Mark Novak's Rock N Pop Revue

15/05/2025

Latest addition to my setlist: "Maneater" by Hall & Oates. Please hit "like" and consider subscribing to my YouTube channel.

All instruments and voices are mine. No autotune. It's what audiences hear when I play live.

21/04/2025

The latest addition to my setlist - "Breakdown" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. You can hear it live at my show at the Dam Whiskey Co. at Hales Bar Marina this Saturday, April 26. Show time is 6:30-9:30pm. Concessions are available.

All instruments and voices are mine. Recorded live in my studio with no editing or overdubs. It's what audiences hear when I play live.

13/04/2025

I asked AI to create an image of me performing my Rock N Pop R***e show. Seems legit.

03/04/2025

Journey!

All instruments and voices are mine. Recorded live in my studio with no editing or overdubs. It's what audiences hear when I play live.

12/03/2025

I'll be performing at the Dam Whiskey Company at the Hales Bar Marina on Saturday, April 26 from 6:30-9:30pm. Come on out for a great evening of music! It's a covered pavillion so rain or shine the show goes on! Concessions will be available.

03/03/2025

This Friday! Hope to see you there!

15/02/2025

Another 2-minute pop classic from the Beatles. “No Reply” is a Lennon tune with lyrics loosely inspired by the 1957 song “Silhouettes” by The Rays (“Silhouettes” later became a 1965 hit in the USA by the Herman Hermits). They offered “No Reply” to singer Tommy Quickly who passed on it. As the deadline for completing the “Beatles for Sale” album was fast approaching, the Beatles decided to record it for that album. It ended up as the first song on side one. It wasn’t released as a single in the UK or USA but did reach #1 in The Netherlands. The final chord, a C6add9, sounds really cool. Please click “like” on YouTube! Thanks for listening!

All instruments and voices are mine. Recorded live in my studio with no editing or overdubs. It's what audiences hear when I play live.

03/02/2025

I’ve been completely reworking and starting from scratch on some of my older Beatles songs. Here’s my newly tracked version of “You’re Going To Lose That Girl” from the “Help” album (and movie). I’ve chosen to perform this one in D major, one step lower than the original, because I like the way the guitar chords ring out in that key. This is mostly a Lennon song and has an ingenious bridge section that is in a completely unrelated key to the main song. In my version, it moves from D major to F major - the only explainable relationship between D Major and F Major is to say that F is the relative Major of the parallel minor key. Of course, Lennon had no idea about the theory – he just came up with it naturally. I performed the guitar solo on my Fender Strat just like Harrison did on the original. I hope you enjoy it! Please click the “like” button on YouTube which helps push it out to more folks.

All instruments and voices are mine. Recorded live in my studio with no editing or overdubs. It's what audiences hear when I play live.

20/01/2025

It's gonna be cold this week but the listening room at Redpoint Inn will be hot - rockin' with lots of great music this Friday! Hope to see you there.

18/01/2025

Summer is not all that far away, is it? This will help.

All instruments and voices are mine. Recorded live in my studio with no editing or overdubs. It's what audiences hear when I play live.

14/01/2025

“Ticket to Ride” was the third of six consecutive #1 Beatles releases in the US in 1965. It marked a significant step forward in their sound. I originally tracked this song in 2018 when I was compiling tunes for my Beatles show but I was never entirely happy with it. So, I started from scratch and produced this version (tambourine and drum fills included this time as well as the double time outro). Give it a listen and press the YouTube “like” button if you dig it. Thanks for listening!

All instruments and voices are mine. Recorded live in my studio with no editing or overdubs. It's what audiences hear when I play live.