Paul Varga

The end of an Enormous music ride

by Enormous on November 1, 2011

Enormous is over. The music has stopped. The musicians involved have all gone back to their own projects leaving this website with one last purpose. To bid everyone a fond farewell and channel this website’s ample amount of readers into the arms of the musicians who made Enormous what it is and who now continue on their own musical journeys. Amazing as it may sound, this website still gets over 1,200 visitors every day without fail, most of whom are looking for one thing and one thing only.

Music.

Music, music and more music.

So, in no particular order…

Paul Varga. Paul Varga continues to work as one half of the Enormous Horns, the horn section that Enormous helped to launch, and is also available as a freelance saxophonist, transcriber and arranger. Paul also continue to work on a number of music projects with Ashley Morgan.

Travis Peters. Enormous crashed just a few months after diminutive pianist and organ handler Travis joined our then merry band of musicians. He’d hardly had time to set up his organ when the band came crashing down around his ears. Travis jumped ship and found a new home with Wwolves. The band, not the football team.

Graham Boffey. Still drumming in the corner where he can be heard for miles and miles.

Ashley Morgan. Enormous was never Ashley Morgan’s first love, musical or otherwise. Ashley Morgan’s own music always came first and that is probably how it will always be. Some people just aren’t cut out to be in other people’s bands because they can only hear their own music. Ashley Morgan is one of those people. Follow Ashley Morgan’s music career at ashleymorgan.com.

Mike Ridley-Dash. “I told you we should have hired the other guy”. Those were Ashley’s last words regarding Mr. Ridley-Dash and it’s safe to say that there was no love lost between the two of them. Musically and professionally they disagreed. And that’s an understatement. Mike continues to play and we all wish him well with his future endeavours musical or otherwise.

Davy Lawrence. Unknown. Missing in action. Napoleon Fantastic is dead, long live…?

But what about the music, what about the music?

Never fear, we hear your cry. Did you really think we were going to just flush over 5 studio albums of material down the lavatory? Did you really think we that musically stupid?

The Enormous music, the music of Davy Lawrence, Steve O’Toole, Graham Boffey, David Graham, Paul Varga and Ashley morgan. That music.

It’s coming.

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New jazz stuff!

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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Audrey has become a fan of Enormous and also a fan of my, Paul Varga and Ashley Morgan’s record label Big Arena Records. She will be issued with two fan rosettes sometime later today once we pick them up from the printers. The local press have been informed and have promised to send their top hot-shot photographer to mark the occasion.

Today the Mansfield Chad (the local free rag), tomorrow the world. Because if we can persuade one newspaper to take a photograph of a dog becoming a fan of a band and our record label and get some local interest then who knows what we can blag from the hungry news hounds (no dog pun intended).

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Ashley Morgan’s new record label, E & R Records (or E&R Records, or E and R Records, whichever one sticks) is going to be analogue only and won’t release anything on any kind of digital format (except mini disc which Ashley Morgan appears to have some kind of attachment to that I’ve never understood).

Crikey!

Analogue only. No digital distribution at all.

Has Ashley Morgan lost his marbles or will Ashley Morgan’s latest record label venture, E & R Records (or E&R Records, or E and R Records, you get the picture) work? Will Ashley Morgan’s other record label, Big Arena Records, follow suit?

I don’t know! Ask him not me? Visit Ashley Morgan’s websites and find out for yourself!

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