CD Haunted

"Haunted" the new Marcus Simeone CD has arrived 11/5/11.

Marcus Simeone along with Producer J.P Pereaux and Executive Producer from Miranda Music, Kitty Skrobela, present a collection of songs that speak to the heart.

Marcus talks about his long awaited studio CD debut.

I wanted to create a concept album very much like what I believe was one of the first concept albums to ever hit the pop market, Frank Sinatra's "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning". I have included the link here so you can read more about this historical album (and the innovator), Frank Sinatra himself and the reasons as to why the album was so groundbreaking. Wee-Small-Hours

I believed that there was a way to meld the many facets of wanting to pay tribute to the great idea of his project, yet keeping it original and different in not covering any of the songs, just the mood and the ideology

Well, since times have certainly changed, and the way people listen to music has changed, we decided to make the first half of our album an experience much like sitting in a small cafe and listening to a singer sing the songs of long lost love, obsession, despair, and unrequited love. I wanted the listener to know it would be ok to revel in his or her heartache.

On our 2011 concept album of a good haunting, we decided that at some point we would slowly lift the spirit of the listener and the performance by speaking of survival. In other words, in our musical set, both listener and singer feel triumphant at the journey's end. Just to be fair though, before we are completely finished with our journey, we find ourselves reflecting once again on a love that can not be forgotten,(Sentimental Favorite).

I am proud of this collection of beautiful music. I was honored to have worked with so many great songwriters, i.e. John Bucchino, Heather Sullivan,Tracy Stark, and to reinvent some of the music of Mercer and Arlen, Harburg, Rupert Holmes,Hank Cochran,Cyndi Lauper and many others that can be found on the CD.

I am proud of the unique talents of our musicians, Sean Harkness, Mary Ann McSweeny, Tracy Stark, David Silliman.

I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording for you,

With Love,

Marcus

Haunted

Haunted (Marcus Simeone/Tracy Stark)

My Father's Song (Rupert Holmes)

If I Ever Say I'm Over You (John Bucchino)

No One Like You (Zipell & Goldberg)

Hatful of stars (Cyndi Lauper, Nicky Holland)

If I Only Had a Heart(Harold Arlen/Yip Harburg)/Nobody's Heart (Rodgers & Hart)

Somewhere Lies The Moon ( Heather Sullivan)

Where Did Our Love go (Holland/Dozier/Holland)

Come Rain or Come Shine (Harold Arlen / Johnny Mercer)

Make the World Go Away (Hank Cochran)

All Of Me (Gerald Marks/ Seymour Simons)

Soldier of Love (Helen Adu; Paul Denman; Andrew Hale; Stuart Matthewman.)

I Love You So Much It Hurts Me ( F. Tillman)

Sentimental Favorite ( C. Black T. Rocco