marley sola

Marley Sola began mellow studios in July 2021 with the intention of seeing artists, musicians and people with a passion for music succeed in life. With a decade of professional experience, Marley has a wealth of knowledge to share with his students. Highlights of his career include being signed with Sony Music NZ as a young song-writer, releasing music for his solo career under Warner Music NZ, competing in X-Factor New Zealand Season One with Moorhouse and singing on The Voice Australia Season 12 with Guy Sebastian. His experience includes song-writing, producing and releasing music (for himself and multiple other professional artists), creating music videos, TV appearances, broadcast singing competitions, TV and radio interviews, gigging and working alongside friends in the industry such as Rob Ruha, Vince Harder, Whenua Patuwai, Adeaze, Aaradhna, Ka Hao, Seth Haapu and David Ware. Marley is passionate about assisting other artists in their music journey project managing, producing, co-writting and mentoring countless young creatives, some of whom include Zoe Hunter, Hone Hurunui, Hannah May, KY, Thursday Collective, Evile Laloata, Ezra Neal, Harry Mohi and Kaea. Marley also loves to work with whānau from the community and has partnered with organisations such as Te Whatu Ora, Pese Wairua, Oranga Tamariki, Key Assests and local iwi to offer music intervention sessions which are a hau ora based music sessions where tamariki as young as 5 years old are able to come into the studio to create waiata and learn about music.