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Bio
Marq-Paul is an instrumental guitarist in the style of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Paul Gilbert. Marq-Paul melds many styles of music into a web of compositions, blending music from latin swing to drum & bass to arena rock to the avant garde. He is always trying to push the limits of what can be done in instrumental music while bringing a good show to his audiences. As a result of his efforts, Marq-Paul was recognized and was a finalist for the “Instrumental Artist of the Year” Momentum Award, 2008, “Rock Artist of the Year” Momentum Award, 2009 CIA Alliance | IndieHeaven.com, but also as a store finalist for Guitar Center’s “King of the Blues” competition!
Marq-Paul is also a score composer, and has recently won an award for Best Score for his 48HFP film score to “Under My Skin”. Marq-Paul is also working on the upcoming movie Dead iSland by Josh Davidson and B’More Films, which is the very first feature length film shot entirely on the iPhone!
Marq-Paul has been playing music since he was 10 years old. Starting on brass instruments and working through percussion, he finally settled on the guitar as his “voice”. Marq-Paul recently graduated with an AA in Music as well. After 24 years of playing various instruments, composing music, and incorporating electronic music production, Marq-Paul has developed a style that is uniquely his own yet familiar enough that a wide audience will enjoy it, whether in his instrumental rock guitar recordings and performances, or his scores.
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Venues
Marq-Paul has played at The Patterson Theater, 6 Flags America, The Brass Monkey, Sinix, Catalina Club, 8×10 Club, Lake Shore Baptist Church, Guitar Center – Glen Burnie MD, Park Rock Festival, My Brother’s Place in Waldorf, MD, Glen Burnie High School, IndieHeaven / CIA Summit in Nashville, TN, The Comedy Spot in Arlington, The Bridge Church in Silver Spring, MD, The Pres Box, Day Jams Summer Camp, Northern Lights in New York,…
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If you would like a physical press kit, please provide your name, organization, address, and reason for the request (guitar or score related) via e-mail to: info@marq-paul.com Subject: Physical Press Kit.
Contact
Marq-Paul LaRose
marq-paul@marq-paul.com
(410)360-5659