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Bill Champlin, Freddie Washington, Joseph Williams, Mark Portmann, Marty Walsh, Michael Thompson, Neil Stubenhaus, Paulinho Da Costa, Ricky Lawson, Warren Wiebe. No Truer Words (1997, Zebra Records) is an album released by Mark Portmann. Mark Portmann is a musician, songwriter, and record producer who has worked with Celine Dion and Josh Groban.
7. Jan. 2024 · Image Credit: Shutterstock. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count; it’s the life in your years.”. — Abraham Lincoln. This quote resonates with a profound truth that lingers like a whisper in history’s ear. Lincoln’s words evoke a sense of introspection, urging us to reflect on the significance of our existence.
25. Jan. 2015 · Polonius’ Advice to Laertes – Shakespeare – Hamlet. At some point, you must have heard these infamous words: “This above all, to your own self be true!”. They originate with the bard himself – William Shakespeare. And “truer” words were never spoken. If you aren’t being true to yourself – i.e. if you are trying to ...
- Never Saw You Coming
- Liberty Man
- Denizen Tenant
- Wilma Fingadoux
- Black Dahlia
- Don’T Give Up
- The Dream
- Remember Her
- No Lessons
- Mistress Winter’s Jump
“Never Saw You Coming” was written over the course of 3 years. In 2016 my lifelong pal and collaborator Barry Bregman showed me an idea for a song. One of many pieces he had been working on. Barry had a handful of unfinished demos he’d started with some help from guitarist Oscar Bugarin and producer Dylan Ronan. I jumped in on this one and added so...
I sat at the computer one day in 2019, listening to some random music, artists new and old, hunting for inspiration. The inspiration from that little session I remember was to write something waltzy… I put up a piano and started this tune. A verse and chorus that I thought were pretty interesting together if not a bit directionless. Worthy of conti...
This tune comes with a most curious story. Some music came to my attention by a player called Steven Overton. Steven (unknown to me at the time) is a world class guitar player and a gifted songwriter who, from his home New Mexico, has created a plethora of musical gems. He had one song in particular that I wanted for this project called “Mistress W...
This is a song for my mom who died in 1974. I was 13 years old. The title is not her name. It refers to a joke she used to tell. This tune is one of many I have written for her over the years but here I have three of my mother’s granddaughters singing and playing with me… it’s a special sound! This song just fell out of me. Much more easily than mo...
This song marks the reunion between me and Jay Gruska. Jay Produced my first solo album back in 1981. During that time we become dear friends and Jay married my sister Jenny and gave us my niece and nephew Barbara and Ethan Gruska! Jay was my mentor. He was my first song writing/singing/playing/producing and film composing teacher. After some years...
I always loved this song above all other Gabriel tunes! Like many of us, when it first came out I was truly moved by it and always dreamt of doing my own version someday. Over the years I would think about doing it but always talked myself out of it. This time, while I was talking myself out of it again, I started noodling around with an idea for a...
This tune started in 2016 as one song but in three years it completely morphed into another song. I had a groove going at Barry Bregman’s studio with Oscar’s rhythm guitar. I wrote some verse and chorus music so that we could send something to Mike Landau. Mike layered a ton of guitars without knowing a form or melody, words or anything… Just chang...
This was another demo from 2016 that I pulled out and worked on from time to time between tours. Like “The Dream”, this song bears little resemblance to its first demo. The surviving elements are the groove itself and some of Oscar Bugarin’s guitars. In 2016-2017 Mike Landau played on it, giving me so much amazing stuff as usual. Over the years I e...
While I was working with Jay on Black Dahlia, we were talking about what other types of tunes we might write next for this album. Jay and Paul Gordon had a song I wanted to do but COVID prevented us from producing it the way we wanted. We talked about a balled of some kind and I believe I just asked him to write something for me. After a few weeks,...
This was the first Steve Overton song I had planned to cover. It just took developing Denizen Tenant with him to get it! The song is another of Steve’s quirky heartbreaking gems lyrically, with an Irish swashbuckling vibe musically! Right up my ally! As was the case with DT, Steve sent his file with guitar, bass etc. I took about a week and I went ...
Mark Portmann is widely known as the keyboard player of the Rippingotons, one of the most popular contemporary jazz band featuring Russ Freeman, from 1988 to 1992. After leaving the Rippingotons, Mark were creating the album “Driving Beverly Hills”, all songs written and produced by him in 1993, featuring Jeff Kashiwa, Jerry Watts, Steve Reid and others. This release was not released under ...
28. Jan. 1997 · Find release reviews and credits for No Truer Words - Mark Portmann on AllMusic - 1997 - Since this keyboardist left his high profile gig ...
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