A Tennessee native, Mark Wagner began his career performing locally at coffee houses and music clubs. In 2008 he released his debut label record, Sun’s Gonna Rise, also produced by Ben Shive, on Otis Alan Records. To date he has three albums to his credit with sales exceeding 25,000 units.\r \r Wagner has also produced projects for other artists including Ryan Long and Josh Johnson (of the\r band Elenowen). He tours consistently, having performed alongside such well-known names as Brandon Heath, Paul Wright and Rachel Lampa as well as for thousands of high school students along the Young Life circuit.