Marc Scibilia
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Marc A. Scibilia is a singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

. Scibilia was born and raised in Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...

. Both his father and grandfather were professional musicians but had other vocations to support families. By the time Scibilia was 6 he had begun drum lessons and classical piano training.
One month after high school graduation, he moved to Nashville TN. It is rumored the inspiration to move came from a frustrated high school teacher's passing comment, "what are you going to do with your life, move to Nashville and write songs?"

Scibilia's latest release was in 2009, an ep titled From Brooklyn to Maine. Only 1,200 physical copies of the ep were numbered and pressed and almost exclusively sold at live shows between Oct-Nov 2009 while touring with singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Derek Webb
Derek Webb
Derek Walsh Webb is an American singer-songwriter who first entered the music industry as a member of the band Caedmon's Call, and later embarked on a successful solo career....

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Scibilia is currently signed to Sony/ATV music publishing where he has been writing and recording, 2010-present.

In October of 2011 Scibilia released a live performance of his song "Better Man", filmed by close friend Julian Smith (director)
Julian Smith (director)
Julian Smith is an American filmmaker, actor, songwriter, and a celebrity on YouTube.He appeared on the Tyra Banks Show in April 2009 for his video "25 Things I Hate About Facebook" which hit over 1,000,000 views on Youtube...

 . The two have filmed similarly captured performances all across the country and plan to release them in 2012.

Scibilia lives on 3 acres in an apartment in East Nashville, Nashville
East Nashville, Nashville
East Nashville is an up-and-coming area east of downtown Nashville, Tennessee across the Cumberland River. East Nashville is used synonymously with the zipcode 37206, namely Smaller East Nashville. The area is mostly residential and mixed-use areas with businesses lining the main boulevards...

 with his dog Lander who has said to have, "been to more states than most people." He co-owns (with Konrad Snyder, Chris Kimmerer, Russ Long) a studio in the Berry Hill, TN district where most of his recording is done.

Discography


Studio albums
  • From Brooklyn to Maine (2009)
  • Fixity (2007)
  • Live In The Studio (2005)
  • Marc Scibilia (2004)

Live albums
  • Live At The Tralf (1999)

Marc was also featured in the "Kidnapped" series Julian Smith made in December- January 2008- 2009.

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