Rising Stars: Meet Anthony Gomez aka MERK €

Today we’d like to introduce you to Anthony Gomez aka MERK €.

Hi Anthony, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I am a Music artist, I started making music at the age of 13 when my parents bought me my first guitar Self tought, I was in two bands before me my hight school friend and my brother formed Fatal Death we played lots of showed we were together for 4 years before we broke up in 2009 we played our last show at the white rabbit, than after I started writing music and Rapping becoming and independent Hip Hop Rap Artist, still to this day I am still writing music and Playing the guitar iv been Rapping for 22 years now but at the time I was only uploading my music to YouTube but iv been now uploading all my music on streaming platforms like Spotify AppleMusic, Deezer, tital, AmazonMusic, IHeartradio, Pandora Music and so on for 3 years now I go by the Artist name MERK € I choose the urale sign to stand out from the other merk out their I also choose the name MERK be ause every beat I decide to write to I kill it and it becomes a hit is why I go by the name MERK iv also choose it because I would say that word often when eather competting in a game or any compatesstion I was in, I love making music and writing new songs I can be working on music for hours it just make me fell good and also helps me relax and forget about all the negative things going on in the world,it also makes me fell good knowing that my fans enjoy my music also that my music can make a different in someone else’s life knowing that I can pute a smile on someone face why they listen to my music also in gaging with my fans and seen what they think about what they hear from my music. Love all the support I get from my fans knowing all the hard work I put in to a song pays off. Music a life that I chose a life I can hold and enjoy at the same time to be heard all around the world make me feel great about my self Always

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I’ve had my ups and downs from starting to learn the guitar to even being in bands and having to find new musicians because not everyone agrees or like certain music you play. But I would say it was really more hard for me when I started rapping from making all my music to burning CD and handleing them out to people at stores but it really hit me when my laptop got hacked and I lost all the music iv worked on having to start everything all overs again the real main part was having to pay to have my laptop fix finding out everything iv worked on was eather erased or completely lost, at the time I was also going to school for Psychology and working full time witch would get in the way of me completing my school work and having the money to buy a new labtop to start my music overs again so what I did was just keep writing music even though I knew I couldn’t record or uploading my music to YouTube I would just write my music down on my I touch at the time or on paper and just kept doing that for the next three years on to I finally found a job we’re I had enough money to buy a new labtop and start recording again even though I was living at my parent house sleeping on the couch I had no place to do my recording so at the time i still would just record when I could I would do some of my recording and practice my leryics in my car at the time as will. I was having lots of up and down with writing my music and recording it with no place to do so but that never stopped me from writing or playing my Guitar, it was all not on to 2017 when I finally had the Chance to start recording again and uploaded my music onto YouTube. I mainly struggled with having a job with good pay to move out of my parents’ house and getting my own place because of that I could never get my own place because I never made enough money to afford a place of my own. So lots of my problems was always that stopping me from moving on and making my music because I had to put it aside for a while to keep working and make enough money to move out is why I had lots of up and downs and having to stop what I loved to do and making music, that’s why iv been making music for 23 years now but half of that time was on and off whenever I could. From losing all my music because of being hacked to not having anyplace to record but my car and money problem and full time work and only finding the time to work on my music when I could and sleeping on my parents’ couch for years iv never stopped doing what I love I never gave up and still going strong to this day. so Is why I say never give up on your dream no matter the obstacles or problems that stand in your way do what you love to do and move on never back down to your reach were you are meant to be

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I am an independent HipHop Rap music Artist, I am also a musician i play the guitar a Songwriter, self publisher, Self producer and Artist working on all my music art work.

What I am proud of is me and everything iv accomplish so far knowing where I came from and how hard I work to getting to where I am now, being my own independent person and doing everything my self and making all my dreams come true specifically because I never really knew how to read or write and being a shy kid growing up I would push my self to become somebody, teaching my self how to read and write plus playing football in school to overcome my shyness iv always work to become better than I was and I’m really glad I did because iv accomplished a lot so far and only growing bigger.

Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I was a shy kid but was also curious about the world and space. I loved learning knew things, I loved playing basketball and football, lots of video games and listening to music rather it was Rock or Rap I would love to remember the lyrics and sing along with the music. I would also love to draw a lot and creating comic characters teaching myself new things was always fun for me. I would also record funning voices creating characters and creating my own radio shows pretending to be the radio host and recording music on to my cassette player. I was really out going and once I came over my shyness I would make friends and play power rangers and kickball to even hockey with my neighborhood friends and ridding bikes racing down the street, I was a creative kid growing up and was always teaching my self something new everyday.

Contact Info:

• Email: Anthonygomez2486@gmail.com
• Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/Anthonyg2486
• Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/Merk2486
• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Merk2486
• Youtube: https://www.YouTube.com/Merk2486
• SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/Merk2486
• Other: https://linktr.ee/MERK2486

Image Credits
Anthony Gomez