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Mark Endert

Mark Endert grew up idolizing producers rather than the musicians admired by his peers.

“...Even when I was very young I wanted to work in the behind-the-scenes part of record making.”2, reflects Endert in his Nettwerk profile online. From the beginning, Endert chased his dreams in the record-making process and the recordings themselves, and it was this single- minded dedication that drove him to his success, as well as the doorstep of a nearby studio that would be very impressed with his well-educated interview.

At the age of 17, he began working at The Village Recorder studio in LA as “tea boy”2. It was not long, however, before Endert was setting up Sony Music Studios in LA and took the role of chief engineer. He took to a freelance work strategy soon after his “claim to fame” work on Fiona Apple’s debut album “Tidal”2. Soon, he was working with Madonna, becoming a widely-known producer in the industry.

Like many widely-successful producers, Mark Endert wears many hats. His resume includes roles under such titles as Producer, Co-Producer, Mixer, Recordist, and Additional

Production1. In a “Sound On Sound” article from Sept. 2007, Endert was praised for his versatility and involvement in Maroon 5’s blahhhh single from their second album, “It Won’t Be

Long Before Soon”. As Producer, Co-Producer, and Mixer, Endert was a very significant influence on the multi-platinum album.

Mark began to take and increased interest in mixing after working on the production end for the majority of his early career. Moving to songs he hadn’t listened to hundreds of times already, the refreshing start on making a great sound happen in the final product was something that became equally rewarding, at least in terms of success. Mark mixed many artists, including

Madonna, Maroon 5, Miley Cyrus, Five For Fighting, Flyleaf, The Fray, Phantom Planet, Zac

Brown Band, and many others. Mark Endert does his job and he does it well. He does not seem to make projects into his own particular style, but does what a great producer does best, fulfilling the desires of the artists and making the best possible final product emerge. Now that he spends most of his time with his family in FL, his work has slowed. Still, Endert’s reputation is clearly reliable and proficient in his field of work, and he has had plenty of good work to live off of for the rest of his life.

Endert typically uses a combination of Logic and Pro Tools, finding Logic to be intuitive and simple for building tracks. The amount of the musical grunt-work Endert seems to do for

Maroon 5 in the aforementioned “Sound On Sound” article1 is impressive. He was Producer, Co-

Producer, Octone, A&M, and Engineer, as listed on Nettwerk2. He had built an 80 track Protools session by the final pre-mix version of the song1. As a cornerstone of the process, Endert made the artists feel comfortable and made a sound they were excited about. This is the stuff of the top-dog producers, who enable artists to reach great heights and fame quickly without burdensome processes.

The primary reason such a producer as Mark Endert became so successful is his passion for his work. The level of commitment to his work was a commitment to self, as his heart and identity were rooted in the art of making records. Certainly, the privilege of working with so many big name artists was no laughing matter, but Endert would never have continued to succeed prolifically without the passionate understanding that comes from second-nature familiarity. Endert clearly knows his way around the recording industry, and this has come back to ensure his success hundreds of times over.

Endert has a second weapon in his arsenal: versatility. Working from a holistic perspective on the recording process, Endert was able to move from producing to mixing when he saw need. The experience he gained in one category only benefited the others as he moved along, and this was paramount in Endert’s reputation as a sought-after man in the recording business, regardless of the work being done. ______1”Mark Endert Partial Discography”. Mark Endert. Mark Endert. 21 July. 2010.

2”Mark Endert (mixer/producer)” Mark Endert | Nettwerk. Nettwerk. April. 10.

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