Rhythm and blues pop singer and songwriter Christopher Marciano inspires the world to reach out to others and be the reason. “Runaway” written and sung by Marciano is proving to make universal life changes. Through his emotional lyrics he brings topics to the forefront that need to be discussed. Writing songs and poetry helps Christopher heal and recover from stressful situations and his hope is that his songs will bring healing and recovery because if he can do it so can you! As an educator he uses songwriting to teach the students about the world and to build self-confidence. Christopher Marciano creates positive change through lyrics and music.

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Christopher Marciano.

Hello, Christopher.

Thank you.

I'm so excited to be here.

So thrilled to have you here.

And you are one of the youngest assistant principals over in Florida.

You could, you were born in and I'm just going to give a quick introduction

here and we can talk about you.

So you were born in west Africa and you moved over to the states, which

we will learn more about and your English as a second language struggles.

And you compose your own songs, your lyrics.

And so you have genre that you dive into that you share with your students as an

outlet to help them understand the world around them, which I think is so awesome.

I can't wait to hear about that and to hear about some, some of the

music that you have out now and yeah.

You have brought in that music, not only as a person, not only as a

teacher, but as assistant principal.

And now you're sharing your music with the entire world and you're a reading coach.

Which is literacy for those listeners who don't know what a reading coach is.

We're just going to hear so much more about you.

So thank you so much for being here, here on the

show.

Oh, it is my pleasure.

Yeah.

So let's start out first with west Africa, you were born out in west Africa.

What part

so I wasn't born in west Africa.

I was actually born in Rhode Island which is up north.

It's a very, very small place.

I was born Pawtucket.

My family's from west Africa.

I had the opportunity of traveling there and they're from Cape Verde islands.

Not many people know what cape Verde islands consists of but it's

actually little bits of islands off of the west African coast

and it's absolutely beautiful.

It's very rural.

I wouldn't go there too often because of just how rural it is,

but it's, it's a beautiful place and they have phenomenal waters.

So my family, a little by little migrated from there, uh, in order to just find a

better place to raise their children and find a better place to live their lives.

My mother is actually from Ivory Coast, Africa, and, uh, her

family migrated over as well.

So as I was just surrounded by so many different cultures in Africa.

And I acquired different languages, such as Cape Verdean,

which is my first language.

My mom spoke.

I know my mom spoke fluent French.

My mom speaks by the way, just, just to add that little tidbit, my mom

speaks five different languages.

Good for her.

Good for her bad for me, because I grew up like a little confused.

And when she was upset, she knew how to say it in five different languages.

So that that just caused a struggle for me going to school because

of just natural language barrier.

Tell me about

that language.

Like, can you, do you still speak it?

Oh, yes.

Oh, well, say your positive imprint.

Well, (Cape Verdean language.) . So I said, I

just very happy to be here and I want to say, thank you for having me.

And I

heard the obrigada.

Portuguese for.

Thank you.

You are amazing.

You are awesome.

So, Cape Verde, I'm just getting into like a whole history lesson.

Cape Verde was actually colonized by the Portuguese.

Yes.

So my language is composed of Portuguese and African dialect, so

I could understand Portuguese, but when I speak it, it's a hot mess.

Oh, interesting.

Can you read Portuguese?

I can, I can read Spanish pretty well.

I'm not quite sure how that happened and I could speak Spanish pretty well.

Not sure how that happened either.

But Portuguese it's, it's very similar to my language so I could read it, uh,

grammatically, they, they moved their words differently than, the accent is a

little bit more predominant pronounced.

So, uh, but I could, I could understand that pretty.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So

now you were living in Rhode Island, which is where you schooled.

Yeah.

So I went to over 12 different schools.

I know I moved around quite quite so many times and when I was in

school or naturally, because I wasn't consistently in school, they put me in

a speech class because I was just very

quiet younger child.

And they thought they were helping me by doing that.

But I actually felt a little disconnected from my classmates

because they were pulling me out of class to work with me on my language

and then putting me back into class.

And when I came back, I just didn't have the opportunity to develop

relationships within the classroom.

So that caused me to shut down a little bit more.

And that's when I turned into writing, instead of expressing my emotions

through my words, I wrote it down just so that I could get that outlet.

And that's where my writing began.

I really appreciate that you talked about how you felt in school

there's some cases where students will have to,

you know, receive services, whether it's an exceptional education.

However, I feel like the relationship between the teacher who is pulling out the

student and the actual classroom teacher needs to be very tight because together,

you established that comfortable feeling where when the student comes back, we're

able to communicate and welcome that student into their classroom family

where they, they don't feel left out.

Because when I went to a stranger, I was never introduced to them.

Didn't know their names.

I'm working with this person who is pulling me from

class and I don't know them.

Whereas with me, when I was a teacher, I introduced those people

to my students and made sure that they knew, Hey, we're working

together to give you what you need.

I'm so excited to have you back in 30 minutes, we're

going to be here ready for you.

So that just made them feel comfortable.

And I felt like that's what, that's what was missing when I was younger.

Oh, that's

great now.

I mean, not great that that was missing, but that's, that's so

great that you recognized it.

You were able to implement that.

So how did, when you were reading coach, how did that fall into place?

Did the teachers accept your openness.

Oh, of course not all the time.

I mean, I I'm very personable, so I have great relationships with

my teachers, but of course you have certain situations where some

students are the ones I call them

the ones that need the most love they could trust some limits, but we just

have to find creative ways to like music creative ways to really reach them.

So when I was a reading coach, I absolutely love it because I was

able to go into the classroom and model how we could do that and with

my background as being the Dean and behavior and academics go side by side.

So I was able to come in regularly and with a student and show them,

Hey, If you try these strategies, the student may be able to be a little more

comfortable and understand the concept that you're trying to deliver to them.

So it's all about thinking outside the box.

And really getting to know the student and reaching them and their

interest level in a inappropriate way.

Yes, definitely the interest level.

And so you mentioned you were Dean also, what grade level were

you working with with regard?

Was it still element

the whole school.

It was pre-K to fifth grade was the toughest year of my life.

Pre-K to fifth grade.

And I had we had a unit, several units at my school.

So several exceptional needs students.

I learned the most, it was my first year out of the classroom.

I lasted the entire year and I developed an amazing amount of relationships with

these kids and the teachers and parents.

I was very close with my parents because you need to have parents by your side.

And that just really molded me.

into the leader that I am now so it's something I keep thinking of.

It's very rewarding.

Awesome.

When you decided to go into teaching, how old or did you always know

you wanted to go into teaching?

No, you're shaking your head.

Every my family, my mom still is just like, I can't believe

you went this route because here I am a Cape Verdean boy, who has grown up going

to so many different schools struggling in school and I become a teacher.

I always loved school.

Don't get me wrong.

I loved going to school.

However, I went to school for biology.

I was going to be a doctor.

I always knew I was going to be pediatrician.

I've always loved kids.

So there was that connection.

I took my prerequisites for med school.

I got all of that done and I was ready to go and be a doctor.

And unfortunately I had a tough situation where and I don't talk so much about

this, but you are just a positive person, so I can definitely share it.

But I worked at a resort where I did activities with the kids . , a little one

who was swimming in the pool with her mom and dad, and went under the water and.

Didn't drown, but was unconscious.

So I pulled her out of the water and tilted her to the side and the water

came out of her mouth, but I was apprehensive about giving her CPR.

So a guest in the water gave her CPR.

But since that moment, I kind of, you know, was hard on myself

because I said, if I couldn't

give her CPR in that moment, how can I be a doctor?

And even though they built me up so much, because they said, if you didn't

tilt her to the side and the water didn't come out of her mouth, you did

what you were supposed to do, but I still felt like I should have done more.

And she's alive.

She's well, like, you know, thanks to God.

But in that moment I was like, oh, I can't be a doctor.

So I went home.

And I opened the college catalog and I was like, what else can I do in this world?

And just fell on the elementary education.

I was like, why I like kids.

I could be a teacher.

And I literally that following day I went to my university and changed my major.

Elementary education.

Wow.

What a story?

Oh my goodness.

And yet don't be hard on yourself our minds do different things in our actions.

We do different things at different

moments.

Yeah, exactly.

I mean, if we, if we could all go back in time, there'll be one thing

by, we just take what happened and then learn from them and grow.

Absolutely.

That was kind of a long time

ago.

Yes, I was.

How old was I?

Probably around 16, 17.

Nope.

It was 1718 around there.

So that's what I was some time ago.

So you were, you were just a teenager

But that day haunts me so much because you know, you always

have those thoughts and, and I'm not too hard on myself now,but it took quite some

time for me to find a positive positivity somewhere else to assure myself, okay,

you did and what you could in that moment.

So you

did.

Christopher,.

Thank you for sharing that.

And I know that that was hard for you, so that brings you to elementary ed.

I was given so much responsibility my

first year and aren't we all?

Oh my gosh.

I mean, all teachers, I listen, I commend them.

I love my teachers.

And my first year of teaching was such a great one.

It was not the horror stories that everybody would.

My first few years of teaching were pretty great.

So yes, I.

Was always that teacher that thought outside of the box, you would come

into my, and I was probably standing on my desk doing crazy accents, for my

students, my students were probably on the floor rolling, laughing, but we had,

you know, our time where we had fun.

And we had our times that we worked, we worked, we worked,

we worked, my class was top 10%.

They had top 10% in Florida, also the top 10% teacher in Florida for

reading and math two years in a row.

And.

I wish I could tell you I did everything that they told me to

do, but I literally had to think outside of the box and learn my kids.

I took so much time to really learning each and every single

one of my students to reach them.

And in ways that I wish I was reached when I was younger, and

that was crucial and important.

and I've seen students who were so low and who have flourished to

who they are today, and it excites me because I know kids can do it.

Oh, my gosh.

Absolutely.

We just need to set that bar up above their head and not....

Yes.

The lower the bar is set, then they that's all they'll do.

And that's the same with us, you know, as adults.

You know, so we need something to strive for.

We don't want to just strive for

mediocrity.

Exactly.

And we won't push ourselves unless they, someone has set that bar for us.

You

remind me so much of when I was a teacher and I.

I loved teaching those students.

And I, I keep in touch with so many of them today.

You know, when they're getting married, they're having kids,

they're starting careers.

Oh, I don't know how you feel about

it, but I, I cry a little bit.

Oh, I

get, I get tearful.

I get, yeah.

I spend to keep in touch with them and see what they're doing.

But one of the things that you do is music.

Yeah.

Some, I'm an artist.

I've been a songwriter.

Actually I started as a songwriter for several years and I just wrote for

other people, everything I write is about an experience that I went through.

So I wasn't comfortable being, you know, at the forefront.

I just wanted everybody else to sing my song.

So I was like, okay, here, here's a song.

You sing using my pain, using my happiness, as long as I'm

getting it out there to everyone.

It was my therapy.

Like I, if I had.

An argument with a friend.

I went straight to my notebook and started writing and felt a lot better afterwards.

So I was a songwriter for quite some time.

And then as a songwriter, and I know many songwriters out there fall in the same

path where they feel like they're helping artists a lot more than just writing.

And I love doing that.

I would give suggestions as far as, oh, you should really go with this song

and that song, or you should really try having a music video for this song.

So one of my artists one day, Said, well, how do you know you've

never been an artist before?

And I said, you are absolutely right.

So I came on this whole journey.

I told myself, okay, become an artist, record a whole album, learn everything

you need to know about being an artist and then go back to songwriting so that

you could be the best song writer ever.

Just like what you said earlier about someone setting that bar for you.

I felt like I needed to reach that bar..

So it's perfect that you said that it's like a perfect segue.

So I became a song writer, uh, as an artist, a little over two years ago.

And I recorded my first song and someone asked me to perform at their show.

And I will tell you, as soon as I got on that stage, I was addicted.

No, I was like, oh, I love that.

I'm not coming off of this stage.

Like, I'm here.

You have to take the microphone away from me.

I am.

staying here.

It started off as just like a, basically a big research project.

And now I'm loving it.

I've performed over 18 shows.

I've opened for some amazing artists.

I've performed in New York.

I've performed in Maryland.

And, and to say that I've only been an artist for a little while, over two

years, and I've performed that much and have worked with amazing people.

It's just so humbling.

And I feel so blessed to be in this opportunity.

And that's.

When I began sharing that with my kids as well.

I like this.

So you had this positive imprint in your life that set that bar and from

the one comment, and instead of getting upset, it was criticism that you needed

to hear so that you could go and yeah.

Wow.

Absolutely.

Cool.

So what do you have your students do?

I've seen some of it on online.

Fabulous.

I love it.

So , I've always, you know, I've always created

craziest songs when my kids were trying to, you know, do, do their work.

I would come up with random songs just because just to

get them happy and laughing.

But my principal came to me and she came up with this amazing idea

of having electives at our school.

And elementary schools don't really have electives.

So we have our art, we have music, we have PE, but we don't really have electives..

So she's like, no.

She is amazing, by the way, she said it's every Wednesday, I want

kids to do something that they love.

I want it to be electives where they choose, where, what they'll do.

And I want yoga classes.

I want acting classes.

I want a music class.

There's she looked, everyone was looking at me at that moment.

Okay.

Tell me where, where this going?

She's like, oh, I figured you can help kids write music and you

know, it could be really cool.

And I said, Okay.

I'm fine with that.

So I opened up the Tigers Studios, what I call that at my school.

And I started writing songs with them.

It started out with me writing a lot of their songs, and then two

of my kids came one day and I was about to teach them their part.

And one of them said we kind of wrote something, is it

okay if we share it with you?

And I was a little taken aback, I was like, you wrote something and

she's like, yeah, I just wanted to see what you thought of it.

But we wrote a little something.

I was like, okay, okay.

Let's share it.

I was expected to, you know, cringe and be a little nervous about it, but

they blew me away the words rhymed.

Oh my gosh.

Yeah.

Positive imprint.

Completely.

They rhymed..

They were melodically perfect.

They were on the beat and I was like, oh, we're using this on a song.

So needless to say, I started stepping back and gave them control, which they

loved because you know, I could be a little I'm a Virgo . I'm a perfectionist.

So they started writing the song and then we were done with

the song within a few weeks.

So we had all this time on our hands and I was like, what do I do now?

We're we're completely done?

What do we do?

And I said, all right, guys, they're all just staring at me, sitting down,

like, all right, we recorded the song.

What?

Now?

I was like, let's make a music video.

And they're like what?

I was like, let's do a music video.

Why not?

Let's do it.

I have no knowledge of making music videos.

I have none of that, but I made one of my students a videographer.

I made one of them director..

I made the.

Actors like we just set roles and created this music video.

We ended up on the news for it in Orlando's the kids were just blown away.

So I started doing that as a tradition.

We did it a few times.

We had a NBA player on one of our music videos.

The kids were blown away and he agreed to come to the school, talk to them.

Be in the video, play basketball with them.

It was amazing.

And I just know that this moment that we shared doing that experience,

they will never forget about it.

Ever.

So I will never forget about it.

So it was pretty amazing.

That

is that's awesome.

Those kids ran with it.

You gave it to them and all you did was guide them and they ran with it.

Yeah, not at first, but they

they definitely proved me wrong and showed me that, you know, Kids are far

more capable than what we even think.

And I set high expectations for my kiddos, but for them to come and surpass that just

shows me, wow, look at what they can do.

It's still going on.

Unfortunately, , once I got promoted, they moved me to a different school.

Because my school had an assistant principal, so that

school is still doing it.

They'll do a music classes, which is great.

So I'm hoping that will carry on, even though I'm not there.

I'm still so well connected with them because they are my core.

But now that I'm at my school now as assistant principal, I'm hoping

once all this clears up, I could implement that within my new school.

Yeah.

Do you

miss teaching?

Oh, do you like doing the assistant principalship?

I will tell you, I love being an assistant

principal because I'm able to reach more able to reach more kids.

I'm able to reach teachers and parents.

So I have the whole school.

I loved being a teacher.

I do from time to time think of.

Well, I love having those really close relationships with my kiddos and watching

them grow, but it just challenges me now to just be in the classroom more often

and share my thoughts with the kids and hear them and be with them just to watch

them grow and establish that relationship.

But I love being assistant principal..

Sure.

That's awesome.

That's so great.

I love that you are loving it.

That's fabulous.

And you are.

Yeah.

And that you're doing so much to bring those kids into a

new world,

their world.

Yeah.

Their world.

And with their own experiences.

So it's not your experiences, it's their experiences.

And that I think is yeah.

Really important.

And so what are your next steps with music as far as your own.

Artistry.

So I've been

working on my album and everyone's going to like,

hurt me for this because they're like, we just need the album.

We need the album, we need the album, but it takes so much work.

And I'm such a Virgo.

I'm such a perfectionist that I need it to be perfect.

This is my first album.

And I want my first album to showcase all the different sides of me.

Everything that I've gone through so that I no longer have to explain myself.

I no longer have to elaborate on situations.

I can just put my album out there, listen to my album.

This is exactly who Christopher Marciano is.

And then we can move on to the next one.

So I want to be sure, like I said, I'm very transparent

and I write what I go through.

So I want to make sure that what I'm writing about.

It's okay.

Of course with my family, because I think it's important that I think of

them during this time, but I definitely want to share what I've gone through

because I feel like other people can listen to my words and see the outcome.

And I think I've done pretty well for myself.

And I'm so humbled by that.

So blessed and I want others to see that and improve their mental health

and take the steps in becoming a better version of themselves that they

never knew that they were capable of doing, because my childhood was very,

very rough and I would never fathom that I would be where I am today.

And I know just by being a teacher there, several kids out there that

are going through the same thing.

So I want this album to be perfect for them more than for me, but.

Perfect for them and that to serve as an outlet.

So right now I am two songs away from being done.

So I'm going to release a few more songs

and recording music videos, but the album will be out this year.

So who

are some of the folks that are helping you out with the production?

Because you said you, you don't produce your own.

You write your own lyrics and someone else does the music.

Right.

So I wrote every single song on this first album, I wrote.

Production wise.

I have an amazing producer named Layird music just in case you're

looking for music out there.

If you go to L a Y I R D music.com, he is absolutely phenomenal.

He is also based in Florida and he does my pop happy with

a little eerie notes on there.

He is my go-to person.

And then aside from that, I have a producer named

Shariv who is based in Italy.

I hope I didn't mess that up.

Pretty sure it's Italy.

He's phenomenal.

Well, I connected with him through just social media and he had a

few love his piano instrumentals.

I'm such a piano person.

And then I have Mantra and.

Which is phenomenal.

He's done several songs of mine and last but not least Rebel Music.

He's absolutely incredible as well.

So several producers around the world that I've been so fortunate to connect

with and gain their trust with just allowing me to sing all over their

instrumentals and be, have it on my album.

So it's been quite a joy.

A lot of people say that I need to let more people in my circle when it comes

to writing, but I told them once I get to my second album, then I can explore that

world but this first album is so personal.

So I just wanted it to be all about my words and how I feel.

And then the second album will be completely collaborative

when it comes to writing.

Cause I'm, I've always been curious about that side.

Yeah.

Oh, well, I'm anxious.

There's, there's a fellow whom you would love listening to,

uh, on one of my, on my podcast.

Oh, his name is Rawiri James..

Yeah,

absolutely.

I love looking for new

people.

He's an R and B artist.

He's a Maori..

Yeah, so, and his struggles are different from yours, but he wrote from the heart.

Absolutely.

From the heart with his music..

And can you share some of those struggles or is that giving away

too much when the, for the album,

since you're so nice and positive, I guess I should.

There.

I'll talk about one of my songs..

I I'm just sharing so much with you.

This is, this is great.

Uh, I'm looking up at the wall because I literally have my track

listing on my wall of all my songs.

So if you see me looking up constantly, because I'm looking at all of my

songs., it's like a constant reminder.

Like you need to get this album done.

Marciano you need to get this album done..

So one of the songs I have is called "Reason" and it is about, completely

about mental health and something that I'm really pushing with my

album is definitely mental health.

It talks about me continuing to do music because other people have

really pushed me to continue to do it.

I got to a point in my life where I wasn't so sure on whether I should proceed

with music because as as an independent artist it is so natural to go out there

and compare you know, your amount of followers on Instagram to other people

and the amount of people who are liking your pictures and commenting on your

posts, or it's so natural for us as humans to go and compare ourselves to others.

And it hurts a little bit, because I was just looking at

how successful other people were.

And I felt like I could get there, but I was missing some things to get there.

And it took me a while to really sit back and realize Christopher, you've

done this for a little over two years.

That's all, some people have been doing this for their entire life and you have

received these amazing blessings with performing several different times.

So.

No, you have a great support system.

You have family members and friends who are really wanting

your music and know word for word.

When I had one of my shows, there were people singing word for word

to one of my songs"Runaway", and I remember I had to stop singing

because I got so emotional because everyone was singing louder than I was.

And I was just like, oh my gosh, this is amazing.

So in that moment I said, Okay, you guys are the reason why I continue to do this.

So I want this song to serve as a reason for everyone else to go

and push other people to do well and push other people to be..

I want other people to be someone else's reason aside from me.

So I'm okay now, but go out there and find someone who needs some help and

be their reason to to push through.

So the words in that song, it gets very detailed.

It talks about potentially not wanting to be in this world anymore and how you could

overcome that because these are topics in the world that needs to be discussed

and that are happening every day.

So I'm hoping from this song, someone out there, even if it's just one heart,

I just want to touch that one heart and have them feel like I'm okay,

because this person made it through.

I can too.

And if you don't get that out of that, I want you to go out there and be someone

someone's reason to continue to be happy and improve their mental health.

Wow.

That is so inspiring.

Oh, that's that's really, oh, very much so.

Very, very much so.

And I'm impressed with how much you've really thought deeply about the words that

you're putting together for this album.

And I'm very anxious to hear the production of it.

Yeah.

The music behind it,

that song, it's pretty amazing.

I mean, I'm biased because I love all of my songs, but that one,

I think you'll really love it.

And I can't wait to share with you guys.

Yeah.

So when you were writing the songs and you're writing about such heartfelt

issues within yourself, or that have something that either you've experienced

or you've seen others experience, et cetera, so writing the songs, has

it changed you as a person in any

way?

Completely, uh, I will say during the writing process and when I'm in the studio

recording the song, it's it gets tough.

There's songs on my album, where I naturally cry.

And some of that, those emotions I've left the, in the songs

because they were authentic.

And I thought it was important for people to feel that.

Leading my song.

I'll explain how my therapy works.

My songs come from, like I said, an experience.

So in the beginning, I'm left uneasy about a situation I went through, whether it's

a happy moment and I just want to get it out there or whether it's a really tough

situation that I wasn't sure how to deal with it or how to vocalize my emotions.

I'll go and write it.

As soon as I finished writing it and I finished recording it

I'm okay from that situation.

So if I was very upset about a situation, once I record that, my, my thoughts and my

emotions with that, I'm completely fine.

I don't even have to revisit it anymore.

So it's literally therapy for me because people go into therapy and, and come

out feeling better about themselves.

I'd go into the studio and come out, feeling so much

better about that situation.

And I almost get clarity with every word that I'm writing I'm gaining

understanding of the situation.

I remember one of my songs that I wrote, can't tell you the name of

that one, but I absolutely love it.

You'll love it too., one of my, one of my songs, I wrote based on my ex's shoes,

because I wanted to understand why he did what he did and what he was feeling.

So I said, okay, I'm going to put myself in his perspective and write a

song based off of his, his perspective.

And I gained clarity after I finished writing that song.

And even though it was my situation that I went through and I'm still writing

about my experience, I wrote it through his mind to try to gain understanding.

And once I finished that song, I was completely fine.

I'm like, okay.

Perfect.

Oh,

that is really that's.

That therapy is awesome.

That's great.

I used, yeah, I'm so glad to hear that.

I used to write poetry.

My mother bought me a journal and came home and handed it

to me and I went right to it.

I have so many of them

though.

Oh my God.

You have to share.

Oh my gosh.

We have to literally just have a night.

And I'll go pull out one of my old elementary poetry and you pull

out yours and let us share it.

Like, that would be

amazing.

I'm all for it.

I have to do that.

I will do that.

Let's set

a date kind of in place.

You never know your poem could just reach someone or we could just laugh about it.

It would be great.

Oh, we could do something live for the listeners . , oh,

that would be so much.

But

Christopher Marciano, I'm thrilled.Just make

me , your co-host that's all.

I love it.

I love it.

All right.

Well, we're, we're in, I'm in, I'm in I'll pull out all of those books.

This is a hoot.

I'm loving this.

So, all right.

Is there anything else you want to share or any, anything that I didn't

ask you that you're dying to share?

Actually, this has been such an amazing experience.

I love that you asked about my album.

And I've just been so lucky to connect with so many people, including you, right.

And just learn about what they're doing about their different, uh,

endeavors and their businesses.

It's just absolutely amazing.

So I did want to share that just to encourage other people out there to

reach out to strangers in a safe way of course, and just find out yeah

what you could do to help during this time, because this is a time

that we need to come together.

So yes.

Thank you for showcasing that and having me.

Oh,

absolutely.

Well, you are such a positive, positive imprint and inspiration, and my podcast

being exceptional people rising to the challenge, which you have been doing

that and, and the world appreciates you and we anxiously await your album.

So in closing, are there any, yeah, that the excitement is, is phenomenal.

So in closing, are there any final thoughts you want to share?

I again, just want to thank you for spreading positivity.

We need it, especially during this time.

I want to thank you for just having various different people.

I feel like it's so important to showcase diversity and showcase creativity.

And I just feel that authenticity from you.

And I appreciate that.

And I, I hope through this, we can reach more people and encourage

them to do the same because we need authentic positivity out there in the

world to make imprints everywhere.

Oh, Christopher Marciano.

Thank you so much for all of that.

Well, you, you are inspiring and I'm so glad that you are singing your

own pain and you are singing your own happiness and you are bringing it to

the world and your positive imprints following right there with you.

Thank

Christopher Marciano:

you so much, Catherine.

Christopher Marciano:

Oh, you are so welcome.

Christopher Marciano:

I will say I would love for you to create a positive imprint shirt because

Christopher Marciano:

I think that would be phenomenal.

Christopher Marciano:

I would love to wear that.

Christopher Marciano:

So as soon as you create it, let me know.

Christopher Marciano:

I will.

Christopher Marciano:

buy some..

Okay, well, listeners, then I think that that's you just set my bar?

Yes.

Okay.

Then you will be the first one to get

a shirt and I could post all about it.

Thank you so much,Catherine.

I sincerely appreciate it.

Oh, thank you.

And be well, be safe and safe travels.

Well, you are listening to your positive imprint, Christopher,

since you're still here, what's the best way people can find you.

You are perfect.

They can find me on Instagram.

Just follow me at Marciano, which is M as in Michael.

ARCIAN as in Nancy O music, or you could head over to my

website, Marcianomusic.com.

All of my music is available on all music platforms, such as Spotify,

iTunes, apple music, Amazon music, Deezer, anything you can think of

I'm probably on it.

Both Christopher Marciano.

My latest single is In Love With Your Lover..

Please stream it and let me know what you think about it.

And I'm so excited to connect and meet all of you positive imprints out there.

Thank you.

And thank you again.

This is Catherine with your positive imprint and you can follow

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