Norman Records review ‘This Is What I Live For’
ByI just found this review of my album, which made me laugh, so I thought I’d share it with you:
“Here’s a smashing neo classical CD by a fella called Richard Anthony Jay. It’s called ‘This Is What I Live For’ and it’s a fine example of beautiful chamber music. Lots of strings and pianos combine to make some really gorgeously moving arrangements. It’s very emotive indeed and I’m reminded of folks like Yann Tiersen, Michael Nyman and Max Richter with the way the music builds and flows. It’s all very maudlin and it’s making me weep all over the huge pie I’m eating. Actually that’s not strictly true (it’s only a small pie….) but it’s a highly emotive collection of pieces. If you’re into neo classical gear then this is a must!! He’s been making music for 20 years and here’s his debut album so you know when someone spends that long on a record it’s going to be worth it!”
4 Comments
November 5th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Your debut album is excellent, one of my most favourite albums. I hope it won’t take you another 20 years to release the second ;)
November 5th, 2009 at 11:18 am
Thanks Michal :) I’m hoping to release the next solo album in late 2010, early 2011.
November 8th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
That would be great if you released it in such a short time, I can hardly wait to listen to more of your music. Can you please tell if it will be similar to your debut album, or are you going to experiment with different styles of music?
Thank you,
Michal
November 10th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
It’s going to be similar to the first album, probably concentrating on the more intimate style of tracks like Sound 8, 25th March 1996, etc.
Before that though, will be the Marble Hill project with my band: make sure you’re signed up to my newsletter in order to hear about that