Listen "TN:38 Ezra Collective"
Episode Synopsis
This week John is joined by Ezra Collective’s Femi, TJ and James to talk about how they wrote and recorded their debut album You Can’t Steal My Joy.
Hot off the heels winning 'Jazz Album of the Year' at the World Wide Awards, the boys reflect upon how the album took shape, from the early rehearsals in a dodgy studio in Croatia to spending two days on a boat recording the whole thing. The boys play us previously unheard demos capturing the moments lightning struck, from a very rough voice memo to a more elaborate Garage Band creation knocked together on the top deck of a bus.
Listen to find out how the band learns songs from street beat boxing, the challenge of writing an album for the ‘shuffle generation’, and which seat on the bus James sits in when writing on Garage Band.
Tracks discussed: You Can't Steal My Joy, Quest For Coin, Why You Mad?
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'You Can't Steal My Joy' - Enter The Jungle Records
Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective
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Garageband
Logic Pro
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Hot off the heels winning 'Jazz Album of the Year' at the World Wide Awards, the boys reflect upon how the album took shape, from the early rehearsals in a dodgy studio in Croatia to spending two days on a boat recording the whole thing. The boys play us previously unheard demos capturing the moments lightning struck, from a very rough voice memo to a more elaborate Garage Band creation knocked together on the top deck of a bus.
Listen to find out how the band learns songs from street beat boxing, the challenge of writing an album for the ‘shuffle generation’, and which seat on the bus James sits in when writing on Garage Band.
Tracks discussed: You Can't Steal My Joy, Quest For Coin, Why You Mad?
LINKS TO EVERYTHING TAPE NOTES
https://linktr.ee/tapenotes
Listen to 'You Can't Steal My Joy' here.
'You Can't Steal My Joy' - Enter The Jungle Records
Intro Music - Sunshine Buddy, Laurel Collective
GEAR MENTIONS
Garageband
Logic Pro
OUR GEAR
https://linktr.ee/tapenotes_ourgear
HELP SUPPORT THE SHOW
If you'd like to help support the show you can donate as little or as much as you'd like here, (we really appreciate your contributions):
Donate
Follow us on Social Media to keep up to date with the latest episodes and submit questions:
Visit our website to join our mailing list: www.tapenotes.co.uk
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