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Phylis Renee Marconi has been singing almost all of her life. Starting out early in her career with just her guitar, she has since woven through a long thread of bands. She reaches many different audiences due to her church singing as well as her pop/rock singing. Phyliss style has been categorized as bluesy/rock/roots/Americana. When fronting her own band, Phyl n the Cracks a.k.a. Phylodendron, she was featured on radio personality Jonathon Brandmeiers morning show on WLUP-FM. She has since been featured on other Chicago radio programs including "Local Color" on WJJG-AM, "I Do, I Do" on WCKG-FM , a Singer Spotlight feature on WZRD-FM, Northeastern Illinois University Radio and also Local Playground on WMKB-FM. Phylis has showcased her music at many fine Chicago venues (Abbey Pub, Beat Kitchen, Fitzgerald's, Schuba's, Uncommon Ground). She has also been a guest on Muse, an arts program aired through Comcast in Chicago. She performed two songs from her first demo cd. That same cd earned a review from the Musesmuse songwriters cyber magazine and also a finalist placement in the Sennheisers Evolution Mics Band Contest in February of 2000. In summer 2001, a live performance of Phylis's "Meet Me At The Café" floated around in the top 200 (out of 10,000 songs) for several weeks at MP3.com. Her song "Meet Me At The Café" was also included on a compilation disc distributed at the Midwest Music Summit held in Indianapolis, IN in summer 2001 and Phylis performed at the summit in summer 2002. Her cd "Ill Find My Way" is being distributed at some Barnes & Noble and Borders locations as well online at CDBaby, Tower Records, iTunes and Rhapsody (to name a few) . In January 2002, "Make Your Path" co-written by Phylis made it to semi-finalist status in the Chick Singer Night National Song Competition. You'll find the latest review of Phyliss cd "I'll Find My Way" at ChicagoGigs.com. In April 2002 & October 2003, Phylis was featured in several local editions of The Star Newspaper and The Daily Southtown. Since debuting in June 2003, Phylis is continuing to enjoy standing room success after assuming the role as co-producer and co-host of Singer Spotlight Unplugged, an acoustic showcase featuring four singer-songwriters held the last Thursday of every month at Chicagos Uncommon Ground. In October 2003, Phylis performed an original song at Teacherpalooza held in Chicagos Grant Park sponsored by Washington Mutual. She competed for and walked away with a $15,000 grant for her local school district. Phylis performed at the MECA Music Conference in Chicago May 2004. Just completing her 2nd CD entitled Let Me In (to be released March 2006) Phylis has already received runner up status in VH1s Song Of The Year contest on some of the included songs. Most recently (2008), "Daddy Please" co-written by Phylis and Roberta Annicks (PhylisReneeMarconiMusic & Songs2ShareMusic ASCAP), received Honorable Mention in the Billboard's World Song Contest 2007. Phylis is an ASCAP member. She continues to write, perform, co-produce her showcase and record her own music. www.phylisreneemarconi.com
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