James Vincent McMorrow
James Vincent McMorrow
James Vincent McMorrow is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is best known for his albums Early in the Morning and Post Tropical...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth14 January 1983
CountryIreland
expectations london moved
I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.
the-end-of-the-day schedules able
At the end of the day music is a grind. You're constantly working at it and even with playing shows as well. If your schedule isn't planned right it could really throw things off, but honestly at the end of the day its incredible being able to go to so many places.
play guitar people
I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing.
song simple guitar
I really wanted to get that dynamic on the record onto people and let them know it wasn't just a simple strumming along the guitar type of thing without ramming it down their throats so I kind of went the opposite way and sang some of the songs more quietly which allowed for the louder parts to sound as though there were more. It was the only way singing those songs made sense to me.
one-day different wake-up
I never looked at being a musician any different than waking up one day and wanting to be an accountant or a lawyer.
taken thinking medicine
I feel if I wanted to be taken seriously I have to study music the same way someone who wants to be a doctor would study medicine. You have to know your craft and by doing so I had to make sure to ignore what people were thinking as well.
writing kind notepads
I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.
kids dublin overwhelmed
Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.
chance impression one-chance
You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.
home college men
I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
college guitar play
I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.
guitar
I'm learning on the guitar all the time.
song fall self
Its always important to fall back on your instincts and core beliefs and that was pretty hard for me to do but trusting in my self the way I trusted that if I were to sit at a piano for two hours and I was going learn something, that trust I'd put in myself really helped me get through it. For five to six months I just wrote songs and believed they would turn out to be things I could be proud of and be happy.
guy finding-yourself musical
I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry.