Mark Abdilla
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Address
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Private
Petaluma, CA
94952
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Phone
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(707) 332-3565
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Mark is a concert guitarist who grew up in the San Francisco Bay area.
Although he was originally influenced by pop-rock music, Mark fell
in love with the soothing beauty of the Renaissance, Baroque and classical genre while earning his bachelors degree at San Francisco State University.
Artist Information:
Mark James Abdilla - performer, composer, arranger and recording artist.
Music Style:
Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Celtic repertoire as well as original pieces.
Artist Influences:
Sor, Doland, Villa lobos, Ponce, Albeneiz, Tarrega, Milan O' Carolan and many more.
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User rating: 
"Late to wedding"
Clayton, California
October 25, 2009
Let me start by saying that Mark is very talented and super nice. I am uncomfortable posting this; however I planned my Clayton wedding entirely off the internet from Honolulu, so I feel user reviews are extremely important. Although Mark possesses the aforementioned qualities, he was VERY late to our wedding (which held up the ceremony!) and did not offer any kind of reimbursement or apologies. We wanted a guitarist to play during the pre-ceremony, ceremony, and cocktail hour during our wedding. I found Mark on Craigslist (or maybe it was Gigmasters...?). He quickly returned my calls and was a delight to speak with. We settled on a play time frame of 3:30 to 5:30. He told me he would arrive a tad early to set up; I was not concerned with his arrival time as long as music was played between these times. I told him the location, and we were good to go...... A week prior, I called him to confirm. He was in Europe and told me not to worry, the gig was on. Cool. A couple days prior, he called to say he was back in the country. We confirmed the location (East Bay-Clayton) and he mentioned that he still had the directions I emailed to him. We exchanged cell #'s. Welllll.....the day of it's 3:30. No Mark. 3:45 - no Mark. It's now 4:00 and everyone is seated waiting for the ceremony to start - still no Mark. Then my usher comes in and tells me that Mark got lost, was in BENICIA, (!!!) on the other side of the bridge, but was on his way. Wow. Finally around 4:15 he gets set up - at least the music was beautiful. On another note, while we were all waiting for our introductions, the director told me that Mark said he wanted to finish his song on the patio before we were introduced...really?! We were already running behind schedule.... In conclusion, Mark is a very talented musician who has great reviews on Gigmasters. Maybe he was having an "off" day, but I paid for it. Literally. In today's age of cell phones and Internet, I have a hard time with someone who shows up this late and gets lost. Maybe 10 years ago I'd buy it - not today.
This is the subjective opinion of an independent reviewer and not of Decidio, Inc.
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