Mark Ballas back in the studio :)

Mark is back in the studio recording vocals for "The Love In" (...so the name has changed again) and ukulele on Hot Wire. :)

Recording Hot Wire...apparently the ukulele is proving difficult to record. hmm.

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Studio collage (I kinda LOVE this):

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Lyrics for "Hotwire" by Mark Ballas

"Hotwire" by Mark Ballas
Currently unreleased, 2010

whoa whoa....

Days all bleed into one another
lately
my brain is strained
and I got no direction
maybe
you should pick up all the pieces off the ground
to this puzzle overtakin' people down down down

now you'd better break all the windows
hotwire my heart
you are the cables
when I fall apart
and I'm goin' nowhere
if this battery dies
in a blink of an eye
we'll be bending time

whoa whoa....

and I've been drained from all of your affection
lately
but I can't complain you're the queen of all deception
maybe
we should look at all these faces in the crowd
when I smile until your curtain is comin' down down down

now you'd better break all the windows
hotwire my heart
you are the cables
when I fall apart
and I'm goin' nowhere
if this battery dies
in a blink of an eye

this building's at capacity
this bomb's a ticking tragedy
I've got no philosophy
just pleading for this scenery to change
and for me to say

you'd better break all the windows
hotwire my heart
you are the cables
when I fall apart
and I'm goin' nowhere
if this battery dies
in a blink of an eye
we'll be bending time

you'd better break all the windows
hotwire my heart
you are the cables
when I fall apart
and I'm goin' nowhere
if this battery dies
in a blink of an eye
we'll be bending time

whoa whoa....

in the blink of an eye
we'll be bending time
in the blink of an eye
we're gonna be wondering why
in the blink of an eye
we'll be bending time

Mark at the Mint, May 10

Lots of videos from Musicnotesbysam from Mark's performance at the Mint on May 10, 2010:

Get Out Alive:


Every Step of the Way:


Medley: Sexual Healing/Waiting on the World to Change/Rude Boy (cover)


Hotwire My Heart


Done


The Way You Work


I Can't Help It


Buttons (cover)

Photos & Video from Wish Day

Here are a few things I've found so far from Mark's appearance at The Grove yesterday to support World Wish Day for the Make a Wish Foundation:

A bunch of pics from Just Jared - here are  few. Be sure to visit Just Jared Jr to see the rest of the gallery!

photos copyright Michael Buckner, Getty, 2010

Also, a pic was posted by twitter user @TiffCo, which was also posted by Mark:

photo copyright Tiffany C (@TiffCo), 2010

Here is a video of Mark singing a few tunes...including his version of Rihanna's "Rude Boy".
(Songs: Hotwire My Heart (original), Sexual Healing (cover), Waiting on the World to Change (cover), Rude Boy (cover).)