Mark Shapiro
Mark has been studying jazz—its recordings, discographies, biographies, history, and musical theory—since he was thirteen years old. He took saxophone lessons with renowned studio musician Bill Greene, took jazz improvisation lessons with jazz vibist Charlie Shoemake, studied music theory at Los Angeles Valley College, and played in the Los Angeles City College Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Don Simpson.
In the last several years Mark has produced and hosted radio shows on the history of jazz, first at KVCM Van Nuys, heard on Adelphia Cable, then at KWRF Santa Monica at Santa Monica College. [Note: KWRF Santa Monica is not affiliated with KWRF in Warren, Arkansas.] While at KWRF, Mark also served at both the Program Director and Music Director. And he served as a volunteer announcer and engineer for the Los Angeles Radio Reading Service, a non-profit service that reads newspapers and magazines for blind listeners on a sub-frequency of radio KCSN Northridge, California.
Mark began working in Los Angeles for DMX in 2002. As a music designer he works with a broad palette of music—from jazz to classical to pop. Now with DMX at the Austin, Texas headquarters, Mark looks forward to challenging new music projects and to new adventures as an Austinite.
