A Conversation with Morgan James – HuffPost 6.10.14

Mike Ragogna: Morgan, how did your latest album Hunter come into being? At what point did you decide you wanted to do a solo project?

Morgan James: I did four original companies on Broadway, so basically I was on Broadway for about five years straight, and all along I was singing on my nights off with various bands; I was kind of forming what was to become my band. And I didn’t really know what I was doing as I was trying to find my sound, but I knew ultimately I wanted a solo project. When I was signed to Epic two years ago, basically Hunter has been in the works the entire time, I’ve been writing it for about a year and a half, I’ve been trying out the material in front of live audiences, which was a really great way to find out what worked and what didn’t work, and L.A. Reid and Doug Morris at Epic and Sony really kind of gave me the opportunity and the time and space to find my sound. I would bring in music, I would try out music; the cream rises to the top and we eventually discovered the songs that were going to make the record.