Maria Marcus

How can you tell that someone's a multi talent?
Easy. Try asking what they're best at, then check out the evasive answer.
Maria Marcus is a multi talent. Not only does she write her own material, but she sings, plays, program and produce the songs herself - in her own studio. Her songwriting treasure of over 100 original tunes has a scope that's simply astonishing, until you realise that she's been writing and recording since she was a teenager.
Maria stepped out into the spotlight with her debut single "Why (You Confuse My Mind)" - the leading track to the Wallander movie "MasterMind", which premiered in December 2005. When the Wallander team was looking for a main theme, Maria got the opportunity to write it. She started by listening to Adam Nordén's instrumental music. Based on this, she wrote the intimate song "Why (You Confuse My Mind)" with lyrical help from Eskobar's Daniel Bellqvist. The film team's reaction was, needless to say, overwhelming.
In the summer of 2006 the next single "Music Is" was released, which made it to Top 20 on the Swedish Singles Chart and is frequently played on radio in sweden, denmark and all the way down to france.
In december 2006 Maria recorded a duet with the Danish songwriter and artist Brinck on his song "In The End I Started", the leading track for the second season of the succesful danish TV series "Anna Pihl".
Maria Marcus was born in the northern town, Umeå, but grew up in the mid-Swedish town, Skövde. As a young girl she day dreamed herself away into the world of music, she was fascinated by "beautiful music, sentimental music, melancholy music" and she also soon discovered that movie soundtracks had it's own very special attraction. She became interested in computers in school, and soon learned how to digitally record and produce a song. Songwriting and producing fueled her creativity further.
At age 16 she sent her first demos to different record companies in Stockholm and it was not long until she was noticed. Initially she looked at herself mostly as a songwriter. Singing was something she did out of necessity when making her demos. "But then poeple said that my songs was so personal that I'd probably do even better also performing them myself. So from that moment I started to regard myself as an artist as well".
Her main instrument, apart from her voice, is piano. "If I need a guitar or bass overdub for a demo, I can do that too, but I’m not always comfortable playing it live".
Maria moved back to the north of Sweden ”and I’ve finally found my home”, she say’s with a smile. Producing is one of Maria's biggest passions and in Örnsköldsvik where she lives, she writes and produces both for herself and for other artists.
Her skill in this area has taken more than one producer with surprise. Instead of a green vocalist, in walks a seasoned studio professional with a vast grip on the digital side of things.
So far Maria has cooperated with Anders Eliasson (Lambretta), Martin Hansen (The Rasmus, Robyn, Jennifer Brown, Lisa Nilsson), Rob Wells (Backstreet Boys, Nick Lachey), Christopher Ward (Alannah Myles) just to name a few, but she found a more long term working partner in Pontus Frisk (Eskobar, Andreas Johnson, Dilba), who produced ”Why (You Confuse My Mind) and ”Music Is” and together with Maria the song "I remember". ”I got to know Pontus through Bonnier Amigo Music Group and he has inspired me so much when it comes to producing, he helped me find the sound that I was searching for. I hope to work with him again but for the moment I enjoy producing my own material”. In may 2007 Maria decided to stand on her own feet, intending to release her music on her own label. This decision have fueled her inspiration further as a songwriter, artist and producer.
Maria’s music is definately the consequence of love...