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The return of the prodigal son... |
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| Location: | Austin, Texas |
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| Last Login: | Jun 29, 2008 (105 days back) |
About Me |
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Also Available at Mellow Yellow News with Jasmine White "Hitchhiker's Paradise" is available at cdbaby.com, amazon.com, Borders, Waldenbooks and your local record shops! OR RIGHT ON THIS PAGE!!! Don't forget to request songs from HITCHHIKER'S PARADISE on your college and local radio stations. If they don't have it, keep bugging them until they do! |
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Music:Member Since: 5/1/2004Band Website: joelmercadosee.com Band Members:Joel Mercado-See: Vocals and Piano Influences: I'm influenced by everything... I'm a pop-baby... These are my main influences... See if you can hear it in my tunes... Elton John, Billy Joel, Jude, Ben Folds, John Denver, Tori Amos, Paul Simon, Ani DiFranco, James Taylor, Yusef Islam, The Beatles, Robbie Williams, Indigo Girls, Counting Crows, Electric Light Orchestra, Nina Simone, The Mamas and the Papas, The Rolling Stones, Matchbox 20, Carole King, Jim Croce, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Donovan, Miles Davis, G Love and Special Sauce, Elliot Smith, Curtis Mayfield, Van Morrison, Aimee Mann, Marvin Gaye, Chopin, Jethro Tull, Burt Bacharach, Matthew Sweet, Joni Mitchell, Phil Collins, Supertramp, Fiona Apple, CSN&Y, ...and so many more! From the CD Release Party... photos by Ashley Milne Sounds Like: Most people say Ben Folds, Billy Joel, Elton John, and Rufus Wainwright. I've also gotten Jude, Gavin DeGraw, Norah Jones, Jamie Cullum, Fiona Apple, Maroon 5, Sarah McLachlan, Coldplay, Five For Fighting, Joss Stone, Tori Amos, David Garza... I dig all these artists so I'll take it... Record Label: Baby Bacchus Records Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Rock / Pop) |
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My Blog |
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Busy Busy Banters |
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| THIS WAS A BLOG I WROTE ON MY BAND'S PAGEYup... The Banters are busy busy. Like Hungry Hungry Hippos... just not quite as hungry and we're really not hippos... just really busy doing what The Banters... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Sun, 04 May 2008 11:03:00 PST |
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A Monkey On TV... |
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| ... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:01:00 PST |
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Ill be on TV tomorrow... |
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| For those of you cable viewers in Austin...I'm gonna be on News 8 tomorrow talking about the event on Saturday. We're filming the interview segment at 2:30 then I think it'll be put into the rotation... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:30:00 PST |
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My band is back... FOR SERIOUS! |
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| After a month of hard work and mental instability, a show at Changos is actually happening! This even will feature 4 acts - The Banters being the one that you want to see cuz we're tight light that...... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:28:00 PST |
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My unwanted guest... |
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| I've been cursed by a friend that just won't leave me alone. It has dark, brown hair and beady eyes. He calls me "sir" and I call him "dirty, germ-infested bastard".This whole thing only started las... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:28:00 PST |
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SXSW is canceled and I’m a jerk |
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| Actually, it's not. Just the showcase that I was organizing for March 15th.Basically, the owners of the restaurant don't want to compete with all the other free events and would rather do an event in... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:32:00 PST |
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From neurotic to crazy in no time flat... |
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| I've got a lot of old friends and family in my friends list... and I've met quite a number of you from my tour in 2006. I'm not sure if you're aware, but I'm quite a neurotic freak. Just ask my band... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:31:00 PST |
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SXSW... monkey style |
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| As many of you music folks out there know, SXSW is coming up soon. Here in Austin, unofficial shows are held all over town to showcase acts that aren't accepted by the SXSW board of rich folks that ... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:36:00 PST |
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As promised... |
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| On The Banters page, I just uploaded a couple covers that we've been working on. These are rough demos done in my apartment. One is "Daylight Fading" by the Counting Crows. The other one is an Eras... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:38:00 PST |
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8 Months Lateer |
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| It's been 8 months since my last blog/bulletin and there aren't enough words to tell you how sorry I am that I've been out of touch for so long. So why the disappearance? Well, many things have happ... Posted by Joel Mercado-See on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:09:00 PST |
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The Banters, Dave Lovett, MJ Upchurch, Liz Dannemiller, Phantom Planet, Counting Crows, Fiona Apple, Fountains of Wayne, Kerry, Robin Kirby, Amy Gonzalez, ~♥ KiKi ♥~, BLUEXM, SOULBOUND, PopularThreadz, Mountains in the Moon, Adam Agin, Their Shallow Valley--Full Length Out This Summer!, Phil Dutra, MargaritaTexas.com, Kevin Thompson, Channii, maddy fire gal, Indiana Gregg, Backstories, CeCe, OLINDA CORDOVA, Betti, Dave Pepper Band, MR Presents 3rd Annual Art & Music Festival, KryptosRecords, IceCreamTruck, SOLID, Bill Bartholomew, Joel Mercado-See, One Left Standing [New Songs + Need a drummer], ARE YOU LOOKING FOR GIGS TO PLAY?, Courtney Jones, High Valley, Bitter Whiskey, 86 the Sun, patrick k, Josh Olswanger, Forty Weight, Cage of Stars - New Game Plan!, Steve Brooks, Anomie Belle, Cetas Aspire, News on the March, Lo Fine, Rockstars Glued Promotions, Noush Skaugen, Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls, Ryanosaurusrex
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