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| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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- For other people of similar names, see Mark Christensen (disambiguation)
| Mark Christensen | |
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| Also known as | Marc Christensen, Mark B Christensen, Mark B. Christensen |
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Hip hop, alternative rock, pop, R&B, etc. |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, audio engineer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass, vocals, etc. |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Labels | Engine Room Recordings |
| Website | Profile at Engine Room Recordings |
Mark Christensen is an American musician, songwriter, vocalist, record producer, and audio engineer based in New York City. Originally a touring rock musician and songwriter, Christensen is currently known for mastering, producing, or mixing music in the genres of rock, pop, R&B, classical, and hip hop. He is studio owner and chief engineer at Engine Room Audio, and through the studio he has mastered material by Lady Gaga, The Killers, Trey Songz, 50 Cent, and The Ting Tings, among others. He is also an owner of the independent record label Engine Room Recordings. Christensen has worked on hundreds of albums, and four have been nominated for Grammy Awards as of 2014, with two wins. Christensen has also mastered over twenty Billboard chart top ten hits, and fifteen of the releases have gone platinum or gold. As of 2014 Christensen is an official "mentor" at Recording Connection, a New York-based school for music recording.
Career
Early touring and production (1980s-1990s)
Mark B. Christensen was born and raised in the United States. By the age of sixteen he was touring with his own progressive rock material in the midwest. He began producing music at age nineteen, also studying audio engineering and mastering techniques. He spent three years living in London in the early 1990s, producing independent albums and touring briefly with bands such as The Waterboys and The Clash.
After returning to New York City Christensen began working at Soundtrack City as a line producer, and in 1995 he began playing with a number of New York bands. While at Soundtrack City, he signed another record deal based on a self-produced demo, and ended up working on tours for bands such as Radiohead, The Wallflowers and The Gin Blossoms. By the late 1990s he had played as a lead vocalist, guitarist, or songwriter for several bands in Colorado, London, and New York. Also in the 1990s he did session work as a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, singing backup on several projects by Kevin Salem of Roadrunner Records and co-writing material with Ivan Neville. Through Soundtrack City he also worked on the soundtracks for several commercials and films, including music videos for artists such as The Rolling Stones, Cindy Lauper, Duran Duran, LL Cool J, and 3rd Bass.
Founding Engine Room Audio (1996-2003)
In 1996 Christensen founded Engine Room Audio (ERA) in lower Manhattan, originally constructing the studio in his loft apartment to master and record local bands. He is studio owner and chief engineer, and in 2000 he contributed engineering to Who Are We Living For? by Dispatch, also designing the cover for an album by Sin Dizzy. In 2001 he engineered several choral albums through Engine Room Audio, and the following year he remastered the bonus tracks for Linda Perhacs' Parallelograms. As of 2002 Engine Room Audio offered traditional mastering and dupliction services, as well as engineering, mastering, recording, and in some cases production. Clients at the studio have since included Lady Gaga, The Killers, and The Ting Tings, Kylie Minogue, A$AP Rocky, Depeche Mode, and Toni Braxton, among others. Other mastering projects at ERA include an album by Tony Jarvis, a number of classical albums for Museovitch Productions, and sevearl projects for Respect Music, an alternative dance label in Hong Kong.
Founding Engine Room Recordings (2004-2008)
Main article: Engine Room RecordingsThe independent record label Engine Room Recordings was started by Christensen and Peter Block in 2005. In 2006 the label released its first record, Twisted Heart by Goat, with Christensen mastering. The New York City-based band Porter Block soon joined the roster, with Christensen again mastering their debut album. Engine Room is also well known for producing the compilation series Guilt by Association. Guilt by Association Vol. 1 (2007), Guilt by Association Vol. 2 (2008) and Guilt by Association Vol. 3 (2011) feature various independent artists covering well-known pop, R&B and rock songs from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, with Christensen mastering. The label released a compilation of Weezer covers in 2012.
In 2008 Engine Room Recordings signed Brooklyn-based bands Lowry and The Bloodsugars. Christensen helped produce Lowry's debut album, also mastering. 2009 saw the label sign U.S. Royalty, among other bands. While Christensen worked on many of Engine Room's releases at that time, he also continued to master material for artists on other labels such as Babygrande. He has mastered a large number of singles and albums for Trey Songz on Atlantic Records since 2008, with Christensen explaining that "I master a lot of different styles of music, but his records are especially fun to work on" because of the production values. Also in 2008 Christensen continued to play guitar as a session musician for labels such as Universal Australia. In 2009 he mastered albums such as War Angel and Before I Self Destruct by 50 Cent.
Recent projects (2010-present)
In 2010 he took a partial hiatus from music, though he mastered releases for April Smith, OK Go , Capone-N-Noreaga, Vinnie Paz, and Trey Songz, among others. During this time he opened and operated a restaurant in Manhattan, returning to music once the restaurant was financially stable. In early 2011 he recorded an EP with the Israeli band Hank & Cupcakes, helping them produce the EP live on a "very limited budget."
In early 2012 Christensen mastered the first single off Trey Songz' album Chapter V, titled "Heart Attack," which was produced by Benny Blanco and Rico Love. Around that time he mastered a track for Pauly D on G-Note Records as well, and he worked with the Italian rap group Club Dogo in June 2012. Signed to Universal Music Group, the group's members DJ Don Joe and engineer Andrea “db” Debernardi flew to New York to mix and master an album with Christensen. Their resulting single "Cattivi Esempi" reached #2 on the Italian music charts. Christensen's other mastering projects in 2012 included the alt-rock band Weep's album Alate and the Trey Songz album Chapter V, which reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. Also that September, 50 Cent was in the studio with Christensen to master his single “New Day,” which features Dr. Dre and Alicia Keys. The song was mixed by Eminem before mastering.
Engine Room Audio in 2014 continued to work on projects by both 50 Cent and Trey Songz, with Christensen mastering albums such as 50 Cent's Animal Ambition. Other recent mastering projects include Collide by Boyz II Men and Game Changer by Johnny Gill. Christensen's associated projects had been nominated for four Grammy Awards as of 2014, winning two of them. At that point Christensen had also worked on over 24 Billboard chart top ten hits, and fifteen of the releases had gone platinum or gold. Christensen is an official "mentor" at Recording Connection, a New York-based school for music recording. He also periodically chairs and moderates audio engineering panels at music industry events.
Discography
Production credits
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