Tony Marinacci

Projects
Tony is Producing several major projects right now. He is also working hard writing both Rock and Hip-Hop again. He's getting ready to release a collection of Hip-Hop songs and is beggining some more songs with Precious Yaa.

FOX Sports Net and the Pittsburgh Penguins
FOX Sports Net will be using Tony's stuff as music bed for some Pittsburgh Penguins highlights. The song "Can't Take Another Day" or "All The Answers" for the Pen's Play Of The Month. So when you see those Penguins highlights keep an ear out to.

The Great Debate
What's hot? Rock or Hip-Hop? YOU decide. 1 song each = 2 new songs.
Like U! - Rock or Better Than - Hip-Hop

New Songs Time Hi-Fi Lo-Fi WMA Real Media Download Credits/Lyrics
Like U! 3:23 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits  Lyrics
Better Than 3:17 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits  Lyrics

TME Recordings Compilation Page Link: Tony Marinacci - Tight But Loose
Newest Compilation

Tony Marinacci - Tight But Loose
Tony Marinacci

Tight But Loose
  1. Can't Take Another Day
  2. All The Answers
  3. Why
  4. Only God
  5. It's Not Your Fault
  6. Control
Rock, Alternative and Metal
TME Recordings Compilation Page Link: Tony Marinacci - Tight But Loose Reviews Page Reviews - What They're Saying About It
Tight But Loose

Tight But Loose features appearances by some of the finest vocalists in the area. Several songs have been played on FM stations and every song has found an internet station. Two songs even made it to TV.

FOX Sports Net is using "Can't Take Another Day" and "All The Answers" as music for some Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) - Pen's Play Of The Month - highlights.

Still going strong ... There's even been increased sales overseas, mostly in Italy, where it has been well received. One place to look for this stuff to be featured next is on Radio Basile (shout-out to Carlo).

Songs Time Hi-Fi Lo-Fi WMA Real Media Download Credits/Lyrics
Can't Take Another Day 2:30 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
All The Answers 3:18 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
Why 3:40 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
Only God 5:00 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
Here We Go 3:42 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
How Low 3:52 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
Control 2:32 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
It's Not Your Fault 3:35 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
All The Answers (Unplugged) 2:37 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics

Video

Here We Go video

Here We Go video first preview


TME Recordings Compilation Page Link: Tony Marinacci - Time For The Other Shoe To Drop
Compilations
TME Recordings Compilation Page Link: Tony Marinacci - Instrumentals

Tony Marinacci - Time For The Other Shoe To Drop
Tony Marinacci

Time For The Other Shoe To Drop
  1. Keep It Real
  2. Street Life
  3. No Mercy
  4. You're Not Gonna
  5. Keep The Fire Burning
  6. Suddenly
  7. Our Love
Hip-Hop, RnB and Gansta Rap

TME Recordings Compilation Page Link: Justan Mackowski & Matt Sullivan, Featuring: Tony Marinacci & Cory McRae

Tony Marinacci - Instrumentals
Tony Marinacci
Instrumentals
  1. Keep The Fire Burning
  2. Ras Ska
  3. Lost It
  4. Project D-50
  5. Feels So Right
  6. Suddenly
  7. You're Not Gonna
  8. Hop
Hip-Hop, RnB, Reggae and Jazz Fusion

Free My Mind & Shattered Dreams - Justan Mackowski & Matt Sullivan, Featuring: Tony Marinacci & Cory McRae
Free My Mind &
Shattered Dreams
Justan Mackowski &
Matt Sullivan
Featuring: Tony Marinacci
& Cory McRae
  1. Free My Mind
  2. Shattered Dreams
  3. Free My Mind
    (Radio Mix)
  4. Shattered Dreams
    (Radio Mix)
Freestyle Rap

Other Songs Time Hi-Fi Lo-Fi WMA Real Media Download Credits/Lyrics
Enough's Enough 4:20 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Not Available Credits   Lyrics
Never 4:50 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Download Credits   Lyrics
Keep The Fire Burning (1991 Mix) 4:32 Winamp Hi-Speed Winamp Dial-Up Windows Media Audio RealAudio Download Credits   Lyrics

Gigs
   The Pennsylvania Rock Show comes to Total Music & Entertainment for a can't miss show. Tune in for more surprises.    TONY MARINACCI - Live preview of some new songs on The Pennsylvania Rock Show <www.parockshow.info>. Wednesday, September 21, 2005, 8 PM to 11 PM. Join in on the live web cam and chat room. Sponsored by AK Music Scene <www.AKMusicScene.com> and Indie Band Radio <www.IndieBandRadio.com>. Or catch the rebroadcasts any day of the week! * All times EST. Mega Rock Radio - Thursday 10 PM <www.megarockradio.com>; Old School House Radio - Saturday 4 PM <www.oshradio.com>; Extreme Indie Radio - LIVE Wednesday 8 PM, Sunday 6 PM and Tuesday 8 PM <www.extremeindieradio.com>; Danko Radio - Monday 4 PM <www.danko-radio.com>; you can also catch the The Pennsylvania Rock Show TIMEWARP on Indie Band Radio - Friday September 30, 2005, 1 PM. <www.IndieBandRadio.com


On The Web
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TME Recordings Featured Artist: Tony Marinacci - BIO Page

BIO Tony Marinacci

Tony Marinacci is a professional producer, songwriter and musician based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently he runs an entertainment company - Total Music & Entertainment, and a busy multimedia recording studio. Coming from one of the most accomplished and respected entertainment families from Pittsburgh, he's experienced working with a wide range of Artists and a variety of Productions. He has been an internationally recognized audio engineer for major concert work. Next to running his company, he is a BMI songwriter and producer who has written with several major recording artists. He has also been interviewed in MIX and EQ magazines as well as Variety, Billboard and many times in the Pittsburgh media.

From the very beginning, Tony has always been around world-class entertainers. His first real experience came when he joined his father who was a Lighting Director for Tony Orlando and Dawn. Also part of that crew was his father's cousin, John DeSantis, who was already one of the best Production Managers in the biz. Tony has always had excellent instruction and mighty big shoes to fill.

Musically Tony tried playing the family piano while growing up in Pittsburgh. After his parents divorced he moved to California with his father. Growing up in the business as a 10-year-old kid in 1976, working on the road crew during summers and holidays. Being around professional musicians, he moved on to trying many more instruments, and found his true love to be the guitar. Despite becoming a pretty good player, he realized that it would still be difficult to make a living being just a musician. Taking advantage of the professional entertainment environment around him, he was able to explore other production jobs. He gravitated towards sound and found that he was able to run mixing consoles. Soon, in 1982, he began helping doing sound for Tony Orlando.

After moving back to Pittsburgh to graduate high school, Tony went right out on the road. He would soon earn a national reputation throughout the late 1980's and 1990's, as a great Audio Engineer while doing sound for many people, including larger Vegas acts, as well as stints with Bon Jovi and U2. This would also lead to mixing experiences in major recording studios including, The Record Plant and Electric Lady Land, among others. The constant traveling allowed him to be based anywhere, so, he settled back in Pittsburgh, where he had also started TME. Using all the experience and resources he gained doing other tasks on the road, he had turned TME into a growing company - specializing in live entertainment. Next, a partnership with Bob Gentille, who's part of the first family of major concerts in the area, made TME one of the most resourceful entertainment companies in the region throughout the 1990's.

Doing sound however, did not fulfill his need to be creative. He had begun writing songs as a teenager, and in his early 20's, began to build his personal studio around an elaborate MIDI setup and a Fostex pro 8-track. A chance meeting in 1990 proved he was writing quality material, when it got him signed to write for a platinum-selling artists' album on Virgin. The project however, was unfortunately shelved. After it was clear that they were not going to move ahead with any more plans, his contract was bought out. Hooking up with some friends at Geffen, he worked on several unique projects, and other opportunities later lead to work on Nissan television commercials, and some experiences in motion pictures with Disney and Universal Films.

Enjoying growing success in both live and studio production put tremendous demand on his time and it soon became clear that he would have to decide between the two. Having already been established in major concerts leaned the decision. However, faced with unsuccessful efforts with recording projects, coupled with his then song writing partner taking material and the project name and releasing it as his own, excluding Tony from any credits or royalties - pretty much made it clear that he should go with live entertainment.

Concentrated too much in the concert business was almost fatal when starting in 1997, the entire industry began to decrease tours at a pace of 10-15% a year. TME was not able to evolve as the industry continued to shrink. Then in 1999 Tony suffered a series of personal illnesses. Now, physically hampered, in a demanding industry, made it all but certain it was time to change gears.

As TME was on the brink of extinction, Tony was working his way back. Fortunately he had his studio assets as his reputation as a great Audio Engineer had always put him in demand mixing in the studio, where he was also able to acquire software. As he began to assemble what had now become quite a substantial collection, he soon realized he had digital capabilities that were on par with major production facilities. By 2001 he was well enough to work steady in a less physically demanding environment. He also would begin to record various types of projects and work as a producer with local talent. However, lack of a permanent location prevented him from going beyond a project studio status.

In 2005 things settled in one spot and Tony refocused the company's direction by dropping nearly a third of its services. As a result, TME has again regained its position as a premier provider of professional entertainment services. Also, having a more suitable place to record in opens more opportunities. Now venturing into new areas, again using Tony's overall industry experience, specifically in music publishing, TME has created a new line of services - which continually develop and adapt to the changing record industry for virtually unlimited possibilities in the future. It's ironic in how much TME was not involved in that side of the industry, that it has now become a significant business advantage, and is perhaps half the reason for what has made it an even stronger company than ever before.

Needing to create, Tony is now back to writing songs and doing more recording. Completing his home studio has allowed him to build an extensive catalog, and has again gained the attention of several record companies and Artists. Currently he is working on many projects, and is producing some of the best music that he has done in years. Having had the fires re-ignited there may be no end in sight.



INSTRUMENTS
Guitar, Bass, Drums, Keyboards & Extensive MIDI Programing
ENDORSEE
Maxell, Denton, JBL, EAW, SIT Strings


PROFESSIONAL MIXING EXPERIENCE
U2 - Zoo TV Tour (various dates)
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet Tour (various dates)
Tony Orlando & Dawn - 1975 to 1991
Andy Williams Show - 1988 Christmas tour
Jose` Feliciano - 1987
Ben Vereen - 1987
Yamaha Musical Instruments Inc., U.S.A. - Speakers and cabinets
"Creation Music Festival" - 1986 and 1987 - Mylon LeFever And Broken Heart, Russ Taff, Petra, Amy Grant, Micheal W. Smith, DeGarmo and Key, Sheila Walsh, Dion, Glad, Dave Teems and the Calling


PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINMENT ORGANIZATIONS
BMI - Songwriter and Artist.
Audio Engineers Society - 1986-1996


TELEVISION PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
Tony Orlando Special
Big Break
Jerry Lewis - Muscular Dystrophy
Mike Douglas Show
Midnight Special
Don Kirschner's Rock Concert
In Pittsburgh Awards Show


RECORDING STUDIO
Record Plant
Electric Lady Land
Evergreen Studios LA
MOTION PICTURE
Universal Films
Disney


SOUND COMPANIES
A1-Audio
Show Co
Clair Brothers
VENUE PRODUCTION
Star Lake/Pgh Post-Gazzette Amphitheater
Civic Arena/Mellon Arena
Shakespear In The Park LA & Pgh.
Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles


Tony has also worked production for the following artists:
Dianne Carroll, Captain & Tennille, Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Davis Jr., John Davidson, Dorris Day, Aretha Franklin, Mitzi Gaynor, Robert Goulet, Shecky Greene, Buddy Hackett, Marvin Hamlisch, Thelma Hopkins, Ann Jillian, Frankie Laine, Legends In Concert, Ann Margret, Dean Martin, Steve Miller, Rita Moreno, Donald O'Conner, Juliet Prowse, Rush, Nipsey Russell, Frank Sinatra, The Smothers Brothers, Pam Tillis, Bobby Vinton, Crystal Watters, Joyce Vincent Wilson, Yes & Pia Zadora.


 Our fearless leaders Bob Gentille & Tony Marinacci   11 years old Tony (middle) with Tony Orlando Crew 

Tony & the Babe - 2 guys that swing for the fences!!! Monument Park inside of Yankee Stadium (June 2007)
Tony & Stacey Marinacci in left field of Yankee Stadium (June 2007)


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