Marcus Wagner was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina and raised in Livingston, Tennessee. He picked up the guitar around the age of fourteen after a friend recommended he listen to Bright Eyes. [lame] Needless to say, he was inspired greatly, perspectives changed, and life had a whole new meaning.[/lame] From then on, there was nothing he wanted more than to make music, perform, and simply entertain. On his nineteenth birthday he got his first piece of recording equipment, a Blue Yeti microphone, and began recording immediately using Audacity on a laptop. His latest influences range from the hip hop indie rock band, Why?, to folk-punk duo, Andrew Jackson Jihad. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Balance+of+Self">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.