Marcelo Quinonez

Music Samples

Narrative Reel

Comedy Reel

Here’s a link to The Dark Specter a funny little superhero short I did some music for. Check it out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2adWBBwcas.

In May I had the pleasure of finishing up a project I’ve been working on for the last 14-ish months. We recorded musicians and mixed the music for the animated feature GET SQUIRRELY in Toronto. I spent the first week recording musicians (mostly horns) at Revolutions, check them out if you ever need a bad-ass room in Toronto. The rest of the time we worked out of Mach Sound Studios in Toronto, a bunch of amazing guys and gals over there. I had a blast doing the music for this film and thank everyone involved for giving me the opportunity to compose the score AND write songs for the film. When I get a release date and an official poster I’ll make sure to post it.

My first foray into directing. The project is entitled INTO THE FOG and explores the story of Sergeant Marvin Harris an Iraq war vet struggling to overcome the symptoms of PTSD. Through this film we hope to offer some insight as well as bring some awareness to this epidemic that is effecting so many families here in the USA and abroad. My cast and crew are all incredibly talented people and we all worked extremely hard to make this shoot a success. I think the images look great and I can't wait to share the finished film with you all. 

This is the instrumental track un-mastered from the song Este Miedo. I've always loved the weirdness of this track and thought I'd share with you. You can hear the full version here on Cuchata's second album Sangre Mixto: http://cuchata.bandcamp.com/track/este-miedo

I'm upgrading my studio now and that means backing up and moving files. Joy! Anyhow because of that I came across some tracks of mine from back in the day and I decided to share:

Here is a spec poster for the film I'm currently working on. I really loved this version of the poster. Can't wait to say more when I can!

...are a trip. Never before did I realize how much work goes into these things. I worked in Toronto for the last month writing actual full length songs for the film and getting really excited to record them. Now on to creating some themes. I can't wait to announce all the details... I'm told soon... so as soon as the words official I will post what I can.

My home for the next two days doing final mix of The Conduit... Next week Toronto to work on Cartoons! Yay!

Failsafe Tee from Two Dogs and a Bear... Love these guys, check them out: http://twodogsandabear.bigcartel.com/

See it's pretty long!

You can listen to the "CABIN FEVER" EP on #spotify if you're interested. You are interested right? Lie to me if not. http://spoti.fi/14XaH5Q

Marcelo

Hello All, I will be playing a solo sow on Feb 27th in North Hollywood at The Other Door Bar. Come down throw back a couple drinks and hoot and hollar while I serenade you. It will be fun, and I'll playing some new tunes. Sweet, see you there!

Born and raised in Los Angeles California, Marcelo fell in love with music for the first time listening to a variety of music. From the rhythm focused sounds of Salsa and Reggae to the soul bearing lyricism of Young and Dylan all were a part of his early musical indoctrination. Quiñonez started honing his skills over the years writing and performing mostly Latin music with his band Cuchata while living in Seattle. Cuchata toured up and down the West Coast and gigged regularly in Seattle, gaining good press and licensing numerous tracks for TV (Gene Simmons Family Jewels, Road Trip Nation among others) and films (most notably the IFC films feature “Mercy”). Experimentation on the last Cuchata album (which charted top ten in world & Latin categories for non commercial radio in the US and Canada) and other musical wanderings while writing TV and film music, led to new opportunities over the last three years. Through this experimentation and a new batch of experiences Marcelo decided to embark on another musical path. To find a new sound that was more fully representative of his own personnel dialogue and making that musically and emotionally universal. The songs presented in Marcelo’s first solo E.P. are stripped down, and raw. Vulnerable and pure, leading the listener to focus on the song it’s self, and the sentiment and feelings behind it. This was the only goal for this new project, write honest songs and bare the soul for others to relate. With this new debut E.P. Marcelo has come full circle in his progression as a musician and found the courage to share the soul bearing truth that inspired him from the beginning.