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Marissa Skovron

Singer, Songwriter, Pianist

About Me

Marissa Skovron is an Australian singer-songwriter/pianist currently based in Melbourne, Australia. She began playing the piano at age 4-and-a-half and continued to study classically throughout her childhood and teenage years before completing two degrees at the Victorian College of the Arts: first a Bachelor of Music Performance on Classical Piano and then a second Bachelor of Music Performance on Voice, in the Jazz/improvisation stream. Marissa enjoys working, experimenting and composing in many different musical genres, and has performed extensively as a pianist, singer-pianist, accompanist, and singer.
"Marissa's songs come from the heart. Crystal clear vocals - reaching high notes effortlessly. Her piano playing is first class - crisp and controlled. A good example of the high standard of her compositions is "You And I" - beginning as it does with keys that fall evenly like raindrops - enchanting. It is clear to me that Marissa has an ocean-full of talent, and I would throughly recommend her to lovers of original music everywhere. You'll sink, but never drown in the beautiful noise she creates. Immerse yourself... " - Mark Watkins, Blast 1386 Radio, UK.
Marissa is an unsigned artist with no management as yet.
All music and lyrics written by Marissa Skovron © 2006.
email: [email protected]


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/8/2006
Band Members: Well... technicaly speaking I would belong in the Soloist box. I write all my material and I sing and play piano in all of my material but as for the other instruments in the arrangements I am by no means a one-man-band!

Demo:

Marissa Skovron - piano and vocals
Ben Edgar - guitars
James Kempster - bass guitar/ programming

All music and lyrics written and arranged by Marissa Skovron © 2006

Produced by James Kempster for Rockcandy Productions P/L

LIVE BAND:

Marissa Skovron
- piano and vocals
Jonathan Skovron - guitars
Michelle Whelan - double bass/bass guitar
Joel Witenberg - drums

Influences: Life, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Fiona Apple, Radiohead, Pat Metheny, The Beatles, Silverchair, The Dissociatives, Daniel Johns, Bjork, Jason Robert Brown, Imogen Heap, Elliot Smith, Dohnanyi, Ella Fitzgerald, Jonatha Brooke, Crowded House, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Beethoven, Bach, Chet Baker, Karen Carpenter, Miles Davis, Bartok, Scriabin, Chopin, James Taylor, Shostakovich, Ravel, Debussy, Clifford Brown, Ani DiFranco, Paula Cole, Carole King, Keith Jarrett, Wayne Shorter, Queen, Jeff Buckley, Ricky Lee Jones, Portishead, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil, John Philip Shenale, Sean Lennon, Led Zeppelin...
Sounds Like: Marissa Skovron
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Going overseas...

Hi everyone, Just wanted to let you all know that I will be overseas from December 25 for 5 weeks (till very end of Jan) so I probably won't have much time (if any) to reply to messages and frien...
Posted by Marissa Skovron on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:59:00 PST

Meeting Tori Amos...

Yes, I was lucky enough to have met Tori Amos three times last May on the Australian leg of her Original Sinsuality Tour... Needless to say, it was a truly unforgettable and profound experience! I att...
Posted by Marissa Skovron on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 08:38:00 PST

NEW songs uploaded - have a listen :)

Hi everyone, I've uploaded 2 NEW recently recorded songs - "Let It Go" and "Nothing". Have a listen! Feedback always welcome :) Thanks once again to all of you for your beautiful messages/comments/su...
Posted by Marissa Skovron on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:20:00 PST

Back in the studio!

Hey people :) So today was my first day back in the studio working with producer James Kempster (Sony-BMG). Stay tuned for 2 new tracks coming soon! Have a fabulous day. xx...
Posted by Marissa Skovron on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:31:00 PST

Triple J top-100 for the 3rd week in a row...

Hello everyone :) Just wanted to say a big thank you to those of you who have voted for me on Triple J's Unearthed competition... For the third week in a row, each of my 3 songs has been ran...
Posted by Marissa Skovron on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:33:00 PST

2 new songs "YOU AND I" and "DREAMING OF BREATHING"...

Ok, so I've FINALLY uploaded two brand new songs of mine - "You and I" and "Dreaming of Breathing" from my demo 2006 project. Feel free to have a listen... Take care! Marissa xx...
Posted by Marissa Skovron on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:02:00 PST

New material coming soon...

Hi everyone, I'll be posting some brand new songs up soon - just in the midst of finishing off some recording... (The current tracks were recorded 3 years ago!) Stay tuned... ...
Posted by Marissa Skovron on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:16:00 PST