Mike has taken advantage of various new technologies to get his music heard, most obvious, the world wide web. Not wanting to rely on others, Mike asked friends in Florida and as far away as Paris, France to help get him started. The result - a website that has had tremendous traffic since it's launch earlier this year.
Using a third party server, Mike hasn't lost sight of the benefits of his web site: http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Mike_Markaverich/
“People can listen to my stuff, and through a “readable" e-mail programme I can get their comments and respond", Mike comments. “The new technology has really provided me with another window to the world."
About Mike Markaverich
From the first through the eighth grade, Mike Markaverich was locked into classical piano studies at Perkins School for the Blind. By the time he entered Bishop Guertin High School In Nashua, N.H., he was playing rock music and after matriculating at Dartmouth, the grand conversion from classical and pop to jazz occurred after he had listened to an Oscar Peterson album. The Peterson influence was so overwhelming that Markaverich switched majors, from French to music.
While he is fond of rippling, glissandi and showers of notes, there is little to indicate that he is trying to be an Oscar Peterson carbon copy. Markaverich is inventive with a mind verdant with musical ideas and a puckish compulsion for humor. His sets contain songs garnished with more quotes than is usually found in a State of the Union speech.
Markaverich has a propensity for alternating straight-ahead playing with stretches of stride and occasional improvised choruses in which he uses either the left or right hand.
Mike Markaverich was a premature baby, and his parents were told by doctors not to expect him to survive. His experience in the incubator resulted in his blindness. Mike began playing a toy piano at age three and took lessons at Perkins School for the Blind where he attended grammar school. He graduated second in his class from Bishop Guertin High School and studied at Dartmouth College where he became interested in jazz and decided to make music his career. After attaining a graduate degree at the University of New Hampshire, Mike began his professional career on Cape Cod where he worked as a solo performer and in various combo settings in major area nightspots. In November 1988 he moved to Sarasota, Florida where he has been a regular member of the local jazz scene ever since. Mike has also appeared in concert in various venues, appeared on television and radio, given workshops in schools and colleges, has produced three of his own recordings, and teaches jazz piano. Mike is also a member of the International Association of Jazz Educators and the Sarasota County Music Teachers Association.
To Order Mike's CD “So Low They Can't Hear Me", or be notified of the release of his new CD “SOLID", contact Marktime Records at:
+1 941 951 1487 or of course, visit his web page at http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Mike_Markaverich/
YOU CAN OF COURSE E-MAIL MIKE AT: [email protected]
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