by Simon Moran | Jan 13, 2020 | Business
We sat excitedly at a table in the Dog and Parrot on Clayton Street in Newcastle upon Tyne, a pub and live venue we’d debuted at some 10 months previously. We were waiting for the A and R man from London Records. This had come about as my guerrilla marketing skills...
by Simon Moran | Dec 30, 2019 | Personal
We hope 2020 will turn out to be a fantastic Year of the Rat for everybody; that you will all be scooting about hither and thither in prosperous endeavours. Here at Moran Towers, we’re feeling effects of lounging around doing pretty little for two weeks. From next...
by Simon Moran | Dec 23, 2019 | Personal
Dear All, Many thanks for reading the Moran Actually blog in 2019. Writing it has reminded me of why I do certain things and helped me focus on others for the future. Wherever you are and whatever you do, I hope some of what we’ve written has been of some use. We...
by Simon Moran | Dec 16, 2019 | Business
We developed proficiency individually by practising on our own. We developed proficiency as a unit by practising together. The creative aspect was enhanced by regular song writing sessions by me and the guitarist. As we were getting older, these were often fuelled by...
by Simon Moran | Dec 9, 2019 | Business
By 1983, we’d been through several personnel changes and had firmed up as a three-piece. In two years of hanging around, occasionally rehearsing, all the while dreaming, we had dispensed with two bass players, one vocalist and a keyboard player. The original drummer...
