Mark J. Dye has been involved with music since the age of 10. He played guitar and keyboards in various groups that he formed from 1965-1984. He also has a bachelor's degree in music composition from the University Of South Florida. In 1978 he moved to Los Angeles with his progressive rock group, "Elysian Fields". After changing their name to "Impulse" they released five albums on the Electric Fantasy label. While living in Los Angeles he became a Midi and synthesis specialist for many top artists like Van Halen, Guiffria, Gino Vannelli, Bobby Sherman, and even appeared on Entertainment Tonight as a technical advisor for electronic music. He now operates a state of the art digital recording facility in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys, Mark Doran, Suzanne Stokes and many others have been trained by Mark from 1986-present. He continues to teach music, write music for hire and arrange and perform material for other songwriters.