Biography
Marie comes from a pretty diverse background, having half her roots from New Orleans, the other half from Greece, and being raised in Brooklyn and Athens. Her earliest musical influences are Motown, New Orleans Jazz & Funk, Eastern Ethnic Music, and Old School NY Hip Hop. She started learning classical piano, dance, and singing in a church choir at a very young age, till at 15 she decided to pick up the guitar and has been playing ever since. Her early years of playing rock and blues with various garage bands slowly grew into a more specific and "mature" sound, and she teamed up with the duo Andy and Simon of Hyplar (les disques aquatic). As a vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and co-writer for Hyplar, Marie experimented with a fusion of what she describes as "liquid electronic crooning music that makes you want to roller skate". Parallel to performing with Hyplar, Marie was working with another reco rding band called Indaba with musicians Black Moses and Simo, also as a vocalist, rhythm guitarist and co-writer. Before leaving Greece, Marie teamed up with a producer and worked with him as a co-writer for many Greek pop artists on some funky soul and r&b music that today are hits.
Since moving back to NYC, Marie has been working on completing the production of her solo album "Melody of Love". Playing weekly shows at legendary NYC venues such as Kenny's Castaways, Pianos, The Living Room, etc. throughout the city with her band and building a good following. She was voted into the Top 10 in Myspace's Top Unsigned Artists for Neo-Soul for NYC, as well as featured artist and finalist in the 'Make My Music Video' competition for BestOfBands.com, interview and review for ballerstatus magazine, and Artist Spotlight interview for the tv show Artists Extreme on Manhattan Neighborhood Network.
More recently, Miss Marie has recorded vocals at Wyclef's studio for the compilation album "Rhythms of the Diaspora" due to be released Feb. 08 (album info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Poets). She collaborated with legendary artists such as LL Cool J, Gil Scott Heron, The Last Poets, Stanley Clarke, Sidney Mills (keys for Krs One, Steel Pulse, Dub side of the moon), Larry McDonald (perc. for Gill Scott Heron, Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Marley, Dub side of the moon, Taj Mahal, Peter Tosh, Soulfly) , Trouble Funk, Swiss Chris (musical director and drummer for John Legend), Marivaldo (perc for Wyclef Jean, Shakira) and more to be relased Feb. '08.
Due to be released March '08 is Larry Mcdonalds album 'Kokobe' where Miss Marie colloberated with many of the same artists as on Rhythms of the Diaspora but including Toots and the Maytals.
Also due to be released March '08 is Miss Marie's solo single album of her song 'Melody of Love' featuring remixes by artists such as Jason Jinx (USA) , Faze Action (UK), Dj Blend (Athens), and (undecided) (Japan).
Miss Marie is an active volunteer and devotes time for charity work. She is involved with humanitarian organizations such as Musicians On Call (www.musiciansoncall.com) where she performs for patients at hopsitals around NYC, Greek Aid (www.greekaid.org) raising money for the victims of the fires which devastated Greece in Aug '07, and other charity concerts and events.
Press:
Nadya Nataly, Publicist of BestofBands.com writes:
Miss Marie
Mesmerizing Melodies
Sit back, unwind, relax, close those eyes, and indulge. Indulge in the melodic intuition of Miss Marie streaming through headphones, car stereo, or throughout a candle lit room. Her classy and refreshing swagger allows one to dissolve into an unpredictable ocean of “simply wonderful” music. Her song "Muñeca" depicts a consuming emotion of a hopeless romantic as her voice swiftly flirts with a saxophone while it sifts slowly through every guitar string and musical note
links: www.reverbnation.com/missmarieband
www.myspace.com/marienyc
booking: www.sonicbids.com/missmarie
contact: miss_marie@musician.org
Instrumentation
Miss Marie - vocals/rhythm guitar/writer
Mamoru - lead guitar
Miss Sheryl- vocals/percussion
Matsu - Drums / Arrangements
John Maurice Restrepo - Sax
Justin Goldner - Bass
Discography
"Melody of Love" - release Mar '08
"Rythms of the Diaspora" - Compilation Feb '08
"Kokobe" - Larry McDonald Mar '08
Links
| http://www.myspace.com/marienyc |