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Mark & James: Coach Tom Shaw Spring Training Camp at Disney's Wide World of Sports officialmarkandjames 703 views Mark & James visit coach Tom Shaw, Patriots offensive coach, for Pre-Spring Training Camp at Walt Disney's Wide World of Sports. Mark was on his college lacrosse team, but...
Mark & James at EPCOT's International Flower and Garden Festival officialmarkandjames 696 views Mark & James visit EPCOT's International Flower and Garden Festival, happening every Spring at Walt Disney World, FL. The guys always know how to have fun, no matter where...
Outtakes from Mark & James / Katie & Karleigh Compound Tour officialmarkandjames 1,005 views Mark & James were supposed to meet up with Katie & Karleigh Santry when they came through Orlando on vacation and give them a tour of Johnny Wright's compound, but plans ch...
"This Love" - cover by Mark & James officialmarkandjames 409 views Mark & James break out into an impromptu cover of Maroon 5's "This Love". November 20, 2009
Still Hunting Dinner officialmarkandjames 363 views Mark & James continue to look for food in the Mojave desert.
James Chases A Rabbit officialmarkandjames 328 views While exploring in the Mojave Desert, Mark & James spy a small jack rabbit waiting their arrival. James decides to try and catch it, but will he succeed? The Mojave Desert ...
The Mojave - Part One officialmarkandjames 199 views Mark & James take a trip out to Joshua Tree in their free time during their recent trip to California.
Mark & James: @ Tijuana Flats officialmarkandjames 619 views Mark & James stop at Tijuana Flats for dinner before heading into the studio to record. They do this a lot; the workers know them by name! (c) Mark & James Music LLC
Mark & James: What you don't know... officialmarkandjames 215 views While in the studio, Mark & James tell us a little something you might not have known about them. (c) 2009 Mark & James Music LLC
Mark & James: So Good officialmarkandjames 305 views Waiting to load the car after a show . . .

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"Mark & James" began inside a hurricane shelter at the University of Central Florida during Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 -- "I thought staying in an on-campus shelter would be a good way to meet girls", quips James. Armed with his guitar and sarcastic wit, James went out on his girl-hunt, but though he didn't meet any girls during that stay in the shelter, he did meet Mark Russell, a lacrosse player and marketing major, who was sitting in a corner with his own acoustic guitar. After the storm had passed, it didn't take long before each had ditched the bands they had been playing with and started recording music together in their dorm rooms.

"Mark and I are like night and day" says James. "Really -- if you look at it, we're totally opposite in almost every way, but we spend all our time together and somehow, I dunno -- it works." James is pretty much an indoors kind of guy; a digital media major who loves art and cooking, he works at the university part-time as a graphic designer and runs a web-site design company on the side. Mark, on the other hand, is a pure jock. After playing Division I lacrosse his first few years at UCF, he now partakes in every sport he can fit into his schedule. His latest craze is rock climbing, which for some reason translates itself into repelling off of the side of the university parking garage in the early hours of the morning. "I just like being active", he claims.

When it comes to their music, both share vocal and guitar duties, but whereas Mark sees his strength in lead vocals over guitar, James revels in his electric guitar and feels his strength lies there. Paradoxically, Mark feels much more comfortable singing with his guitar in his hands, and James's husky voice shares lead vocals nicely with Mark's clear, poignant tone. Both write, but while James looks for an intense emotion -- usually about girls -- to spur his creativity, Mark just needs the perfect first line: "I'll sit around for long periods of time just trying to come up with the perfect first line -- from there, I'm golden. It's just gotta grab you".

Mark & James do a pretty good job of "grabbing" their audience's attention. Full of charisma and charm, Mark & James have been gigging around Central Florida for the past two semesters with a band they've put together to back them. "Performing is by far my favorite thing to do", says Mark. "It's the best feeling in the world to have a fan tell me how a song has impacted them". Though currently focusing on recording more material in the studio, the two 22-year-old college seniors are continuing to perform out at local clubs and bars. "To really be an artist you have to create your song with everything you have, record it to the best of your abilities, and then give it all away to an audience", says James. "We are having the time of our lives doing what we love, but we have nothing but good things to look forward to, as long as we can continue recording and performing, sharing our experiences and relating to our fans through music".

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