Mary Spender
Spender in 2018
Personal information
Born (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990
Rinteln, West Germany[1]
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Bristol
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, YouTuber
Websitemaryspender.com
YouTube information
Channel
GenreMusic
Subscribers716 thousand[2]
Total views65.53 million[2]
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 16 Oct 2022

Mary Spender (born 2 July 1990) is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and YouTube personality.[3]

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".[4][3][5][6] Her music has been broadcast on various radio stations including BBC Radio.[7]

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 Andertons, Adam Neely and That Pedal Show.[3][8][9][4][10]

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.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "How Many Guitars Do I Own?". YouTube. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "About Mary Spender". YouTube.
  3. 1 2 3 Dickson, Jamie; Mead (Guitarist), David; Spender, Mary (10 February 2020). "Mary Spender: "Record labels told me to put the guitar down. Luckily, I was stubborn enough to ignore them": The UK-based guitarist and songwriter on playing fingerstyle, the secret to her YouTube success and the pedal that changed her life". Guitar World. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020. ... Brighton-based guitarist Mary Spender is among the most successful...
  4. 1 2 Pete Carpenter (2 January 2018). "Best of Bristol: Mary Spender". Native FM. Retrieved 11 November 2019. ... Mary Spender ... a native of Bristol, her distinctive guitar style and crisp, clear sultry vocal have been making waves throughout YouTube ... her 'Tuesday Talks' ... interviewing such talents as KT Tunstall, Devin Townsend and Kaki King...
  5. ↑ Tristan Cork (29 January 2017). "The Bristol Cool List: The 50 coolest Bristolians alive today". Bristol Post. Retrieved 11 November 2019. ...An electric guitar, a sultry voice, and a video camera are the tools of Mary Spender's trade. Musician and filmmaker, her creativity...
  6. ↑ Staff writers (24 October 2014). "Mary Spender is one to watch at Ventnor". Island Echo magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019. ...Mary Spender, a songwriter and musician based in Bristol who recently reached number 4 in the iTunes Singer/Songwriter ...
  7. ↑ Staff writers (3 October 2013). "Musical talent comes to Ventnor". Island Echo magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019. ...singer songwriter Mary Spender from Bristol ....Miss Spender has won awards for her songwriting and performances ... made many appearances on the BBC and other radio stations around the world while touring....
  8. ↑ Mallory Rees (23 October 2019). "Mary Spender Built a Wild, Space-Themed Pedalboard". Reverb. Retrieved 11 November 2019. ...In a recent Chewsday Talks video on her popular YouTube channel, Mary takes some out-of-this-world gear for a test flight ... she tops it all off with a new trippy tune....
  9. ↑ "Tuesday Talks with Mary Spender: Merging Music and the Content Creator". Guitar Center. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019. ... studio of Mary Spender – a YouTube-based musician whose channel has already amassed a whopping 6.2 million views thanks to her "Tuesday Talks" video series ... deep dives into music topics of her choosing with artists....
  10. ↑ GGM Staff (11 November 2019). "Orange Amplification Launches First Online Rock Guitar Courses Accredited by UK Government Education Authority OFQUAL". Guitar Girl Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019. ...YouTuber Mary Spender explains more in this video....
  11. ↑ Josh Gardner (26 June 2019). "Mary Spender says you should always be the worst guitar player in the room". Guitar.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019. ..."Always be the worst player in the room. I learnt that from studying classical music. ...
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