Gergely Kalapis Music

After submitting my first EP to the distributor, I soon began thinking of a concept for my first LP, this time round featuring a mix of reproduced old demos and new songs. Evolved during a period of self-reflection, I think the end result is an almost intimate, but certainly an honest representation of where I was then. The context: With the release date for Lockdown EP still ahead, I have already started working on material for an LP, starting with the complete reproduction of "Another day", which I originally wrote and recorded as a demo in 2005. As it became popular among my friends at the time, it would have been the opening and title song for the new album, however due to delays to the production of new material, it later went on to be released as a single in May 2021, with a reworked version of the 2015 demo "Sway" as a B-side. Soon afterwards, I have resumed writing and producing new songs, again, largely building from voice memos, although in several instan...

I am not going to lie; it has to be one of my best purchases. I have been wanting to buy a Telecaster to get a bit of vintage in my songs, but as I have only been producing a couple or so songs a year, I found it hard to justify the investment. Then in 2012, I was halfway through recording the song "The Chemist" when the signal from Squier Strat I was using went dead. After a superficial investigation I came to the conclusion that something in the electronics must have broke, but the show (or the recording, rather) had to go on. So I went to the music store in Wembley and tried a few entry level Teles, when the chap in the guitar section showed me this blonde "Baja" Telecaster, which was a limited series edition with custom shop roots. I must admit I could then only hear a subtle difference in sound between a standard Player Series Tele and this one, but the chap was selling it quite well and credit to him, he also offered me 20% off for a minor chip on the body (a...

2020.. a swear word now, isn’t it? Like many of us, I found myself locked among four walls, not really allowed to go out and amazed how many hours there are in a day! Although I have been producing and releasing singles for over 10 years by then, often years would pass between releases, and even those would only be published on MySpace (good old days!), YouTube or Soundcloud so it was about time to turn it up a notch! The context: I already had a number of ideas accumulating in my voice memos over the previous couple of years or so; these were mainly a few chord progressions on the guitar or a hummed melody, but I also had around 3 or 4 demos created in GarageBand on my phone while I was out and about or just had too much time on my hands. Although I didn't have a solid concept as to what message I wanted the songs to convey, I wanted the EP to be a take on the roots of my influences, from the vibe of 50's-60's rock and beat music to folk.   Artwork: the front cover image...

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