Marc Musser
Guitar & Vocals
Started Playing:
Marc got his first guitar at age 8.
Motivation to play:
This was about the time he saw the Beatles on T.V. being pursued by a throng of screaming teenage girls, and he wondered if there was any connection between guitar playing and attracting women. There wasn't, of course, but by now, he had fallen in love with music on it's own merit.
Performance:
Marc began playing professionally at age 12 in his junior high school music teacher's combo. It was in this project that he mastered the art of the polka, a skill that is a source of much ridicule in some quarters. Through junior high and high school he studied cello, (and played it in the Maryland all-state Orchestra) sax, and tuba, studied theory, and began composing and arranging his own music.
Marc majored in classical guitar performance at Towson University, and during this time gained considerable experience in playing musical theatre and shows, performing in orchestras for Della Reese, Patty Page, and Sammy Davis, Jr.
Since then he has been in numerous bands and orchestras, and has played every venue in town from the cheesiest dive, to onstage at the Kennedy Center with the Washington Opera.
Ambition:
Currently, Marc has recently graduated from Towson University with a music education degree and hopes to land a job teaching at an area high school. Anybody hirin'?
Musical Preferences and Influences:
- Favorite composer: Gustav Holst
- Favorite rocker: Web Wilder
- Most influential band: Steely Dan
Diamond Alley High Point:
Watching the sweaty, half-naked throng at Lu Lu's Mardi Gras party groove in absolute unison with the band (oh, the power!)
Diamond Alley Low Point:
Checking into the cheesy accommodations at the cheesy resort in the cheesy Pocono Mountains, and finding it infested with ladybugs. Although it was the only time in his career that playing in a band afforded him a bunch of ladies in his hotel room!
Other:
When he is not playing with Diamond Alley he can be seen with acoustic duo "How's My Drivin'?" with Diamond Alley singer Kris Fath, or marching with the Tiger Marching Band at Towson University football games (go tigers!), or riding his motorcycle into the sunset.
Marc also considers DA his second family, a damn good band, and urges everyone to come out and see for themselves what all the excitement is about.
