"The song "The Hard Part" was written while recuperating from losing my singing voice for a little over two months. The impermanence of my ability to sing, something that I’ve been able to do without much thought my whole life, became the lesson before me. The song was a bit of self-advice and a reminder to carry-on above all things. I wrote it to guide myself through the problem. The song concludes with a dollop of hope."

Recorded at Mark Dann Recording Inc. in Woodstock, NY, performers on the record include Marc Douglas Berardo on vocals and acoustic guitar, Eric Parker drums (Joe Cocker, Orleans) Mark Dann bass (Richard Shindell, John Gorka), Mike Scortino (Dr. Westchesterson) on organ and piano and Chris Berardo (Chris Berardo and the DesBerardos) contributes background vocals.

“The Hard Part” is a track on Marc’s record “Temporary Things that is due out in 2022. “Temporary Things” is Berardo’s eighth record to be released in his discography and the first he has released since 2013.

“Songwriter and prophet Bob Marley once wrote that “none of them can stop the time”. It was with that notion that I carried around the idea for the collection of songs that became Temporary Things. If you’re lucky to live long enough you are gonna lose a few battles, pass through a few relationships and lose a few friends and relations along the way. The ephemeral nature of time on earth becomes very apparent as the years pass. What is here today is gone soon. No one can stop the time.” - MDB

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