Mark Shapiro
Music Designer
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For Mark Shapiro, jazz is the one abiding truth and beauty in this world. He's been studying jazz – its history, recordings, discographies, biographies, and music theory – since he was thirteen years old.
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Mark grew up in Los Angeles and attended U.C.L.A. where he majored in philosophy, only because he was realistic enough to recognize that he's not himself such a great musician.
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Mark has been with DMX since 2002. He moved from L.A. to the Austin office in 2009. He likes Austin but has a hard time figuring out why people In Austin call the rivers lakes. He lives alone, no pets, but he has been known to have the occasional dinner guest. His hobbies include writing and performing standup comedy, storytelling, photography, mathematical logic, and working on this bio.
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Aside from this music programming at DMX, Mark can be heard hosting jazz shows on Austin's KOOP 91.7 FM.
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