.marcus amaker.















Press

  • one of charleston's 15 most intriguing people (charleston magazine)
  • article in the city paper
  • spaced invaders review of my show
  • marj's column on me
  • review of "lady phoenix"
  • organic process page
  • cd review of escapism
  • preview of cd release party
  • story on the award i won
  • preview announcement
  • announcement of editor position in city paper
  • still with us ...
  • editor's pick in city paper
  • another editor's pick
  • piccolo


    Bio

    a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a spaceship fell from the sky and landed on planet aeres. out came a baby, who was born with supernatural artistic powers.

    (i was born in las vegas, nevada. my dad was in the military, and we moved from vegas to england to maryland to japan to texas. and visited korea in between).

    inspired by the almighty gods before him, the baby unleashed his supernatural artistic powers on the world, and soon conquered the whole galaxy!

    (i started writing, playing and recording songs at the age of 10, while living in maryland. all because my dad turned me on to prince's music. i continued recording music until my freshman year of high school, in texas. it was there that i started to write poetry, mainly for girls).

    fearing that he was becoming too powerful, evil forces focused on destroying the supernatural baby, now becoming a man, and successfully weakened his powers.

    (constantly moving and losing friends sparked a deep depression that carried on throughout high school. it fueled my poetry, and i decided to devote my life to it. with that in mind, i took a writing course my senior year of high school, thinking it was a poetry class. it ended up being a journalism course, though. to my surprise, i loved it so much that i majored in journalism for college, at the university of south carolina)

    supernatural man gets his powers back, and defeated the evil forces of doom ... forever.

    (in college, i find the music of ani difranco. it changes me forever. i also learned how to do web sites and design. in between, i continued writing, and eventually brought my poems to the stage. now over my depression, i use my performances to help people who might be going through the same thing. i've also started picking up music again, and have recorded three albums as an adult)

    supernatural man spreads his powers throughout the world, exploring new galaxies along the way!

    (after i moved to charleston, things kicked into high gear - performing for art shows, benefit concerts, poetry events, etc. i've also done many web sites and design work for other like-minded artists, and volunteered my time to non-profit organizations)



    Partial performance resume

  • piccolo spoleto performance, june 6, 2007
  • stories for life festival, june, 2007
  • lots of shows at east bay meeting house. like this one
  • domestic violence awareness event, oct. 2007
  • harlem renaissance big read performance, sept. 2007
  • re-birth new orleans, 2006
  • poetry out loud, 2006
  • domestic violence awareness event, oct. 2006
  • domestic violence awareness event, oct. 2005
  • rock for choice, 2005