Alex Marczak

Alex Marczak Bio:

Alex Marczak wrote his first song at 11 years old, and it was rubbish. By age 13 his songs that were beginning to show glimmers of listenability; by age 16 he'd discovered Counting Crows and Radiohead and was learning to emulate their passionate dislike for everything in the world; between 16 and 18 he learned how to record and mix songs; between 18 and 21 he learned how to sing in tune; and finally by age 23 he'd realised that there are more interesting things to write about than being miserable ("depression is the beginner's emotion" - M. Bellamy).

Alex is a musical allrounder, equally at home singing, playing piano/guitar, performing live, recording and producing. His most notable achievement to date is winning a national songwriting competition judged by singer Chris Martin, promoter Harvey Goldsmith and DJ's Mark Radcliffe and Mark Riley. He has also been played on BBC West Midlands and has featured as an unsigned artist of the week on XFM Manchester.

Until recently, Alex has predominantly been a bedroom-album-maker, creating 8 full albums, the most of recent of which is titled This Mess I've Made. Alex can now be found playing acoustically around Manchester, as well as playing guitar for The Modern Ilk and singing for an as-of-yet unnamed band. He is also joint leader of E.B.A Promotions, a team dedicated to organising gigs for hundreds of bands in Manchester across many venues.

Alex is as ambitious as any musician you will ever meet and is always on the lookout to make new friends and as much music as possible.