GBM was set up in 2007 by Kate Garrett and Barney Morse-Brown to showcase both their collective and individual musical work and to also provide an online home and support for musicians who's music they enjoyed. Since 2009 Barney has been running the site, promoting musician friends and organizing benefit concerts, the latest of which was in memory of Kate Garrett who passed away that year, with a recent concert titled 'King of the Birds' which raised over £3000 for the renovation of the music studio at the Ark T Centre, Oxford at which Kate worked.
This new studio is due to open officially in November this year.

Photos from the King of the Birds event can be viewed here.

Here at Garrett Brown Music you can find a wide array of music from people we love and think you will love too.
Recent additions include the wonderful (and long awaited) debut album from Jane Griffiths and Colin Fletcher – The Season Field. Jane and Colin are also members of the ‘Quintones’ who feature on the new album ‘Ropes’ by Duotone. The Season Field will be released on the 15th October 2011.

On this page you can read about the work that Barney Morse-Brown does as a session musician. Barney has been a long standing member of the Imagined Village and has toured with Eliza Carthy, and Folk award winner Chris Wood and is the first point of call for anything from studio sessions to touring.
If you would like to book Barney for a session or would simply like more information, please do get in touch via the contact page.

Ark T Music studio launch

The Ark T Music studio will have it's official opening and re-naming as the Kate Garrett Studio with an evening of live music on Friday 25th November 7.30 - 9pm.

The evening will bring together those who so willingly gave their time to raise money for the new Ark T music studio in celebration of Kate Garrett

Bespoke graphic design for the music industry

Garrett Brown Design https://garrettbrowndesign.wordpress.com/

Having worked for over 10 years as a professional musician and 5 years as a graphic designer, Barney has experience from both sides of the industry so it made complete sense to combine both experience and skills to provide an instinctive service to musicians, bands and record labels, providing them with knowledge, ideas, images, content and support.

From personal experience we have found that there is often a gap in communication between the CD's packaging and the music, it is said that one would often judge a book by it's cover, the same we think applies to music. It's our aim to create a design package that reflects the music inside it.

Garrett Brown Design offer bespoke consultation and design which fits the artist and the music exactly

We are able to offer a range of services from

• Logo design

• CD layout and design

• Merchandise advice and design

• Flyer and poster design

If you would like GBD to work with you on your project or would simply like to ask us some questions, do get in touch with us via the contacts page with the heading: 'Garrett Brown Design'.