Clair Marlo

Clair Marlo was born in New York and grew up in Astoria and Flushing, Queens. She began her musical studies at the age of five with accordion, then started piano and voice at the age of nine. She had her first song published by Leeds Levy (MCA Music) at the age of 16, when she started college for composition at the Aaron Copeland School of Music at Queens College. She studied opera with opera singer Camilla Williams. Her private teachers also included Spud Murphy, and John Motley.[4]

A graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Marlo has released recordings under her own name (Let it Go, Behaviour Self, and Trinity), and as part of the groups Primal Instinct, Tairona, Vox Mundi, and Liquid Amber.

She co-founded the music production company Invisible Hand Productions in 1995. She is also co-owner of music publishing companies Write Hear Music (BMI), and Tarzana Jane Music (ASCAP). She currently owns and runs Score Dogs (a music production company), Building 11, and Blue Rain Records.[5]

Marlo has worked with many notable artists, composers, musicians, engineers and producers. Notable people Clair has worked have included Jeff Porcaro, Steve Porcaro, Joe Porcaro, David Paich, Leland Sklar, Grant Geissman, Craig Fuller, Abraham Laboriel Sr., Dean Parks, Luis Conte, Steve Katz, George Massenberg and Bill Schnee. The now late pop rock drummer, Jeff Porcaro, played on her song "'Til They Take My Heart Away" and other songs on her album, Let It Go.

Marlo has produced such artists as Harry Chapin (posthumously), Pat Coil, Michael Ruff, Kilauea (Daniel Ho), and Grant Geissman. Her production of Michael Ruff's "Speaking in Melodies" for Sheffield Lab Records is an audiophile collector's item and was on Stereophile's list of "1994 Records to Die For".[6]

Solo albums and featured artist

• Let it Go (1989)
• ;Til They Take My Heart Away (Finyl Edits)[7]
• Til They Take My Heart Away (1994 Power Tools Edit)[8]
• Behaviour Self (1995)
• Rediscovered (2007)[9]
• Trinity (2019)

Group albums

• Liquid Amber (1994)
• Liquid Amber - Adrift (1995)
• Tairona - Andean Christmas (1996)[10]
• Vox Mundi - Christmas Spirit (1998)[11]

Albums as producer

• Pat Coil - Steps (1990)[12]
• Kilauea - Antigua Blue (1992)
• Pat Coil - Just Ahead (1992)[13]
• Michael Ruff - Speaking in Melodies (1993)[14]
• Kilauea - Diamond Collection (1995)
• Grant Geissman - In with the Out Crowd (1998)[15]
• Lori Barth - Sensuel (2002)[16]

Albums as composer, songwriter, sideman

• Glenn Eric - Glenn Eric (1987)[17]
• Spies - Music of Espionage (1988)[18]
• Let it Go (1989)
• Kilauea - Antigua Blue (1992)
• Liquid Amber (1994)
• Behaviour Self (1995)
• Liquid Amber - Adrift (1995)
• Tairona - Andean Christmas (1996)[10]
• Grant Geissman - In with the Out Crowd (1998)[15]
• Vox Mundi - Christmas Spirit (1998)[11]
• Mark Winkler - City Lights (1998)[19]
• Regine Velasquez - Regine, Live Sa Antipolo (2001)[20]
• Lori Barth - Sensuel (2002)[16]
• Kyla - Not your ordinary girl (2004)[21]
• Aria - 3 CD collection (2004)[22]
• Red Rose - Good Friends (2004)[22]
• Neil Young - Living with War (2006)[23]
• Julia Duncan - The Love Lounge (2007)[24]
• 3 Hours of Creepy Sounds for Halloween(2009)[22]
• Regine Velasquez - Without Me (2010)[25]
• M.Y.M.P. - Back to Acoustic (2011)[26]
• Migz Haleco - Strangers Again (2014)[27]
• Celtic Journey - Celtic Journey (2011)[28]
• Up Close Volume 8 - Sheffield Lab Sampler Featuring Pat Coil[29]

Marlo is based out of Los Angeles, and Istria, Croatia. She has a daughter and a son.