Marcus Amaker
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my 18th album
December 1, 2016
The analogue series has been a fun little project for me to sink my electronic teeth into. The concept: record one album a month for the next six months. Improvisation. Use nothing but analog instruments. Record in one day. Well, the second album in the project is complete. I cheated by recording it in three […]
Videos and posters for the Charleston Jazz Orchestra
November 26, 2016
I’ve been doing design and video work for Jazz Artists of Charleston for almost four years! Time is a funny thing. Anyway, I’m really proud of this work, so I’ll share some of it with you below: Poster and video for the band’s Holiday Swing show at the Charleston Music Hall. […]
Interview for Wando High School
November 26, 2016
A few weeks ago, I was asked to read poetry for Wando High School‘s Live Poets Society. I appreciate the idea of students focusing on living poets instead of dead ones (sorry, Walt). There’s so many great poets who are active in the scene, writing inspiring work. The experience was priceless. I read a few […]
Some photos from TEDx
November 1, 2016
Was so excited perform at TEDxCharleston with my brother in art, Quentin E. Baxter. The love we received from our performance was beautifully overwhelming. Seriously. THANK YOU if you came up to me to show love. My apologies if I seemed out of it, or was at a loss for words (ironically). Here are some […]
A new album, recorded in one day
November 1, 2016
I challenged myself to write and record an electronic album in one day. I’ll be doing one electronic album per month, for the next six months. The first record in the “analogue” series was completed on 10/27 with synthesizers and drum machines. It’s yours now. ENJOY. Stream and download now. Dig? THE VIDEO: THE ALBUM: […]
brotherhood / after you left the hospital …
(from the tiny poems series) let’s have a flashback, to when our lives seemed carefree, when our world was simply a walk or a bike ride toward each weekend like unwritten stanzas in an endless poem, when there was nothing to write about except liquid summers and dried-up mornings, when my beard had no traces […]
the pulse (part 2)
(spoken word poem. part two of the pulse) Charleston, where church steeples and cranes look over us and multi-colored houses house live-in servants. where fast-rising hotels rise above slow-moving clouds that cast floods on the corner of America Street. where parades of one color get one day to celebrate then hide in the shadows of […]
Hot off the press: I designed the latest edition of No Depression
August 26, 2016
Despite the loss of Prince, it’s been a great year. A new house, a strong marriage with the most intelligent woman in the world, the TEDx news, and … this. BUT WHAT’S NEXT? Well … I’m designing the national music magazine No Depression. No Depression has a rich history of in-depth stories about roots music. As a graphic designer in Charleston, […]
Eight tiny poems about Charleston
A.C.’s when the lights flash at 2a.m., every person in dimmed shadow becomes enlightened even though they are scrambling for another conversation with darkness and drama. John L. Dart Library the man at the pulpit says “I have faith that one day we will see her in the morning.” And I […]
