than they were just 15 years ago. According to Nicholas, "online sales have been good. I'm very pleased." Wow... there’s that damn smooth-talk again, am I right?!\n-Cosmicity had retired the band in 2004 to pursue a new sound under his real name (Mark Nicholas). Those albums (released in 2007 and 2008) were very successful and can still be found at most major online retailers. On January 4th, 2010, Mark officially revived the Cosmicity name for an EP of brand new songs called “ASCII Cupcake”.\nWhen asked what fans should expect from his next release (titled “Thank The Maker”, coming in 2011), Mark said only: "...it's a collection of songs that will get you erect." Of course, by this he means that you'll want to be STANDING when you hear it so you can more easily move around to its intricate, pulsing soundscapes. What did you think he meant?\nLONGER BIO\nMark Nicholas is a Detroit-based electronic musician, well-known in the underground Synthpop community as the man behind the band Cosmicity.\nMark has been bonkers for the sound of synthesizers since he first heard songs like "Automatic" by the Pointer Sisters and "Borderline" by Madonna at the age of 11. His mom had him take piano lessons, but he didn't like them much. As he got older, Mark found that what he really liked was making his own songs and sounds, which he tried to do whenever he could borrow time on the one synthesizer they had at his high school.\nWhen Mark was about 16 years old, he was asked to play the piano for a competitive school event. Mark agreed, even though he was (and still is) terrible at reading printed music. When he played poorly during a rehearsal the day before the big event, his entire class, all 350 people, began to boo him. Mark left in complete shame. The rest of the school day he was yelled at in the halls because everyone was sure the class would lose due to his poor performance. It was one of the most humiliating moments of his life. That night he went home and listened to recordings of the songs he needed to play. He then sat down at the piano and figured out his own arrangements, using his much stronger skill: the ability to play by ear. When he played the big event the next day, his class won the competition.\nMark went on to get a degree in Music and Technology at the University of Michigan. However, he doesn’t give much credit to the school for his current strengths as a composer and programmer. He was really only interested in pop music, and the reigning wisdom among his professors and fellow students was that pop music was of little or no value. (They liked Jazz, Classical and 12-tone.) What he did do, in 1994 during his Junior year, was decide to self-release a CD under the name Cosmicity. With a lot of pushing (posting flyers, getting his CD on to the shelves at the local Tower record store, one-man live shows), Cosmicity got a little attention. And with that, a couple of people started talking about Cosmicity on this brand new thing called "the Internet". (It really was brand new in 1994!)\nBy 1997, Cosmicity had a sizable following and had found a home at a new Synthpop record label called A Different Drum. There, Cosmicity released many albums for many years and he was very happy to be doing it.\nHowever, by 2004, Mark felt like he wasn't really reaching anyone new with his music, and he was feeling stagnant. He dropped the name Cosmicity, left A Different Drum, and began work on a whole new sound. The result of his efforts was the 2007 album "Duchess 33", released on his own new record label "Dirty Electronic" under his given name. The album sold well, and throughout the year Mark began to grow a new and more diverse fan base. In January 2008 he also released the remix album "Perversions", featuring alternate versions of songs from "Duchess 33", as well as some fun covers ("Maniac" from Flashdance, "California Love" originally by Tupac and Dr. Dre) and even new versions of some Cosmicity classics like "Your Beautiful Lie" and “I Want You”.\nIn June of 2008, Mark became a father (with his wife Sara, aka DJ Ginger Snapp). It was the best day of their lives. Unfortunately, their daughter Zoe has been plagued by severe health problems and developmental delays since she was only 2 months old (a diagnosis still has not been found, as of late 2010). Time in hospitals and doctors offices searching for ways to help Zoe quickly became the norm.\nHowever, because music is such a huge part of Mark’s life, he changed the way he works to ensure he can continue composing while he simultaneously works on doing everything he can to help his daughter. Mark recently (2010) returned to the Cosmicity name and released an EP called “ASCII Cupcake”. It was composed entirely on a laptop computer in pockets of time between doctor’s visits and therapy sessions, and represents a stark mood change in Mark’s musical journey.\nStill, some things remain constant. Mark's music has always been 100% synthesizer-driven, electronic, melodic, lyrically meaningful, and emotionally engaging. For this 11th original Cosmicity release, and beyond, you can always be sure that Mark’s passion will make you truly feel as he feels.\nA new full-length Cosmicity album, titled “Thank The Maker”, was recently announced for 2011. Short song previews can be heard on YouTube.
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