At age 27, Mark Oates has been studying music for almost 20 years and has been composing for almost 10 years. Oates started as a young Trombone player and later began to take on other instruments as well. At the university level, Oates studied Trombone, Euphonium, and Trumpet in addition to composition at Wichita State University, Oklahoma State University, and the University of New Mexico. He has performed in choirs, professional orchestras, drum corps, brass quintets, bands, wind ensembles and a rock group.
Oates has won several music awards for his film scores and concert compositions, and has recorded with Grammy award winning record producers and engineers. He has performed with many top groups and toured across the United States, Japan, Europe and has written music for game designers in Poland, Germany, Finland, Norway, Brazil, and the United States. To this date, Oates has composed scores for almost 50 short films, 5 feature films, and a theatrical play.
Recording Equipment (High-End)
- Event 20/20 BiAmplified Near Field Monitor (x2)
- Beyerdynamic DT 770 PRO/80 Professional Headphones (x2)
- Oktava MK-319 Microphone (x2)
- KK Audio 4" Speaker Pedistal (x2)
- Dr Pro Microphone Stand (x3)
- Stedman ProScreen 101 (x2)
- DigiDesign Digi 002 Mixer
- LiveWire M50 50' Mic Cable (x2)
- Mogami 1/8' to 1/8' input 3" Cable (x4)
- Mogami 1/8' to XLR 6" Cable (x2)
Recording Equipment (Mid to Consumer Grade)
- DigiDesign MBox
- Marshal 990 Vocal Microphone (x2)
- Marshal 991 Target Microphone (x2)
- Marshall MXL-90 Microphone Suspension Chasis
- RadioShack Sound Level Meter
- Eurorack UB502 Mixer
- Boston Acoustics PC Speakers
- Hamilton KBID Music Stand
Computer No 1 (workstation)
- PC running Windows XP
- 3.0 GHz Core 2 Duo
- 4 GB RAM
- 300 GB Backup Disk
- 2 80 GB SATA Hard Drives on RAID
- Samsung SyncMaster 213T 21" LCD Monitor
- HP 7650 17" CRT monitor
- Microsoft Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
- Brother HP1240 600 dpi Laser Printer
- M-Audio Delta 44 Professional Sound Card
- Motherboard with integrated 5.1 Surround
Computer No 2 (media player)
- PC running Windows XP
- 1.84 GHz AMD Athelon (tm) 64 Processor 3000+
- 2 GB RAM
- 30 GB Hard Drive
- Sound Blaster Live! Sound Card
Computer No 3 (portable)
- Dell Inspiron 4100 Laptop
- 860 MHz Pentium III
- 640 MB RAM
- 40 GB Hard Drive
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Music Instruments
- Technics P30 88-key Digital Piano with hammer weighted keys
- King Tempo 600 Intermediate Trumpet
- Blessing B88 Professional Trombone with open wrap F attachment
- Yamaha YEP-641 Professional Euphonium
- Armstrong 104 Beginner Flute
- Hohner Harmonica in C
Music Software
- Pro-Tools LE
- Cakewalk Sonar 6 Producer Edition
- Gigastudio 3 Orchestra
- FL Studio 7 Producer Edition
- Finale 2003a Music Notation Software
- Sonic Foundry Sound Forge XP 4.5
- Reason Adapted for Digidesign
- Vienna Soundfont Studio 2.3
- Lilypond Notation Software
- Nero 7 Essentials
Sound and Instrument Sample Sets
- Sonic Implants
- Project SAM
- Vienna Symphonic Library
- Hammersound
- Sonido Media
- modernbeats.com
- and others
Design and Production Software
- Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Flash
- After Effects
- Premier Pro
- Soundbooth
- Encore
- Xilisoft Video Converter 3
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2007
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2006
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2006
Scott Wilkinson
Composition
Contest
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2005
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1999
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Local IQ Newspaper, "Gamble Paying Off for Local Composer", December 18th 2006
KUNM Radio Interview, "Nowhere Street and Mark Oates", November 8 2006
Daily Lobo Newspaper, "UNM Composer Symposium", April 2006
Albuquerque Tribune, "Winners Announced at Local Film Festival", July 2005
Sonic Weekly Internet Magazine, "You’re Never Too Young to Make Winning Music", June 12, 2007
FinFilms.net, "Mark Oates, indiesäveltäjä", November 8 2005
Press Release: "New Royalty Free Music Library Released"
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