Andy Mark grew up in a musical family and has played various instruments, beginning with piano at the age of eight. By high school he was playing guitar, bass, and drums, and had begun honing his craft for composing and arranging.  In 2000, Andy moved to St. Paul, MN to study music at the University of St. Thomas, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance. Having played with a wide variety of musicians over the last 20 years, he developed an ear for many types of music, and the understanding of the vocabulary needed to perform it. Andy currently resides in Minneapolis, where he performs with various local bands, composes, and records.