Morgan Finlay

Morgan Finlay (* in North Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian singer- songwriter from North Vancouver, which at times has also lived in Toronto. He has already released in Europe and Canada, six boards, including the EPs Uppercut (2002) and Splice (2005) and the albums Everything Will Work Out Right ( 2005), Shifting Through The Breakers (2007) and Latitude (2012 ). His latest album Fault Lines was released in October 2013.

• 5.1 EPs
• 5.2 albums

Biography

Morgan Finlay is originally from North Vancouver, British Columbia and enters by its own account since the age of five on. From 1984 to 1987 he participated in the Kiwanis Music Festival part in Vancouver. In 1986 he sang in The Magic Flute, performed by the Vancouver Opera, and the Canadian premiere of Requiem by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The following year he sang again for the Vancouver Opera, this time in the play The Cunning Little Vixen. In 1992, his a cappella group The End the Canadian Youth Talend Search, and represented Canada at the international final in Memphis, Tennessee, where they reached the seventh place. With him in the band The End sang Trevor Guthrie, the future member of soul decision. The competition is known that they appointed the following year Michael Bublé a winner.

Musical Style

The majority of Finlay's music is in the singer-songwriter style, with occasional hints of indie, alternative rock, grunge and folk. As musical influences he called Dave Matthews, Mark Knopfler of the band Dire Straits, Faith No More, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Bruce Cockburn, Coldplay, Daniel Lanois and Dean Drouillard.

Career

Beginnings of Career

Early in his professional music career took Finlay from Vancouver to Montreal, hoping to make as a solo artist career. He soon realized that " Toronto is the place where everything starts, " and moved about 2002 to again. While he was in Toronto, he met the Canadian producer Matt DeMatteo, who then to decided to work on Finlay's debut EP. DeMatteo, who had previously collaborated with Edwin, Big Wreck and Ashley MacIsaac, Peter Murray represented to him, who later became his bassist.

Uppercut (2002)

Finlay released his first solo EP uppercut in 2002. EP with six pieces was released on his own record label, Brisco Bodai Productions, and included a range of musical styles including rock, acoustic and radio. The single EP zensong was played between 2003 and 2004 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and in numerous university and Internet radio stations, and in 2004 reached the # 2 Australian Independent Radio Charts. " Zensong " also reached # 22 of CFBX Kelowna Top 30

The EP made ​​its breakthrough in the local indie scene of Toronto is, and in January 2003 he began amplified in Unicampusbezirk in Ontario to tour. On his first tour, he played at about twenty different campus in Toronto, Ottawa, London, Waterloo, Windsor and Montreal. He also played in front of Tom Cochrane and Sass Jordan at Windsor Freedom Festival on Canada Day on July 1, 2003.

Splice (2004)

Finlay's second EP, splice had published more acoustic Guitarrensound as his first EP and was founded in 2004. At the time Finlay was already established in Toronto in the scene. He was admitted in April 2004 with the Daryl Hur ' gene Sub compilation.

Everything Will Work Out Right ( 2005)

In 2005, while he lived in both Toronto and in Aschaffenburg, Finlay published his first album in full length Everything Will Work Out Right. The album was released internationally on both the record label Brisco Bodai as well as on Sound of Liberation.

The tour for this album then took him through Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Slovenia, Croatia and Scotland. Under German management and with the help of promoters across Europe he scored three European tours. During his second tour in Germany he played in December 2005 in Heilbronn opening for Roger Hodgson. Songs from the album were also played in Canada, Australia and Germany on the radio and ended up with some Canadian university radio stations in the charts.

Shifting Through the Breakers (2007)

His second, in 2007 released album, Shifting Through The Breakers then brought him from acoustic style of Everything Will Work Out Right back to a contemporary rock sound. It was recorded in Studio Moosburg by Christopher Czarnetzki, Thomas Scharl, and Roman Liebl in the Smart Arts; Peter Murray produced the album, and once again took on the role of the bass player. It contained the fan favorites " ( in ) Security" and " Blessing and Burning, " as well as his first foreign language singles " With you being" and " Mourir d' envie. '" At the end of his fifth European Tour, in January 2009 Finlay had completed almost 400 appearances in Germany, Austria, England, Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia and the Netherlands. Lived for some time and he also wrote in Berlin and Bern.

Latitude (2012)

Finlay returned to Vancouver in 2009 back to start working for Latitude. After the songs were written, fans had the opportunity to vote which songs should appear on the album, with the final order of the title has been set. Both the release of the album and the subsequent European tour was funded by a successful Indiegogo campaign.

Fault Lines (2013 )

After he finished his seventh European tour, he decided abruptly to pull to Ireland, there to work on his next album. After another successful crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo and the repeated involvement of fans in the selection of songs, Fault Lines was released in October 2013. In return for financing Finlay offered, among other merchandise, guitar lessons, living room concerts and songs, which were written exclusively for the respective fans. There was again a tour that brought Finlay across Europe. The style of Fault Lines can be best described as a mix between his typical acoustic folk style and a little Country.

Personal

Finlay is a supporter of the David Suzuki Foundation and the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition.

Discography

EPs

• 2002: Uppercut
• 2005: Splice

Albums

• 2005: Everything Will Work Out Right
• 2007: Shifting Through the Breakers
• 2012: Latitude
• 2013: Fault Lines