Mark Roofe is a producer, engineer, and musician, based in South Florida.

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Mark got his start as a bass guitarists in the Chicago area. He played for Lou Rawls (in an appearance on the Lou Rawls Parade of Stars) and for Chaka Khan, and was a member of the house music band Jessie's Gang.

 

After relocating to Miami in the late 1980s, he worked for Music Specialists/Jam Packed Records as an A&R executive for the label, and producer/engineer for their studio. After several years, Mark moved on to help launch a new label called Tavdash Records. The new position included designing and building a new multi-million dollar recording studio, and serving as Vice President of Production. Tavdash signed an up-and-coming R&B group called R. Kelly and MGM, and released the hit single Why You Wanna Play Me. Tavdash later signed a label the group to Jive Records, and R. Kelly went on to be, arguably, one of the most successful R&B artists of all time. 

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​After leaving Tavdash, Mark worked as an independent producer and remixer for a period of time before starting his own commercial recording studio in 2001, M5 Studios, based in downtown Miami. In 2004, Mark sold the commercial studio and has focused on music production/engineering in his own production studio ever since.

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Some artists Mark has produced and/or engineered:

Nice and Wild; Patti Curry; George Lamond; Debbie Deb; Trick Daddy; Eugene Wilde; Mike City; Adina Howard; Strawberry; Betty Wright; Chalis; Inner Circle; Iconz; Jon Secada; Tyrone Downie (former keyboard player for Bob Marley); Father MC; JTL; Faze; Liberty City; Miles Jaye (of the Village People); Rhythm N Bass; Paolo Botti; Aaron Sim; and Lyz Martin.

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Additional credits:
Son by Four (bass guitar keyboards and drum programming); Miles Jaye (bass guitar); Jessie’s Gang (bass guitar); production/editing for the Miami HEAT Dancers and related arena.

Artists who recorded at Mark’s M5 Studio:

Janet Jackson; Pitbull; No Mercy; Mayte; David Cassidy