Adam Merrin

While Adam Merrin is most beneficial referred to as the pianist for L.A. power-poppers the 88, his multi-instrumental experience and production encounter possess allowed him to control a solo profession simultaneously. Merrin grew up in Calabasas, CA, where he fulfilled potential bandmate Keith Slettedahl while going to high school. Pursuing graduation, both musicians produced the Freeloaders, afterwards changing their name towards the 88 following the entrance of bandmembers Brandon Jay, Tag Vasapolli, and Carlos Torres. The 88’s design was intensely indebted to sun-drenched power pop — a perpetually well-known genre within their indigenous L.A. — as well as the music group quickly discovered a regional pursuing. Two full-length albums implemented, one of that was created, engineered, and blended by Merrin himself, however the music group continued to be unsigned. To heighten their account (and, presumably, spend their expenses), Merrin and firm considered licensing, netting positioning handles Grey’s Anatomy, The O.C., REAL LIFE, Laguna Beach, Focus on, Microsoft, Sears, and many movies. The move proved helpful, dispersing the 88’s music considerably beyond their Western world Coast house and attracting the interest of Isle/Def Jam Information, who agreed upon the music group in the springtime of 2007. The 88 after that entered the studio room to record many tracks with manufacturer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, using the discharge of their major-label debut slated for the next calendar year. Merrin released his 1st solo EP, Possess One, in January 2007, having discovered enough downtime between your 88’s gigs and studio room sessions to spotlight his own materials. Recorded completely in the pianist’s house studio, Possess One differed through the 88’s material for the reason that all tools had been performed by Merrin himself. Commensurate with the 88’s fortune, tracks in the EP were chosen for addition in the tv screen displays Grey’s Anatomy, Kyle XY, and MTV’s Newport Seaside: THE TRUE Orange State. A full-length recording, Have A DIFFERENT ONE, was issued by the end of the entire year.