Author & Writer
The Word as a Natural Extension of Music
For someone who has spent a lifetime crafting songs, choosing each word with the precision of a watchmaker, writing is not a deviation: it is the natural destination. Marco Del Freo brings to the page the same obsession with quality that guides his work in the studio — that search for authenticity that admits no shortcuts, neither in sound nor in thought.
Books and Publications
Essay
Il discount del canto
ESSAY · 2016
A book-investigation that unflinchingly delves into the Italian music industry: the power mechanisms, the market logics that crush talent, the contradictions of a system that promises dreams and distributes shortcuts. Written by someone who traversed that system from within for over thirty years, with the clarity of someone who has nothing to lose and everything to tell.
Pensierini: Doppiamente fragili
ESSAY
A collection of reflections on the world around us, between human fragility and creative resilience. Brief thoughts crafted with the same care as writing song lyrics: every word carries weight, none is superfluous.
Upcoming Publications
You Rube
INVESTIGATION · COMING SOON
Marco Del Freo’s new essay work is an investigation into the impact of the algorithm on contemporary creativity. How digital platforms are rewriting the rules of art, taste and talent — and who is really winning. A necessary book, written by a craftsman of sound who knows the difference between creating and optimising.
L’acquerellista
UCHRONIC NOVEL · IN FINAL STAGE
Marco Del Freo’s first novel is a uchronia — a story that starts from an alternative history of reality to explore what could have been and was not. A work that reveals the most intimate and visionary dimension of his writing: that of someone who knows how to build worlds with the same artisanal care as he constructs a musical arrangement.
Songwriter
Before being a writer, Marco Del Freo is a songwriter in the fullest and most classical sense of the word: someone who writes lyrics that stand the test of time, that mark moments in the lives of those who listen to them. A songwriting discography built piece by piece, always with the same rigour.
2002
Doppiamente fragili — Anna Tatangelo
Co-written with David Marchetti. The song leads Anna Tatangelo to victory in the Nuove Proposte section of the Sanremo Festival, one of the most followed stages of Italian music.
2004
Basta poco molto niente
Winner of the Venice Golden Gondola Award as author. A recognition that certifies the strength of a signature capable of crossing genres and contexts.
2015
Bad Guys — Badboy feat. La Wanda Gastica
A song that demonstrates Del Freo’s ability to move beyond the boundaries of traditional songwriting, exploring hybrid sounds and collaborations with the same naturalness as his beginnings.
2020
Un Bacio per Natale — Camille Cabaltera
Written for Camille Cabaltera, the artist discovered and managed by Del Freo, finalist at X Factor 2017 and performer of the Disney Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) soundtrack. The song confirms the artistic and human bond between author and performer.
2026
Lacrima blu · Aquilone — FELLOW
Two songs signed for the FELLOW project: proof that Del Freo’s pen knows no fatigue, and that his search for authenticity continues — year after year — producing works capable of moving people.
Let’s Collaborate
Do you have a publishing project, a song looking for the right words, or an idea that is struggling to find its definitive form? Writing, like music, is a craft learned by listening. Write to me: let’s talk.