Greg Moran

Recorded songs

I have been writing songs on and off all my life but got back into it in a big way a few years ago, which is when I put a lot of songs on YouTube. I just thought that it was a waste if nobody ever heard them. My songs tend to be melodic and, although I am a big rock music fan, my songs tend more towards Todd Rundgren and Hall & Oates than Def Leppard and Black Sabbath. I am an average guitar player so I often supplement my lack of musicianship with the additional use of Trio for drum and bass, and Band in a Box for full band arrangements.

Profile

• Musician
• Song Writer

Instruments

• Guitar

Genres

• Rock
• Pop
• Blues
• Indie
• Folk
• Jazz
• Folk
• Jazz
• Pop

Influences

• Eg White
• Hall & Oates
• David Bowie
• Bruce Springsteen
• Elvis Costello
• Sting

Equipment

• Gretsch Guitars
• Takamine Guitar

Languages

• English

What is music to you? What does it give you?

escape

What is your music dream?

hearing my songs sung on the radio and performed live by a well known band. when I was younger I wanted to be the lead guitarist in that band but I will settle for the songs

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

make everybody rich

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

concrete and clay by the searchers

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

Man, Todd Rundgren, Hall & Oates, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, David Bowie, Steely Dan,Doobie Brothers, Michael Macdonald, Yes, Santana, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, BB King, ZZ Top, Allman Brothers, the beach boys, earth wind and fire, Marvin gaye, Rachmaninov, Tom Waites, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, EG White, XTC, Glenn Phillips, Alex Harvey, Chicago, Genesis with Peter Gabriel,

What inspires you to make music?

emotional responses to life

What is the message you want to send with your music?

we all have similar experiences and we can all empathise and help each other in the bad times and the good

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

i have never performed in front of an audience but at a guess I would say it would be a mixture of excitement, awe and absolute terror

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

it should be a state supported employment option

What do you think of Drooble?

it seems okay so far. very encouraging

What frustrates you most as a musician?

not being good enough

Do you support your local scene as a fan? How?

I went to the Y Not festival the last two years and really loved being exposed to new live music for the first time in 25 years. I even tracked down one of the bands and went to see them locally

What qualities should a musician nowadays have in order to get their music heard by a larger audience?

they need to be very canny about how to gain exposure in a digital world

Share some awesome artists that we’ve never heard of.

Murmur, Banfy, EG White, Paytron Saint, Man, the engineers, glen phillips, Magazine, Stars, Eyre Llew, Todd Rundgren,

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