JAKE MORLEY OPENS UP ABOUT HIS NEW SINGLE “GHOSTESS”

Jake Morley is a very busy man. He is always busy touring, recording, performing, releasing music, connecting with fans, sharing songs, playing guitar, performing even more and he just keeps on going! I have always wondered why musicians have the need to do what they do and suffer so much for their creation… I mean, isn’t it more comfortable to sit on a warm sofa with a cup of tea on a weeknight instead of (a long list coming up): carrying the gear around, setting it all up, doing a soundcheck (IF you’re lucky, usually those never go as planned. Oh, and the sound and the levels are NEVER the same during the soundcheck and the actual show, so why even bother sound checking in the first place?), hanging out for hours and hours in the “vip” area (which usually looks like a mouldy shed) whilst other acts make some noise on stage before you. The list doesn’t end there. Then they get to perform to 10 people for about 30-45 minutes, then they have to take the gear off-stage, hide it somewhere, so people don’t steal it, take it, ruin it, use it without your consent, somehow manage to get home with all the gear intact, go to sleep aaand repeat all over again…
Sounds a bit mad, doesn’t it? So how deep is the connection between the song and its performer for them to go through all that just to sing it? Where does the need to perform no-matter-what even comes from? What actually happens when the song is born and what kind of emotions flow through the system whilst the creative fluids are in the process of making something new? Well, I’ve been wondering this for a while now, but don’t have to wonder for much longer anymore. Jake opens up about one of his most precious singles to date, and explains all my questions plus the beginning of Ghostess.
“I became a musician because I couldn’t let go of music when responsibiilty hit. It’s too powerful, too fascinating. Writing music has always been wrapped up in self-discovery for me, and I can’t stop discovering just because I need to pay rent.
That’s why whenever something happens in my life I turn to music to help understand it – Ghostess came at me like a bullet from a gun after a breakup. It’s also why I’d like my music to keep changing – nothing truly stands still so why pretend? Ghostess is a little conventional in some ways, which seemed appropriate, but there’s lots to come that isn’t.
The first time I sung it live I’d never even sung it out loud before, even to myself. After singing the verses and choruses I realised I hadn’t worked out an end, so I just went for a scream and hit this really big note. It was like the loudest I’d ever sung! What a release! That’s been the peak of the song ever since.”
Big thanks to Jake Morley and now the time has come for you to please press play.