Marco Conelli's career is quite “Complex”. This mystery writer shares his insights on song writing as well as some great original music. Turn the tables and investigate the Undercover Detective turned musician and author to discover the clues to successful songwriting. Drummer Marco Conelli has spent most of his music career being the front person of his own original projects. The Marco Conelli Complex achieved a significant amount of success, releasing two well-received CD’s; 1995’s “Expectations and Dismay” and “Songs from Forgotten Children” in 1999. Both garnered international airplay ranging from Radio 1 BBC in the UK to ZEDD FM in Australia. Back in the states; “Here Comes Janine Again” was in regular rotation on LI stations, including WLIR, and the band opened for national acts at that time including, The Fixx and Missing Persons. Marco went solo after the Complex and released two CD’s, “Measuring the Walls” and “Sitting in Snow.

The Complex:

Skillfully navigating the line between power pop and new wave, The Complex melded catchy hooks with introspective lyrics to audience appeal. Infiltrating the college radio scene with their 1996 debut release "Expectations & Dismay," The Complex soon found their way onto the airwaves of Long Island's WLIR FM with the hit Here Comes Janine Again. Marco Conelli, Ronnie DiMaria, and Tommy Vinton performed frequently on the New York City scene while in the studio worked under the production of Brian Unger. In 2000 The Complex released their follow-up album "Songs From Forgotten Children". In November 2021 The band reunited on Long Island for the first time in over 14 years.

At Prost in Garden City

MARCO CONELLI is the creator of the young adult Matthew Livingston Mystery Series. He currently lives and works in New York City.

 2010 saw Matthew Livingston and the Politics of Death hit the bookstores and run away with the Silver Falchion Award for best mystery. When a maniacal killer holds a town hostage with cryptic threats after killing a political candidate, Matthew runs headlong into a mystery where failure is not an option.

 In 2015 Marco was included in the 10-Code Crime Anthology. This book was a collection of short stories written by Crime Writer-Cops, with the common theme of investigating the murder of one their own. Marco introduced readers to James Paul McCormack, a  NYPD Homicide Sergeant in his story Borders of Morality. McCormack would return in 2017 in Marco’s crime thriller Cry For Help available now from Endeavour Press Publishers.

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