Mark Bingham (musician)

Mark Bingham (born 1949 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American music producer, composer, musician, and engineer.
In 1966, Bingham was signed to a publishing contract with Elektra Records. After a brief stint at Elektra in Los Angeles and one single (deep regret/your problems and mine) released on Warner Bros., he returned to Bloomington where he attended Indiana University. There he joined the avant-rock group Screaming Gypsy Bandits and also began his own indie label, Bar-B-Q Records. In 1975, he moved to New York City, forming the Social Climbers with bassist-singer Jean Seton Shaw and keyboardist/arranger/composer Dick Connette.
In 1982, he moved to New Orleans. He started The Boiler Room recording studio and in 2001 opened Piety Street Recording.
Bingham has produced records for Flat Duo Jets, Glenn Branca, Dr. Michael White, Ed Sanders, Rebirth Brass Band, John Scofield, MX-80, Happy Talk Band, Cubanismo, The Du-tels, The Naked Orchestra, Morning 40 Federation, Mem Shannon, and Andrei Codrescu among others.
A long-standing colleague of Hal Willner, Bingham participated in a series of Willner tribute recordings, including 1984’s That's the Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk, 1985’s Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill and 1989’s Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films. He also played guitar and contributed compositions to Allen Ginsberg's The Lion For Real.
In 1991, Bingham arranged horns and strings on R.E.M.’s Out Of Time.
He has released 2 albums under his own name; 1989’s I Passed For Human and Psalms Of Vengeance from 2004 which was not released until 2009 due to complications from Hurricane Katrina.