Welcome!

Welcome to the new-look Monarch Music & Media combined website and blog where you will find Vinyl Records, CDs, MP3s, Film & TV DVDs, Books, PC & Console Games, Hardware and DJ Equipment for sale, as well as site updates, promotions, news and future events etc.


To navigate through the site please click the links/sub links at the top of the page :

Home - Blog Posts, Site Updates, Promotions, News, Future Events etc.

Music - Buy Vinyl Records, CDs, MP3s and DVDs.

Media - Buy Movie DVDs, TV DVDs and Books.

Gaming - Buy PC, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox 360 games.

Hardware - Buy Hard Drives, Monitors, Processors, RAM, Rom Drives and Towers.

DJ Equipment - Buy Cartridges, Controllers, Lights, Headphones, Microphones, Mixers, PA Systems and Turntables.

Links - Links to Art, Fashion/Beauty, Food/Drink, Internet and Music pages/websites.


Some of our Vinyl Records and CDs are available to purchase direct from Monarch Music & Media, you'll find these listed at the Music page. We use the Goldmine Grading Standard to display the condition that the record or CD is in along with the price of the item and details of the current postage and packing rates.
Other Vinyl Records, CDs, MP3s, Film & TV DVDs, PC & Console Games and DJ Equipment are available via our affiliated partners Amazon, eBay and iTunes and will be displayed as directly clickable links that will take you to the respective website where you can complete your order.


If you have any queries simply post a comment on our website or send an email to neilmacgowan@talktalk.net


Thank you for visiting Monarch Music & Media!

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Monarch Music & Media - Update 03/06/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Update 03/06/2014

Summer seems almost upon us and I hope everyone is well! It's been rather a quiet spell for Monarch Music & Media of late but promotion of the company continues mainly via word of mouth and distribution of the business cards so a big thank you to all those who have helped out with that side of things :)

As most of you will know I am just a little bit into my football and with World Cup Brazil 2014 kicking off next Thursday 12th June I decided to make an Amazon aStore for fellow fans during the occasion. On there you will find lots and lots of World Cup related items in the following categories :-

Books

Clothing

DVD

Electronics

Jewerly

Kindle Store

MP3 Downloads

Music

PC & Video Games

Sports & Leisure

Toys & Games

You can find a direct link to the World Cup aStore here :-

Monarch Music & Media World Cup Brazil 2014 aStore

For those not into their football you can of course find many more items for sale to help pass the time during the next month or so.

That's about all for now so enjoy the warmer weather and good luck to England!

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 27/04/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 27/04/2014

Hello again from Monarch Music & Media. It seems like time has really flown since the last update, spring is definitely in the air here in the UK now too and hopefully everyone is well!

Sales at our website have shown a slow but steady increase in the opening months of 2014 which is an encouraging sign and distribution of the business cards continues with the help of some good friends so that the message is getting out there both locally and beyond.

This weekend I've been working on website updates and have totally revamped the Amazon aStores section to now showcase the UK stores as I am finding the majority of our web traffic seems to be based in an around these isles. There are also new Art and Fashion & Beauty categories added to the links sections and there are a couple of local businesses featured so do check those out if you're in the Cheshire area!

Here are the direct links to the new and updated content :-

Amazon a Stores

Art Links

Fashion & Beauty Links

That's it from Monarch Music & Media for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 27/02/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 27/02/2014

Hi again from Monarch Music & Media, it's hard to believe it has been a month since the last update blog but a much-welcomed increase in Amazon sales, our first eBay auction sales and continued promotion of the site / distribution of the business cards I have been kept rather busy of late!

Looking at the site and where to go next it's still clear that more content needs to be added to some of the sections, the excellent website monitoring application from StatCounter gives lots of useful information on where the website visitors are coming from and which are the most popular page visits etc so it is a case of collating all this data and updating the site accordingly, giving more choice and content in the most visited areas etc.

It is very encouraging to see the commission sales side of the business steadily growing but I feel that can only be maintained or improved upon by keeping the promotion side going. The trial Facebook advertising campaign has just recently come to an end and has been useful both in that it has brought new people to the Monarch Music & Media Facebook page and also directly to the website's homepage. Of course it is a fine line with the promotion as nobody wants to be constantly spammed with repetitive information so I am bearing that in mind all the time too when posting any content or links up on the Facebook page.

That's it from me for now so I hope you're all doing well and that 2014 has been good to you so far!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 10/01/2014

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 10/01/2014

A very Happy New Year to everyone and hopefully 2014 brings you health and good fortune!

After a busy few weeks since getting the business up and running last November it was nice to enjoy a short break over the holiday period which allowed me to recharge the batteries and have a think about new ideas of how to go forward with Monarch Music & Media.

The first job was to create a bright new colour scheme for the website reflecting the new year, new beginnings theme. As always your feedback as to the general look of the site is more than welcome.

Another thing that came to mind when thinking about site content was that I realised that although having plenty on the website highlighting and showcasing my DJing history, experience, mixes and productions etc there weren't actually any DJ-related equipment and items for sale! So I decided to make it the first priority of 2014 to remedy that by adding a complete DJ section to the Storefront menu.

In the DJ section of the Storefront you will find pages with the following sub-categories :-

PA Systems

Lighting

Mixers

Turntables

Cartridges

Controllers

Headphones

Microphones

All pages contain both links to products on sale via our trusted partners Amazon and live eBay feeds so feel free to have a browse through and if there are any categories or items you wish to see added just let me know as I am always happy to extend and improve site content.

That's all for now so thanks for reading and have a good weekend!

DJM

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 31/12/2013

Monarch Music & Media

Site Update 31/12/2013

Welcome to the final update of 2013, a year which for myself started out very quietly but became really busy in the final couple of months due to the launch of the Monarch Music & Media venture!

Personally it has been a real roller coaster of a year, losing several good friends way before their time has been difficult and indeed forces one to rethink their outlook on life in many ways, perhaps persuading us in some cases to take more chances and opportunities if and when they come our way. On the positive side I have been very much impressed with the coverage the website has enjoyed in its first 6 weeks or so, having only a minimal budget for advertising and marketing available it was always a concern but social media such as Facebook and Twitter seemed to have worked well.

The Facebook advertising in particular has proved to be the highlight of the last couple of weeks, reaching more new visitors than ever before and across several countries, this had started off rather slowly but now seems to be gathering momentum nicely. Also the Amazon aStore pages have been showing an increased interest of late, I guess not too surprising with it being the holiday period but still nice to see.

Looking ahead to the New Year I hope to further improve the range and choice of music and media items for sale on the website and hopefully if time permits I would like to add more content to the DJing side of Monarch Music & Media with maybe some more mixes and/or production products added to Mixcloud and SoundCloud respectively...

It just now remains for me to wish you all a Happy New Year and a healthy and prosperous 2014, if you're out partying have a great night!

DJM

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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special 23.11.2013

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special 23.11.2013

The Day of the Doctor

One of the most anticipated TV programs of the year if not the decade that is sure to have audiences in the United Kingdom and around the world glued to their screens!

The writing and production team are tributing the program to their legions of dedicated fans worldwide and there will be a simultaenous broadcast in several countries, some cinemas will even be showing it in 3D.

Naturally with all the hype lots of rumours have been thrown up as to the storyline and in particular the ending but all will be revealed at 7.50pm GMT on Saturday 23rd November 2013.

Tenth doctor David Tennant and his then assistant Rose played by Billie Piper will appear in the special along with John Hurt as the "War Doctor", a previously unknown past incarnation of the Doctor who appeared at the end of the Series 7 finale "The Name of the Doctor".

For fans of the monsters and villains the Daleks are set to feature along with the shape-shifting Zygons, who haven't appeared in the program since 1975.

Check out the Monarch Music & Media Doctor Who Amazon aStores for all your Doctor Who merchandise :-

Monarch Music & Media Doctor Who aStore UK

Monarch Music & Media Doctor Who aStore Canada

Monarch Music & Media Doctor Who aStore USA

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Monarch Music & Media - Site Update 22/11/2013

With the site just a few days old I have to first thank everyone for their support and interest as the response on Facebook in particular has been fantastic!

I would also like to thank several people for giving me some general feedback, reporting any errors or broken links etc and as a result I have been doing a few minor alterations and adding some content in between some site promotion via various search engines and publishing websites.

The main changes in the last couple of days are that I have now added 4 Amazon aStores each for the UK, Canada and the USA, making it easier for our visitors to go directly to their own local version of Amazon rather than have to go to the default UK version then have to log out and back in again if you're not in the UK. I've also tidied up the CD Home section of the Storefront as I felt there were rather a few too many genre categories in the drop down menu so have moved some of the content and condensed it a little so that the navigation looks better.

As always thank you for your continued support and any feedback is appreciated, either by posting on the website forum or contacting me at Facebook or Twitter.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Neil

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DJ Monarch Launches A New Music And Media Website

DJ Monarch now has a web presence after launching Monarch Music & Media where you can find home page links to a selection of his online mixes at Mixcloud and some of his music production ventures at SoundCloud. There is also a two-part DJ biography and the facility to hire his DJ services for your bar or club night, family get together, house party etc.

Vinyl is still very much the order of the day for DJ Monarch who plays an eclectic range of dance music styles including oldskool, drum & bass, techno, house, trance, hip hop, soul, trip hop and downtempo. His mixes tend to focus either on particular genres or specific years as this has proved to have gone down well with listeners who appreciate the variety, both in the early days
playing out and about in the bars and clubs and then more recently via internet radio.

The idea for starting a music and media website stemmed from a combination of the DJ's previous experience within the financial accounting industry which he worked in for many years learning much about good business practice along the way while the musical experience goes back to the late 1990s when a good friend and fellow DJ handed him a lucky local break with a regular warm up set at a local Northwich wine bar of a Friday night playing oldskool house which ended up running for 18 months. From there DJ Monarch went on to internet radio where his Monday night show on Ineffect Radio lasted for 7 years, the longest running show on that station.

Further opportunities to DJ outside the local area were provided during the time at Ineffect Radio, one memorable occasion being the party event put on by the station and held at The Venue in Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire. DJ Monarch's 90 minute set actually became a 3 hour set after one of the other DJs could not attend the event and it was a memorable evening with a great line up including DJ Hixxy who as usual was spinning some happy hardcore. DJ Monarch got his first overseas gig in 2006 when invited to a birthday party event for a girlfriend of one of the Ineffect Radio DJs, this was held in Zurich, Switzerland and once again a great time was had by all.

At the Monarch Music & Media store you'll also find new and used Vinyl Records, CDs, MP3s, TV & Film DVDs, PC & Video Games and other forms of electronic media which are available either directly from the website using PayPal's Buy Now buttons or via links to larger stores such as Amazon and iTunes who offer the customer a huge range of both choice and value.

Visitor interaction is very much encouraged on the website where there is a Guestbook, Guest Map, Forum, Live Chat Room and Blog, the aim being to build a friendly community spirit and a feeling of unity similar to that you find at the better live music events!

In order to aid the future growth and reputation of the website a reciprocal linking scheme is in place whereby other businesses, social network page owners and bloggers can register their interest and then submit their company logos, ad banners and page links etc.

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