Music has and always will play a big part in my life.I love all styles of music,it depends on what i'm in the mood for. when I write music it works the same way,it depends on my mood and what i'm feeling at the time.All the songs are originals that come from my heart and true life experiences. This cd is self produced and has human emotions that i'm sure anyone can connect with. In the many stages we all go through at certain points of our lives. One of the founding members of the "us guys" band based out of southern wisconsin,Mark loves performing in front of live crowds. I thrive on audience particapation,says Mark. I really enjoy meeting everyone I can, in between breaks and after shows. The highlight of my career is when we opened up for the Kingston Trio in 1989.We've done many, many shows but each one has been unique and will be embedded in my memory forever because of everone that supported us,and followed us from town to town. "You all rock"! I'm currently based out of chicago.I've been in and out of the chicago area for last ten years now.i was born and raised in southern Wisconson.When i was 19 years old i released a single on david woody records called "Without you",that I had written for my grandma. Which received air play on wgez radio station in Beloit Wisconsin. When i was 14 i was writing songs on my first guitar, which had only two strings on it! Crazy-but true. I've played and performed all kinds of cover tunes from new country,50's-80's rock "n" roll,heavy metal,ballads,top 40,punk,easy listening. But when i write music I try to set the mood of music so it works with the title of the song.That is so important to me, because the music is the first thing that you hear in a song 99.9% of the time.It paves the path of the song before it's developed into a story. I've been working on this project for about five years now, (with all six strings on my guitar!). Though it's been perverse at times by not having other musicians on this venture. I've been challenged yet gratified as each song had come to a completion,which eventually became- "I Did'nt Have Wings". "Always make music a part of your life!" Mark A. Colby