about
the artist
 From
1973 to 1986 Marshall Styler recorded and toured with the
renowned Rochester, NY Rock band, Duke
Jupiter. The band had seven albums to their credit on
Mercury, Epic-CBS and Motown.
In
1986 he decided to leave the rock-n-roll life and moved from
his home in New York to Austin, Texas. Although he was the
lead singer and songwriter for the band, he began to feel
limited by lyrics and began composing instrumental pieces.
In
1991, he released Camden Road, his first instrumental album.
This was a compilation of live performances on synthesizers.
"My
music is not space or soundscape music. I compose instrumental
pieces that have a definite structure based around melodies.
There are no words to tie it all down so there is a certain
dream-like quality inherent in my sound."
"I
consider myself an impressionist, in the spirit of the
French impressionist painters - Degas, Monet and Matisse.
They worked with color and emotion and have a powerful
elegance that I strive for in my music."
Marshall
Styler
In the News
See Marshall's article in the Rochester, NY Democrat & Chronicle Newspaper |
