Meet Our Rock City Team
Nick Marocco - Owner/President/MFIC
Nick Marocco is the founder and president of Rock City Music Company which opened in November of 2016. He is an avid vinyl record collector, music lover and drummer for hard rock tribute act Denim & Leather, rockabilly legend Robert Gordon and Detroit stalwarts Twistin’ Tarantulas. Surrounded by music for his entire life, Nick’s #1 objective with Rock City Music Company is to bring the joy of music to the masses.
Nick Marocco
Operations Manager / Vinyl Sales
From Vinyl to CD's to Books and back home to Vinyl, Scotty has been working in multimedia retail for 30 years. In 2019, he brought his ethic and knowledge of music retail to Rock City expanding on the stores Vinyl, CD, Clothing & Collectibles departments. Outside of Rock City he is an avid vinyl collector and operates the Detroit based indie label Bellyache Records, of which he is the co-founder of, since 2005. He was also the bassist for the Michigan based rock band, Grande Nationals, from 2003 to 2019.
Scotty Hagen
Lauren Szabo - Lesson Program Director/Gear Specialist
Our director Lauren makes the whole world turn when it comes to our lesson program! Assembling our student jams, handling scheduling and communication and promoting our program. There’s not much Lauren doesn’t do!
Lauren has played guitar for over 15 years. Outside of our program Lauren is a mom of two, an outstanding cook and the
president of the Rob Thomas fan club. She loves Blink 182 and is an avid reader.
Lauren Szabo
David "Ducky" Cwik - Gear Specialist
Dave or as we like to call him "Ducky" has rejoined the Rock City Music Company Team!
No one loves Rock N' Roll more than Ducky. He is an avid collector of vinyl, guitars and music memorabilia and is a General in the Kiss Army
His original band "Sonic Smut" has just released their new album entitled "Glaze". You can catch him beating the drums with "Sonic Smut" all over the country, or ripping up the guitar with "Denim & Leather" and "Un-Dressed to Kill" with Rock City Founder Nick.
David "Ducky" Cwik
Riley Szabo - Gear Specialist
Riley Szabo
