Landmarq - Mike Varty

Mike Varty -
(piano / keyboards / vocals)

A Brief History

MIKE started playing the piano and violin at the age of 4. In his later teens he traded orchestras for rock 'n' roll in his first band - the Somerset-based folk-rock trio, HMV. Throughout the early 90s, he earned a solid reputation around the Hampshire/Surrey border area with the band Study in Scarlet - 'progressive rock with a hint of scarlet' - playing bass. In 1993 he spotted an advert put in a local music store by Clive Nolan, and got the job of live Mike in pensive mood keyboard player for Shadowland. He has since been made a full member of Shadowland and contributed to the writing of the last album, "Mad as a Hatter".

In 1996 he joined the more regular performers Credo and has contributed to their second album "Rhetoric" both as keyboard player and producer. Since then, he has gotten back together with one member of his very first band by joining folk rock group, The Mighty Rooster and can be seen regularly playing his violin around small venues in the West Country.

Mike's degree in electronics has led him to set up Gargoyle Studio where the Janison Edge album was recorded. He also has a talent for arrangement and production which draws heavily on his classical music training and natural musicianship. As well as having produced the first Janison Edge CD plus the above-mentioned Credo album, Mike has also provided the soundtrack music for the low-budget Sci-fi movie Foiled, co-produced the first Rooster CD, Gargoyles, and engineered miscellaneous other small CD productions.

Mike Varty - Discography (all selections MV plays piano/keyboards) Other commercially released recordings plus non-released recordings of notable interest. (Note: inclusion in this list does not guarantee availability of items) Listings in chronological order:-
Band/Artist	Title	Label/Cat. no.	Year	Details (where known)
1. Credo			1994
2. Shadowland	Mad as a Hatter
3. Janison Edge	The Services Of Mary Goode
4. Credo	Rhetoric		2005

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