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morgan mayer

iF i Ruled The World NOW AVAILABLE!!

About Me

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Currently enjoying the successful release of her second solo album and the chart sucess of its first single, Morgan Mayer is proving to be an artist that is living up to Juno Award winner Jason Plumb's comments about her being, “one of the most talented people I have ever worked with.” Morgan, a 18 year-old classically trained vocalist, is a Saskatchewan artist who writes straight-up pop/rock songs about things that are important to 18 year-old girls and, as a result, writes songs that her audience “get”.
Hang On Every Word, the first single from Morgan's newest CD iF i ruled the World, “hit the airwaves in Saskatchewan like a freight train out of control...our phones lit up and she was instantly in our Top 6 at 6” - Mark Hunter RAWLCO Radio. Thoughout the spring of 2007 radio across Canada was adding the track to their rotations and by May of 2007, HOEW had spent 25 weeks on the MediaBase HOT AC Top 200 including 9 weeks in the national HOT AC Top 100, and 8 weeks in the Saskatchewan Top 30. A month after the release of the single, Morgan was thrilled to be charting simultaneously on HOT AC, CHR, and ROCK across Canada.
Her second single, the self-penned Average Girl entered the MediaBase HOT AC charts in early May with a bullet and can be heard on the network series Degrassi: The Next Generation and RenegadePress.com.
Even though she is just 18, Morgan has worked many years developing into a songwriter and performer with a definite future in music. At 11 she made her first recording of original Christmas songs that found its way onto regional radio and continues to receive substantial airplay each season. At 13, she received her first FACTOR grant to help with the recording of a pop track entitled 51 Cards, which reached 1 on NewMusicCanada's Sugar Pop charts and was included on the 2003 Flatland compilation CD. At 15 Morgan took the main stage at the Saskatchewan Flatland Music Festival, performed live on CBC Radio with jazz singer Karen Plato and was a showcase performer at the 2006 Western Canada Music Awards in Vancouver.
In 2006, after receiving a $10,000 recording grant, Morgan began writing with producer David j Taylor (Despistado, Sylvie, UPD) with the desire to create an album with songs that had direct meaning to her and had a sound she likes to call girly pop with balls. That album, iF i Ruled The World, garnered considerable media attention for a teenage indie pop artist, with nationally airing spots on CTV's Canada AM and the CBC documentary UNSUNG as well as regional coverage by CANWEST GLOBAL TV. Released under her own label push the cat records, iF i Ruled The World is distributed by Spirit River Distributors.
In spite of the obvious comparisons being made to Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson, Morgan insists that she makes no effort to emulate anyone. Her sound, she states, “is just me“. “I write about things that all mean something...they're from the heart.” As a performer, the ultimate for Morgan is playing live...creating the oportunity for her audiences to “have a good time and feel good when they leave.”

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/31/2006
Band Website: morganmayer.com
Band Members: "Average Girl" - LIVE!

Fan Video of Canada Day concert opening for the Headpins
"Hang On Every Word" - LIVE!

Influences: John Mayer(and not because we have the same last name!), The Weekend, Queen, Jason Plumb, Cec Fontaine, Britt, and of course the Moffats..I mean, who doesn't love Caterpillar Crawl?
Sounds Like: Avril. Kelly Clarkson. Morgan.

Here's a clip from Canada AM covering the release of iF i Ruled The World.Courtesy of CTV

Prior to the 2007 JUNO's in Saskatoon, CBC profiled innovative and emerging new musicians from around Saskatchewan. Host Andrea Menard introduces up-and-comers in the hip-hop, indie, rap, rock and country music scene.

Clip courtesy Cinepost Films


Record Label: push the cat records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Moving, and FrEAkInG OuT!!!!!

Alright it is set, August ninth is the blessed day that I will be leaving the nest and moving on to a 535 square foot studio and eating mac and cheese for the rest of my life. Only so excited...but ye...
Posted by morgan mayer on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:56:00 PST

Biology is death

So I have two months to go and stressing about my Biology class. I missed almost one month of classes and that put me behind, AHHHHHHH! I know it won't matter what I get in the class when it is over b...
Posted by morgan mayer on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:30:00 PST

IOWA here I come

Thursday is the magical day that I cross that magical border line. I have to admit that authority figures scare the panties off me. So border check should be interesting for me. I am going with about ...
Posted by morgan mayer on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:46:00 PST

WHY!!??

So this illness that has decided to curse me is not going away. I was sent home from both my jobs today and I just want to feel better! Baaaahhhh! What makes everything worse is that next week "The Cl...
Posted by morgan mayer on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:21:00 PST

WHY!!??

So this illness that has decided to curse me is not going away. I was sent home from both my jobs today and I just want to feel better! Baaaahhhh! What makes everything worse is that next week "The Cl...
Posted by morgan mayer on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:21:00 PST

sick sick sick

Ok, so right now I feel a bum on a sick wrapped in saran and garbage. I have been that chosen one to get a wicked bad cold. This is my third day of misery and I am hoping it will start leaving me alon...
Posted by morgan mayer on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:01:00 PST

Heading into the real world

Hey! So I am heading into my final semester of school and although I am so excited to be done, there is always that worry in the back of my head and the realization that I am no longer mommy and daddy...
Posted by morgan mayer on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:42:00 PST

LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA

Nope I am not singing a Christmas carol, I am just so ecited about going to L.A!!!! I leave on Friday in a big airplane. You know that Christmas thing that is supposed to happen sometime soon/?? well....
Posted by morgan mayer on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:55:00 PST

Busy,busy, busy

Hello all. So, do you ever feel like there is never enough time in a day to do all the things you want to, and get to bed at a early hour? It seems to me like everyday has been like that lately. W...
Posted by morgan mayer on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:57:00 PST

Say goodbye to braces

Hey guys. well my braces are off and I could not be happier and in more pain. Meh the pain will stop in a few days and I won't be complaining anymore. How is everybody doing? I am doing just great as ...
Posted by morgan mayer on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:57:00 PST