A lovely review of Let It Go, from my dear friend (and awesome musician) Dave Fields. Very grateful.

Dave Fields review of Mark Marshall’s LET IT GO by Dave Fields Big City Blues Magazine

First of all let me start of by saying that I’ve known Mark my whole life, and he’s my oldest, closest friend. Having said that, in my humble opinion Mark Marshall is one of the GREAT undiscovered rock/pop and beyond singers. Not to mention one of my favorite songwriters who continues to inspire me.

Wow, what can I say about this CD! The story line of the CD talks about love lost and the struggles of relationships.

Right from the first song, the title track LET IT GO, I got chills…. I can totally relate to the story of a love that goes totally wrong… and the sax on this track from Erik Lawrence is just blistering. INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL is a delightful version of the Ella Fitzgerald classic featuring Lara Hope on vocals and Neil Alexander on piano. FROM THE INSIDE has a flavor of George Michael but done in a Mark Marshall flavor. The little ditty LITTLE BUTTONS smacks of a Cheryl Crow / Tom Petty original, but Mark showcases his vocal prowess – as he does on LOVER PLEASE. Wow! I love this track! The video also blew me away. Mark’s haunting vocal performance is one that all rock aficionados will LOVE! NEED TO BE AROUND is a fun rocker with outstanding background vocals. The arrangement features great dynamics and musical drama. THE WAY WE LOVE is a beautiful loving ballad where Mark really features the most beautiful, light, heart wrenching part of his vocals. It got me right in the heart… And yes, the song is a heart wrenching story. Also I love the chord changes and how every note punctuates every emotion of the storyline of the song. BUTTON UP YOUR OVERCOAT  is a “Beatlesque” version of the timeless classic. I love the Brian May guitar parts!!!! YEAH BABY! EPILOGUE is a musical flight where Mark takes the listener into the clouds into a new realm where hope is eternal. After listening I was left wanting more…

One last thing, being that I am a huge Mark Marshall fan I was hoping to hear more of his searing guitar work. He was my guitar teacher! I’m ready for another lesson – LOL!

Love you Mark! Your fans are going to LOVE this CD!

I had a wonderful talk with Sal Miccio of Woodstock Regional Artists, which aired on 7/7.

Many thanks to Sal and David Laks for making it happen!

Lover, please has waited a very, very long time to be released.

It’s the second video from the Let It Go album.

Rather than make it a performance video, I decided to make it a lyric video, backed by manipulated public domain footage. It doesn’t need my face. 🙂

It’s slow and sultry, which to me totally fits with the song.

Enjoy.

Love,

M

An important p.s. – I wanted to make this multi-racial.  (And multi-gender, for that matter)  But there was nothing in the old public domain movies that WAS multi-racial.  And being that we’re in social distancing for the time being, there was no way for me to shoot new, intimate scenes between varied partners.  So it lives as it is.
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I always loved “making of” featurettes… and now I get to share one!

I first heard Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall – a record by Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots – while playing a video game called Fallout 3.  In F3, you are wandering the ruins of post-apocalyptic Washington DC and its’ suburbs.  But while you’re doing that, you can listen to the radio – to a guerilla radio station called Galaxy News Radio, which plays all this GREAT old music – which I’ve always had an affinity for. (You can listen to all the songs from the station here on youtube.)

So when it came time to make a video for it, I wanted to do something that was, at least in part, an homage to the game.  Hence the dilapidated room.

But how to go about that?  Well… this video will show you how I did it. (Well, at least how I made the room.)  Between that and the editing of the actual video, it was a tremendous amount of work.  But I’m incredibly proud of how it turned out.

Enjoy.