Sales and Market Bullets

• AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER: Mark Howard has worked with Neil Young, R.E.M., Willie Nelson, U2, the Neville Brothers, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Marianne Faithfull, and the Tragically Hip, among many others. He was nominated for a Juno for Producer of the Year for the Tragically Hip’s Day for Night record.


• EXCELLENT REVIEWS: Listen Up, Mark’s previous book, received fabulous reviews and was nominated for the Association of Recorded Sound Collections’ Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research (2020).
  
  • “This is one of those books readers can’t put down … Highly recommended for music lovers.” — Library Journal
  • “Howard’s insider music history will be of equal interest to music fans and those who sit behind the mixing board.” — Publishers Weekly
  • “Mark Howard’s fascinating memoir pulls the curtain back to reveal the mysteries of how our finest songwriters — Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams — create magic in the studio.” — Austin Scaggs, contributing editor for Rolling Stone
  
  


• A VISUAL EXPLORATION: A backstage pass to how a producer builds creative spaces for artists to flourish.

Audience

• People who work in music production


• People interested in interior design/architecture


• Music history fans


• Father’s Day gift shoppers

Mark Howard is a producer and recording engineer. He’s worked with countless multi-million-selling-record artists, including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Waits, the Tragically Hip, Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Marianne Faithfull, Emmylou Harris, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., and the Neville Brothers. He was born in Manchester, England, in 1964 and came to Hamilton, ON, at the age of two. He currently lives in Cape Breton, NS, overlooking the ocean and has been cancer-free for the last year.

“Recording Icons / Creative Spaces captures the energy behind recording and performing in so many exotic spaces. It will inspire readers to think out of the box, and hopefully try out a remote setup with their gear in unintimidating, non-traditional, and informal spaces like Mark has.” — Tape Op Magazine