"Surrender", next album release from jazz R&B songwriter/musician Marco Santiago!

Marco Santiago is an American songwriter/musician based on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.  He chucked a career as a high ranking professional earning a six figure salary with the National Intelligence Community to return to his first love; music.

Surrender, releasing in 2013 is the initial studio release from his company, Pacific Pop Productions.  Surrender features more vocals in the soft rock, R&B, jazz and blues venues as well as instrumentals.

His demo album, Rudiments, was released in August 2012 featuring smooth jazz, R&B, Latin and soft rock – a mixture of vocals and instrumental pieces.

Marco’s music is based on songwriting styles and flavors of the 1960’s but with a contemporary twist.  He blends pop with blues and jazz sensibilities.  His projects explore adult alternative soft rock, Latin, R&B, blues and jazz genres. 

Although a trained percussionist, Marco is also an accomplished guitarist.  His projects include instrumental and vocal works featuring smooth singing, intricate guitar melodies and driving percussion.
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"Surrender", next album release from jazz R&B songwriter/musician Marco Santiago!

Marco Santiago is an American songwriter/musician based on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.  He chucked a career as a high ranking professional earning a six figure salary with the National Intelligence Community to return to his first love; music.

Surrender, releasing in 2013 is the initial studio release from his company, Pacific Pop Productions.  Surrender features more vocals in the soft rock, R&B, jazz and blues venues as well as instrumentals.

His demo album, Rudiments, was released in August 2012 featuring smooth jazz, R&B, Latin and soft rock – a mixture of vocals and instrumental pieces.

Marco’s music is based on songwriting styles and flavors of the 1960’s but with a contemporary twist.  He blends pop with blues and jazz sensibilities.  His projects explore adult alternative soft rock, Latin, R&B, blues and jazz genres.

Read more: https://www.storyamp.com/dispatch/3351/e4c0afcef20e0b5048aac8f65f3e4639

Marco Santiago, New Blues-Jazzer in Hawaii

Hawaii-based blues-jazz-R&B artist, Marco Santiago, independently released his CD entitled "Rudiments" on 8/20/12. "Rudiments" is the first in a series of four planned albums to be released in the 2012 to 2014 time frame. The first two albums will focus on smoother elements of jazz, latin, and soft rock genres suitable for listening on sandy beaches or during late night encounters. The latter two albums will deal with heavier things often found in deeper waters when exploring the harder edges of blues, rock, and jazz.

Marco is an American songwriter, producer, and recording artist. His musical stylings blend blues, jazz, latin, soft rock, and R&B. His works feature various guitar styles and layered percussion in both vocal and instrumental formats. Marco plays all instruments, performs all singing, engineers and mixes, and conducts all production on his recordings.

Marco plays Fender, Gibson, Godin, Taylor, and Martin electric and acoustic guitars; Fender basses; a Yamaha MO8 synthesizer; and a Roland TD-4 drum set.

Marco is an active member of ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.

His next CD, "Surrender" will be released as scheduled on 3/15/13.

Marco favors the West Coast, small luxury cars, Dominican cigars, Lagavulin Scotch, flying in first-class, and women with tattoos. And you can hear all of those elements in his music.