Mark Hofgard

Known for materials that is relaxed, tranquil, dreamy, and gently introspective, Tag Hofgard can be an American modern instrumentalist/composer whose main influences possess included George Winston, Liz Tale, Paul Winter season, and Suzanne Ciani (amongst others). Hofgard, who takes on both acoustic piano and electrical keyboards, has integrated a number of styles; those that absorb his relaxing and ethereal function will find suggestions of from easy jazz/NAC music to folk to Western european traditional to Irish-Celtic music. But modern is certainly Hofgard’s orientation — he’s a new age group artist initial and most important — and his modern spirituality (which is certainly greatly inspired by his appreciate of character) is shown in song game titles like “River of Truth,” “Uncovering the Superstar,” “Sky Clad in sunlight,” and “Shaman’s Trip.” Hofgard (whose sibling can be an acoustic guitarist called Kurt Hofgard) was raised in Colorado, where he researched traditional piano as a kid. Hofgard continued to play in a variety of local rock and roll and jazz rings as an adolescent, but rather than studying to be always a full-time musician, he attained a law level and gained his living as a lawyer. non-etheless, Hofgard (who today lives in the skiing resort city of Estes Recreation area, CO in the Rocky Mountains) had written music privately, and in 2003 (after about 25 years of exercising rules), he finally released a Compact disc. That season, Hofgard released his debut record, The Opening, by himself label, Nude Expressions Music; furthermore to composing every one of the material, Hofgard managed a lot of the producing.