Mark Ransom - Friends

Russ Pennavaria www.russpennavaria.com
Medicine Man to the Tribe and a songwriter/musician with great spirit.

Patrick D. Pearsall patrickdpearsall@hotmail.com
Producer, arranger and bassist with The Mostest: kindest of bros!

Linken Olsen knitsneslo@hotmail.com
is my favorite recording engineer in Bend-friend.

Laurel Brauns www.laurelbrauns.com
Troubadoras Extrordinaras... and leader of The Sweet Harlots

Leif James and the Struggle www.myspace.com/leifjames
Troubador friend and soul brother from back east. A brutally honest songwriter with slick as shit guitar chops.

Travis Ehrenstrom www.travisehrenstrom.com
Songwriter on sabatical: Dave Mathews meets Ryan Adams meets Neil Young....
On tour playing bass in his friend's band? Ahh... youth.

Brent Alan www.brentalanmusic.com
Super-soul, funky organics...from an original local. Brent Alan and his Funky Friends get down in it!

Anastacia Scott www.anastaciabethscott.com
is a core sister with a passion for songwriting and soul expression.

Brad Tisdel www.sistersfolkfestival.com
If we learn by example, this guy has been a wonderful teacher. Brad brings the Sisters Folk Festival, the Americana Project and the Americana Song Academy to life. You Rock Brad!

Julianne Southwell
Your violin rocks me... May it never touch the ground!

106.7 KPOV Bend Community Radio www.kpov.org
God Bless Community Radio!

Ben Salmon bsalmon@bendbulletin.com
Music editor for the Bend Bulletin Newspaper, Ben Salmon makest things happen for for the local music tribe. Thanks Ben!

Jason Graham www.myspace.com/mowotta
...also known as Mosley Wotta, is my poet-rapper-artist friend in Bend.

Victor Johnson www.victorjohnson.com
Kids music specialist with a big kid heart of gold.

Empty Space Orchestra www.emptyspaceorchestra.com
are my favorite instrumental space-rock friends.

Lisa Lepine Promotion Queen llpromo@teleport.com
helps performing artists see their path more clearly. Based in Portland, Oregon, Lisa has planted several interesting ideas in my head.

Eric Ransom www.myspace.com/ransombandmusic
is my cousin-friend in Ohio who fronts a down-home, acoustilectrified, upright funk act known as the Ransom Band.

Shireen Amini www.shireenamini.com
Percussionist, Singer-Songwriter, Music-Angel. I love you Shireen!

Mark Fesche mfesche@yahoo.com
is my East Coast legal advisor/songwriting-brewer friend.

Dori Donoho www.clear1017.fm/Clear/Homegrown
hosts the Homegrown Music Showcase on KLRR FM. For a long time Dori has been a great supporter of performing arts in Bend. Everyone knows Dori rocks!

Dennis McGregor www.dennismcgregor.com
is my Sisters, Oregon, soul-brother songwriter friend.

Scott Donell www.donnelldesign.com
is a great web-media design-specialist friend.

Dave Caplan www.feedbackgraphics.com
is a fantastic ultimate Frisbee player who also has a nack for print-media design and production.

Mike Bookey calendar@tsweekly.com
Specializes in writing stories about art and entertainment for the Source Weekly newspaper in Bend

David Bowers www.myspace.com/davidbowers
is my alt-country songwriter friend, who now resides in the Bay Area.