The debut album Instant Pleasure by Seth Swirsky will be released on October 1^st 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!"

*JamRecordingss.com calls Instant Pleasure "one of the best power pop CD's to come out this year. Seth Swirsky sounds like a perfect blend of Beatles, Jellyfish and Merrymakers. Fantastic and essential!

Fans of baseball know Seth as the creator of three best selling books, that consist of the actual handwritten letters to him from baseball players (like Cal Ripken Jr., Roger Clemens and Ted Williams) and fans of baseball (like Paul McCartney, both president's Bush, Buzz Aldrin, Warren Buffett, Senator Ted Kennedy, Meet The Press anchor Tim Russert, Bob Costas among many others). The books are called Baseball Letters (Random House, 1996), Every Pitcher Tells A Story (Times Books, 1999) and Something to Write Home About (Random House, 2015). Seth has been interviewed on The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC Nightly News and others as well as being profiled in articles in GQ, USA Today, The New York Times, People and Newsweek. He was featured in a PBS documentary about his life as a “manic expressive” in 1999 called The Passion of Play. As a collector of baseball relics Seth has the actual ball that went through Bill Buckner's legs in the 1986 World Series as well as a baseball signed by the Beatles the night they played their famous Shea Stadium concert on August 15, 1965.  Speaking of the Beatles, Seth will fulfill a boyhood dream and perform at the world famous Cavern Club in Liverpool, England on October 25^th as part of the International Pop Overthrow Festival. (www.internationalpopoverthrow.com).

A visual artist, Seth creates 3-dimensional piece from objects from his life. For instance, he took the front of his old Pioneer stereo receiver and made a collage (in the dial window) of his favorite artists that he listened to growing up. Another piece consists of all 112 pins from Bobby Kennedy's 1968 short-lived run for the presidency. It's called "Bobby Pins". Seth's multi-colored poster called "ARTiculate" hangs in offices, homes and schools across the world.

You can experience the “manic expressive” world of Seth Swirsky and his music, books, artwork, and baseball collection at www.seth.com.