Bryce Menchaca

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|04|07}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|actor}}

| height = 5'10"

| years_active = 2014–present

| website = {{URL|https://brycemenchacamusic.com}}

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| background = solo_singer

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|piano|bass|drums}}

| genre = {{hlist|Rock|indie rock|Folk}}

| label = {{hlist|BMG}}

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Bryce Menchaca (born 2001) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has released two studio albums and two EPs as well as multiple singles.

Early life

Bryce Menchaca grew up in San Antonio, Texas. Around the age of 9, he began playing music and writing his own material. His early influences include the Beatles, B. B. King, and Bruce Springsteen. In 2019, he relocated to Denver, Colorado.{{cite web|url=http://voyagedenver.com/interview/rising-stars-meet-bryce-menchaca-of-downtown-denver/|title=Rising Stars: Meet Bryce Menchaca|work=VoyageDenver|date=January 24, 2023 |accessdate=April 14, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://evergreenarts.org/2023-gallery-concert-series/|title=2023 Gallery Concert Series|work=Center For the Arts Evergreen|accessdate=April 15, 2023}}

Career

In 2017, Menchaca released his first studio album, Sense of Discovery. Another album followed in late 2020 entitled Alone at Last, Alone It Seems. Also in 2020, he scored the soundtrack to the film, Destination Unknown,{{cite web|url=https://www.bingewave.com/m/destination-unknown-120-mins-english-usa-dir-crawford-banks|title=Destination Unknown – 120 mins, English, USA, Dir: Crawford Banks|work=BingeWave|accessdate=April 15, 2023}} for which he won Best Score at the 2020 FFTG Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://do303.com/events/2022/7/23/bryce-menchaca-tickets|title =BRYCE MENCHACA|website=Do303|date = April 14, 2023}} In October 2021, Menchaca signed a co-publishing deal with BMG as a songwriter.{{cite web|url=https://artsandmedia.ucdenver.edu/about-cam/news/for-publication/second-year-singer-songwriter-student-bryce-menchaca-signs-deal-with-bmg|title=Second Year Singer/Songwriter Student Bryce Menchaca Signs Deal With BMG|work=University of Colorado Denver|accessdate=April 14, 2023}} He appeared on a main stage slot at the Underground Music Showcase in both July 2022 and July 2023,{{cite web|url=https://www.undergroundmusicshowcase.com/blog/tartrcoh3p7waav4n50lyyt8wnkrx4|title=303 Magazine: An Audiophile's Guide to The 2022 UMS Lineup|work=Underground Music Showcase|accessdate=April 15, 2023}} as well as at the Electric Forest music festival in June 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/electric-forest-reveals-additional-artists-2022-festival-lineup|title =ELECTRIC FOREST REVEALS ADDITIONAL ARTISTS TO THE 2022 FESTIVAL LINEUP|website=Grateful Web|date = April 15, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Electric-Forest-Reveals-Additional-Artists-to-the-2022-Festival-Lineup-20220324|title =Electric Forest Reveals Additional Artists to the 2022 Festival Lineup|website=Broadway World|date = April 15, 2023}} He also starred in a supporting role for an Up TV production, Just Jake.{{cite web|url=https://townsquarenoco.com/camera-crews-seen-filming-new-movie-in-castle-rock-colorado/|title=CAMERA CREWS SEEN FILMING NEW MOVIE IN CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO|work=townsquare NOCO|date=December 4, 2022 |accessdate=April 14, 2023}} In 2024 Menchaca formed the band Marfa with collaborator and friend Kellen Wall.

Discography

=Studio albums=

Sense of Discovery (2017)
Alone at Last, Alone It Seems (2020)

=EPs=

The Doomed Poet (2019)
Salt (2023)
Pepper (2024)

Awards and nominations

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scope="row" rowspan=7\|FFTG Awards \| rowspan=3\|2020 \| Destination Unknown \| FFTG Award for Best Score \| {{won}} \| rowspan=7\|{{cite web\|url=https://fftgawards.com/film/destination-unknown/\|title=FFTG Awards\|accessdate=April 14, 2023}}

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scope="row" rowspan=7|FFTG Awards

| rowspan=3|2020

| Destination Unknown

| FFTG Award for Best Score

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