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MERCH (eMusic, iTunes, Amazon mp3, etc.))

About Me


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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 02/03/2005
Band Website: Contact us here or at [email protected]
Band Members: MERCH is the performing and recording monicker of bandleader/songwriter/vocalist Joe Medina and whatever musicians happen to be playing with him at any given time. The resultant sound is loosely categorized as "cello-rock", only there are also banjos, guitars, drums, keyboards, bells, fiddles, and many other mysterious sounds involved.

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Influences: Here is everyone that I'm (Joe Medina) listening to right now (01/09/08):
Django Reinhardt (always), Pet Sounds, El-P and other Definitive Jux stuff, Dillinger Escape Plan, Between The Buried And Me, Mastodon, Wolves In The Throne Room, Little Teeth, Buck Owens, Neko Case, Sleater-Kinney, Beach Boys, The Zombies, Scelsi, Stravinsky, Elliot Carter
Sounds Like: Experimental-pop cello-rock, but catchy

Here is us on Pacific Noise:

Record Label: DIY...I mean DIO...Doing It Ourselves
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

'This Betrayal Will Be Our End' (MERCH album #2) demos and sketches

The demos for 'This Betrayal Will Be Our End' are basically done (just guitar/vocals, meant to be guides for the other musicians on-board). If you send me your email, I just might send them to you. No...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:35:00 GMT

The derailed plans of 2009...

Just looked at the blog at the beginning of the year for what I was supposed to do in 2009. Man, life really threw a monkey-wrench into all of that. Here's a toast to making sure 2010 kicks all kinds ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:49:00 GMT

Movies & Music of 2009

I am not quite sure if this was the strangest year of my life or if it just feels that way due to all the strangeness that occured being a completely new form. A monumental life-changing break-up that...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:09:00 GMT

Cassette Players

Anyone have a Walkman-style cassette player that they no longer have a use for? I am building up a collection for a music-related endeavor over the next few months. I will take the time to explain if ...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:32:00 GMT

Done with with the first big step towards the next album

All the songs for the next album are now written. Timing out what I have, looking at a vinyl with three sides most likely.
Posted by on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:23:00 GMT

Fifteen songs towards next album composed so far...

Trying to hit the magic number of twenty and then taking them into the producer to decide what is going to make the cut. The tentative title is 'Partners' and I am aiming at nothing less than one of t...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:18:00 GMT

Facebook address

www.facebook.com/merchmusic
Posted by on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:15:00 GMT

on a personal note...

Just broke up with my girlfriend of seven years two days ago. It was a long time coming, amicable, but still devastating.Joe MedinaMERCH
Posted by on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:10:00 GMT

Australia/New Zealand tour Sept 1st-23rd

My Australian/New Zealand is now official and will be from September 1st-23rd. I'll post the dates as they come in! Don't worry, I'll be doing the U.S. again this year too.
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:55:00 GMT

Hello, we haven't been in touch lately

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately, it has been a hectic time as of late. I decided that since I plan on doing quite a bit of international touring later in the year, I needed to get a job to pa...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:52:00 GMT