Born Marc Roussel on June 30, 1981, he grew up in Cantley, Québec, a country town in Canada where he began playing guitar at age 14.

His early influences included Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Dream Theater, John Petrucci, Metallica, Riverside, Stratovarius & most recently Plini.

At age 18 after graduating from high school, he started taking private lessons with a graduate from Conservatoire de music de Montreal. In his early twenties, for a few years he played in a cover band and played as a hired guitarist & singer for special events. Then he began composing his own material and formed a progressive rock instrumental band called IRI. They composed 7 songs then the band separated only after 1 year. Since, Marc has been playing as a solo artist. He his continually developing himself as a self-taught producer & releases his own material directly from his home studio in Gatineau, Québec, Canada.

Marc has released 2 albums so far in the instrumental progressive rock & metal genre. The first one is called “A Beautiful Symphony”. It was his first attempt as a producer. So no need to say that his sound has now improved since. Then comes the second album called “Constellation Orion”. Already, you can hear improvement regarding sound production. The album was a concept album including 7 songs.  His third album called “About Time” released April 7, 2023.

Marc is an Ibanez Guitar player. He tried several different brands but keeps on coming back to them. They must be doing something good 😊. He is a big fan of Mesa Boogie for their EQ being directly on the unit head. Most recently he converted to Neural Dsp for it’s ease of use in studio environment.

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Marc’s third album called “About Time” released April 7, 2023.