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Dave Morris
(Concert Sound)
Dave turned professional musician in 1972 and various recording and publishing contracts followed throughout the 1970’s and early ‘80’s. One such example was his writing credit on the song ‘Strangers’ for Frida’s (Abba) debut solo album which was Produced by the great Phil Collins. During his time in the recording studio he realized that he preferred producing to performing, and this eventually led to him opening his own recording studio in Redditch. His reputation quickly spread throughout the music industry and he was soon to find himself Engineering and Producing for such giants as Brian May (Queen), Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman (Yes), Stefan Grappelli’s world jazz guitarist Martin Taylor, Gordon Giltrap and The Manic Street Preachers to name but a few. In the spring of 1994 he would Produce ‘The Acoustic Collection’ album for an up and coming duo called Lloyd & Anderson. From there came the natural progression to Talon’s live engineer in July 1999. He continues to be one of the major factors in the incredible and continuing success of Talon. Between tours, Dave’s other passion is his beloved narrowboat and the inland waterways of England. |
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Russ joined the Talon team in January 2009. It is his responsibility to mix the ‘on stage’ sound and keep the Talon boys happy. No easy task. However, he brings with him a wealth of experience having engineered both Monitors and Front of House for an eclectic mix of artistes including Bad Manners, Go West, Tony Bennett and our good friends, Quill. Russ admits that he still doesn’t know what he wants to do when he grows up. Well he’s in good company now eh?
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Paul first came to Talon’s attention in the autumn of
2000 as part of the mobile sound unit during the live
recordings at the Playhouse Theatre in Harlow. He so
impressed that when the lighting job became available
in 2003 he was the natural choice. This ex-trainee accountant has a degree in sound engineering. Ironic then that he should end up as one of the most
sought after Lighting Designers in the UK. Paul is
also a massive Birmingham City fan, but we love him
anyway.
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Annica Lloyd
(Merchandise & PR)
Anni was born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to Scotland in 1997 to obtain a Masters Degree in Land Economy at Aberdeen University. It was here, during a night out in the spring of 2001, that her life would change forever. Three months later she was married to Chris, and in March 2003 joined the Talon team taking over the Merchandise department. She is also the first point of contact when emailing Talon as well as using her artistic eye to design the web-site and brochures. Her finest hour came in September 2007 when she was given the massive responsibility of Event Organiser for the ‘10th Anniversary Weekend’. It would exceed all expectations and be an unprecedented success on so many different levels. Anni’s most recent contribution to the Talon legacy is her key role as Production Co-ordinator on the long awaited DVD. At home, you will probably find her either relaxing with her three cats or beavering away in the garden. |
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