years_active label article_title background instrument genre origin birth_name occupation
1995 -- present traceway records mark wayne glasmire
 solo_singer vocals , guitar country bethlehem , pennsylvania , u.s. mark wayne glasmire singer-songwriter
mark wayne glasmire

mark wayne glasmire is an american country music singer and songwriter .
glasmire worked as a construction worker while trying to break into the country music scene , self-producing a number of cds and eps throughout the 1980s and '90s .
in 2009 glasmire released `` life goes on '' , a 12-song cd co-produced by john albani , who had also worked with steve azar , monty holmes and randy boudreaux , which led to glasmire sharing stages with other country music acts such as dierks bentley and guy clark .
in mid-2012 , he released a seven-track ep , also co-produced by albani , which included `` i like you '' , a single that had reached number one on the european charts and spent nine weeks at the number one slot on the international country hotdisc chart in july and august 2011 .
the video for `` i like you '' was produced by harold jarboe -lrb- bell-jarboe films -rrb- and shot in nashville 's historic hillsboro village and features vanderbilt university students as extras .
glasmire grew up in bethlehem , pennsylvania and he relates his `` first 14 years were filled with church activities .
my mom sang in the choir and the church was really our whole social life '' he acquired his first guitar at ten , but did n't learn to play well until his high school years .
glasmire finished college with a degree in business administration and moved to new york city , then nashville and dallas before settling in arlington , texas .
-- discography -- `` sad songs '' lp , - produced by mark wayne glasmire , wayne enterprises , 1982 `` the sun , the moon and the seasons '' , lp - produced by tom dickie , lil ' komono records , 1986 `` all of my heart , cd - produced by lucas p gravell and mark wayne glasmire , traceway music , 2000 `` scrapbook '' , cd - produced by mark wayne glasmire , traceway music , 2006 `` life goes on '' , cd - produced by john albani and mark wayne glasmire , traceway music , 2009 `` mwg '' , cd - produced by john albani and mark wayne glasmire , traceway records llc , 2012 -- awards -- 2010 grand prize winner - chris austin songwriting competition , merlefest , wilkesboro , nc 2009 grand prize winner - gina/lawim songwriting competition , los angeles , ca 2008 grand prize winner - dallas songwrites association songwriting contest , dallas , tx 2008 grand prize winner - b.w.stevenson memorial songwriting contest , dallas , tx 2008 2nd place - susanne millsaps performing songwriter showcase , snowbird , ut 2007 2nd place - gina/lawim songwriting competition , los angeles , ca 2010 and '07 - finalist - wildflower art and music festival , richardson , tx 2008 and '07 - finalist - sw regional mountain stages songwriter contest , austin , tx
