User:Matchboxpreston

Mark Ellis is an Ely based musician. Mark first started playing music at an early age and first started playing in bands at the age of 15 (early 2001). It was in 2003 that Mark first joined the band Hamfatter, during his time with Hamfatter he as enjoyed european success with top ten hits including "Girls in Gratz" which peaked at number 3 in the Austrian charts. The band keen to make more of an impression on home soil appeared on BBC's Dragons Den in summer 2008, they gained interest from four out of five dragons eventually choosing to go into business with Peter Jones. The band received much media attention after this and many conversations were had about what was seen as a revolutionary move at the time. During 2008 Mark really started to develop as a song writer, this was encouraged first and foremost by Boo Hewerdine (The Bible, Eddi Reader, Chris Difford). In their first session they penned the track "Who Killed The Summer" and from that point Mark was given the confidence and knowledge to go it alone. Since then Mark has performed with Boo Hewerdine, Eddi Reader, Kim Richey, and Athlete. His writing has been acclaimed by such producers as Nick Ingman and Robin Millar. It's early days but the future looks bright for this man!