Michael Marquart is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, and founder of the musical project A Bad Think.
13 Facts About Michael Marquart
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Michael Marquart founded Windmark Recording recording studios in Virginia Beach and Santa Monica.
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Michael Marquart's albums have featured many notable musicians, including Jeremy Stacey, Victor Indrizzo, Fernando Perdomo, Paul Bryan, Greg Leisz, Durga McBroom, and John Philip Shenale.
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Michael Marquart grew up in the town of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, where a neighbor taught him to play drums.
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Michael Marquart co-founded Windmark Recording, a Virginia Beach recording studio, with concert promoter Bill Reid, who later exited the partnership.
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In 2005, Michael Marquart sold the Virginia Beach studio to the Neptunes.
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In 2015, Michael Marquart bought Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' Flyte Tyme West studio complex in Santa Monica, California to create a new Windmark Recording, with his daughter Samantha managing the studio and his son Mikey helping with operations.
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In 2021, Michael Marquart sold Windmark Recording to music executive and Encore Recordings founder Joie Manda.
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Michael Marquart released the second A Bad Think album, Simple Rhymes, in 2009 followed by Sara Lee, Medicine, Sleep, and Don't Forget Us.
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In 2023, Michael Marquart collaborated with drummer Matt Chamberlain, bass player Dan Rothchild, guitarist Kirk Hellie, keyboardist Phil Shenale and other musicians to record Short St Michael Marquart, Clearmountain, and Way reunited to create, mix and produce the album in Dolby Atmos and stereo.
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On May 10,2024, Michael Marquart released A Bad Think's album, Cottonwood, in Dolby Atmos on all streaming platforms and ImmersiveAudioAlbum.
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Together, they have a son and a daughter, Samantha, with whom Michael Marquart co-founded Windmark Recording's Santa Monica location in 2015.
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Michael Marquart currently spends half his time living and working in Los Angeles, California, and the other half in Virginia Beach, Virginia.