Happy 4th of July!! Today and this time of year, are right up there next to the "winter holiday season", as a favorite for me, as it means gathering together with friends and family to celebrate - soak up some…

Literally, the word Dreadnought means “fear nothing”. I’ve read - and LOVE - that it can be used to describe a person with an “undeniable, unsinkable sunny disposition”. 

I love my brothers in our band, and I thought it an…

Two gigs this weekend with the Dreadnoughts - 3 piece size!!! Blake Hillard will be on kit, my ol' friend and bass player Frank Portaro will be joining us while our "regular bass player", Chris, is on vacation!  

Friday's Show…

Bummer to post that tonight's show - 8 - 11P at Loxley's in Lancaster has been cancelled. It's storming like crazy here in Lancaster... thus we will be staying in without a backup location for the band to retreat to…

As many of you know, I (Mark) do 99% of all of the artwork that adorns our albums, tees, stickers, etc. This image is a screen shot of the artwork that's in progress to be a part of our upcoming…

While the album wraps up, I'm keeping busy doing some behind the scenes work to revamp some marketing efforts. One such effort, is an overall revamp of a Mark DeRose Music and Art logo. Along with the help of a…

Progress is being made with my work to put together the artwork for our band’s forthcoming album! Working on a day and night versions of this “flying ship” image - to be used in various promotional efforts. (The above being…