{"id":9177,"date":"2015-02-01T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2015-02-01T11:00:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T11:00:47","slug":"life-goes-on-david-morin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/02\/life-goes-on-david-morin\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Life Goes On&#8221; &#8211; David Morin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/david-morin1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9179\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/02\/life-goes-on-david-morin\/david-morin1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/david-morin1.jpg?fit=851%2C315&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"851,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"david morin1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/david-morin1.jpg?fit=640%2C237&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9179\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/david-morin1.jpg?resize=640%2C237&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"david morin1\" width=\"640\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian singer\/songwriter David Morin gets our feet tapping with this funky soul number, &#8220;Life Goes On&#8221;.\u00a0 Mastering his craft busking on the streets of his native Vancouver, the singer can make a lot of music using just a guitar and some synthesised beats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s punchy and at the same time it&#8217;s mellow, a cornucopia of sounds taking your ears on a musical journey.\u00a0 There&#8217;s hints of Boys II Men and Lighthouse Family, plus a bit of Bruno Mars and John Legend &#8211; but somehow he&#8217;s managed to pack the whole lot in and come up with something that&#8217;s as unique as it is familiar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Life Goes On&#8221;, to be released 2 March on Bombay Records, is the lead track from David&#8217;s upcoming debut album, &#8220;Every Colour&#8221;, due out later this year.\u00a0 In talking about his songs, and the issues he covers, he says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cPeople don\u2019t even have a chance to realize what they\u2019re up against when their born,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cYou\u2019re not given the tools to think critically enough; to gauge whether to make the right decisions or not. By the time you start thinking about those things, you\u2019ve wasted so much time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out this video of David performing &#8220;Life Goes On&#8221; live in Vancouver last year:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_E580ofYxzc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian singer\/songwriter David Morin gets our feet tapping with this funky soul number, &#8220;Life Goes On&#8221;.\u00a0 Mastering his craft busking on the streets of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[673,672,674,77,116,78,79,304],"class_list":["post-9177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-canada","tag-david-morin","tag-life-goes-on","tag-new-release","tag-review","tag-singer","tag-single","tag-songwriter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-2o1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9333,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/02\/we-speak-to-david-morin\/","url_meta":{"origin":9177,"position":0},"title":"We Speak to David Morin","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"26\/02\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We introduced you to David Morin before - now let's see what makes the man tick!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interviews","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/interviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/david-morin1.jpg?fit=851%2C315&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/david-morin1.jpg?fit=851%2C315&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/david-morin1.jpg?fit=851%2C315&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/david-morin1.jpg?fit=851%2C315&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28468,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/06\/british-council-presents-sound-journeys-bringing-musicians-from-uk-canada-together\/","url_meta":{"origin":9177,"position":1},"title":"British Council presents Sound Journeys, Bringing Musicians From UK &#038; 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