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Free Marconi - GraffitiThirty-year old white guys making ’90s style hip-hop

Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, Terry Mic and Duke Long still managed to discover hip-hop – the sample-heavy, boom-bap, East Coast style of the 90s. But it would still take several decades before they found their muse in that type of music.
In their youth, they wrote songs about their chemistry teacher and superheroes in church basements. Early adulthood found the two separated by distance – Duke Long stealing the karaoke stage with Johnny Cash and Frank Sinatra, Terry Mic dropping beats at raves on deserted islands and weddings at fire halls. But they always stayed connected with music – whether mashing up Poison and Green Day at acoustic open mic nights or getting kicked off stage with various bands for playing too loud.
They eventually found their niche in creating the music they enjoyed so much growing up. The result is Free Marconi, a couple of thirty-something white guys making 90’s-style hip-hop.
Free Marconi mixes funky and fun music with lyrics that are at times witty, tongue-in-cheek, and humorous – with frequent homages to pop culture, internet memes, movie and television quotes, and classic hip-hop – but above all, honest and true to themselves. Influences include Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, and Lazy Sunday.
Free Marconi lives and breathes Music 2.0 – an ongoing, DIY approach to sharing music that is collaborative and embraces social networking and emerging technologies. They use this approach not only to help listeners discover their own music, but to share their experiences with other independent musicians wishing to connect with fans.

Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, Terry Mic and Duke Long still managed to discover hip-hop – the sample-heavy, boom-bap, East Coast style of the 90s. But it would still take several decades before they found their muse in that type of music.

In their youth, they wrote songs about their chemistry teacher and superheroes in church basements. Early adulthood found the two separated by distance – Duke Long stealing the karaoke stage with Johnny Cash and Frank Sinatra, Terry Mic dropping beats at raves on deserted islands and weddings at fire halls. But they always stayed connected with music – whether mashing up Poison and Green Day at acoustic open mic nights or getting kicked off stage with various bands for playing too loud.

They eventually found their niche in creating the music they enjoyed so much growing up. The result is Free Marconi, a couple of thirty-something white guys making 90’s-style hip-hop.

Free Marconi mixes funky and fun music with lyrics that are at times witty, tongue-in-cheek, and humorous – with frequent homages to pop culture, internet memes, movie and television quotes, and classic hip-hop – but above all, honest and true to themselves. Influences include Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, and Lazy Sunday.

Free Marconi lives and breathes Music 2.0 – an ongoing, DIY approach to sharing music that is collaborative and embraces social networking and emerging technologies. They use this approach not only to help listeners discover their own music, but to share their experiences with other independent musicians wishing to connect with fans.