Music and songs are an inseparable part of the charm and true atmosphere of Christmas. Families bake together, play games, and in the background, music plays while families and friends sing around the Christmas tree.
We personally love Christmas, which is why we decided to record a Christmas album with original arrangements by Tony Marko and in collaboration with various musicians from the Czech music scene. While working on the boat, we had the opportunity to try playing different styles, and our singer Michaela had to adapt her voice and technique to the times of Ella Fitzgerald or Etta James. This is exactly the style and laid-back music we want to bring you on our album, but we can't move forward without your help.
Who is behind the project?
🇺🇸We are Tony and Michaela Marko, and we love Christmas. This time of year is a period of peace and fulfilled wishes for many of us. The events that took place after the summer have taken away the hope for better tomorrows for many. However, the Christmas season is a time of new hope, peace, and joy. Therefore, we also want to contribute our part to the rediscovery of strength and hope for those who need it the most, and we want to do this through what we do best – our music. And what better way than by recording our own album!
We are musicians who have been active on the Brno music scene for a long time, and during our long working journey abroad, we decided that we want to bring joy to people through our music. Not only at our concerts at home and abroad but also long-term and repeatedly through our album, which will spread our music into households around the world.
We have been active in the music scene for over 10 years in various projects, from public concerts to theaters in Brno, Prague, Ostrava, and Pardubice, to events where we play in different formations. We have been focusing on our own compositions as well as arrangements of cover songs, which we want to record for our album, giving people the opportunity to listen to our music worldwide on our CDs or vinyl records, or on platforms like Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music.
How will the collected money be used?
By recording this album, we primarily want to support the music community in Brno, of which we are a part. We will be recording in a formation of six people, specifically piano, vocals, drums and percussion, guitar, clarinet, and saxophone. In this case, we will use the funds to pay the fees for the musicians who are also part of the Brno music scene and with whom we have been actively collaborating for several years.
We will be recording the album in the first-class Brno studio Reset, which is located in a beautiful area of the Maloměřice and Obřany district. Just a few months ago, we recorded the latest album of the band B-side Band titled „Tam a Zpět“ in this studio, whose sound is truly perfect and natural for the band in an acoustic sense. That is why we decided that the sound from this studio is literally made for our songs, and it brings us even greater joy that we can support a local studio!
We will also use the funds for the release of a CD and a premium vinyl, which will be under the wings of the Czech company GZ Media a.s., with which we also released the latest CD and vinyl with the band B-side Band, with whom Tony Marko actively collaborates.
