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robert merchant

EVERYONE DIES. NOT EVERYONE LIVES...

About Me

what's there to tell, really? all i think about is music. i wake up and have a song in my head every morning. i write almost every day- either a complete song or a new idea. music is either a passion or a obsession with me. or maybe both. she's the only one in my life who has never let me down. never has. never will... is my music original? from my standpoint it is. compared to who? who do i sound like? so what!??! i sound like the music inside my head. hopefully my influences will shine thru. i'm not trying copy anyone. i'm just a byproduct of what i grew up with. i don't hear anything else out there like me. if one were to think so, the perhaps one could enlighten me as to who that would be... either way--- who cares. i just write and record what i hear in my head. isn't that all we do as songwriters? i pretty much play it all: piano, keys, all guitars, bass and drums. all vocals. this is a solo project in the most literal sense of the word. i would love to have other musicians to write and record with. i just haven't found the right ones yet. you know- like minded etc... karlton- pack up and move your ass out here!!!

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Member Since: 9/13/2007
Band Website: robertmerchant.com
Band Members: one. me robert merchant
Influences: ANGELS AND AIRWAVES. SRV. CLAPTON. U2. JOHN MAYER. RICHIE SAMBORA. BUDDY GUY. BRUCE HORNSBY. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. DAVID FOSTER. MONTE MONTGOMERY. STERLING STRICKLER. ARMANDO CEPEDA. KARLTON COFFIN.
Sounds Like: robert merchant
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

tell me (continued)

'tell me' is mostly a wish. there was a girl i knew who was very, very broken. she carried a lot of pain inside her, and on any given day, was either on the verge of breaking out in tears, or anger....
Posted by robert merchant on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:49:00 PST

tell me

so i just wanted to get this up so i can feel like i'm getting things accomplished! it's an extremely rough mix, and listening back to it on here, i don't like it all that much (the mix) but it's a g...
Posted by robert merchant on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:36:00 PST

motorcycle

you don’t even know how incredibly pissed i am about this.  i get up at the buttcrack of dawn to take my puppy out for her morning pee, and there right in front of my condo is a space miss...
Posted by robert merchant on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:20:00 PST

wrap around me

’wrap around me’ is actually one of my most favorite songs. it was written from Her standpoint, not mine. as if She is talking to Him, saying: look! you used to care enough to try and m...
Posted by robert merchant on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:38:00 PST

time will

"time will" was written many years ago. at the time, i couldn't stop thinking about a past relationship. it was one of those that was literally haunting me for years. i guess it was the whole- neve...
Posted by robert merchant on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:09:00 PST

stronger

so i was talking to a friend about how he should post up the stories behind the songs he was writing, and i thought it was a good idea to do the same. also--(note to self- must get own domain for per...
Posted by robert merchant on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:28:00 PST

huckleBerry

well, well, well....i see there are people actually reading what i have to say. i find this completely, and utterly interesting. 126 people to be exact. where are they all coming from? it's weird,...
Posted by robert merchant on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:42:00 PST

burning bridges

so here's the deal. way back, i was asked as a favor to mail some stuff back to a friend. well, that never happened. it sat in my locker at work for about two years. then, when another friend was ...
Posted by robert merchant on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:11:00 PST

photos

whatta pain in the ass THAT was! I have two macs. One is the iMac that iv'e had for about 4 years. thats where all of my photos are. well, most of them. anyways, it took me a minute to get them o...
Posted by robert merchant on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 05:25:00 PST

"singer/songwriter"

so i finally got to posting the tunes up. i'm pretty happy with the way they have turned out so far. they're still in the "demo" phase of things, and once they're mastered, things will sound a lot b...
Posted by robert merchant on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:53:00 PST