Blake Morgan
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Blake Morgan is an American musician
, singer-songwriter
, music producer, and record label
owner based in New York City
. After releasing the alternative rock
solo album Anger's Candy (1997) on Phil Ramone
's N2K Sony
/Red
label, he began producing music independently and founded the label Engine Company Records
in 2002. He helps produce all music released by the label, which has included artists such as James McCartney
, Janita
, Tyler Bates
, Mike Errico
, Patti Rothberg
, and Terry Manning
. His albums Burning Daylight (2005) and Silencer
(2006) were positively received.
. He is the son of American feminist activist and writer Robin Morgan
and playwright Kenneth Pitchford
. He began playing the piano and going to music school at at five, with the aim of becoming a professional pianist. At age six his interest switched from classical composers such as Mozart and Bartok to The Beatles
, after his mother introduced him to Meet The Beatles.
Morgan's first gig was at CBGB
's in New York
, when older students from his school recruited him to play keyboards in their band. Since he was legally too young for the venue, they used his then short stature to smuggle himself inside the club in a bass drum
case. As the show began, Morgan came out of the case to jump on stage and play the synths.
. He has stated he has been influenced by musicians such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin
, Nirvana
, Soundgarden
, Radiohead
, Bjork
, Jeff Buckley
, Death Cab, Neil Finn
, Peter Gabriel
, and The Police
. In 1996 he released the EP Sneakers.
's N2K Sony/Red label in 1997, and released the solo album Anger's Candy later that year. The ten tracks included Lenny Kravitz
performing backup vocals on "Why Don't You See." The track "To Say It's Your Love" was co-written by Nandi Johannes. All other tracks were written and produced by Morgan, and he performed vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, and organ. He toured the United States
in support of the album for over a year, sharing stages with musicians such as Joan Jett
.
Morgan has stated he quickly became frustrated with being on a corporate label. After the tour was completed he found a loophole in the contract, and despite being the label's most successful artist at the time, he told Ramone he wanted out of the deal.
pitches from labels akin to N2K, led Morgan considering his own independent label. He went to bands and artists he was recording at the time, and pitched a label where they would have control over their own material and output.
He launched Engine Company Records
in New York City
in 2002, and remains President and owner. The associated publishing company is called Big Red Firetruck Music. Similar to Rick Rubin
's relationship with American Recordings
, Morgan produces the music for the label. Genres have ranged from emo
/punk
, to alternative rock
, to classical
. He has recorded in locations such as The Hit Factory
in New York and Compass Point Studios
in the Bahamas.
Among artists and producers that have worked with the label are James McCartney
, Lesley Gore
, Janita
, Tyler Bates
, Mike Errico
, Patti Rothberg
, Terry Manning
, and Azam Ali
. In summer of 2005 the label landed five albums in the Top 20 simultaneously, including Lesley Gore
's Ever Since and Rick Henrickson's Reaching For A Gun. In June 2008, the label released 20th Century Duos for Violin and Cello with works by Zoltan Kodaly
, Roger Sessions
and Maurice Ravel
, which received a glowing review for performance and engineering in The New York Times
.
-winner Phil Nicolo, it reached #1 on eMusic
's album charts, holding the number spot for both album, single ("Danger to Wake You"), and artist at the same time. The bonus track of his cover of Paul McCartney
's "Maybe I'm Amazed
" became the most successful track in the history of the label, and climbed high on iTunes
charts.
The album received a positive review and 4/5 stars on Allmusic. The Washington Post
wrote "He’s got killer pop-rock instincts . . . a natural when it comes to fashioning sharp melodies and catchy choruses."
In 2006 his song "It's Gone," performed by Lesley Gore
, was featured in the final scene and closing credits of the independent film Flannel Pajamas, by Jeff Lipsky
. The film, which was lauded by Roger Ebert
, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival
. On March 18, 2009, the track "Better Angels" from the album was featured in MTV
's The Real World: Brooklyn
. The Lesley Gore version of "Better Angels" was also featured in the 2005 season premiere of CSI: Miami
.
It features Morgan on vocals and piano performing acoustic versions of both new and older material, dating back to 1996. A cover of "No Surprises
" by Radiohead
was also released as a digital bonus track. The album again received a positive review on AllMusic, which gave it a 3/5 stars and said "These are darkly heartfelt, enigmatic and melodic songs that often bring to mind a mix of the yearning, expansive rock of the Smashing Pumpkins and the soulful AM pop of Todd Rundgren
. Meditative and sanguine, these are afterglow torch songs for the alt rock set."
As of 2009, he continues to produce and work on original material for upcoming albums. He is sponsored by Gibson Guitars.
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, music producer, and record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
owner based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. After releasing the alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
solo album Anger's Candy (1997) on Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone
Phil Ramone is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten...
's N2K Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
/Red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
label, he began producing music independently and founded the label Engine Company Records
Engine Company Records
Engine Company Records is a nationally and internationally distributed record label based in New York City, founded by recording artist and producer Blake Morgan.- History :...
in 2002. He helps produce all music released by the label, which has included artists such as James McCartney
James McCartney
James Louis McCartney is a British musician and songwriter living in London. He is the only son of songwriter and former Beatle Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney...
, Janita
Janita
Janita Maria Ervi , better known by her stage name Janita, is a Finnish soul, alternative rock, and R&B singer–songwriter. Born in Helsinki, she started her career in Finland and later moved to Brooklyn at the age of 17...
, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates is a music producer and composer for films. His most known work includes "The Hangman's Song" and various other tracks from the zombie horror film Dawn of the Dead, and 2008's Day of the Dead...
, Mike Errico
Mike Errico
Mike Errico is an American singer-songwriter, composer, producer and music supervisor whose acclaimed releases include Wander Away, Songs from Lift, Pictures of the Big Vacation, Tonight I Drink You All, Skimming and All In.-Bio:...
, Patti Rothberg
Patti Rothberg
Patti Rothberg is a New York-based singer, songwriter, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and painter/artist.Born in New York City Rothberg grew up in Scarsdale, NY, playing piano from the age of 3 and writing songs by the age of 15, joining a high school Rod Stewart cover band.Rothberg...
, and Terry Manning
Terry Manning
Terry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....
. His albums Burning Daylight (2005) and Silencer
Silencer (Blake Morgan album)
Silencer is a 2006 acoustic album by American singer-songwriter Blake Morgan. It features Morgan on vocals and piano performing acoustic versions of both new and older material, dating back to 1996...
(2006) were positively received.
Early life
Blake Morgan was born and raised in ManhattanManhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. He is the son of American feminist activist and writer Robin Morgan
Robin Morgan
Robin Morgan is a former child actor turned American radical feminist activist, writer, poet, and editor of Sisterhood is Powerful and Ms. Magazine....
and playwright Kenneth Pitchford
Kenneth Pitchford
Kenneth Pitchford is an American writer, poet and novelist.Pitchford was a founding member of the male feminist Effeminist Movement and a self-described gay husband of radical feminist Robin Morgan....
. He began playing the piano and going to music school at at five, with the aim of becoming a professional pianist. At age six his interest switched from classical composers such as Mozart and Bartok to The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, after his mother introduced him to Meet The Beatles.
Morgan's first gig was at CBGB
CBGB
CBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands like Ramones, Misfits, Television, the...
's in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, when older students from his school recruited him to play keyboards in their band. Since he was legally too young for the venue, they used his then short stature to smuggle himself inside the club in a bass drum
Bass drum
Bass drums are percussion instruments that can vary in size and are used in several musical genres. Three major types of bass drums can be distinguished. The type usually seen or heard in orchestral, ensemble or concert band music is the orchestral, or concert bass drum . It is the largest drum of...
case. As the show began, Morgan came out of the case to jump on stage and play the synths.
Music career
After college he began to play in various band formations and began pursuing music full time, chiefly alternative rockAlternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
. He has stated he has been influenced by musicians such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
, Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
, Soundgarden
Soundgarden
Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984 by singer Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto...
, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
, Bjork
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
, Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
, Death Cab, Neil Finn
Neil Finn
Neil Mullane Finn, OBE is a New Zealand Pop recording artist. Along with his brother Tim Finn, he was the co-frontman for Split Enz and is now frontman for Crowded House...
, Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
, and The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
. In 1996 he released the EP Sneakers.
Anger's Candy (1997)
He signed a seven-record deal with Phil RamonePhil Ramone
Phil Ramone is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten...
's N2K Sony/Red label in 1997, and released the solo album Anger's Candy later that year. The ten tracks included Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...
performing backup vocals on "Why Don't You See." The track "To Say It's Your Love" was co-written by Nandi Johannes. All other tracks were written and produced by Morgan, and he performed vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, and organ. He toured the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in support of the album for over a year, sharing stages with musicians such as Joan Jett
Joan Jett
Joan Jett is an American rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer and actress.She is best known for her work with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts including their hit cover "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", which was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 from March 20 to May 1, 1982, as well as for their other popular...
.
Morgan has stated he quickly became frustrated with being on a corporate label. After the tour was completed he found a loophole in the contract, and despite being the label's most successful artist at the time, he told Ramone he wanted out of the deal.
Engine Company Records
While producing Anger's Candy, he had started helping other local artists and bands produce projects on the side. These on-going projects, as well as frustration with A&RA&R
Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...
pitches from labels akin to N2K, led Morgan considering his own independent label. He went to bands and artists he was recording at the time, and pitched a label where they would have control over their own material and output.
He launched Engine Company Records
Engine Company Records
Engine Company Records is a nationally and internationally distributed record label based in New York City, founded by recording artist and producer Blake Morgan.- History :...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 2002, and remains President and owner. The associated publishing company is called Big Red Firetruck Music. Similar to Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin was the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings...
's relationship with American Recordings
American Recordings
American Recordings is a Los Angeles-based record label headed by record producer Rick Rubin. Formerly known as Def American Recordings , the label's most successful artists include Slayer, the Black Crowes, Danzig, Trouble, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, and System of a Down.- Company history :The label ...
, Morgan produces the music for the label. Genres have ranged from emo
Emo
Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...
/punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, to alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
, to classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
. He has recorded in locations such as The Hit Factory
The Hit Factory
The Hit Factory was a recording studio in New York City famous for its clientele. It was officially closed for business April 1, 2005 whereas other Hit Factory studio locations remained open, such as in Miami, Florida.-History:...
in New York and Compass Point Studios
Compass Point Studios
Compass Point Studios were founded in 1977 by Chris Blackwell, the owner of Island Records.In the late 1970s and mid-1980s, many musical artists from across the world came to the Bahamas to record music at its facilities. Many producers, including Chris Blackwell himself, used the studio to produce...
in the Bahamas.
Among artists and producers that have worked with the label are James McCartney
James McCartney
James Louis McCartney is a British musician and songwriter living in London. He is the only son of songwriter and former Beatle Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney...
, Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore is an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party", which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of the 1960s.- Biography :Gore was born in New York City, New York. She was raised in...
, Janita
Janita
Janita Maria Ervi , better known by her stage name Janita, is a Finnish soul, alternative rock, and R&B singer–songwriter. Born in Helsinki, she started her career in Finland and later moved to Brooklyn at the age of 17...
, Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates is a music producer and composer for films. His most known work includes "The Hangman's Song" and various other tracks from the zombie horror film Dawn of the Dead, and 2008's Day of the Dead...
, Mike Errico
Mike Errico
Mike Errico is an American singer-songwriter, composer, producer and music supervisor whose acclaimed releases include Wander Away, Songs from Lift, Pictures of the Big Vacation, Tonight I Drink You All, Skimming and All In.-Bio:...
, Patti Rothberg
Patti Rothberg
Patti Rothberg is a New York-based singer, songwriter, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and painter/artist.Born in New York City Rothberg grew up in Scarsdale, NY, playing piano from the age of 3 and writing songs by the age of 15, joining a high school Rod Stewart cover band.Rothberg...
, Terry Manning
Terry Manning
Terry Manning is a music producer, songwriter, photographer and recording engineer known for work in rock, rhythm and blues, and pop music genres....
, and Azam Ali
Azam Ali
-Biography:Born in Tehran, Iran 1970, Ali spent most of her childhood in Panchgani, India. Ali and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California in 1985, after which Ali discovered the santour...
. In summer of 2005 the label landed five albums in the Top 20 simultaneously, including Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore is an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party", which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of the 1960s.- Biography :Gore was born in New York City, New York. She was raised in...
's Ever Since and Rick Henrickson's Reaching For A Gun. In June 2008, the label released 20th Century Duos for Violin and Cello with works by Zoltan Kodaly
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method.-Life:Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child....
, Roger Sessions
Roger Sessions
Roger Huntington Sessions was an American composer, critic, and teacher of music.-Life:Sessions was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a family that could trace its roots back to the American revolution. His mother, Ruth Huntington Sessions, was a direct descendent of Samuel Huntington, a signer of...
and Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
, which received a glowing review for performance and engineering in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
.
Burning Daylight (2005)
His next solo album, Burning Daylight, was released on Engine Company Records on July 12, 2005. Produced by Grammy AwardGrammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
-winner Phil Nicolo, it reached #1 on eMusic
EMusic
eMusic is an online music and audiobook store that operates by subscription. It is headquartered in New York City with an office in London and owned by Dimensional Associates. As of September 2008 eMusic has over 400,000 subscribers....
's album charts, holding the number spot for both album, single ("Danger to Wake You"), and artist at the same time. The bonus track of his cover of Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
's "Maybe I'm Amazed
Maybe I'm Amazed
"Maybe I'm Amazed" is a song written by Paul McCartney that was first released on his McCartney album on 17 April 1970. The studio version from the album has never been released as a single. McCartney dedicated the song to his wife, Linda, who had helped him get through the break-up of The Beatles...
" became the most successful track in the history of the label, and climbed high on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
charts.
The album received a positive review and 4/5 stars on Allmusic. The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
wrote "He’s got killer pop-rock instincts . . . a natural when it comes to fashioning sharp melodies and catchy choruses."
In 2006 his song "It's Gone," performed by Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore
Lesley Gore is an American singer. She is perhaps best known for her 1963 pop hit "It's My Party", which she recorded at the age of 16. Following the hit, she became one of the most recognized teen pop singers of the 1960s.- Biography :Gore was born in New York City, New York. She was raised in...
, was featured in the final scene and closing credits of the independent film Flannel Pajamas, by Jeff Lipsky
Jeff Lipsky
Jeff Lipsky is an American photographer specializing in celebrity and lifestyle photography. Lipsky has photographed many well-known actors and actresses for high-profile magazines, including Ellen Page for the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Mark Wahlberg for Men’s Journal, Dustin Hoffman for AARP...
. The film, which was lauded by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert is an American film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.Ebert is known for his film review column and for the television programs Sneak Previews, At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, and Siskel and Ebert and The...
, was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival
2006 Sundance Film Festival
The 2006 Sundance Film Festival was held from 19 January to 29 January 2006. It was held in Park City, Utah with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah; Ogden, Utah; and the Sundance Resort. It was the 22nd iteration of the Sundance Film Festival, and the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the...
. On March 18, 2009, the track "Better Angels" from the album was featured in MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's The Real World: Brooklyn
The Real World: Brooklyn
The Real World: Brooklyn is the twenty-first season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras document their lives and interpersonal relationships...
. The Lesley Gore version of "Better Angels" was also featured in the 2005 season premiere of CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
.
Silencer (2006)
On October 25, 2006, he released the album SilencerSilencer (Blake Morgan album)
Silencer is a 2006 acoustic album by American singer-songwriter Blake Morgan. It features Morgan on vocals and piano performing acoustic versions of both new and older material, dating back to 1996...
It features Morgan on vocals and piano performing acoustic versions of both new and older material, dating back to 1996. A cover of "No Surprises
No Surprises
"No Surprises" is a song by the English rock band Radiohead. It was released as the third and final single from the group's 1997 album OK Computer. It was accompanied by a music video that featured a single shot of singer Thom Yorke's head in a plastic bubble filling with water. The single peaked...
" by Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
was also released as a digital bonus track. The album again received a positive review on AllMusic, which gave it a 3/5 stars and said "These are darkly heartfelt, enigmatic and melodic songs that often bring to mind a mix of the yearning, expansive rock of the Smashing Pumpkins and the soulful AM pop of Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren
Todd Harry Rundgren is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and record producer. Hailed in the early stage of his career as a new pop-wunderkind, supported by the certified gold solo double LP Something/Anything? in 1972, Todd Rundgren's career has produced a diverse range of recordings...
. Meditative and sanguine, these are afterglow torch songs for the alt rock set."
As of 2009, he continues to produce and work on original material for upcoming albums. He is sponsored by Gibson Guitars.
Discography
- Sneakers EP (1996)
- Anger's Candy (1997)
- Burning Daylight (2005)
- SilencerSilencer (Blake Morgan album)Silencer is a 2006 acoustic album by American singer-songwriter Blake Morgan. It features Morgan on vocals and piano performing acoustic versions of both new and older material, dating back to 1996...
(2006)
External links
- [ Blake Morgan] at AllMusic