Money Mark

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Money Mark
Money Mark in March 2007
Money Mark in March 2007
Background information
Birth nameMark Ramos Nishita
Born (1960-02-10) February 10, 1960 (age 64)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Keyboards
  • melodica
Years active1991–present
LabelsVarious

Mark Ramos Nishita (born February 10, 1960),[1] known professionally as Money Mark, is an American producer and musician, best known for his collaborations with the Beastie Boys from 1992 until 2011.

Early life

Born in

Chicana mother, Nishita moved with his family to Los Angeles, California, when he was six years old.[1]

Career

His first album,

hip hop.[2] This LP was met with good reviews, as was his 2001 follow up Change Is Coming which had a tropical yet danceable disco and funk sound.[3]

Mark met the

Grammy Award winning album The Mix-Up
.

Money Mark contributed the keyboard phrase that opens and underpins "Where It's At" from

Red Hot + Rhapsody a tribute to George Gershwin
. In 2004, Mark scored and played all instruments for HBO's first ever documentary prime time series, "Family Bond's," directed by Steve Santor. That same year, Mark also contributed original songs and score cues for "Along Came Polly," "Fun With Dick and Jane," and "The Devil Wears Prada."

In September 2006, Money Mark signed to

Love Unlimited Orchestra's "Love's Theme" for Engine Room Recordings' compilation album Guilt by Association. Money Mark composed original music for the 2008 documentary film Beautiful Losers.[6]

In 2011, he contributed the

Hammond B-3 organ on "Look Around" from the Red Hot Chili Peppers album I'm With You, as well as a version of the song "Tropical Affair" with Thalma de Freitas and João Parahyba for Red Hot Organization's most recent charitable album "Red Hot+Rio 2." The album is a follow-up to the 1996 "Red Hot + Rio
." Proceeds from the sales will be donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues.

Mark scored the Slamdance Audience Award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary film, Getting Up: The Tempt One Story.[7]

Money Mark worked alongside Mike McCready and Stefan Lessard and contributed to many of the tracks used in the soundtrack to the 2011 film, Horrible Bosses.

He performed in 2011 with Karen O on her pop opera Stop the Virgens.[8]

Over the course of his career, Mark has done recording sessions with the

Mixmaster Mike, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Seu Jorge, Jack Johnson, and The Mars Volta
.

He was a regular guest on

DVDASA, a podcast hosted by David Choe and Asa Akira
. He is also part of the band, Mangchi, with David Choe and Steven Lee.

In the spring of 2016, it was announced that Money Mark would be touring with The Claypool Lennon Delirium, a collaboration between Les Claypool and Sean Lennon. From the Prawn Song Newsletter, "Les Claypool and Sean Lennon’s newly formed band, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, will hit the road this summer for an extensive tour of the United States. Rounding out the band with Les and Sean will be Money Mark on keyboards and Paulo Baldi on drums. In addition to playing Bonnaroo, Vertex and Peach festivals, The Claypool Lennon Delirium will play a number of headline shows across the country."

On July 31, 2020, he was featured on

Dropped Frames, Vol. 2
, on the track “Isolation Bird.”

On July 20, 2023, he performed on the keyboard for

Tiny Desk
.

Solo discography

Money Mark discography
Studio albums7
Live albums1
EPs5
Singles7

Studio albums

Live albums

  • Mark on the Mike (1998, Toy's Factory)

Extended plays

Singles

  • "Insects Are All Around Us" / "Cry" (1995)
  • "Cry" (1995)
  • "Hand in Your Head" (1998)
  • "Maybe I'm Dead" (1998)
  • "Burn Away" (2005)
  • "Pick Up the Pieces" (2006)

Compilations

Releases on Mo' Wax

  • MW 034 LP Mark's Keyboard Repair LP
  • MW 090 Push The Button LP
  • MW 090 LP Push The Button LP (One 12", One 10" & One 7")
  • MW 032 Insects Are All Around Us / Cry 7"
  • MW 036 Cry 12"
  • MW 032 P Album Sampler 10"
  • MW 043 DJ Third Version 7" (Promo)
  • MW 043 MLP Third Version EP 10" (Mini Album)
  • MW 044 Legitimate Pop Songs? - Money Mark Live At Rough Trade 7"
  • MW 066 Hand In Your Head 12"
  • MW 066 DJ Cry (Dust Brothers Remix) / Got My Hand In Your Head (New Mix) 10" (Promo)
  • MW 066 DJ2 Hand In Your Head 12" (Promo)
  • MW 089 Maybe I'm Dead 12"
  • MW 089 DJ Maybe I'm Dead 12" (White Label Promo)
  • MW 089 S Maybe I'm Dead 7" (Ltd 7" Shaped Chihuahua)

[9]

Collaboration discography

With the Beastie Boys
With Banyan
With Danger Doom
With Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group
With Hello Seahorse!
With Big Sir
With the John Butler Trio
With Nação Zumbi
With Joseph D'Anvers
With
Yo Gabba Gabba
  • Robodancing (2008)
With Kinky
With Shawn Lee and Tommy Guerrero
  • Lord Newborn and The Magic Skulls (2009)
With Red Hot Chili Peppers
With
Boots Electric
With Linkin Park
  • Recharged
     (2012)
With Halo Orbit
With The Claypool Lennon Delirium
With Molotov
  • Unplugged (2018)
With TT

References

  1. ^
    Allmusic
    . Retrieved October 23, 2022. Born February 10, 1960 in Detroit, MI.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-7535-0252-6
    .
  3. ^ Dowling, Stephen (June 1998). "Money Mark: Push the Button". Vox (92). Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  4. ^ Leroy, Dan (May 12, 2018). "What happens when you rent out your house to the Beastie Boys?". salon.com. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  5. spin.com
    . Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "SIDETRACK FILMS / Beautiful Losers". Archived from the original on September 1, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2008.
  7. ^ "IMDB Getting Up". IMDB.
  8. ^ "Karen O in STOP THE VIRGENS". Vivid Sydney. May 8, 2019.
  9. ^ link Vinylnet.co.uk Archived 2007-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "I Big Sir (Juan &..." Facebook. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2012.

External links

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