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Hi my name is Marco
Sbarbati
I'm from Urbisaglia a little town in the region of Marche
behind me there is a castle
named "La Rocca"
I used to play here when I was a kid
before I fell in love with music
I was asked to choose a place that reminded me of my childhood
so I came here
I started making music at the age of sixteen
at the beginning I enjoyed music as a listener not as a participant
It was more a need
to be surrounded by music
there were swings here, I would come
with my "Walk Man"
and my cassettes
recorded from the radio
and I would play on my swing listening to the music with earphones
"Ocean" by Marco Sbarbati
when I was 14
I really wanted to form a band
a punk/pop-rock band, something like that
but none of my friends played an instrument
actually, there was a friend of mine
Mario, who played electric guitar but
we had different musical tastes
years later
I met two great people Marco and Francesco
with them I started writing
my first songs
the band's name was
"The Shabbies"
we picked the name
because of the meaning of the verb "to look shabbies"
at sixteen
we all looked very shabby
" I Don't Wanna Start " by Marco Sbarbati
after we formed the band we soon starting recording our first songs
it was just after high school
we went in Spain and we were very inspired by the trip
one of the first song was called "Days"
in 2007 - 2008
I decided to move
from Marche
to Emilia Romagna
to go to University in Bologna
in my head I had plans
on becoming a professional musician
I really didn't want to give up on music
so I moved there
I looked for a flat and I played my music
I started playing music on the street
I mean, my first stage was the street
I had no place to play, I didn't know anyone
but a dear friend, Spring
who played as a busker
one night
she was playing
in the city center "Piazza Maggiore" and she said
why don't you sing one of your songs? So I did that and I loved that. After that night
I often went to play at the city center. "One night Marco is playing in the street, when he met the famous italian singer Lucio Dalla, who featured Marco's song in a movie named AMERIQUA
I Don't Wanna Start - Ameriqua Soundtrack