Blake Morgan is an American musician, singer, music producer, record label owner, and activist based in New York City.

He helps record, produce, mix, and/or master all music released by the label, which has included artists such as James McCartney, Lesley Gore, Janita, Mike Errico, Patti Rothberg, David Cloyd, Terry Manning, David Poe, Tracy Bonham, Grace McLean, Miles East, Electronic Device, and Melissa Giges to name a few.

[6] After high school Morgan attended Berklee College of Music, where he completed a four-year program in three years and graduated magna cum laude.

[6] He has stated he has been influenced by musicians such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Radiohead, Björk, Jeff Buckley, Death Cab, Neil Finn, Peter Gabriel, and The Police.

After the tour was completed he found a loophole in the contract,[1] and despite being the label's most successful artist at the time, he told Ramone he wanted out of the deal.

"[8] In 2006 his song "It's Gone," performed by Lesley Gore, was featured in the final scene and closing credits of the independent film Flannel Pajamas, by Jeff Lipsky.

On October 25, 2006, he released the album Silencer'[4] It features Morgan on vocals and piano performing acoustic versions of both new and older material, dating back to 1996.

[8] The album again received a positive review on AllMusic, which gave it a 3/5 stars and said "These are darkly heartfelt, enigmatic and melodic songs that often bring to mind a mix of the yearning, expansive rock of the Smashing Pumpkins and the soulful AM pop of Todd Rundgren.

"[11] Morgan wrote the entire album, performing all the vocals, and the majority of the instruments, in addition to producing, recording, mixing and mastering it.

In a Halfstack magazine interview he calls the title of the album symbolic, and explains that the songs are the diamonds that he had picked out of a difficult, dark period in his life.

On May 20th, 2022, Morgan issued his fifth full-length effort, the wide-ranging Violent Delights, which in an interview with SonicScoop, he likens to an amalgam of The Police's Ghost in the Machine and AC/DC's Back in Black.

This album was Morgan's first record composed primarily of love songs, which The Aquarian praised: "Every one of his releases can be dubbed as confident, ardent, wise, melodic, groovy, uplifting, delicate, and witty.

From September of 2016 to November of 2022, in the midst of his duties as a record-label owner, producer, and activist, Morgan enjoyed a record-breaking seven-year run of 30 sold-out concerts at New York City's Rockwood Music Hall.

Over its course, Morgan's Rockwood residency became a New York City word-of-mouth scene, regularly featuring Grammy and Tony Award-winning special guests who have joined him for unique on-stage collaborations, including Duncan Sheik, Tracy Bonham, Chris Barron, Jill Sobule, Michael Leonhart, David Poe, Josh Dion, and others.

Morgan's political activism on behalf of artists began in May 2013, when a pointed email exchange between him and the founder of Pandora, Tim Westergren, regarding lowered royalties, was published in the Huffington Post.

[14] In mid-December 2013, following the defeat of IRFA, Mr. Morgan went on to write an Op-ed for the Huffington Post titled 'Art and Music Are Professions Worth Fighting For',[15] which further galvanized the musician community.

I respect music.” A tweet from a young artist from the Philippines, named Joana Marie Lor,[17] in response to Morgan's article, was the first to use the hashtag #IRespectMusic.

"[19] Inspired by the over 40,000 "likes" that Blake Morgan received in December 2013 on his Huffington Post article, "Art and Music Are Professions Worth Fighting For," Morgan decided the time was right to launch a petition to Congress, I Respect Music,[20] supporting a musician's right to receive pay for radio airplay.

Everyday working musicians, music fans, music organizations, and luminaries like Patrick Stewart, Gavin DeGraw, Gloria Steinem, Aerosmith's Joe Perry, Jane Fonda, Jean-Michel Jarre, Marisa Tomei, Rosanne Cash, Mike Mills, John McCrea, Civil Twilight, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and countless others voiced their support by both signing the petition, and posting or tweeting a "selfie" with the hashtag: #IRespectMusic.

In an interview for BroadwayWorld.com Morgan had this to say about the proposed legislation: "This Act would fundamentally change the lives of millions of hard working American music makers.

There's even more good in the bill than all that, but suffice it to say, it is a historic and long overdue move to reform the musical landscape for millions of Americans, and I couldn't support it more strongly.

new partnership with the I Respect Music campaign established to support passage of the Songwriters Equity Act, that was re-introduced to Congress earlier in 2015.

[24] The partnership was announced by NMPA CEO David Israelite, followed by a speech by Blake Morgan at the organization's annual meeting, held on June 17 of 2015 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.