NEW YORK (Seth Swirksy PR) - Swirsky has written songs for an all-star line-up that includes
Celine Dion, Al Green,
Rufus Wainwright, Michael McDonald, and Taylor Dayne.
The debut album Instant Pleasure by Seth Swirsky will be released on October 1st with 11 songs written and performed by the songwriter after penning some 350 songs for the music world's top recording artists. Seth has written hit songs for artists ranging from Rufus Wainwright to Al Green, Celine Dion to Michael McDonald. Remember the smash hit "Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne - Seth wrote it along with her follow-up smash "Prove Your Love". His songs have been on 24 gold and platinum records and have been featured in some of Hollywood's biggest movies, among them, Legally Blond, Two Weeks Notice and Big Daddy. Currently, Seth's song "Love Is A Beautiful Thing" sung by Al Green was chosen by Almay for their new international television advertising campaign.
Other artists who have recorded Seth's songs include: Tina Turner (for the 5x platinum Princess Diana Tribute Record), Olivia Newton-John (for her Greatest Hits CD), Air Supply, Smokey Robinson, The Go-Go's Jane Weidlin, French superstar Lara Fabian, The Four Tops, Faith Evans, Emmy Lou Harris and many others. The list of people Seth has written songs with read like a who's who in pop music history: Eric Carmen, Marshall Crenshaw, Cy Curnin (The Fixx), Eric Schenkman (The Spin Doctors), Felix Cavaliere (The Young Rascals) and David Pack (Ambrosia).
His band on the record consisted of such pop luminaries as Andy Sturmer (Jellyfish), Danny Wilde and Phil Solem (The Rembrandts), John Fields (Bleu, Honeydogs), Michael Chavez (John Mayer), Justin Meldal-Johnson (Beck, Air) and Dorian Crozier (Five for Fighting). The single from the record, "It's Still Love" was originally written for Ringo Starr as a paean to the Beatles universal message on "All You Need Is Love" that love is STILL all you need.
*PopBang.com made Instant Pleasure their album of the week (8/12/04) calling it "a simple melodic, pure pop masterpiece. Seth Swirsky has crafted an album of spectacular pop songs. Already one of the years top 10 on our list, this is wonderful stuff that should not be missed."
*NotLame.com, who also featured the album as their pick of the week (8/22/04) called it an "album full of moments that effortlessly steal you away into the beautiful scenes that Swirsky constructs. Instant Pleasure showcases extraordinary talent and something that has been missing from music at large: depth of content surrounded by irresistible sounds, beautiful, rich and warm and filled with expression. Yes!"
