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  MARYANN STEFANIK SERENADES WITH NY SPIRIT TO CALM BEFORE A MUSICAL STORM Written by Avijit Misra A talented lyricist, singer and song writer from New York & Florida, Maryann Stefanik is back with two new songs. With New York Lady highlighting women empowerment that exists in the spirit of New York, Calm Before The Storm makes the listener realize that this is the melody he/she was longing for. As Maryann calls herself a Folk Rock Artist, melody is there in both songs. This review explores what else is there in these two awesome songs. In the song New York Lady, Maryann highlights and relives the spirit of the real New Yorker inside her.    Promoting women empowerment, New York Lady song can be New York‘s equivalent (in a women’s point of view) to Bruce Springsteen‘s Born In The USA. Highlighting the free atmosphere of New York city, Maryann Stefanik highlights the freedom enjoyed by women in New York, who can live freely, decide what is good or bad for them, living life to the fu

  So tell us about your project!     What is the concept behind your music and the message it conveys? The concept behind the music for this project is to entertain while provoking thought.  The message it conveys for the most part is treat yourself with value.  Don't let others determine your value because you yourself determine your value.  Do you find yourself growing as a recording artist? Explain I do find myself growing as a recording artist.  I feel like growth is part of all aspects of our lives.  And this project is the perfect example of growth because usually I'm a very cerebral artist.  I allowed myself to go with the feel of the songs more than I normally do on this project. Do you find yourself growing as a recording artist? Explain My favorite experience musically in recent times is learning more about all aspects of music creation including writing, producing, mixing and mastering.  That's almost always my favorite experience musically lol. Besides music wha

  So tell us about your project!  What is the concept behind your music and the message it conveys?      My project is an album of pop music about relationships, called "I'm Lookin' at You."  Solme of the songs are upbeat and happy ("I'm Lookin' at You," "You Make Me Happy," "Unconditionally," "Celebrate the Sun," and "We Must Have Angels Up Above"), whereas others are more thoughtful ("Throwin' Our Love Away," "Love Transcends," "I Won't Give Up On You, "You Live In Me," and "The Smallest Act of Kindness." Do you find yourself growing as a recording artist? Explain      I am actually a songwriter, and not really a recording artist, but my songs continue to grow in depth and accessibility.  I am also writing in several genres besides pop: country, rock, sacred, and easy listening retro jazz. What is your favorite experience musically in  recent times?        

  So tell us about your project!  What is the concept behind your music and the message it conveys? I call myself a Recording Artist, because that is my comfort zone...Not performing. I began record production in 2016...down the years I primarily just wrote short stories and poems which sometimes became songs. One day I woke up with a very strong inclination to get back into producing songs...something I shelved a long time ago..and being someone who will have an itch and then immediately scratch...that is what I did.And re-produced an old song I write "Only One Star In My Life" Do you find yourself growing as a recording artist? Explain When I first began it was all about writing song and producing them for my best friend, but writing songs for someone takes me out of character, as i have to tailor the song to fit their truth. And I soon realized I was neglecting myself, and for my birthday 2018...on a whim, I wrote a song 100% based on my truth "Poison Delilah" an

  So, where are you from and what's it like in your hometown? Im From the Westside of Chicago. 5 -10 minutes from Downtown in a neighborhood known as the 5th City community. My neighborhood is like a project without the buildings stacked ontop of each other but everybody knows each other and their families. So it is a pretty close nit community which covers a 2-3 city block radius in each direction. It was hard but there was alot of love at a time where the entire neighborhood raised the kids. What inspired you to develop your craft as a music artist? I started crafting my music talent the original way. The creation of hip hop where graffiti, breakdancing, pop locking and djing led to Mcs aka rappers. Has the lifestyle of being a musician influenced your personal life in any way?  If so would you care to shed light on your experience? I would have to say it did because where im from, it is such a real life survival mode type of city to where people are not striving to be someonebor