Mark started Score Draw Music in 2004 after a career as a musician that included recording 4 Peel Sessions, playing live shows in the USA, Russia and Japan, and having tracks he had co-written placed on shows such as Malcolm in the Middle and Sesame Street.
Outside of the company Mark is a member of the Ivors Academy Media Committee Board, dealing with ongoing issues for media composers around copyright, skills, and opportunities. He also sits on the Future Screens NI Board, delivering expert technical skills, opportunity, and growth across film and broadcast, animation, games, and immersive technologies and industries in Northern Ireland. Mark also programmes Output Belfast - Ireland’s largest music conference.
Mark shares his story with us as well as giving some helpful tips and tricks on how you can build a portfolio in the music composing world.