Mark Berland                    

Mark Berland is a powerful, dynamic, mystical, profound, comical, musical, and artistic experience.  In the past, he has met the likes of Frank Zappa, Boz Scaggs, Steven Tyler, and listened in on a Paul Simon rehearsal. At one time he was set to meet the legendary producer John Hammond, who had discovered Billy Holiday and Bob Dylan, but health concerns of Mr.Hammond dissolved the meeting. He has played venues such as The Bitter End in NYC, The Troubadour in LA, Passims in Cambridge, as well as numerous radio shows  in NYC, San Francisco and Boston.He has also performed his works with students of Berklee College of Music and The New England  Conservatory.He is long time friends with Greg Chansky  who wrote songs performed by Richie Havens and

Peter Yarrow of Peter Paul and Mary is his biggest fan. 

In the old days, he was considered by ECM Records, but private concerns pulled him in a different direction.  He has played the guitar in several hundreds of alternative tunings, that he discovered through dreams and experimentation. He currently has one CD out titled, "The Guitarist's Apprentice", where he plays solo guitar, that often sounds like two guitars and is interpreted as other instruments such as the harp, the