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            Well I guess I’ll start from the beginning. I was born and raised in Queens NYC to an awesome pair of Dominican parents. We have a pretty big family (two older sisters and two brothers – of which I am in the middle), so vying for attention was tough. My mother was always the practical one whose dream was for me to become a doctor or a lawyer. My dad, however, would always allow me to pursue my dreams, which brings me here! I only recently decided embark on a singing/songwriting career after getting TONS of support from one of my best friends, Lily! (We do not call it support, we call it apoyo, or more recently, a-chicken…Lily gives me lots of a-chicken!).
        I’ve always felt like I wanted to be on stage. At 18, I started dancing salsa professionally, so my urge for performing was satisfied for the time being. It was last year at the LAMC that I decided that this was the path for me. After getting out of a pretty crappy situation with another person, I was inspired to write my first song (the song you’re hearing as you read this), and the songs have been pouring out of me ever since…Although it’s a process giving birth to music. I like to think of my sound as representing a little bit of my life experience. My family is Dominican, but my best friends growing up and to this day are Colombian, Puerto Rican, Peruvian, African-American, Haitian, etc. I aim to make my music represent not only who I am, but also where I come from and all those people who have influenced my life! This is only a first draft of my songs, so stay tuned!! Bigger and better things will be coming very soon!! Want to see more?? Check out my myspace page @ www.myspace.com/marquitoNYC

 

Wanna see me shake my ass? http://www.danceon2.com/node/14/play

 

NOW IN SPANISH!!!

 

       Bueno…Supongo que debería empezar por el principio. Nací en Queens, NYC de padres Dominicanos. Tenemos una familia grande (Como buen Dominicanos que somos) y como pueden imaginar, fue difícil expresarse en tal ambiente. Mi mama siempre me decía “Los cantantes nacen, no se hacen” pero mi Papa fue el que siempre me apoyaba (Aunque cuidadosamente). Tome la decisión muy reciente para embarcar en una carrera de cantautor, gracias al apoyo constante de unas de mis mejores amigas, Liliana Vásquez. Si no fuera por ella y también el LAMC, nunca hubiera podido intentar lo que estoy haciendo hoy día.
        Después del LAMC (Latin Alternative Music Conference), y también después de salir de una situación fea, escribí mi primera canción (la que estas oyendo ahora mismo). Desde ese día, me salen las canciones casi diariamente. Mi meta con mi música es para llegar a todas las comunidades y a todas las personas que me han ayudado o que han sido parte de mi vida de alguna manera. Es decir, quiero que mi música sea una reflexión de quien soy, Un muchacho Dominicano-Americano, pero mas que nada Latino! Intento que mi música tenga el sabor de todos los países cuyos ciudadanos se encuentran en este yermo extraño. ¡Espero que les gusten!

 

quieren ver mas? Pues visita mi myspace...www.myspace.com/marquitoNYC

 

**TRANSLATED LYRICS OF MY SONGS**

 

En Tu Sombra (in your shadow)

      <chorus>

I am still here

The same as always

I don’t want to live

Don’t want to continue

IN YOUR SHADOW

I’m so tired of you

I know how to leave

I’ll never turn

I cannot continue

IN YOUR SHADOW

(2x)

Now I will learn to live without you

 

I will survive

I don’t need your love

I learned from you

But now I must go

I know who you are

I know you have no heart

I’m not like you

And you’re not like me

 

I know time cures all          

<chorus> 

We were so happy

And now  NOTHING

 

What I felt for you

Just a fairy tale

 

You will soon see

That you’re nothing

 

You are going to pay a high price

 

<Pre-chorus>

But I know that

Time heals all wounds

I am who I am

Live in my way

You will see

That you will regret losing me!!

 

 You used to tell me that

I wasnt’ worth anything to you

Used to tell me

I’m nothing without you

Shame that it has to end this way

That I have to run from you

Your words

Like poison in my ear

 

But I know that

Time heals all wounds

 

<chorus>

 

I am still here

The same as always

I don’t want to live

Don’t want to continue

IN YOUR SHADOW

I’m so tired of you

I know how to leave

I’ll never turn

I cannot continue

IN YOUR SHADOW

 

We were so happy

And now nothing

You are going to pay

You are going to pay!!

 

Quien te Crees? (Who do you think you are?)

Here I am, I dont’ know how I

to this point, where I’m not 

myself, swallowing my words

running from my desires

lying to each other…looking

 For what I never wanted..

 

I felt trapped

I opened myself almost completely

Even though I saw your flaws

until today

I never would have imagined

that you would try & Fool me

now i’m leaving

I’ve grown tired of your lies

 

How could I have been so stupid

to be taken for a fool

It was just a game on your part

Only now I know the truth!

<chorus>

Who do you think you are?

You dropped me and now you’ve come looking

Who do you think you are?

Now I know all about your reputation

Who do you think you are?

What a shame thinking about our past

Who do you think you are?

Don’t worry about me I’ll be fine because this is my fate <very poor translation – I apologize)

 

And now I realize, that everything we had was nothing

But an illusion

Your words and your false caresses

I realized today

That everything was just a lie

 

How could I have been so stupid

to be taken for a fool

It was just a game on your part

Only now I know the truth!

 

<coro>

And now here I am

Starting from fresh

Having already forgotten you

Now i’m stronger

I stopped being your toy

I put out your flame

I grew tired of your lies!!!!!

<SOLO>

<Chorus>

 

Por Tu Culpa (all your fault)

The story of this love

Has no equal

Very different, your style

Of hunting and conquering the heart

 

I didn’t notice

That this friendship

That started out as a joke

Today is something more

 

            <coro>

I give myself to you

entirely

it’s all your fault

I dont’ know myself

(2x)

 

Time  passed

Together with you

Even though sometimes

You can make my laugh and cry

I still stay by your side

Through the good and the bad

I always surrender

To your kiss

 

Dont’ you take pity

Seeing me like this

So drunk off your love <again…very poor translation>

 

<chorus>

 

<bridge>

It was you

That night over drinks

It was you

You took me by the hand

But I too

Wanted more

Now I can’t

Ever step back!!

 

<chorus>

 

 

 ****LATIN LOTTERY BROUGHT TO YOU BY TEAM MARCO*****  

 

Hey Sellaband!

How would you like a chance to win a gift part in an artist of your choice, as well as lots of Marco goodies and gift parts?

Well, now you can! Simply by believing in me!!

Every part you believe in marco between 24th May 2008 and 7th June 2008 will count as one ticket for the Team Marco Latin Lottery. Not only will you be in with a chance of bagging some awesome goodies, you'll also receive a copy (or more) of Marco's 50K CD, which promises to be amazing.

The Lottery will be drawn on *8TH JUNE 2008* and the three winners will receive:

 

A badge and Signed poster (3rd Place!)

 

A Gift Part In Marco and a Badge (2nd Place!)

 

A Gift Part In Anyone and a Gift Part In Marco, plus an exclusive Marco T-shirt (1st Place!)

 

Good Luck!

 

(Brought to you by the good folks over @ Team Marco - Simon Mcmurdo & Mark Starbuck!! GO TEAM MARCO!!!)   

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Hey Everyone!

   As I said, I have finally decided to join the fabulous phenomenon that is sellaband!! I hope to go very far with this!!! The songs above are all written by me & produced by a super-talented guy by the name of Jake Von Herman. I've added some pictures so that you can get to know me alittle better and I will be updating my profile here periodically.

 

www.myspace.com/marquitoNYC

**Mondays w/ Marco***6/30/08

   What an awesome birthday!!! I hung out w/ my really good friends, I boozed it up & I made an awesome jump in parts!!! I'm currently at $3640!! Thanks so much everyone for helping me get there!!

So, I'm one year older but I definitely don't feel it! I'm working with a new guitarist, the band is in it's beginning stages and I'm FEELING GREAT!! My next gig will be another Barack Obama fundraiser coming up in July 15th. Then hopefully by August or September I'll start gigging w/ the band!! So many exciting things are just beyond the horizon!! I want to take this time to thank everyone for continuing to believe in me! Your support really makes all this worthwhile!!

So, as always, spread the good word on all things Marco!! I'm shooting for $4K!!! With your help, all things are possible!!! Stay tuned for news from www.marcomusica.com - coming really soon!!!

 

love you all!

 

Paz y Amor

-Marco aka marquito

 

 

**Mondays w/ Marco***6/23/08

   Well I don't know if I pissed someone off, if I said the wrong thing or if someone just thought that I sucked on June 13th, but instead of gaining parts, especially after my thread about an impassioned plea for more parts, I actually LOST parts! How exciting for me!!!

You know what friends? I am very grateful to the believers that I have who have kept their parts in me. It shows that you truly believe in what i'm trying to do. But for those of you who took your parts away, KEEP THEM!! I don't need people like you around, not in real life and most definitely not in the Cyberworld. Clearly you've taken your parts to put them into someone who is on their way to $50K, which is fine. If making money and exploiting artists for profit is your thing, then do it! I hope you can sleep at night! But if you intend to re-invest your parts in me once I get closer to $50k, don't bother. I'll be sure to ask you to take your parts away as my intention is to only deal with people who are generally involved because they love music, not because they love money. Otherwise I'd try my luck with a record company! There will be no more Mr. Nice Guy - i'm tired of kissing ass here. You either like my music or you don't. Enough is enough!

Anyway, let's talk about music now! That's what we're here for no?? So, the June 13th gig was a BLAST!! I had so much fun!! There was a really good turn out and I can't wait for the next one!! Remember, the links to the live footage for the show are on my SHOWS tab. Next gig will be July 15th for Barack Obama!! Jess King is the one hosting that gig so it should be A BLAST!! I love that girl! She's so awesome!! Anyway, that's about it for now - gotta get ready for my company picnic!! Again, to all of those who are sticking around and who are real believers, God bless you. You are helping me acheive my dream and I'll be forever grateful. But if you're in it for the money, then I'm not the right artist for you. Don't put me through that emotional rollercoaster 'cuz I don't deserve it.

Love you all!

Paz y Amor

-Marco aka marquito

 

**Mondays w/ Marco***6/16/08

     Good morning friends!!! I completely woke up late today!! I think I thought it was still sunday!! LOL!! Anyway - so last week was very full of events and I'm DYING to share them with you!

For starters...Friday, June 13th, I opened for Lily Vasquez. The show was AWESOME!!! I put up a few pictures from that night (I changed my profile pic). I can't wait to upload the video, but the video I have is too long so I can't upload it to youtube or on SAB. A friend of mine is going to edit it and hopefully it'll be ready by the end of this week!! I have a long list of e-mail addresses that I will send info about me tonight, so that should increase my believership substantially!! VERY EXCITING!!

Also, POR TU CULPA was selected by www.talentcast.nl again for a contender for song of the week!! DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!!!

That's all I got for you this week friends!! As usual, don't forget to spread the good word about MARCO - Join Mark & Simon in TEAM MARCO!! Let's try and bump me up to $5K!!!

I love you all!!

 

Paz y Amor

-Marco aka marquito

 

**Mondays w/ Marco***6/9/08 late!!

   Hey friends!! So sorry for the late blog!! It's as hot as lucifer's mouth and I've been trying to get out of the house early to beat the heat...BUT IT'S NOT WORKING!!! OH GOD IT'S HOT OUTSIDE!!!

Well the Latin Lottery is over and I have new believers, more parts & a winner!! Congrats to Gerard & Hans for winning and thank you for joining my entourage!! You won't be sorry!!

So the only other update I have besides the fact that I'm steadily climbing and will be ready to record an album very soon is that I will be sharing the stage with Lily Vasquez this coming friday!! I can't wait to share footage with you guys! It's going to be SO MUCH FUN!! Well that's all I have now...Talk to you all soon!!

Paz y Amor

-Marco aka marquito

 

 

**Mondays w/ Marco***6/2/08

GEEZ!!! IT'S FINALLY JUNE!!!!  YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS???

It means that my birthday is in 26 days!!! HURRAY FOR ME!! That means you can all save your money and buy me birthday parts!!!

Also, really big news in June is that I'm opening for Lily Vasquez next friday, June 13th!! So, if you're in NYC, come check it out!!!

 

There is still time to participate in the Latin Lottery! Check out the info section of my profile for details. That's about all I got for you my lovelies!! Keep Rockin' and keep spreading the good word on all things Marco!

 

Paz y Amor!

 

-marco aka marquito

 

 

**Mondays w/ Marco***5/26/08

Happy Memorial Day everyone!! THANK GOD I have off today! Gives me a day to rest, hang out w/ Sabine Tellulah & get some songs written!!

So let's see. What's new in Marco World?

Still at $3.3K. Team Marco (Mark & Simon) thought of an ingenious way to get me out of $3.3K so hopefully that will prove helpful in my struggle to $50K. I see alot of people are hearing the songs, but no one is believing. That's ok...It's only been a few days since we started.

In music news - Things w/ the new Guitar player are going GREAT! June 13th is going to be awesome! Met with a band who was looking for a front-man, but their sound was too hard for me so I had to say no. Still got the guitar player so on June 13th we'll be ready.

Hmmm...I guess that's all I have for today! Just remember to keep supporting me, if you're in the NYC area on June 13th come and check out my gig and please help promote the *Latin Lottery*

Love you all!!

Paz y Amor

-Marco aka marquito

 

 

 

**Mondays w/ Marco***5/19/08

Good morning everyone!! So, it's 5:44am, EST - clearly I have woken up late - but I don't like to leave all of you without something to read! I know if I left the blog for when I got home from work I'd probably have tons of stories about how I hate my job (anticipating a nasty confrontation with my boss today), but I figured that it's better in the morning while I'm thinking about my imminent stardom!

So, I've met with a guitar player...it's finally happening...I am going to have a band!!!! This means that there is a very high probability that I will be changing the name on this page to the band's name. Same material and you'll of course still have me around, but I've met someone who has just as much material as I do and who shares my dreams & understands my intensity! First rehearsal is this wednesday!!!This is very very exciting for me!! I don't want to jump the gun yet and tell you all a whole bunch of different things. All I know for now is that 1)The band is rehearsing on wednesday, 2)Until we think of a cool name, it will be my name and his name by the time of Lily's album release. This is going to be AWESOME, I PROMISE! The stars are finally lining up in my favor!!

That's pretty much the most exciting thing I have to share with you for now. There are very exciting SAB things coming down the pike, but those details will reveal themselves to you all very shortly!

Love you all and thanks for bringing me to $3.3K!! $50K here I come!

 

paz y amor,

-Marco aka marquito

 

 

***Mondays w/ Marco***5/12/08

Good morning everyone!! It's 5:32am, EST, and I'm up again, dreading another monday @ my job! Today should be a good day though because there are some interesting prospects on the horizon, both musically & job-ically! LOL!!

To begin, I wanted to let you all know that I'll be singing tomorrow @ Jess King's Barack Obama fundraiser. I wanted to keep it HUSH HUSH because I'm only doing one song and that song is a cover, but I figured I had to let the cat out of the bag eventually. I would've had more prepared for this gig, but as you all know I haven't exactly had the best luck getting a band together. Anyway, Jess & I hooked up musically because I was going to ask her to help me for Lily's album release party. She asked if I would perform @ her fundraiser but since my stuff isn't ready yet, she said that she would learn the song I wanted her to cover and I could do that instead! So although it's only one song, I'm very excited! You guys finally get to see what I'm all about and hopefully that will make a dent in an otherwise stagnant few weeks! I'm not complaining though - $3.2k is very good considering that I just signed on in May. So I'm going to meet up w/ Jess today @ 7:30pm(EST) and tomorrow is the big gig!! My friend gigi will have a camcorder so the performance will be recorded and will replace the corny video I have up now!!

Still trying my best to get a band together! My plan B is pretty cool too though. Plan B is as follows:

I recently contacted two members of a group called "The Tollywood Allstars" - (www.tollywoodallstars.com). The guitar player of this group was the first person to put my lyrics to music the way I wanted to hear them. I asked them to help me for Lily's album release as it is now "crunch time" and I didn't want to go up using tracks only. So, hopefully I'll hear back from them this week. If not, Plan B takes into effect - the plan is to audition girls that will join me on stage and dance, that way I'm not alone and there is more of a visual experience for my fans! The idea is to have girls that don't look like your typical backup dancers. I was thinking 50's pinup girls meet punk rock. If I don't get any word from a band, i'm going to start auditioning girls. So stay tuned! THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!

In other exciting Marco news, my website is finally under construction! Now, when you go to www.marcomusica.com, you will see my graphic up! Ask Simon & Mark, I told them about it last week....It isn't much, but it's pretty damn cool!!! Hopefully in the next week or two it will go live and you'll be able to see more pics, read some pending lyrics with translations, get all my blogs & get your hands on some Marco Merchandise!! Remember, this is all just a work in progress, but you are getting in on the ground floor! We are growing together!

Having said that, if you guys know of anything that I should be doing or have any helpful suggestions, I welcome them with a completely open mind! I want this to be a team effort! I know there are several artists on SAB who have been gigging for years or who already have albums that they've recorded. As you all know I had to stop the recording process because my producer is a douche-bag, so that's why it seems that things are going slow for me. But again, I want SAB to be as interactive as possible! Share your ideas with me!

Well on that note, I must go now - I don't want Sabine to pee in the apartment and she's been waiting to go out for 30 minutes! I love you all, thanks for bringing me to $3.2K and stay tuned for more Marco updates!! Paz y Amor siempre

 

-Marco aka marquito

 

 

 

***Mondays w/ Marco***5/5/08

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!!!

Not too many people know this, but the cinco de mayo celebration celebrates the defeat of the French by Mexican forces - but only the battle of Puebla. Eventually Mexico was occupied by France, so the battle of Puebla only delayed the inevitable.

Anyway, enough with the history lesson! So, it's finally May! Thank God because I was getting really sick of the cold - so sick in fact that I think I have a throat infection! Well, to recap the week, things seem to be going steady. I started the week @ $3K and now i'm almost at $3.2K. My impassioned plea for two extra parts seem to have fallen on deaf ears - maybe if I was a Quirky punk band from Japan my luck would be different!!LOL I am TOTALLY kidding!! I'm so happy for everyone's success here because one person's success is all of our success!

        So this week I should be meeting w/ my surprise collab artist to work on a song - that's about as much as I can tell you! I don't want to ruin the surprise. I am also anticipating meeting with the musicians who will accompany me for Lily's album release party. Again, I won't spoil the surprise just yet, but just so you know, these musicians are PHENOMENAL! They will give my sound a very different take, so be ready for a surprise! I'm not going to showcase any new material at Lily's album release just yet - as I've said previously, I want to wait until I have my own band to be able to showcase new material.

        Thanks to everyone who sent their birthday wishes to Sabine! She had a great birthday! Our next big hurtle together is getting her "fixed". I'm stressing out that the procedure is actually a doggie hysterectomy, so I'm torn on whether or not I want her to go through with it :-(. Also thanks to everyone who read the article in Musicians Atlas!(http://www.musiciansatlas.com/newsletter/apr08/marco.asp)

I thought it was a really good opportunity to promote SAB, so hopefully I'll start getting some interest from it. Anyway, I guess I'll leave you guys with that. This week will bring some interesting collabs for me and finally some preparation for gigs, so I'm excited! I will, as always, keep you all informed of all things MARCO as they happen. It's 10 minutes to 5am EST, so I'm going to get ready to go to work! Love you all! Let's get me to $5K!!!

Have a good week!

 

-Marco aka marquito

 

 

***Mondays w/ Marco***4/28/08

Happy monday everyone!! I don't know about you, but I'm so glad that I'm one month closer to May! It's 5:10am, Eastern Standard Time, from here on in I shoot without a script! (Sorry - I had a RENT moment). It is in fact 5:10, which if you've been reading my blogs you'll know is alot earlier than what I'm used to. I have to get to work early to beat my evil boss, otherwise I give her control over my to-do list, and that's not going to happen! Anyway, so last week was a great week on SAB!! I started out w/ $2810 and now I'm at $3000!! My believers really come through in a bind!!

   My focus for the next month is to get ready for Lily's album release party which is still planned for late May/Early June (if I remember correctly). I actually have alittle surprise up my sleeve involving another SAB artist who shall remain nameless for now! It will be HOT though I promise!! Still trying to get a band together but I am anticipating heading back into the studio in the next month (I found someone who on myspace seems really talented and who seems to share similar musical tastes as me). So, besides trying to find a new job, still struggling to get a band together, getting ready for two gigs & finding a new producer, everything is still moving forward! Also, tomorrow is Sabine Tellulah's 1st birthday!!! Please send her your birthday wishes! All she wants for her birthday is that her daddy gets closer to his goal!!

    Later this week I should be getting the first draft of my website and hopefully by tomorrow I'm going to get my hands on some snazzy Marco Merchandise - Looks like I can finally get some incentives to get people to buy more parts (not that they need incentive other than the fact that I'm going to be a HUGE popstar! LOL). I'm also going to finally get my hands on a camcorder so I can start recording the creative process! I want to be able to share with you all how I write my songs, what I think about when I do and show you my singing chops too!! Well, I guess that's pretty much it for now. Gotta get ready for work! Thanks so much for getting me to $3k! Let's keep the momentum going friends!! Love you all!

I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION!!! I did an interview last week with an industry publication called "musicians atlas". They wanted to know all about independent funding and Sellaband, why I chose it, how I heard about it, etc. As soon as it's published I'll share that with you all!! My first bit of publicity!!! Click here http://www.musiciansatlas.com/newsletter/apr08/marco.asp

 

-Marco aka marquito

 

***Mondays w/ Marco***4/21/08

Good morning and welcome to yet another installment of Mondays w/ Marco! It's 5:50am, Eastern Standard time, and I'm sitting here as I do every monday morning, dreading going to work. But things are great in the SAB world because I've gained 17 parts since I last blogged. I might not have made a chart, but it's still a pretty cool acheivement in my opinion!

     Last week was pretty cool. Alter-Ego week went really well. I got to bring out my R&B alter-ego, and people seemed to really respond so I'm glad that wasn't a waste of time (recording the older version of Quien te Crees, not participating in Alter-Ego week). I want to take this time to Thank Alex for organizing Alter-Ego week. We made it to the tribune so hopefully people noticed! The most important thing now is to get new believers and get to the next level!

     There have been alot of postings regarding the merits of being on SAB and how "annoying" some artists can be...I restrained myself from replying to alot of the postings but I have to say I was very pissed off at alot of the things I read. Let me reassure you all that I am here to make it to $50K and although I am very green in the music industry, I hope to provide my believers with a quality product. If at any point you feel that you no longer believe in me, I do not mind that you remove parts, but please share that news with me as I have been nothing but an open book with you all. I know some people (not any of you guys of course because I feel as if I'm friends w/ all my believers, even if only online) come here expecting a return on investment, similar to what you would expect from buying stocks, etc. Last I recall, this was a site for music lovers. If I wanted a return on investment, I would've bought stocks in Apple computers, not Lily Vasquez or Supermassive Quazer, etc. This message I am about to share is not directed to any of my believers but to the ones who have been most negative in the forum - you know who you are - if your intention is to cash in on an artist, then you missed the point of SAB and you should go work for a record company. I'm sure they miss all of their leeches, so by all means, go check them out! Leave SAB for the true music lovers who would like to make a difference in their artists' lives and actually be a part of music & history! That's all I'll say on that matter and now we can move on with our lives!!

   So, I'm sending in a bunch of pictures and my songs to my webdesigner this week - that means that the website is being worked on! Hurray!!!! I'll have a link to SAB so that any new fans or anyone who has gone to a gig can get SAB info on the website and can be automatically directed to my SAB page and believe. In that way I hope to get new, fresh believers and also promote myself. I do not plan to be selfish, however. The way I see it, if you're going to believe in me, it doesn't hurt to check out other artists on SAB. So I am hoping to be able to highlight an artist a week, similar to how Simon does it on his SAB page. That way I can "pay it forward". We'll see how this pans out - I have to see what my final product is going to look like.

        Now, apart from setting up my website and creating new music, the most important task is getting my band together, once and for all!! It's been tough, but I've gotten some responses from my craigslist ads and my MYSPACE ads, so hopefully I'll have better news to share with you shortly. I guess that's pretty much it for now. As always, please spread the good work on all things Marco - let's get me to $3K by the end of the week and $5K by the end of April! I love you all...none of this would be possible without your support! Thanks as always for believing. I appreciate it and I promise that you will not be sorry!! TEAM MARCO ALL THE WAY!!! $50k HERE I COME!!!

 

 

***Mondays w/ Marco***4/14/08

Good morning again everyone! This is my third installment of Mondays w/ Marco. I hope someone is reading it! Anyway...so my week has been pretty exciting! I started out the week listening to my song play on TalentCast.NL which was pretty cool (even though I didn't get song of the week).It was trippy just to hear a DJ talk about me so that was just fine with me!

    As you all know, i'm participating in ALTER-EGO week! It's a way for all of the artists below $5K to show potential believers that we have range, etc. In my opinion, it's also a great way to show that in fact this is all about the music and that we're a pretty big community. I've updated my Alter-Ego with a version of Quien te Crees that I recorded a few years ago. I hope you enjoy it!

So i'm still chuggin' away @$2640. Musically i'm still writing - I've written another song this week and will be meeting with a potential bass player who is going to help me get a band together for summer gigs. That should come together by June. There is also 1 or 2 very exciting collaborations that I am not yet at liberty to divulge, but I promise will be very very cool! In total I've got about 14-16 songs that are ready for the album once I hit $50K, but I haven't started thinking about my $50K plan. I'd like to hear from my believers on that. I think it would be interesting to get feedback from you all, since we're kind of all in it together! I'm thinking that it's going to be exactly what I describe in my INFO tab - I want to make sure that it is a mix of all the experiences I've had in NYC - so rock/pop should be the underlying consistency, but it should have a funk/salsa/merengue/cumbia/festejo/afro-cuban/reggae/bomba/urban feel to it. It will definitely be something you'll all love, I promise!! I also should have my website up and running very soon. Remember, the address is www.marcomusica.com. I'm giving my webdesigner some stuff to work on so hopefully by the end of the month that will be ready to go.

       If you all remember from last week, I had to let my producer go - if you rent "Tenacious D - The pick of Destiny", there is a scene where Jack Black is freaking out about creating a masterpiece, right before they discover that the pick of Destiny exists - that is exactly the way my producer acts & that's why we don't work together anymore! Just thought it'd be interesting so you can see where I'm coming from.

   In my personal life - work still sucks. The other person who is on my team just got promoted so that means twice as much work for me. I could just vomit. I have to take Sabine to get fixed before her 1st birthday which i'm not excited about at all. But it's getting warm in NYC finally! 80 degrees fahrenheit by friday!! Hmm, I guess that's pretty much it for me! Please spread the word on all things Marco! Last week's "Monday w/ Marco" included a pretty cool incentive to buy parts, however no one seems to be responding...let's get me at least to $3K this week friends!! Spread the good word!! Love you all!

-Marco aka Marquito

 

 

***Mondays w/ Marco***4/7/08

Good morning everyone and welcome to another Monday w/ Marco! As promised, I will use this day to keep everyone posted on all things Marco!

Well let's see, where do I begin. First I'd like to send a personal shout out to Simon McMurdo for putting his spotlight on me this week. Please check out his profile and the forum postings. Simon, you gave me such a great review and I'll be eternally grateful to you for all you've done for me so far! There is also an interview that Simon gave me so it's a good read!

   You may or may not know this, but I was selected as Native Speaker of the week on Talentcast! I found out about this on Saturday (April 5th) and I haven't been able to stop talking about it! It's such an honor! So now, my song "Por tu Culpa" is up for song of the week! So if you haven't done so already, please log onto www.talentcast.nl & vote for my song!! It's fairly easy. If you're not a member of talentcast.nl, just follow the instructions on the site to get signed up. It's a piece of cake!

   So I decided that I'd like to offer an incentive to get me out of the $2K world...If you buy 2 parts in me between now & May 1st, I will send you one of my songs for free to download. If you buy between 3-5 parts in me between now & May 1st, I will send you 2 of my songs for free to download. If you buy 5 or more, I will send you all three tracks listed on my sellaband plus some Marco Merchandise to remember me by! Let's move the needle up to $4k friends!!

   As far as music is concerned, I've taken a break from working with the person who has been helping me bring life to my music (You'll recall his name is Jake Von Herman). It wasn't a very productive arrangement and he was very aggressive & moody,  so I had to call it quits. No worries though, I still have plenty of songs that need to be heard and will be. In the meantime however, I'm going to work on getting www.marcomusica.com up and running & use this time to get back into shape and get ready to do some gigs (Still getting ready to open for my best friend Lily, who always gives me so much a-chicken!). I am still making music however, so stay tuned for updates, new videos, lyrics, etc. Those songs I told you about in my last blog are still out there, it's just going to take a bit longer to record than I thought. Sorry friends!! Hope you all still love me!

In the personal world - everything is still chugging along. I still hate my job, however I have people helping me with my resume so that I can get out ASAP! The job is sucking away my creative juices so the sooner I leave, the better off I'll be. I also have to take Sabine Tellulah to get fixed in the next two weeks, so i'm alittle scared and worried, but I know she has to go throw the procedure. I don't want a bunch of little Sabine Jr's running around. For those who don't know, NYC apartments are quite small and I don't have room for grandchildren just yet! Well that's about it for now...Good Morning America is coming on so that means I have to hit the shower and make sure the baby is eating her breakfast! Remember, let's get me to $4K this week and get me one step closer to $50K! Vote on talentcast.nl and make sure you spread the good word on Marco!! I love you all and again, thank you soooo much for all the support & A-chicken that you have given me so far!! One love, Paz y Amor!

 

-Marco aka Marquito

 

 

***Mondays w/ Marco*** 3/31/08

Good morning everyone!! It's 5:39am EST and I just wanted to keep everyone informed of what's new in my world! I will try and update you all on my progress and my general well-being every monday with a new blog that I lovingly call Mondays w/ Marco!
I am leaving for a business trip to Florida today, so I won't be checking my sellaband page until wednesday when I get back, so I would LOVE if all my believers put in a good word for me with their friends/family/other believers and get people to buy some parts in me!!
Will be going back to the studio on thursday to put the finishing touches on some songs that are still up in the air. One song i'm working with is called "life's too short", which is about letting go of every day stresses and is sort of like "a day in the life"...I make references to alot of NY things so that should be fun for everyone! Plus, the song is mostly in english. I'm also putting the finishing touches on "Poquito a Poco", which is actually one of the first songs I ever wrote. This song is about getting over a really bad situation with a person who doesn't know how to love...getting over someone manipulative. It's coming out really really good - Matter of fact, if you buy 2-5 parts in the next few days, I'll send you a MP3 of what I have so far in the song so you can hear at least the instrumental track! I think you'll love it!
Hopefully my album will be ready by the end of April and I believe my first gig will be Lily's album release party, so stay tuned for that! Also, my website, www.marcomusica.com should be up and running the end of the month as well. There, you will find **Mondays w/ Marco** as well as new pictures, track samples & awesome merchandise that my friend Juan helped me create! It's all really exciting! I can't believe all of this is coming together for me. I have to stay, it's really really tough on my financially to do all of this, but the more I acheive and the more milestones I hit with my singing career, the more I know that it's worth it and that this is what I should be doing ultimately. Thanks so much to everyone who has believed so far and please STAY TUNED!!! Heading out now to walk Sabine Tellulah - talk to you all soon!!

 

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May 13th - Cafe Vivaldi - This is a last-minute thing that I'm doing with another artist from SAB...stay tuned for video coverage!

     -This gig went incredible!! I was so nervous but Jess King was   INCREDIBLE!! Thanks Jess if you read this!!!

 

June 13th - La Kueva - Opening for Lily Vasquez's CD Release Party...

39-31 Queens Blvd, Sunnyside, NY

If you're in town, stop by for a bit!

Here are some videos from that night!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQDSN30Rc-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lNKnV80o3I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQf_ka8X-MM

 

July 15th - Obamafest @ Caffe Vivaldi
32 Jones Street
New York, NY 10014

Getting together to make sure that Barack Obama becomes the next president of the USA!

7:30pm SHARP!! If you're in the NYC area, come by and check it out!!

 

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More pics from June 13th!
PIC FROM JUNE 13TH GIG
SHOWING MY SOLIDARITY W/ SUPERMASSIVE QUAZAR!!
PIC FROM MY GIG W/ JESS KING!
Simon Mcmurdo's a genius!
First photo shoot - pre-music career (photo by Atila Marquez)
ME & MY LITTLE GIRL!!
ME & THE FAMILY!!
More pics from June 13th!
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Talkin' about my gig on June 13th!


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Jul 05 2008 17:37 CET Simon McMurdo - Team Marco

Knock Knock
..................Wh ose There?
4K
.....4K who?
4K, ten parts away!!!!!!!!!
Jul 04 2008 16:12 CET PV/Nearfield

1 part...
Just a start! :)
Thanks for being around...
Thanks for your music...
Obrigado
alexx
Jul 03 2008 15:11 CET Chump | 1K and rising!!!!!

But you didn't vote yet:P
here's the link:

http://www.sel laband.com/forum/hyp e_this/wh at-kind-of-song-do-y ou-like-the-m ost-8735/
(remove the 3 spaces)
Greets Chump
Jul 03 2008 14:27 CET Chump | 1K and rising!!!!!

Thanks Marco! Did you check out our believerspage? With a free song download and a wallpaper. The password is in your believersaccount-mai l;)
Greets Chump
Ps: don't forget to vote for a new song on the forum!
Jul 03 2008 11:24 CET Chump | 1K and rising!!!!!

Hi,
did you see that we have $1150 now!!?:D
We All Love SAB!!

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Jessica 18.04.08 2
Marco rocks my world! I love him so much I can't even stand it!! He's so incredible!! I can't wait to see him live!! Not to mention that he's sexy as hell!! I mean, just look!!
Simon McMurdo - Team Marco 06.04.08 3
Marco joined Sellaband with a few ambitions- to get his music heard and develop a fanbase. By his own accord, he didn't expect it to happen this quickly! Since joining the website on March 15th, he has gained 36 dedicated believers who helped him raise almost 2.5K - within just one month of joining! Despite not joining when originally discovering the site, he is partly responsible for Lily Vasquez's speedy rise to 50K- as he was in fact one of the people who influenced her to take the chance- consequently Marco is not only a new talented artist, he is a true and succesful ambassador of everything that is Sellaband!

Now, after around 3 weeks of being active he has been chosen as one of the few acts to be concidered for repeated radio broadcast at Talentcast- a site that aims to boost the careers of Sellaband hopefuls! With a variety of artists previously winning the conciderably prestigious 'Song Of The Week', Talentcast can almost ensure a surge in popularity. So as his third landmark draws close- now is the time for Marco to be planning a career that differs from the usual nine to five- rock stardom awaits, for sure!

A question to ask oneself, is that with pure talent alone Marco has garnered 2K, but as his career takes leaps and bounds- with his introduction to gigging coming up, and a recognition from Talentcast, how soon will it be before Marco is soaring to 50K, akin to Ellie Williams and Kaitee Page. His steady climb in the charts is grabbing believers, his increase in the pages means people will be often checking him out even more, and most of all- his constant posting on the forums draws even more people to listen to his music.

His explosive and emotive personality is absolutely dedicated to Sellaband and its concept. He endlessly pours out his soul at the forums, to his believers and within his songs, and Marco's believers are much more than investors- they are treated as friends. Marco's sellaband strategy is definitly unique- he comes to the site and acts like himself, and doesn't care what anyone says- hes a true representation of himself and doesn't hide his true feelings simply to draw in believers. His constant updates mean you can be sure that you're $10 are put to good use, and he always keeps in contact- repeatedly informing you of what he's up to on a personal and a buisiness level.

He continues to push his music, and make himself heard- such as on the epic 'Quien Te Crees' which powerfully boasts an amazing production, teamed with thrashing guitar riffs, alongside Marco's raw and talented vocal talents. His voice certainly 'packs a punch', with his raspy tones he creates a faux-sense of calm, before leading into a blasting chorus which simply blows you away.

'Por Tu Culpa', the song picked up by Talentcast, begins with a few loose sultry effects, before the pre-chorus ties together every aspect of the music and emits some amazing vocal lines. Before the loose feel returns again, with a really strong vocal performance and also putting a lot of emphasis on the gorgeous guitar licks. Marco truly steals theshow once again, however, with his emotional vocals and even in the spoken word, he sounds delightfully honest.

The final song he provides at his page is 'En Tu Sombra' which has some wonderfully melodic vocals. This song in particular shows Marco's hard edge conflicting with his latin vibe- resulting in one of the strongest tracks on offer. Its also worth mentioning that despite being a solo artists, 'En Tu Sombra' proves that Marco creates amazing MUSIC as well as amazing VOCALS.

His music in general has a vibe that is fresh and original, but a recurring theme of hard rock that ties each song together, as well as the passionate vocals that are evident also, ofcourse.

So- that is Marco, and he is without a doubt one of the newest and most talented upcoming acts on the site. His time is coming, so anyone wishing for an early Limited Edition should surely hurry- especially with the final sentiments in Marco's about me: 'Bigger and better things will be coming very soon!!'.
Alex Figueroa 26.03.08 5

Amazing talent and a refreshing addition to the Sellaband platform. Marco has amazing lyrics and his music is filled with passion and soul. I see Marco making $50K in no time and cannot wait to hear his full album.

 

 

Mark Starbuck - Team Marco 26.03.08 2

If i am honest music such as this does not usually attract me - the lyrics of a song is really important to me and not speaking the tongue it is written in means i have to listen to it purely on a music level. However Marco really is the turning point for me and has shown me i should open my eyes even further to the world of music that lies around me. The music he creates pours out the emotion that all music deserves and you can tell in each phase of the songs that he really has a passion for music. On top of that the music is really well considered and seems to compliment the song fully. It is catchy yet original all at once and i am so glad i gave him a listen. Marco your a great person and deserve every success - thank you for open my eyes to another form of music in this ever expanding musical community.

xxx

Paul McMaster-TEAM TIFF TO 50K 22.03.08 151

Huge Latin talant that should not be ignored.

Dreams can come true.


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