Salesman, Musician and Restless Polymath,
Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- Assistant Manager, Appraiser at ViolinsEtc.com
- Tuba Player at Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars
- Freelance Writer at Various
- Staff Instructor and Musician at Klez Kamp
- Band Leader at Rubinchik's Yiddish Ensemble
- Founder at Bad Livers, LLC
- Bass Player at Various
- Past
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- Music Consultant at 'Infamous" Warner Indendent Films
- Retail Manager at ViolinsEtc.com
- On Air Host and Music Programmer at KUT Radio
- Music Supervisor at Last Man Standing: Politics Texas Style
- Music Supervisor at "The Newton Boys" 20th Century Fox
- Education
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- University of Oklahoma
- Norman High
- Recommended
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Mark Rubin’s Summary
Sensible solutions to your musical problems.
I strive to make the world a better place than I found it.
Mark Rubin’s Specialties:
Sales, retail and wholesale. Commerical and non commercial music production. Multimedia promotional campaigns. Writing.
Mark Rubin’s Experience
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Assistant Manager, Appraiser
ViolinsEtc.com
(Music industry)
February 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)
Leader of retail sales team, resident expert in identification and restoration of violins and violin family instruments, content creator and editor of website content promotional and press releases, manager of "Pickin' Room" retail venture selling folk and ethnic string instruments.
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Tuba Player
Frank London's Klezmer Brass All Stars
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
June 2001 — Present (8 years 2 months)
Providing seminal foundation for trumpeter-composer Frank London's wide ranging brass orchestra over 2 World Music chart topping CD releases and tours across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Latvia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, England and even Brooklyn NY. www.franklondon.com
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Freelance Writer
Various
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
January 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)
Contributing writer to No Depression, the Austin Chronicle, Bass Player Magazine and others.
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Staff Instructor and Musician
Klez Kamp
(Performing Arts industry)
December 1996 — Present (12 years 8 months)
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Band Leader
Rubinchik's Yiddish Ensemble
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
April 1995 — Present (14 years 4 months)
Representing Texas Jewish culture beyond bagels and Hava Nagilah.
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Founder
Bad Livers, LLC
(Music industry)
February 1990 — Present (19 years 6 months)
Founder, sole business manager and public face, responsible for all commerical aspects of a touring musical group that played over 200 live shows a year, released 12 recordings on 4 labels and eventually grossed upwards of a million dollars at it's height of poularity (1998.)
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Bass Player
Various
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Music industry)
August 1984 — Present (25 years)
Bass player, either string bass or electric for the following performing groups:
Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
Bad Livers
Andy Statman
Dale Watson
Wayne Hancock
Don Walser
The Derailers
Hot Club of Cowtown
Cornell Hurd Band
Erik Hokkanen
Shorty Long
Jose Moreno y su Conjunto
Steve James
8 1/2 Souveniers
Wolf Krakowski
Victrola
Rosie Flores
David Krakauer
Andrew Cormier
Kev Russell's Junker
Papa Mail & the Instigators
Tosca Tango
Mark Halata and Texavia
Brian Marshall and his Tex-Slavic Playboys
Chapparal
LeRoi Borthers
Toni Price
Grey Ghost
Henry Sapoznik & his Youngers of Zion
Ojala
1001 Nights Orchestra
Rolf Seiker Band
Papa Mali and the Instigators
Jesse Botello y su conjunto
Peter Rowan
Michelle Shocked
Jason Ecklund
Asylum Street Spankers
Champ Hood and the Threadgill's Troubadors
Austin Klezmorim
Guy Forsyth Band
Alejandro Escovedo Orchestra
Josh Alan
Killbilly
Donny Ray Ford & his Honky Tonkers
Street People Reggae Band -
Music Consultant
'Infamous" Warner Indendent Films
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
February 2005 — May 2005 (4 months)
Responsible for all on camera music in the motion picture "Infamous" directed by Douglas McGrath, including providing cultural-historical context, casting extras and recording all pre-roll and post production sound, both for film and soundtrack.
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Retail Manager
ViolinsEtc.com
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Music industry)
October 2000 — February 2005 (4 years 5 months)
Responsible for all aspects of running a violin shop, including rentals, restroration and repair, inventory control and a burgeoning internet presence.
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On Air Host and Music Programmer
KUT Radio
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
February 1998 — August 2004 (6 years 7 months)
Host of "Overnight" every Wednesday evening midnight to 5 am. Frequent guest host of "Folkways" and "John Aliei's Ekletikos."
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Music Supervisor
Last Man Standing: Politics Texas Style
(Music industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
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Music Supervisor
"The Newton Boys" 20th Century Fox
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
March 1995 — August 1997 (2 years 6 months)
Responsible for all things musical in director Richard Linklater's film "The Newton Boys"
Mark Rubin’s Education
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University of Oklahoma
1983 — 1984
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Norman High
1982 — 1984
Additional Information
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Mark Rubin’s Interests:
history, dancing, banjos
Mark Rubin’s Honors:
Odd Fellow of the Year, 2007
Induction into the Austin Music Hall of Fame, 2008
Austin's "Goodwill" Music Ambassador, Austin Chronicle, 1997
Mark Rubin’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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- new ventures
- job inquiries
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