Mark Vail

Noah Vail Productions

Mark Vail is an electronic music improviser and the author of The Synthesizer (2014), published by Oxford University Press and reviewed in Tape Op and Sound On Sound magazines, as well as Vintage Synthesizers (1993, 2000) and The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B (1997, 2002), both from Backbeat Books.

Mark holds an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media (Mills College, Oakland, California, 1983) and worked at Keyboard magazine from 1988 to 2001.

Christy has put up with him since June 4, 1983, encouraging his deep dives into Serge and Eurorack modular and briefcase performance systems. Since 2024, Vail has conducted interviews with music industry friends for NAMM Oral History.

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