"Mark's voice is the kind that makes you believe every word, the perfect combination of soul and honesty" Gordie Sampson While running his own trucking business, Mark blasted onto the local music scene in late 2004. By 2005 he had won his way through all of the local singing contests and was working on his first original CD. By the end of 2006 Mark had completed his first original CD with two of the songs, “I Don’t Wanna Go” and “Get Er Done”, making their way to FX 101.9’s Top 101 of 2006. 2007 would find Mark working his day job and touring locally to promote his first original CD “Ger Er Done”. In June 2007 Mark sang his was past 172 people to win the title of “Judges Choice” and the honour of representing the Atlantic Provinces on CMT’s K Star Search. CMT Host- Casey Clarke was quoted as saying, “If I heard your voice coming out of a Bar in Nashville you would draw me in” Mark made his first National television appearance on CMT on October 24, 2007. In 2008 Mark continued to tour locally while working on more original material when he learned he had earned a spot in the biggest Country Show to ever hit the Maritime Provinces. Mark was honoured to be the only local band chosen to play Country Rocks the Commons 2008 and he was thrilled to share the stage with artists such as Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson, Johnny Reid, Aaron Pritchett, Jimmie Rankin, Charlie Major and Great Big Sea. In October 2010 Mark took his first trip to Nashville to complete his second CD with Grammy Award Winner GORDIE SAMPSON. The new CD was recorded between The Tracking Room in Nashville and Lakewind Sound Studios in Pt Aconi NS with some of todays biggest touring musicians. There are 11 tracks in total on the album with 7 written by Gordie Sampson and fellow co writers Hillary Lindsey ,Dallas Davidson ,Brett James ,Troy Verges ,Luke Bryan ,Billy Currington ,Aaron Lines and Ronnie Dunn . Two tracks were written by Larry Wayne Clark and two from Mark himself . Keep an ear to your local country radio station as Mark introduces himself to the rest of Canada with his new album titled, "Just The Way You Like It"