Artist of the Day | MARITO MARQUES
ARTIST OF THE DAY
09.12.2021
MARITO MARQUES
LOCATION
Toronto, ON, Canada
GENRE
World Music
CURRENT MEMBERS
Jeremy Ledbetter
Rich Brown
Rob Christian
Michael Eckert
PUBLICIST: Eric Alper
With the current pandemic, the state of the music and touring industry has dramatically changed. Where were you when everything was brought to a halt?
I was about to start a big tour across Canada and really looking forward to cross the rocky mountains in a tour bus. Hopefully that tour will happen soon.
How has that affected your plans for the coming year? Did you have a tour planned, upcoming album release?
Yes, I had a lot of dates booked and my latest album was supposed to be released in Sept of 2020. I decided to wait one year and release it in October of 2021
What have you been doing to fill/make the most of your new-found free time at home? How are you supporting your mental health through all of this?
Mentally this was extremely challenging, it still is! I normally go back to Portugal 2 to 3 times a year to visit my family and work. With covid I was for one year without seeing my parents, brothers, grandparents etc which is a lot to me, i've never done that before and I hope it doesn't happen again! Although i considered myself lucky, I had my wife and daughter with me and I was able to produce a lot of artists in my studio as well work as a session drummer with remote sessions.
As things are reopening & restrictions are lifting have you booked any new gigs? Tours? Etc? If your region is still under restriction, how are dealing with the Covid third wave?
Yes, i have a tour starting in January and February with Jesse Cook in the US and Canada which is super exciting, even though we will be in a very restrict covid protocol! In Toronto I haven't been playing that much due to Covid but slowly things are starting to open up. We musicians need to play with really audience and the audience needs live music, it's part of the human balance I believe.
Do you have a message for everyone at home reading this?
Wait for us, we are coming to fill your life with some good music!
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