BRINGING YOUR MUSIC ALIVE

Mark Reader received his first guitar at the tender age of 11 and was in his first band when he was 12. He started writing songs and recording them onto a small tape recorder in his bedroom, but soon realized that he needed more tracks so got another tape machine and bounced from one to another. This started Marks fascination with the recording process and he soon progressed from mono cassette, to stereo reel to reel, to portastudio, to mutitrack reel to reel, to Atari ST to PC running Cubase, and now to Apple Mac running Pro-Tools.
 
When Mark left school, he served his time as an electrical engineer at Massey and Coggins Ltd ( same place as Paul McCartney, although not at the same time!), and then went on tour with various bands around Britain and Europe as lead guitarist and singer, and even played guitar for PJ Proby at the Liverpool Empire Theatre.

When he reached his mid twenty's, Mark started working in television as an actor/musician but was more interested in what was going on behind the scenes and moved to becoming a session musician, was then promoted to Musical Director and Music Producer and was in charge of making sure the singers and musicians were achieving their best performance in the recording studio. It was during this time that Mark realized just how important it was to make sure the singer's and musicians felt comfortable and relaxed during the recording process so they could achieve the best results.

Mark was then asked to teach in local schools and collage's so he could pass on his vast skills in the music industry, and went on to work with children and adults from underprivileged backgrounds. He helped many people with learning difficulties to achieve their musical goal, and is now in great demand for his ability to help people with all abilities to record and produce their own CD.

Mark set up Tonewood Recording Studios for one reason and one reason only..........Because of his passion for music and recording, and helping people to achieve something they couldn't achieve on their own.