At 71 my five year plan is simply to still be alive in five years...

“Where will I be in 5 years? Same as now, except maybe more guitars” Classic guitarist answer

Congratulations!! Exciting to have a blank canvas.

I'm no Britishologist, but your smooth, dulcet accent makes you sound like a magical nanny.

No noise complaints? Time to finally give us that Mary Spender speedmetal record we've been pining for!

“Is my accent real”?!?! Jesus Mary if it isn’t, you’re one hell of an actress

Mary’s enunciated accent is among the most precise I’ve ever heard. It’s a beautiful sound. Yes, I’m English btw. There’s more to her accent than ‘Salisbury’... probably either her school or her parents, are responsible for this exquisite enunciation. Either way, I’m a little envious!

I absolutely love your speaking voice. It's very calm and soothing. Listening to you speak actually gives me goosebumps. Seems to me you should consider adding voiceover work to your list of talents.

In 5 years' time, I hope to be living a life that doesn't require me to answer the "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" question ever again.

Mary, reading the comments below everyone already articulated what I was thinking -- your voice and accent are a joy to hear. 🙂

Important advice for those moving a studio (or other gear-oriented hobby/business) out of their home: Get a good security system. I’ve heard too many stories of guitars/amps/tools/cars going bye-bye in the night.

Your accent is pitch-perfect; it expresses your enthusiasm, thoughtfulness and creativity perfectly in tune. And your vids are fun to watch. Thank you, from near Reno, Nevada.

I’ve always maintained you have a truly beautiful spoken voice Mary👍

In an annual review for my first job, my boss asked me where I wanted to be in 5 years, my answer was; "Not here." He appreciated my honesty.

Most soothing and perfect English accent I’ve ever heard... especially after living 3 years in York :)

1: your playing 2: your accent my biggest online crush!

Who wants Mary to start reading bedtime stories?

I'm retired. Married had kids, grandchildren, there's nothing I would change, no regrets. WITHOUT a 5 year plan. I live in the moment and follow my heart. I believe your communication skills are even stronger than your musical talents. You will be ready when opportunity arrives. You only need luck now. ☮️♥️🇨🇦

An FYI: How did I find you? It was because of your participation in "Sultans of Swing (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli feat. Mary Spender)" I then followed some links and discovered your interview of Leo and how he puts together a performance. That answered many questions. Another thing I noticed was that you communicate with your eyes and facial gestures, which in the song were done brilliantly.

As a non native english speaker, I have always struggled to understand english (british) accents. But in your particular case, your accent is quite easy to understand and really nice to listen to.

Who care's if your Accent is real or not your Beautiful, talented and relevant. And seem to have a kind heart which is all that really matters

Traveling across the US with an English guy. People would hear the accent and ask him where exactly in England he was from. He would say, "About where the g is."

I'm 76, with a pair of underlying health conditions that make the risk of COVID very real, and I just bought the "budget" version (i.e., Sterling) of Mary's orange-and-leopard-skin St. Vincent. Mine is metallic blue. In 5 years, I hope to still be alive, still an active and involved grandfather, and still playing a guitar. I love your accent…

I am from Greece and I really like your accent, I understand everything you say, so this for me is a proof that your accent is really good. I also like you! ✨

The funny thing about accents is that mainland England is about the size of the state of Washington in the USA, but everyone in Washington sounds roughly similar whereas England and the UK has such a diversity in accents in the same space. It's fascinating

Personally I think filming yourself and watching it back can give a person an existential crisis so just keep doing you as your accent is great!

"aren't we all disturbed metal dudes- really?" - Mary Spender, 2021

I wasn't feeling all that great this Sunday. I decided to listen to Mary. I decided to listen to Mary for about 4 hours. I feel so much better now. Thank you for making an old man. Who has made some very iffy Life Choices. Feel much happier about where he is in life. And feel hopeful for his future. And eager to see what you're going to do next.

Your accent and diction is perfect easy to understand

Man, questions about accents and height, interesting. RE: accent, I don't doubt a single word you're saying but I have noticed that when performing (not talking music here, but rather presentation like in videos, public speaking etc.), we all tend to neutralise ourselves a little bit so if you were to compare two audio clips one where you are in a video and one where you're talking to your friends and/or family, you would notice some slight even minute differences. However, this is completely natural. 5 year plan: well, hopefully get my mojo back and finish my MA-thesis (language related) and then move to the UK (although C-XIX + spanner on that). Love your videos, keep up the good work.

Mary.... I love your videos, you are so easy going. Your smile light's up any room. Keep on jamming!

So exciting! I can't wait to see what you do with the new space!

Well I was just diagnosed with 2 cancers, my five year plan is to still be alive in 5 years. 🙏

5 year plan? - 'At my age, I don't plan that far ahead. I don't even buy green bananas.”🙄😊

Great to have a studio!! It is a fun project for many reasons: decoration, all kinds of ideas or formats for your content, and so on. Have a lot of fun and share a little of it :) !!!!

Congrats Mary!! I am sooo happy to see you here!!

MARY SPENDER'S ACCENT IS A BRITISH CONSPIRACY TO CONTINUE PUSHING ENGLISH CULTURE ON THE WORLD AFTER BREXIT /s

I’m 52, living in Mexico City. I still feel I have yet to do a lot. In 5 years my hope is that I will still feel the same. Really dread that moment where everything important seems behind you.

So now we know you're 30 years young. Such a baby! Keep up the good life.

I just found this gorgeous woman, and I just subscribed, because I can't wait to see transformation of her studio. Stay safe and I'll be waiting for the bell to ring. Good luck Mary Gorgeous Spender.

As someone who just celebrated their 59th birthday. Almost twice your age dear girl. Grab onto your dream with both hands and do everything you can.

You're so lucky Mary choosing a smaller creative space to live and work in. The thriftiness and economies involved is highly likely to stimulate your creative juices.

Congratulations on your new space!! We will share your joy.

keep it up, your videos are really beautiful and calming and inspiring

"Sem Fotografia" simply means without a photograph and the words are in Portuguese. So either a Brazilian or Portuguese person sent you the text. Regardless, love your new place. You will be able to achieve all sort of amazing musical goals in your new studio. Can't wait!

Road noise will be a challenge to eliminate. Building studios (I've built a video production studio/control room) are hard work, but enjoyable once your finished. It's so much easier to be productive, too. Enjoy your new studio and I hope you'll show us your progress and decision-making process along the way. By the way, your English dialect is easy to understand, more so than many I've heard. Hello from Texas, home of many difficult-to-understand dialects.

Mary I love your accent. It is the best British accent I've ever heard. Everything you say is perfectly enunciated and so easy to listen to. I wish you the best on your new work space (studio) and your future endeavors. Love from Miami ❤️❤️

I loved seeing you every day during January. It was inspiring. Thank you.

Sounds genuine to me. Except you said "apartment" rather than "flat"...

My heart skipped a beat when I saw the new room 🙌🎸🤘😎

Your accent is... lovely. I enjoy listening to you talk. I enjoy listening to you play guitar.

Can’t wait to see it finished and see you doing your thing.

Accent??? As someone from the American Midwest, just hearing someone speaking proper English is an "accent"... LOL!!! Seriously, congratulations on the new space. I hope it inspires you!

The echo on that room makes me anxious hehehe. Congrats on moving tho ! I wish I had a separate room for my studio

Best channel I found in the lockdown. All the best for the ongoing changes!

You love what you do and you have a great following. Keep going and enjoy life. You are living a great dream. It only gets better as we grow.

My 5 year plan is to be able to look at the last 5 years and feel satisfied and proud. As a disabled person, the previous 5 have been a nightmare. So maybe in the next five I can find independence, contentment, stability, satisfaction, and even happiness. And I wish many of those things to anyone else who hopes theyre next 5 will be better than the last.

"sem fotografia" is portuguese for "without photograph" . Cheers!

Happy for you and excited to see what comes out your new space!

Congrats on getting your own office/studio space. Have fun setting it all up

I think my 5 year plan is the same as yours, and is just fine - to enjoy what I'm doing. I wish you had played something, anything, even if just to show what it would sound like in a none acoustic room. And then see how the sound develops as you 'dress' the room.

Mary, we'd love to see a virtuoso musician like you interview master luthier Ben Crowe of Crimson Guitars.

It's great you want to be doing the same thing in five years! It means you're doing what you love, and we love.

You are so refreshingly authentic Mary. We need more Mary Spender. Your music, your presentations, your eloquence charms me to no end. Keep On. Wow, my buddy mentioned his challenging learning curve with Ableton and I just see now you have a course for that too. LOL Best wishes on this new space.

Five year plan! I'm just glad to get through 2020, now just focusing on getting through 2021 but need to work on my own channel and make a good space for me. My accent, well I grew up in the West Midlands (Salop) and have folks from the west country so I must sound real strange. Properr Job.

In Dave Grohl’s mother’s book, she notes that serious musicians seem to “catch the bug” at about 12

You are a beautiful talented inspiration. Thank you for being on KZfaq.

KZfaq just introduced me to a lot of your vids. And I must admit, I'm becoming a fan. It is obvious you know your stuff.

Time to let loose and write a high gain rock song or two! You’ve got the chops and the voice for it.

I had to watch this as I replied to a comment question "is it british?" 2 weeks ago with "Sounds like south middle England. Wiltshire?". The last was little more than a guess. Accents in Britain are so specific. Last year I listened to a KZfaq creator and knew at once that she grew up near my hometown in Scotland. On holiday in Wales I said hello to a farmer who knew after a few words that I grew up near him. The same in Denmark maybe, according to Peter Høeg's novel.

I LOVE your accent,and your pretty voice ! 😊 Good luck on your future endeavors; I'm sure you'll go far! Please continue what you're doing.

I worked with a guy back in New Zealand, who was from the UK who told me you can cross the street and get a different accent there.

Whenever someone says something about Solsbury, it always reminds me of that song about Solsbury Hill

I've always thought Mary's accent reminded me of like a very clean RP accent that's had a few of its edges worn off by time in America/working with Americans. Regardless, it's very musical :) ... god I love British accents, the regionality as Mary says is amazing and as a Yank I wanna learn about them all.

Looking forward to watching your work environment evolve. Enjoy following you from Texas.

Cheers to your new studio, upcoming álbum, and all the beautiful things that will come your way this year. Buena Suerte :)

Ah, yes. The 5-year plan. Well, I started out as a technical writer, combining my love of numbers & letters, planning to reassess in 5 years, when I had saved up enough money to buy a house. So I got a job transfer & moved across the U.S. and into my new house. Did I fully reassess what my career goals were/should be? Not really; I had a mortgage and other bills to worry about! Next thing I know, it’s been 20 years (counting those first 5) and I officially retire from that original professional job, and then work at various technical publications positions for yet another decade. So, that’s how a 5-year plan becomes ones whole life and career. My current 5-year plan: retire (again) and collect my Social Security and two pensions, amusing myself with my hobbies and charitable work.

My 5 year plan is to be 5 years better at everything that I'm doing now, and also everything that I decide I want to become better at within that next 5 years. Simple enough, right?

It's real, like a warm & silky lullaby.

I think it’s healthy to be able to walk away from work. I learned last year when on lockdown, i really don’t want to work from home!!! I think you will thrive in this new space!!! Congrats!!!

5 Year Plan: Still be Alive! 😆 Like you, continue to improve on where I am at as an artist, photographer, maker and songwriter myself. This is my life after my previous life/career in the USAF and with NASA... I am fortunate to have independence in all directions minus one. Health. Nailing that one down so I can continue to rise above. Wishing you and all others the best with there next 5 Years! Make it Awesomeness!

I don’t think the neighborhood would complain about your music

Good for you! Looking forward to watching you sort it all out!

As non-English native speaker it’s very easy to understand you. Thanks a lot and please keep it as it is.

11:20 Still D.R.E. should start playing in the background

The question "How tall are you?" Reminded me of a story about Abraham Lincoln who was 6' 4" and not a centimeter more. A 5' 3" reporter asked, "Mr President, how long should a man's legs be?" His response, "Long enough to reach the floor." :

And I'm grateful to you! Love your music and videos..........keep em coming

Love her voice....accent and all! KEEP MAKING MUSIC, KEEP MAKING VIDEOS, AND WE WILL KEEP WATCHING

you got the lucky southern accent.... try being taken seriously with a thick plymouthian accent haha... i've always hated it, taught myself to 'not talk with it' but if i'm drinking it comes back sooooooo bad it's funny

Make sure you have some good security if you have guitars and equipment left in the premises when you are not actually living there !

Wish you further success and best of luck as the Mary Spender adventure continues...

Thanks Mary, your vids always bring a smile to my days... so important during COVID purgatory 👍

My 5 year plan (hope?) is to not only be alive, but to be healthy.

My 5 Year Plan: Years 1 - 2: Steal Underpants; Years 3 - 4: ??; Year 5: PROFIT!

Congratulations Mary! Keep up the awesome work. 😀

Thanks Mary, at my 46 years old, I found in you a great inspiration to improve myself playing the guitar and singing, that's difficult cause I'm the eternal begginer, but nothing impossible. Keep inspiring us.

I know for a fact that you're from New Jersey

My five year plan? I'm 45, and my hope by 50 is to be at a point where I can collaborate with people like yourself, Paul Davids, Pete Thorn, etc.

A new space? How fun! Looking forward to seeing the progress.

Interesting fact, my regional accent (Inland Northern) is 1,700 miles across but only a few hundred miles high. I can travel for a day and a half east (to Providence, Rhode Island) or west (to South Dakota or to St. Louis, MO) and encounter people who speak just like my next door neighbor. But driving from Metro Detroit to south of Bowling Green, Ohio (an hour's drive), and people speak completely differently. It's sometimes barely intelligible, too, unless you're used to it. Inland Northern is spoken in a region larger than all of England (which is only 50,000 square miles).