{ "ok" : true, "artist" : { "name" : "Mark Preston", "page" : "mark_preston", "description" : "Uplifting Electronica and Melodic Soundscapes", "location" : "PA, USA", "bio" : "Residing on Boston's North Shore, twenty-five year old composer Mark Preston creates a refreshing brand of uplifting mid-tempo grooves and melodic soundscapes. As a self-taught musician, he works viscerally-driven only by an ear that enjoys Stravinsky as much as the Fugees, and Sigur Ros as much as Tom Petty.\n\nA drummer in rock and jam bands throughout high school and college, Mark put down his sticks when he met a Boston-based Zouk and Compas producer who used software programs to create beats. After sitting in on hours of the producer's studio sessions, Mark found he could use similar tools to create the kinds of sounds he loved.\n\nWith a laptop, Propellerhead Reason software, and a small keyboard, Mark composed in his bedroom studio. Shortly thereafter, Mark was awarded a four-month residency at the Contemporary Music Center on the island of Martha's Vineyard. Mark originally attended the Center to focus on drumming; however, he decided to use the opportunity to develop his new interests in writing and producing instrumental music. The product of Mark's work was his first album, ...and it will rise with the sun.\n\nFeatured on the nationally syndicated Echoes Radio Program and podcasts around the world, ...and it will rise with the sun was self-released in February of 2007. Since then, Mark has licensed his music to national and international clients including MTV, Nickelodeon, and Sony Computer Entertainment.\n\nMark's latest album, Nature and Design, was self-released in September of 2010, and was selected as the Echoes CD of the Month in November of 2010.\n\nOutside the studio, Mark can be found enjoying the great outdoors, running, and researching auditory perception and processing at the University of Massachusetts.", "photo" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/img/mark_preston_1.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/mark_preston/", "albums" : [{ "sku" : "mpreston-risewithsun", "name" : "and it will rise with the sun", "artist" : { "name" : "Mark Preston", "page" : "mark_preston" }, "release_date" : "2012-08-27", "genres" : ["Electronica","Downtempo"], "vocals" : "instrumental", "moods" : ["uplifting","peaceful","dreamy","reflective","hopeful"], "uses" : ["road trip","podcast background","meditation or yoga","spa or massage","study or focus","emotional storytelling"], "energy" : 3, "instrumentation" : ["synths","downtempo grooves","glitch-infused melodies","warm chords","melodic soundscapes"], "sounds_like" : [], "summary" : "Uplifting, dreamy electronica with downtempo grooves and melodic soundscapes, ideal for relaxation, focus, or reflective background in videos and podcasts.", "cover" : "https://magnatune.com/music/Mark%20Preston/and%20it%20will%20rise%20with%20the%20sun/cover_400.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/albums/mpreston-risewithsun/", "api_url" : "https://magnatune.com/api/albums/mpreston-risewithsun", "buy_url" : "https://magnatune.com/buy/album?sku=mpreston-risewithsun" },{ "sku" : "mpreston-naturedesign", "name" : "Nature and Design", "artist" : { "name" : "Mark Preston", "page" : "mark_preston" }, "release_date" : "2012-02-20", "genres" : ["Electronica","Downtempo"], "vocals" : "instrumental", "moods" : ["uplifting","dreamy","peaceful","hopeful","nostalgic"], "uses" : ["travel","road trip","nature documentary","podcast background","emotional storytelling","slideshow or memories"], "energy" : 3, "instrumentation" : ["rhodes piano","strings","stuttering percussion","synths"], "sounds_like" : [], "summary" : "Uplifting downtempo electronica with warm Rhodes, strings, and stuttering percussion—ideal for travel videos, road trip scenes, or reflective podcast backgrounds.", "cover" : "https://magnatune.com/music/Mark%20Preston/Nature%20and%20Design/cover_400.jpg", "web_url" : "https://magnatune.com/artists/albums/mpreston-naturedesign/", "api_url" : "https://magnatune.com/api/albums/mpreston-naturedesign", "buy_url" : "https://magnatune.com/buy/album?sku=mpreston-naturedesign" }] }, "license" : { "music_license" : "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 1.0)", "music_license_url" : "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/", "listening" : "Stream the free previews, or buy an album for $8 to download it in MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, OGG or WAV. 100% of the price goes to the musician.", "non_commercial" : "Non-commercial projects may use the music under CC BY-NC-SA 1.0: credit the artist and Magnatune, and share alike.", "projects" : "Magnatune members may use any Magnatune music in their projects, commercial or not (videos, films, podcasts, games, apps, websites, adverts), including work for clients, under the Magnatune Project Licence. Projects released while a member stay licensed for good; new projects need an active membership. Credit is required. TV or radio broadcast, cinema, and background music in shops, restaurants or on-hold lines are not included: license those from the musician. Membership: $10/month, $99/year or $299 lifetime; agents can buy one themselves with MPP at /api/member-pass ($10 month, $99 year, $299 lifetime, one-off).", "projects_status" : "available", "projects_signup" : "https://magnatune.com/member/signup", "royalty_free" : "Membership is royalty-free licensing: no per-video, per-download or per-view fees, for every project created and released while a member.", "youtube" : "YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, podcasts: members may use the clean songs in monetized videos. Members register their YouTube channel (the set_youtube_channel MCP tool, or their account page) so YouTube's Content ID doesn't claim their videos. The free versions carry a spoken Magnatune voice and are non-commercial (CC BY-NC-SA), so they're not for monetized channels or client work.", "details" : "https://magnatune.com/info/licensing", "how_to_credit" : "Name the artist and \"Magnatune\", with a link to the album's web_url." } }