After ten (10) years, Allen Marks releases his first new song “One Country” in a series of new songs to be produced. With the artistic genius of Grammy Award winner Glenn Barratt and musical and engineering guidance of Steve Schnittjer, Allen is producing his first work in a decade. Stay tuned for more information! Should be fun!!

Thank you for coming to the website and thanks for all the good wishes and congratulations. I would like to again mention that this CD is being presented in honor and memory of my niece Audrey Strumeier, who lost her battle to Melanoma Cancer in 2009. All proceeds from the sale of the CD’s or downloads will benefit Melanoma Research. Also, if you would like to help raise awareness of skin cancer or perhaps help with the funding for Melanoma Research, please visit Audrey’s Giving Page at the following link:

http://mskcc.convio.net/goto/audreystrumeiermemorialfund

‘FOREVER BLUE SUN’ is released today 10/10/14, 10 years to the day from my 1st CD Release of ‘Never Too Late’, at Havana’s, New Hope, PA., and is fashioned as a tribute to my niece Audrey Strumeier. Her life, while shortened due to Melanoma skin cancer, was devoted to the happiness of others and continues to inspire me today.

The album was crystallized to 5 songs from an original 12. Through the universal language of music, this personal journey is clearly focused upon the beauty of Audrey’s life; but also upon the feelings of loss we go through when we lose someone we dearly loved.

I believe we never lose those emotions or the spirit and soul of loved ones who have passed on. I believe they will always be with us, guiding us, helping us who remain find our way. We need only let those ‘feelings’ in to see what beauty ultimately comes out.

I hope you will enjoy listening to these songs.

Click here to get ‘Forever Blue Sun’ from CD Baby!

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Originally planned to be a 12 song CD project, “Ablaze In Blue Sun”, has been been reworked to be two EP projects. “This will provide greater clarity and focus for the tribute CD to Audrey”..
This 5 song EP, “FOREVER BLUE SUN” is set to be released this fall. The proceeds from the sale of the EP will benefit melanoma research as originally planned. “I believe these 5 songs will stand well on there own and will also allow the project to be published and distributed sooner”. A. Marks.

“I am proud and happy to soon launch this EP with the help of many team players. I also look forward to starting the next EP project later this year. Stay tuned for the official release and pre-release opportunities to help raise awareness for skin cancer.”
A. Marks

On March 11, Kjell Benner, renowned bassist for Quiet Riot, came to the studio to lay down some bass tracks on the 12 songs. It was a very intimate session with David and I working closely with Kjell in the control room. The project is moving rapidly toward completion now. Next area to address will be to review all 12 recordings and begin to re-record all vocals. Backup vocals will also be addressed. Additional musicians are still being considered.

Working with Grammy nominated engineer David Ivory, we are slowly building each song to completion. This is a long and tedious process; making sure that all the right musical instruments and the best performance is obtained from the fabulous list of artists planned for the project. So far, Pablo Batista renowned international percussionist and Fionan de Barra, Dublin-born guitarist and  co-founder of the celtic group RUNA have laid down some tracks on the proposed 12 songs for the CD.