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By The Drop 4:340:00/4:34
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Beautiful Liar 4:590:00/4:59
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Not Even Now 4:440:00/4:44
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Drama Queen 7:360:00/7:36
Bio
Welcome to Songsketcher Studio
Home of Marcelo A Alcazar music
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and raised in the US midwest, Marcelo was already performing at age 12.
He gravitated to the stage playing Andean folkloric music mixed in with other exotic sounds of Latin American music on a variety of string and wind instruments (Spanish Guitar, Charango and Quena) from Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Argentina with his uncle doing weekly Thursday night engagements in a variety of intimate settings and venues.
Pursuing formal music studies in the 6th grade as a drummer/percussionist, Marcelo became active as a snare drummer in the drum line through high school and later as a bassist and guitarist in Jazz Ensembles participating in and winning state-wide music competitions with other schools.
"The school band room was my sanctuary where I could gather my thoughts, away from the awkward chaos of adolescence and posturing. It was a magical time of musical discovery; Band folks were my tribe".
Later as a dedicated guitarist, he became influenced by Blues Rock of the 70’s, Progressive Metal and Jazz Fusion but always with a strong connection to the nylon and steel-string acoustic guitar.
In 1990 while living in the SF Bay Area, Marcelo moved to Los Angeles to attend Musician’s Institute (GIT) in Hollywood to study music theory, composition and performance full time. He was exposed to a variety of music styles, and players such as Fusion master Scott Henderson, renowned Jazz guitarist Norman Brown, Rock legend Tim Bogert (Jeff Beck, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus), master guitar educators Keith Wyatt, Dan Gilbert and Ross Bolton to name a few.
What he didn’t expect, was the deep exposure to traditional Jazz, Funk Fusion and World Music, which opened up and transformed his playing. After graduating from MI, Marcelo gained valuable live performance experience throughout the 90’s in various bands and projects as a member and sideman playing different styles 5 nights a week and clocking over 1000 gigs within the decade while recording Rock Fusion instrumental demos on his Tascam 8-track and Roland R8 refining his writing and recording skills aimed at producing his own original compositions.
As a tireless student of music, he continued to gig, teach and study guitar privately expanding his knowledge in harmony and songwriting. In 2000, Marcelo briefly shifted away from playing live to refine his music production skills in the early days of Digital Audio within the studio environment.
He began his journey by building his project studio around Pro Tools 5.1 TDM Mix Plus system and adding studio gear one piece at a time. He later shifted to Apple Logic Pro in 2010 and became a certified Logic Pro Trainer while writing, recording and mixing a selection of original Modern Rock singles/covers under his solo project Shell Of Bliss.
Marcelo currently resides in Austin, TX and has circled back to his roots as a multi-instrumentalist, composing and recording Spanish flavored acoustic guitar pieces over various ethereal soundscapes, aimed at music placements for commercials, TV and film. He’s also an active guitar and bass instructor, along with mixing various online music projects from his personal studio.
New music to come in 2024...stay tuned!