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It would be easy to hate COURSE OF NATURE’s Mark Wilkerson, in theory. He is married to a TV star (Melissa Joan Hart), likely hob-nobs with celebrities in Los Angeles and has a new album coming out that is backed by major music executive / visionaries. The path he and COURSE OF NATURE took to get there, however, is a perfect study in the inability to judge a book by its cover.
The tumult of record label changes and management disharmony over the last three years took its toll on Wilkerson and his previous band members. They found themselves entangled in a record label situation that was coming apart at the seams. Their management didn’t see eye to eye with them on the direction to take after the split happened. “That was a tough time. I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out,” says Wilkerson. There was no refuge in his physical surroundings either “I understand why it’s important to be here, but I just can’t get used to living in Los Angeles,” Enterprise, Alabama native Wilkerson says of the city that has been his adoptive home for the last 6 years. “I built a studio in my house so I could track at home. I like to spend time with my family. I am just a small town guy at heart…”
How it eventually ‘turned out’ for that small town guy and his newfound bandmates was their signing with Jeff Hanson’s (Creed, Alterbridge, Paramore) new label venture, Silent Majority Records / Warner ILG. Hanson and his partner Rick Schmidt’s vision for the band was one Wilkerson and his new management shared – unlimited creativity and control thereof. As a result, COURSE OF NATURE has definitely found its groove once again and further refined its sound with the direction of producer David Bendeth (Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Killswitch Engage). (read more)
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