by Enormous on June 3, 2011
A whole box of jazz stuff arrived today and I have no idea what it’s for. I say jazz stuff, but I don’t really know, it’s all clip on microphones and stuff like that, stuff that jazz musicians use. You know the sort of thing. Probably another one of Ashley Morgan’s record label sponsorship deals that means I’m going to go and have to put another little sticker on my amp.
I’ll telephone Ashley to see if he has any idea about the delivery. If he doesn’t come round and help me before 4.00pm I’ll stick it all on eBay.
Don’t worry. I’m joking, I’m joking…
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by Enormous on June 2, 2011
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by Enormous on March 2, 2011
Ashley Morgan’s new record label, E&R Records, is something of a music industry anomaly. At a time when every the major labels are falling over themselves to go digital Ashley Morgan’s new record label is taking things back to the old school with good old fashioned analogue vinyl and, shock horror, cassette!
All of these Ashley Morgan recordings will be distributed through independent record shops. No digital downloads, free or paid.
No, I don’t know what he’s up to either. Personally I reckon it’s crazy. But he tells me that digital music is a waste of time and that analogue is the only way forward. I told them that it might work for jazz (I would imagine that jazz musicians and jazz fans were Ashley Morgan’s target audience when he put this new shindig together) but not for the kind of indie pop that Enormous push.
I remain confused and dazed but hopeful that Ashley Morgan’s new record label is heading in the right direction here. Otherwise we are all doomed.
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by Enormous on January 3, 2011
Ashley Morgan, jazz musician and Enormous trumpet player, has told me and the rest of the band, including a very confused looking Audrey, that he plans to go fully analogue in the next 12 months.
Quite what he means I really can’t imagine.
He says he’s going to only record his own music using analogue equipment, keeping the path from recording to release completely analogue. That means recording on tape, mixing and mastering on tape, and releasing on vinyl.
I suppose that jazz is a good candidate for analogue but I honestly can’t say that I think the pros outweigh the cons on this one. We shall have to wait and see. The end product will be interesting and, according to Ashley Morgan, have more humanity than anything digital every could (and I agree with him on that point, salient as it is), but the costs will be huge.
Time to go shopping for a new tape machine.
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by Enormous on August 27, 2010
Davy Lawrence. Urbane, witty frontman, and writer of songs so catchy you can see them from space.
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