Mary Spender
Spender in 2018
Personal information
Born (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 33)[citation needed]
Rinteln, West Germany[1]
NationalityBritish
EducationUniversity of Bristol
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, YouTuber
Websitemaryspender.com
YouTube information
Channel
GenreMusic
Subscribers720 thousand[2]
Total views86 million[2]
100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 26 February 2024

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. ^ a b "About Mary Spender". YouTube.
  3. ^ a b c 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"". Guitar World. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b Pete Carpenter (2 January 2018). "Best of Bristol: Mary Spender". Native FM. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. ^ Tristan Cork (29 January 2017). "The Bristol Cool List: The 50 coolest Bristolians alive today". Bristol Post. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  6. ^ Staff writers (24 October 2014). "Mary Spender is one to watch at Ventnor". Island Echo magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. ^ Staff writers (3 October 2013). "Musical talent comes to Ventnor". Island Echo magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  8. ^ Mallory Rees (23 October 2019). "Mary Spender Built a Wild, Space-Themed Pedalboard". Reverb. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Tuesday Talks with Mary Spender: Merging Music and the Content Creator". Guitar Center. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  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.
  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.

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