Mark Baron Cella was born, Dec 1 1971 in the US Panama Canal zone and raised there until the age of seven as the second son of a devoted Navy Chief Petty Officer. After his father retired from the Navy in 1980 the family settled in the San Diego area. He grew up listening to almost everything from everywhere; from the world beat and cantus from Panama to the Beach Boys and Bob Marley who were popular with the surf culture he also gravitated in Southern California.
Mark Cella and Ivar Records have several upcoming releases slated for 2009; among them the much anticipated sophomore effort from Long Beach speed ska icons Convicted set to be in the stores in February. Also coming is the self titled debut from San Diego’s own “Border Crossing” , retro hardcore rap group that even Source magazine has hailed as “…The Brown coming of Public Enemy”.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
New Brain In 09'
Mark Cella's experience in the recording studio re-ignited his love of composing and recording and Mark took a sabbatical from the theatre in 2000 and began to record his own songs and producing several bands in the Chicago area including 13 Nightmares and Brain. Brain's single "Torture" charted well reaching top 100 status on college radio stations from Boston to Seattle. "Not bad for a show tune writer", Mark likes to say.
Mark Cella's massive success with Brain led to other offers from other up and comers and Mark decided to make his move into the music industry in with the 2004 launch of his imprint, Ivar Records and scored right off the bat with Bazooka Girls hit "Make Me". Cross collaborations with members of Limp Biscuit and Travis Barker of Blink 182 on 2006' Mark Cella produced "Ivar Explosion" proved to be a internet sensation getting over 100,000 downloads online. While he has no plans to scrap Ivar Records, he has been in talks to bring a death metal musical to Broadway in 2009 or 2010.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Mark Cella's massive success with Brain led to other offers from other up and comers and Mark decided to make his move into the music industry in with the 2004 launch of his imprint, Ivar Records and scored right off the bat with Bazooka Girls hit "Make Me". Cross collaborations with members of Limp Biscuit and Travis Barker of Blink 182 on 2006' Mark Cella produced "Ivar Explosion" proved to be a internet sensation getting over 100,000 downloads online. While he has no plans to scrap Ivar Records, he has been in talks to bring a death metal musical to Broadway in 2009 or 2010.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Yes That Mark Cella
Mark Baron Cella was born, Dec 1 1971 in the US Panama Canal zone and raised there until the age of seven as the second son of a devoted Navy Chief Petty Officer. After his father retired from the Navy in 1980 the family settled in the San Diego area. He grew up listening to almost everything from everywhere; from the world beat and cantus from Panama to the Beach Boys and Bob Marley who were popular with the surf culture he also gravitated in Southern
He attended UC Santa Barbra after high school and majored in music composition and theory, excelling in both piano and guitar while also performing in several bands in the UCSB college scene. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1992 where he continued his musical studies at Northwestern University and began composing original music for the stage. His work on the Dan Lyle directed "Cicero's Funeral" was well received and led to more composing work in larger productions in Vancouver and Toronto Canada.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
He attended UC Santa Barbra after high school and majored in music composition and theory, excelling in both piano and guitar while also performing in several bands in the UCSB college scene. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1992 where he continued his musical studies at Northwestern University and began composing original music for the stage. His work on the Dan Lyle directed "Cicero's Funeral" was well received and led to more composing work in larger productions in Vancouver and Toronto Canada.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Newness Is Coming.....
Mark is also developing a new web portal for the label with downloads, mp3’s artist info and advance ticket sales. Another new component of the site will be direct links to charities and causes associated with the artists. Mark Cella says “We wanted the artists and fans to be able to interact and take the movement from the concert to the streets.”
The still unnamed new web venture will launch sometime in the spring of 09’.
Mark Cella's lively original compositions ironically led to Mark putting down his composer's pen to assume his major production debut as musical director for a national touring production of Grease in 1995. Fourteen months on the road with the production earned him valuable experience and industry contacts that led Mark Cella to the long running Chicago based production of Phantom of the Opera from 1997 to 1999 and also wound up producing the cast album for the show. s to say.
His lively original compositions ironically led to Mark putting down his composer's pen to assume his major production debut as musical director for a national touring production of Grease in 1995. Fourteen months on the road with the production earned him valuable experience and industry contacts that led Mark to the long running Chicago based production of Phantom of the Opera from 1997 to 1999 and also wound up producing the cast album for the show.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
The still unnamed new web venture will launch sometime in the spring of 09’.
Mark Cella's lively original compositions ironically led to Mark putting down his composer's pen to assume his major production debut as musical director for a national touring production of Grease in 1995. Fourteen months on the road with the production earned him valuable experience and industry contacts that led Mark Cella to the long running Chicago based production of Phantom of the Opera from 1997 to 1999 and also wound up producing the cast album for the show. s to say.
His lively original compositions ironically led to Mark putting down his composer's pen to assume his major production debut as musical director for a national touring production of Grease in 1995. Fourteen months on the road with the production earned him valuable experience and industry contacts that led Mark to the long running Chicago based production of Phantom of the Opera from 1997 to 1999 and also wound up producing the cast album for the show.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
New In 09'
Mark is also developing a new web portal for the label with downloads, mp3’s artist info and advance ticket sales. Another new component of the site will be direct links to charities and causes associated with the artists. Mark Cella says “We wanted the artists and fans to be able to interact and take the movement from the concert to the streets.”
The still unnamed new web venture will launch sometime in the spring of 09’.
Mark Cella's lively original compositions ironically led to Mark putting down his composer's pen to assume his major production debut as musical director for a national touring production of Grease in 1995. Fourteen months on the road with the production earned him valuable experience and industry contacts that led Mark Cella to the long running Chicago based production of Phantom of the Opera from 1997 to 1999 and also wound up producing the cast album for the show. s to say.
His lively original compositions ironically led to Mark putting down his composer's pen to assume his major production debut as musical director for a national touring production of Grease in 1995. Fourteen months on the road with the production earned him valuable experience and industry contacts that led Mark to the long running Chicago based production of Phantom of the Opera from 1997 to 1999 and also wound up producing the cast album for the show.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
The still unnamed new web venture will launch sometime in the spring of 09’.
Mark Cella's lively original compositions ironically led to Mark putting down his composer's pen to assume his major production debut as musical director for a national touring production of Grease in 1995. Fourteen months on the road with the production earned him valuable experience and industry contacts that led Mark Cella to the long running Chicago based production of Phantom of the Opera from 1997 to 1999 and also wound up producing the cast album for the show. s to say.
His lively original compositions ironically led to Mark putting down his composer's pen to assume his major production debut as musical director for a national touring production of Grease in 1995. Fourteen months on the road with the production earned him valuable experience and industry contacts that led Mark to the long running Chicago based production of Phantom of the Opera from 1997 to 1999 and also wound up producing the cast album for the show.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Sunday, February 15, 2009
The First steps
Mark Baron Cella was born, Dec 1 1971 in the US Panama Canal zone and raised there until the age of seven as the second son of a devoted Navy Chief Petty Officer. After his father retired from the Navy in 1980 the family settled in the San Diego area. He grew up listening to almost everything from everywhere; from the world beat and cantus from Panama to the Beach Boys and Bob Marley who were popular with the surf culture he also gravitated in Southern
He attended UC Santa Barbra after high school and majored in music composition and theory, excelling in both piano and guitar while also performing in several bands in the UCSB college scene. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1992 where he continued his musical studies at Northwestern University and began composing original music for the stage. His work on the Dan Lyle directed "Cicero's Funeral" was well received and led to more composing work in larger productions in Vancouver and Toronto Canada.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
He attended UC Santa Barbra after high school and majored in music composition and theory, excelling in both piano and guitar while also performing in several bands in the UCSB college scene. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1992 where he continued his musical studies at Northwestern University and began composing original music for the stage. His work on the Dan Lyle directed "Cicero's Funeral" was well received and led to more composing work in larger productions in Vancouver and Toronto Canada.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Thursday, February 12, 2009
New Mark Cella Heat
Mark Baron Cella was born, Dec 1 1971 in the US Panama Canal zone and raised there until the age of seven as the second son of a devoted Navy Chief Petty Officer. After his father retired from the Navy in 1980 the family settled in the San Diego area. He grew up listening to almost everything from everywhere; from the world beat and cantus from Panama to the Beach Boys and Bob Marley who were popular with the surf culture he also gravitated in Southern
He attended UC Santa Barbra after high school and majored in music composition and theory, excelling in both piano and guitar while also performing in several bands in the UCSB college scene. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1992 where he continued his musical studies at Northwestern University and began composing original music for the stage. His work on the Dan Lyle directed "Cicero's Funeral" was well received and led to more composing work in larger productions in Vancouver and Toronto Canada.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
He attended UC Santa Barbra after high school and majored in music composition and theory, excelling in both piano and guitar while also performing in several bands in the UCSB college scene. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1992 where he continued his musical studies at Northwestern University and began composing original music for the stage. His work on the Dan Lyle directed "Cicero's Funeral" was well received and led to more composing work in larger productions in Vancouver and Toronto Canada.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Thursday, February 5, 2009
That's Right
Mark Cella's experience in the recording studio re-ignited his love of composing and recording and Mark took a sabbatical from the theatre in 2000 and began to record his own songs and producing several bands in the Chicago area including 13 Nightmares and Brain. Brain's single "Torture" charted well reaching top 100 status on college radio stations from Boston to Seattle. "Not bad for a show tune writer", Mark likes to say.
His success with Brain led to other offers from other up and comers and soon Mark Cella decided to make his move into the music industry in with the 2004 launch of his imprint, Ivar Records and scored right off the bat with Bazooka Girls hit "Make Me". Cross collaborations with members of Limp Biscuit and Travis Barker of Blink 182 on 2006' Mark Cella produced "Ivar Explosion" proved to be a internet sensation getting over 100,000 downloads online. While he has no plans to scrap Ivar Records, he has been in talks to bring a death metal musical to Broadway in 2009 or 2010.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
His success with Brain led to other offers from other up and comers and soon Mark Cella decided to make his move into the music industry in with the 2004 launch of his imprint, Ivar Records and scored right off the bat with Bazooka Girls hit "Make Me". Cross collaborations with members of Limp Biscuit and Travis Barker of Blink 182 on 2006' Mark Cella produced "Ivar Explosion" proved to be a internet sensation getting over 100,000 downloads online. While he has no plans to scrap Ivar Records, he has been in talks to bring a death metal musical to Broadway in 2009 or 2010.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Feel Mark Cella's Passion
Mark Baron Cella was born, Dec 1 1971 in the US Panama Canal zone and raised there until the age of seven as the second son of a devoted Navy Chief Petty Officer. After his father retired from the Navy in 1980 the family settled in the San Diego area. He grew up listening to almost everything from everywhere; from the world beat and cantus from Panama to the Beach Boys and Bob Marley who were popular with the surf culture he also gravitated in Southern
He attended UC Santa Barbra after high school and majored in music composition and theory, excelling in both piano and guitar while also performing in several bands in the UCSB college scene. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1992 where he continued his musical studies at Northwestern University and began composing original music for the stage. His work on the Dan Lyle directed "Cicero's Funeral" was well received and led to more composing work in larger productions in Vancouver and Toronto Canada.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
He attended UC Santa Barbra after high school and majored in music composition and theory, excelling in both piano and guitar while also performing in several bands in the UCSB college scene. After graduation, he moved to Chicago in 1992 where he continued his musical studies at Northwestern University and began composing original music for the stage. His work on the Dan Lyle directed "Cicero's Funeral" was well received and led to more composing work in larger productions in Vancouver and Toronto Canada.
Learn More About Mark Cella At: Mark Cella’s Hot Tracks and Mark Cella Music
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