MARJORIE MAYE - BIOGRAPHY Marjorie Maye is a New York based EMI songwriter who has written for artists ranging from Celine Dion to SClub7. She penned her first song back in college and hasn't stopped yet. "As long as I can remember I was always writing something or other, mostly prose or poetry... incessantly scribbling ideas on napkins, place mats... whatever." Since she was a journalism major, this constant word play made perfect sense. But it wasn't until a friend absconded with a scrap of poetry that her career in songwriting began. "This guy I knew, awesome keyboard player, thought this poem of mine would make a good lyric, took it home, and came back with a song a week later... after that I was hooked." Soon, Marjorie started writing not only lyrics but melody, and in no time, broadened her circle of collaborators. "For a while it was just a hobby, but once it's in your blood, it's all you want to do. I knew I needed to do this full time, but wasn't too keen on doing the whole starving artist thing." Fortunately, while at the University of Colorado, Boulder, (when she wasn't busy skiing) she had the foresight to double major in both Journalism and Computer Science. "Always figured, if I have two professions lined up, one for the right brain and one for left, I'd be covered no matter what." So after college she got a gig as a Macintosh Systems Consultant by day, and pursued songwriting by night. The perfect solution for a hi-tech geek who loves words and music -- and hates mornings! "I knew the whole 9-5 thing wasn't for me right a way. My theory was... I needed a temporary career that would give me the time to follow my dream, get me seriously paid, and allow me to waltz into Fortune 500 companies, at around noon, after a late night in the studio." So after a few years of working 90 hours a week, the music side of her life started to pay off. By 1996, her songs started appearing on prime time and daytime TV. Since then, Marjorie's music has aired on HBO, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB, UPN, LIFETIME, DISCOVERY and TNT; on Emmy winning shows such as The Sopranos, and on prime time series such as Seventh Heaven, Two of a Kind, Clueless, The Strip, Seven Days, ER, and Pacific Palisades; on daytime television, such as All My Children, As the World Turns, Young & The Restless, One Life to Live, Another World, Guiding Light, and Sunset Beach; and in NBC movies of the week, such as Witness to The Mob, (exec. produced by Robert DeNiro), and A Champion's Fight. "I even sang on some of the masters. It was great that other people were finally able to hear and feel the music I was making. But unfortunately, it wasn't enough to officially switch professions quite yet." But one day it would be. Her first mutli-platinum release finally came in November 1999, when her heart wrenching ballad "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back," (co-written with Russ DeSalvo/ produced by Jimmy Bralower ) appeared in the Warner Bros. film, "Pokemon, The First Movie." and on the multi-platinum soundtrack on Atlantic Records, featuring artists such as 'NSync, 98° , Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera. Soon after, Columbia Pictures' "Stuart Little" hit the theaters and remained #1 at the box office for several weeks. Her song, "The Two of Us," recorded by "SClub 7" (co-written and produced by Soul Solution) was featured on the "Stuart Little" soundtrack on Motown/Universal Records. In the year following, an assortment of artists began covering her songs, including "Sentidos Opeustos." The Latin duo released their 3rd LP, "Movimiento Perpetuo" on EMI Latin, featuring, "Promises," (co-written and produced by Jimmy Greco and Ray Contreras) . The record went Gold and reached the Top10. But it wasn't until 2001, when she got her first back to back hit singles, that things really started heating up. "Strawberry Kisses," (co-written with Andy Marvel and Jeff Franzel) debuted at #2, on the Australian charts launching the career of hot new BMG/Gotham artist Nikki Webster. The song held the slot for 8 weeks, reaching ARIA Certified Double Platinum. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, her first #1 Spanish single, "Love Colada," (co-written with Andy Marvel and Amy Powers) was released by OV7, Epic's hottest young Latin group. Later that same summer, Marjorie signed a sub-publishing deal with EMI International out of New York. Not long after, Celine Dion, her favorite artist of all-time, made her way into the studio, with Grammy winning producer Ric Wake, to record "When the Wrong One Loves you Right," (a song Marjorie co-wrote with Martin Briley and Francis Gallucio) for her comeback album, "A New Day Has Come." "To me Celine Dion was always the one artist I dreamed of writing for. Her voice is perfection! So when I heard that she 'liked the song' because the' lyric hit home' for her, my feet didn't touch the ground for days. This is truly one of those life-changing cuts every songwriter dreams of. I'm so blessed. " The song appears on Celine's latest album, "A New Day Has Come, is included on the new dvd home video, and was also featured on Celine's CBS Television Special, performed with Destiny's Child. ### Marjorie Maye's highly accredited collaborators, include: Martin Briley[Celine Dion, Dream, Jessica Andrews] Eddie Berkeley[Next, Bilal, Luther Vandross, Lil Mo] Ray Contreras & Jimmy Greco (Jennifer Lopez, Santana, Coco Lee, Frankie Negron) Russ DeSalvo [Celine Dion, Tina Arena] Sevon Daze[Joint] Dino Esposito[Samantha Mumba] Jeff Franzel[N'Sync, Shawn Colvin, Taylor Dayne] Jud Freidman[Whitney Houston, Barbra Streisand] Matthew Gerrard[Plus One] Jimmy Harry[Vitamin C] Oliver Leiber & Dave Gamson [Coors, BBMac, Paula Abdul] Bobby Guy & Ernie Lake [SClub7, Britney, Backstreet Boys] Michelle Lewis[Cher] Lester Mendez [Shakira, Santana, Enrique] Andy Marvel [CelineDion, Diana King, Brian McKnight, Dream] Mike Mason[Faith Evans, Mariah Carey, Keith Urban] Poprox[LFO, Baha Men, Carole King] Amy Powers[Barbra Streisand, Diamond Rio, Gary Barlow, OV7] Sigge Rosen[Cher, A-Teens] Terry Silverlight[Nancy Wilson, Maya Amada] and more...