ABOUT ME
The first thing you'll notice is that I don't play guitar like everyone else - I tap it very fast with my fingertips whilst smashing out drum beats, and my guitar's on my lap.
More importantly tho, I really care about songs and melodies and lyrics and communicating something when I sing. I put everything of myself into my music, and the fact I do mad stuff on guitar is just extra really.
This year I've been recording my debut album, and with an extraordinary team of producers and musicians I think we've achieved my own personal holy grail - pushing the boundaries of the guitar, but using only awesome songs.
Do watch a video if you have 5 minutes, and please say hello - I'd love to hear from you! xWEBTERACT-O-SPECTRUM
HIT ME UP!
Oops well my contact box doesn't seem that happy with my new website! So if you want to contact me just email info at jakemorley dot com - thanks!
Featured Posts
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CHEESE
It had been a difficult few days. I’d sucessfully finished two paintings I’d been working on the night before, picked up Hector the taxidermied badger and found a cheap fishing net. Even more miraculously, the... -
RONNIE SCOTTS – 17th AUGUST
Some things are so regular you can set your clock to them, like for example the speaking clock. Other things, though marginally less precise, are pretty bankably likely events – I’m referring of course to... -
JAKIE LAID THE TRACKS DOWN
Good things come to those who wait apparently. And as I’m never far from a pint of Guinness I’m in no ethical position to disagree. Many thanks to those of you who have waited a...
Recent Posts
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Ronnie’s set CANCELLED due to Eric Clapton gig
Posted on May 17, 2010 | 1 CommentHad a real pickle this weekend – I won a competition to support Eric Clapton in Birmingham tomorrow night, which clashes with my monthly Ronnie Scott’s residency. Plenty of you had planned to come along tomorrow, and I was really hesitant about cancelling, plus it’s... -
AWESOME MASTER
Posted on May 12, 2010 | 4 CommentsThe album has now been mastered, and the force is definitely strong in this one. Co-producer Phill Brown (who has worked on classic albums before) rates it as a classic album, the whole team are over the moon and we’ve already had calls from record... -
TRIUMPH
Posted on April 20, 2010 | No CommentsWe came, we laid the smack down, we rode off into the sunset. So thrilled with the result of last week’s album mix sessions. Phill Brown absolutely nailed it behind the desk! Massive thanks also to Calum MacColl for working his arrangement / edit magic... -
RE-MIX
Posted on April 6, 2010 | No CommentsRe-e-e-e-e-wind! So my last attempt at mixing the album didn’t exactly work out Basically the music was so good (or so terrible) that the big desk in the studio kept crashing and overheating and going all Marvin on me. SO! we carried out all manner... -
X X FACTOR
Posted on March 25, 2010 | 2 CommentsReally fun night last night – me and John opened the show for Diana Vickers, an ex x factor finalist. Luckily they didn’t force us to sing 1 min 30sec versions of old pop songs and tell me my dress isn’t very flattering. Any Diana... -
DEBUT ALBUM!
Posted on March 23, 2010 | 3 CommentsI’m working on my first full-length album at the moment. Several people who have been through this process have likened it to having a good poo… I think it’s more similar to ketchup in a glass bottle – hard to get going, then everything comes... -
FEATURED VIDEO: PONDERING ON A SCENARIO…
Posted on March 22, 2010 | 1 CommentCheck out this video filmed in the illustrious setting of a garden shed… -
GREAT SCOTT!
Posted on March 15, 2010 | 5 CommentsThis year I’ll start be doing a monthly residency at London’s Ronnie Scott’s Club. Most people know it as the home of jazz music in the UK, but it actually puts on a wide variety of music, including these nights run by the wonderful Vaz... -
LIVE DATES
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsThe band and I, or Jake Morley And The Replaceables as I’m pretending to call us to annoy John and Harry, eased back into live performance with a few consecutive dates last week. The always-wonderful TABARNAK totally acoustic night, Shuga Buddha‘s night at Balham’s fine... -
WHAT A MESS
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsBooooo! we tried to mix the album, but the studio we’d hired kept having technical problems – crashing desks, computers, ProTools…. you name it. Eventually we had to cancel the sessions! Rather disappointing… The plan now is to start mixing all over again from the...