Marc Scibilia

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Marc Scibilia
Origin Buffalo, New York, United States
Genres Pop rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active2004 – current
Labels Good Lander / I.R.S. / Sony/ATV / Capitol
Website marcscibilia.com

Marc Scibilia is an American singer-songwriter born and raised in Buffalo, New York, currently based in East Nashville, Tennessee. His self-titled EP released in 2012 included the song "How Bad We Need Each Other" which was featured in the hit television series Bones .

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In 2015, Scibilia's version of Woody Guthrie's folk classic "This Land Is Your Land" was featured in Jeep's "Beautiful Lands" Super Bowl commercial. The ad fared well, making Scibilia one of the most Shazam-ed artists of the telecast [1] and led to mentions in several publications.

His debut album, Out Of Style, was released on October 30, 2015, amidst tours with James Bay, Zac Brown Band and ZZ Ward as well as an appearance on The Today Show . [2]

Scibilia collaborated with German musician, DJ and producer Robin Schulz in 2017 for Schulz's fourth single "Unforgettable" from his album Uncovered. The song has been certified Gold in Germany [3] and reached No. 1 on the German airplay radio chart.

Early life

He is of Italian and Lebanese ancestry. By the time Scibilia was six he started drum lessons and writing his own songs. In high school he began classical piano training with Steve Parisi, and eventually picked up guitar. [4] He grew up in a musical family. His father and grandfather were professional musicians while pursuing other vocations to support their families. Specifically, his grandfather Antony had his own orchestra and played bass alongside famed guitarist Tommy Tedesco. Scibilia's brother Matt plays drums in his touring band and has played for Brendan Benson, [5] Cory Chisel, Colorfeels and more.

Career

Scibilia moved to Nashville after high school determined to make it as a musician. In 2007 he released his debut EP Fixity, followed by From Brooklyn To Maine in 2009. [6]

In 2010, Scibilia signed with Sony ATV for publishing. [7] By 2012 he released his self-titled EP, which included "How Bad We Need Each Other", a song that was featured on the FOX Network series Bones . The song also appeared in NBC's About a Boy. [8]

On October 30, 2015, Scibilia released his debut full-length album Out Of Style that debuted on the Singer-Songwriter chart[ which? ] at No. 7.

Outside of his own records, he is a prolific songwriter. In 2014 he wrote and produced the song "Bright Lights" for American Idol contestant Paul McDonald. [9] In 2016 Scibilia co-wrote "Focus" with Jacob Whitesides for his upcoming 2016 release Why? [10]

Scibilia worked with Sony/ATV's Brian Monaco on a cover of Woody Guthrie's song "This Land Is Your Land" that was included in the Jeep TV commercial "Beautiful Lands" for Super Bowl XLIX on February 1, 2015. [11] [12] [13]

Scibilia has toured with James Bay, [14] ZZ Ward, Butch Walker, Gavin James, Steve Winwood, Zac Brown Band, [15] Ben Rector, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Green River Ordinance, and Michael Franti amongst others. He has also opened for the Wallflowers, John Oates (Hall & Oates) and Sixpence None the Richer. He played with Sixpence None the Richer and collaborated with Leigh Nash of the band, where they wrote the Christmas song "Deeper Than You Know".

In 2015 he performed at NFL Draft Town as part of the festivities surrounding the NFL Draft that year. [16]

On December 5, 2016, Scibilia released a cover of John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" with fellow Nashville-based musician Lennon Stella of the Canadian duo Lennon & Maisy. [17]

On February 10, 2017, Marc Scibilia released his single "Summer Clothes" independently through his label, Good Lander Records, and on March 6, he released the music video for the song via a premiere on Rolling Stone including dates for his first headline tour, The Summer Clothes Tour. [18] His single, "On The Way," was included in his second Jeep commercial on TV where he was also featured performing the song on a beach live. The Summer of Jeep Campaign featured the summer line of Jeep vehicles and ran from May through September 2017. [19]

Scibilia collaborated with Hungarian progressive house DJ producer duo Stadiumx on the song "Those Were the Days" released on July 14, 2017.[ citation needed ] Scibilia's next collaboration, with German musician, DJ and producer Robin Schulz produced the song "Unforgettable" released on September 29, 2017, as a part of Schulz album Uncovered . [20] "Unforgettable" has been certified Gold by the Federal Music Industry Association [3] and has reached the No. 1 position on the German radio airplay charts.[ citation needed ] Scibilia joined Schulz on select dates of his Germany arena tour in October 2017. On March 21, 2018, Scibilia joined Schulz at the WDM Radio Awards to perform "Unforgettable" in front of a record crowd of 90,000 attendees at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.

In February 2018 Marc Scibilia's cover of the Clean Bandit song "Rather Be" appeared in the film Peter Rabbit [21] starring Domhall Gleeson, Rose Byrne, James Corden, Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley and Sia among others. [22]

In November 2018 Scibilia released his first EP since his debut album titled 7th & Christopher, named after the cross streets in Manhattan, NY where he and his wife spent time that year. [23]

In 2019 and through 2020 Scibilia released three different versions of his song "90's" including "90's", "90's (U.S. Version)" and "90s (Piano Version)" with different musical production on each version. This production exploration continued into songs like "Unforgettable (Acoustic)" based on his original version with DJ Robin Schulz and "You Are The Night (Acoustic)" which culminated in the 2020 EP Versions which contained these alternate versions of songs and one cover, "Dancing In The Dark" by Bruce Springsteen which Scibilia had been heard playing live on previous tours.

In 2020 Scibilia also released "All Day All Night" a single which was featured in a Chrysler TV commercial co-written with rapper/songwriter Gizzle [24] and Grammy Award-winning songwriter David 'Swag R'Celious' Harris [25] and featured rapper Jim Jones and musician Phil Collen of Def Leppard. [26] Scibilia featured in more songs with Jim Jones including "State of the Union" featuring rapper Rick Ross [27] and ultimately contributied songwriting to several of the tracks on Jim Jones' album El Capo. [28]

In March 2020, Samsung released their "Stay Apart, Stay Together" worldwide ad campaign promoting the use of their technology products to stay connected to family and friends while staying apart due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Scibilia's 2010 demo of his song "How Bad We Need Each Other" was chosen as the song for the ad and in April of that year Scibilia released the 10-year old demo. [29] Later that year non-profit organization Water.org used the song for their new PSA campaign featuring co-founder and actor, Matt Damon. [30]

In November 2020 Scibilia released his sophomore album, Seed of Joy, which featured contributions by Brian Fallon (The Gaslight Anthem), Cory Wong (Vulfpeck, Jon Batiste), Mike Sabbath (Lizzo, Jonas Brothers), Jake Sinclair (Panic! At The Disco, Beck), Nolan Sipe (Zac Brown Band, Dave Matthews Band), Jon Nite (Keith Urban, Luke Bryant) and was mixed by Michael Brauer (The Rolling Stones, John Mayer, Coldplay). [31] The album, mostly written by Scibilia whom also played most of the instruments and recorded it himself in his basement studio, centered around Scibilia's experiences earlier in 2020 when his father was terminally diagnosed with brain cancer and later passed away while at the same time him and his wife welcomed their first child into the world. [31]

By mid-2020 Scibilia began construction on his new backyard studio in East Nashville, TN. The studio, named after his long-time dog, Good Lander, was completed by the end of the year and it is where Scibilia now writes, records and produces all his music. [32]

In 2021 Scibilia released a new single "Rivals" followed by "Wild World (Acoustic)" which became bonus tracks along with "This Dream (Acoustic)" and "Already Miss You (Acoustic)" on the Seed of Joy (Deluxe Edition) which came out in April 2021. [33]

In 2022 Scibilia collaborated on the single "Smile" with singer/songwriter Mat Kearney and the two toured together in November across the mid-west of the US. The duo toured again in February 2023 across the east coast.

Scibilia is currently releasing singles for his upcoming album, Mindy, due Summer of 2023.

Discography

Studio albums

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