Marc Gladstone

Musical Artist, Composer, Songwriter, Producer,

Keyboardist, Music Teacher

His current original band projects include Stone Poets and Peacenik Collective.  

He's the keyboardist for Prism, sings in Earth Wind and Choir and performs in Hand over Heart. 

Marc has an extensive musical background with various bands and studio work. He started his formal training at the age of seven and finished his Royal Conservatory training by age fifteen, scoring first class honours throughout.

After cutting his professional teeth with a few cover bands notably Army,  a popular Vancouver rock band that toured religiously and had a rabid following, he landed the keyboard chair in Doug and the Slugs for the last seven years of the band, until the untimely passing of Doug Bennett in 2005. He then joined Nick Gilder/Sweeney Todd as well as a short stint in the band Toronto, playing for crowds of up to 20,000 at festivals across Canada.  

Brandon Paris Band in March 2006, from their debut album titled On My Own, hit Top 20, peaking at No. 17 on the Canadian CHR charts. The second single almost reached top 40 at No. 53 CHR. Topping off an already exceptional year, Brandon Paris Band was nominated for Best New Group or Solo Artist (CHR) by the Canadian Radio Music Awards in spring of 2007.  The band later morphed into Abandon Paris with new lead singer Scott Jackson. Marc was an integral part of the songwriting team as well as producing the music alongside Juno Nominated and winner of the West Coast Engineer of the year, Sheldon Zaharko from Zed Productions.  

His original groups are vastly different in their genres: Stone Poets (Folk/Pop Roots), Abandon Paris (Alternative Rock), both highlights his talents for producing in various styles and now Peacenik Collective (Adult Contemporary), a band that is reigniting the essential spark of the 1960’s peace and love movement through their collective original music and their 1st single “Back to Love".  https://linktr.ee/peacenikcollective  

Marc co-produced the last Jardines album, “Someone’s Stolen Tuesday”  with Cherelle Jardine.  He was musical director as well as keyboardist in the band from 2009-2012.  https://www.reverbnation.com/thejardines/songs

HEAD (2015-2018) was a heavy rock band fronted by Cherelle Jardine (Lyric). Marc produced 2 albums, “Afraid to Sleep” and “Dear Father”, played keys and was a co-writer in the band. https://www.reverbnation.com/head_music/songs

Marc joined Prism in 2010, is actually a cousin to John Hall (original keyboardist for Prism), and his orchestral keyboard work is a perfect match for the Prism sound. They’re currently in pre-production for a new album project. www.prism.ca

Marc is a sought after session player for recording and live performances as well. He’s been nominated 4 years in a row for the BCCMA Keyboardist of the Year Award.

He produced and wrote the “Green Beans, Mushroom Soup & Strawberry Ice Cream” podcast for Pacific Northwest Radio from 2018- 2020.  The show provided insights into the rock and roll world, playing and promoting BC artists, and furthering international music of all genres. Marc says, “It’s called Green Beans, Mushroom Soup & Strawberry Ice Cream. What the hell does that even mean!?  It means I can play whatever I want to… just like radio used to do when it was real. Before it was all politics. When it wasn’t owned by record companies who forced it to do their bidding. Real radio”. Listen to past shows here … https://open.spotify.com/show/3aKCFI1m0JRYWqp0W36wYH

A passion for music; a believer in fair compensation and a huge supporter of all types of music… he was one of the founders and the West Coast Director with the Canadian Musicians Coalition. The group petitioned for a living wage for all professional Canadian musicians, money for music education and support to Canadian venues. www.canadianmusicianscoalition.ca

Besides  teaching privately (see the link on the home page), Marc is one of the principal piano instructors at Long & McQuade, teaching RCM as well as popular piano/keyboards to students of all ages. 

Aside from his bands, he is working on an album of original piano compositions and a book about his life on the road.

DISCOGRAPHY:

Stone Poets brings together a blend of poetic lyricism and emotionally powerful instrumentation, creating moving music that sparks hopefulness, a sense of joy and optimism. Together they dive deep into meaningful material that reveals their bold authenticity.
From pop sensibilities to soulful balladry, Cherelle Jardine, Scott Jackson and Marc Gladstone connect hearts & minds across the globe with their 5th studio project, “HUM∀N”.  

“HUM∀N”:  Release date January 2024 on all platforms, vinyl and CD, digital download. www.stonepoets.hearnow.com

“HUM∀N” is a mirror to the soul, touching on many topics that make us who we are. Music that makes you feel something.
There’s a little piece of all of us in “HUM∀N”.  
15 songs recorded with Vancouver’s most sought after musicians including Jerry Wong, Nick Haggar, Liam MacDonald, Jeremy Holmes, Jordan Aranas and Geeta Das.
Recorded and co-produced with award winning Producer/Engineer Sheldon Zaharko at Zed Productions, HippoSonic Studios, Monarch Studios and Grassy Knoll Studio/L8R Records Inc.

Singles:
 “Gleam and Beam” (July 1/19) and “The Great Divide“(Sept 9/19).
“The Great Divide” was written with Canadian iconic songwriters LeeAnn and Daryl Burgess.
”Gleam and Beam” and “The Great Divide” were recorded with Sheldon Zaharko at Zed Productions. Co Produced with Sheldon Zaharko and Stone Poets.
 (also included on the “HUMAN” album).

“Smoke and Mirrors” – released (2018)
This time out, the band took a slightly different path, creating interesting instrumentation to colour the songs while continuing to intrigue the listener with their lyrical interpretations of life. Sponsored by Creative BC and the Province of BC. Co Produced with Sheldon Zaharko and Stone Poets.

“More Angels and Devils” (2015)
This album contains songs from “Angels and Devils” as well as other studio recordings.  
Released for their USA tour.  Co Produced with Sheldon Zaharko and Stone Poets.

“Angels and Devils”, (2013) offers more of their thought provoking lyrics and darker melodies. Delving further into the realms of the human spirit while at the same time exploring unity and presenting brother/sisterhood as the answer to global unrest.  Co-produced with Sheldon Zaharko and Stone Poets.

“Trippin’ on Daisies”, (2011), their 1st studio release was recorded at The Factory, in Vancouver BC.  Co-produced with Sheldon Zaharko and Stone Poets.

HEAD

“Afraid to Sleep” (2016)

"Dear Father” (2018)

https://www.reverbnation.com/head_music/songs

https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCgjf7z0WiitWF-ImGuEOQRw

Abandon Paris 

www.reverbnation.com/abandonparis2