Mary Spender Explained

Mary Spender
Birth Date:2 July 1990
Birth Place:Rinteln, West Germany[1]
Nationality:British
Education:University of Bristol
Occupation:Singer-songwriter, YouTuber
Channel Name:maryspender
Channel Display Name:Mary Spender
Genre:Music
Subscribers:720 thousand
Views:86 million
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Stats Update:26 February 2024

Mary Spender (born 2 July 1990) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and YouTube personality.[2]

Spender writes and performs original songs. Her guitar style has been described as "crisp" with a "harmonically rich, percussive style" and her songwriting as "confessional" and "sultry".[2] [3] [4] Her music has been broadcast on various radio stations including BBC Radio.[5]

Her YouTube channel is themed on music and music technology. It has included interviews with guitarists KT Tunstall, Jen Majura, James Valentine, Devin Townsend, Kaki King, Elle Cordova (known at the time as Reina del Cid), Josh Turner, Molly Tuttle, and Tomo Fujita. She has also appeared on other YouTube channels such as Rob Scallon, Andertons, Adam Neely and That Pedal Show. She also made a guest appearance on the quiz show Lateral. [2] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Spender was born at the British Military Hospital in Rinteln, Germany, the daughter of a British Army officer. She studied classical music at the University of Bristol, including playing the viola and classical singing.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: How Many Guitars Do I Own?. YouTube. 21 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Jamie . Dickson. David . Mead (Guitarist). Mary. Spender. 10 February 2020. Guitar World. 5 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200305222336/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/mary-spender-record-labels-told-me-to-put-the-guitar-down-luckily-i-was-stubborn-enough-to-ignore-them. Mary Spender: "Record labels told me to put the guitar down. Luckily, I was stubborn enough to ignore them". limited. 11 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Tristan Cork. 29 January 2017. Bristol Post. The Bristol Cool List: The 50 coolest Bristolians alive today. 11 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Staff writers. 24 October 2014. Island Echo magazine. Mary Spender is one to watch at Ventnor. 11 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Staff writers. 3 October 2013. Island Echo magazine. Musical talent comes to Ventnor. 11 November 2019.
  6. Web site: Mallory Rees. 23 October 2019. Reverb. Mary Spender Built a Wild, Space-Themed Pedalboard. 11 November 2019.
  7. Web site: 14 January 2019. Guitar Center. Tuesday Talks with Mary Spender: Merging Music and the Content Creator. 11 November 2019.
  8. Web site: Pete Carpenter. 2 January 2018. Native FM. Best of Bristol: Mary Spender. 11 November 2019.
  9. Web site: GGM Staff. 11 November 2019. Guitar Girl Magazine. Orange Amplification Launches First Online Rock Guitar Courses Accredited by UK Government Education Authority OFQUAL. 11 November 2019.
  10. Web site: Josh Gardner. 26 June 2019. Guitar.com. Mary Spender says you should always be the worst guitar player in the room. 11 November 2019.

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