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Month: March 2015

Dublin International Game Music Festival | Demo Derby

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Dublin International Game Music Festival has just announced a DEMO DERBY for attendees of the festival this comingcomputer games April. Music creators can have their music critiqued by award-winning composer guests which includes the stellar line-up of Chris Rooke, Neal Acree, Craig Stuart Garfinkle, Russel Bower, Christopher Tin, Tommy Tallarico and Jill Aversa.

To participate in the demo derby, please submit your 2 best minutes of game music to craig@nullidigmusicfest.com along with the email address used to purchase your ticket to the festival.  The top 15 demos be selected and there will be a live presentation, critique and discussion of the music on Friday the 3rd of April. The selected tracks also feature on the festival YouTube page.

Deadline for submission is March 25th, but priority will be given to the order in which they are received. Demos should be in a high-res MP3 format, clearly identifying the source in both the meta data and title, including the return email address.

Tickets at http://www.idigmusicfest.com

IMRO members can avail of a discounted admission price for the festival. Contact membership@nullimro.ie for full details. Terms & Conditions apply.

 

Fiddle Masterclass With Máire Breatnach @ Kilkenny Tradfest

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kilkenny tradfestDate: Sunday 15th March
Location: Rothe House, Kilkenny
Time: 1.00pm – 2:00pm

FREE BUT TICKETED:  (TICKETS FROM ROLLERCOASTER RECORDS OR www.entertainment.ie

 

About Máire

Máire is a musician of exceptional calibre in a number of music related disciplines.

Traditional music and musicology have featured largely in her life and have been a source of great inspiration in her work. Having obtained B.A., B.Mus. and M.A. degrees at U.C.D., she lectured there and in the College of Music, D.I.T., before embarking on a freelance career.

Máire has composed and recorded five solo albums: Angels’ Candles, The Voyage of Bran, Celtic Lovers, Dreams and Visions in Irish Song – Aislingí Ceoil and Cranna Ceoil / In Full Measure.mairetop

On fiddle, viola, whistles, piano and keyboards, guitar and vocals, Máire has performed and recorded with Riverdance, Christy Moore, Alan Stivell, Ronan Keating, Máire Brennan, Phil Chevron, Sinead O’Connor, Altan, Sharon Shannon, Mary Black, Mike Oldfield, Donovan, Dave Gilmour, Sarah Brightman, Gavin Friday, Nigel Kennedy, Donal Lunny, Dolores Keane, Ronnie Drew, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Ronan Hardiman and Bill Whelan.

As a record producer, she has worked with Sonny Condell, Johnny McEvoy, Jim McCann, The Black Family, Keith Donald, Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin, Méav and Lasairfhióna Ní Chonaola.

TV and film credits include Glenroe, Tinteán and Voyage (RTÉ), A Freezing Summer (Japan), Angela Mooney Dies Again, In The Name of the Father, The Secret of Roan Inish, Rob Roy and Moondance.

Máire has featured on two chart-topping albums, Tears of Stone (The Chieftains) which subsequently won a Grammy Award, and Éist, for which she wrote the title song, a duet with Brian Kennedy.

She wrote a traditional/folk music column for the Irish language weekly newspaper Anois and later for the monthly magazine Comhar (2004-07).

In 2006/07 she composed incidental music for over 40 children’s books in Irish (most of which she also narrated) for publication in CD format by Foras na Gaeilge.

Her first book, Vera agus a Veidhlín, a children’s musical story, illustrated by Robert Ballagh, was published in Dublin by An Gúm in 2008.

 

An Evening with Shay Healy & Friends at the National Concert Hall

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Shay Healy Poster NCH 21st Mar 2015Shay Healy presents a very special night of live music at the National Concert Hall on Saturday 21st March.

“An Evening with Shay Healy & Friends” will see guest performances from Emmet Cahill, Paul Harrington, Niamh Kavanagh, Don Mescall, Melanie McCabe, Charlie McGettigan and Ruby Smyth. They will be accompanied on the night by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

The show is being hosted in aid of Dublin Neurological Institute and North West Neurological Institute.

Tickets €20 (concessions €10) available through the National Concert Hall box office at 01 417 0000 or at www.nch.ie.

The Gloaming Win the Meteor Choice Music Prize 2014

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The Gloaming were announced as winners of the Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2014 for the album The Gloaming lastThe Gloaming night at a sold-out event in Vicar Street, Dublin. The judging panel, made up of Irish music media professionals, deliberated at length tonight before choosing the winning album. Instead of using sales or airplay as criteria, the Meteor Choice Music Prize judges focus, simply and solely, on the music. The group received a cheque for €10,000 provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) as well as a specially commissioned award. The show was hosted by Today FM’s Paul McLoone and was broadcast live on the station on Paul’s show.

The winner of the Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year was also announced and The Script won the prize for the song “Superheroes”. Decided by the public via the Meteor website, there was a fantastic response as fans got behind their favourite song, with a record number of votes cast. The prize was presented to the band by Richard Moat, CEO, Eircom Group.

RTE 2 Television will broadcast a one-hour highlights programme of the Meteor Choice Music Prize on Sunday March 8th at 10.50pm.

The full shortlist of nominated albums for the 10th annual prize was as follows (albums in alphabetical order):

Aphex Twin – Syro (Warp)

Delorentos – Night Becomes Light (Universal Ireland)

The Gloaming – The Gloaming (Real World)

Hozier – Hozier (Rubyworks/Universal)

James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical (Faction)

Sinead O’ Connor – I’m Not Bossy, I’m The Boss (Nettwerk)

Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy (Warner Music)

The Riptide Movement – Getting Through (Universal Ireland)

U2 – Songs of Innocence (Island)

We Cut Corners – Think Nothing (Delphi)

The Meteor Choice Music Prize is supported by IMRO, IRMA, RAAP, Today FM, RTE, Culture Ireland, HMV & Music Week.

Best Boy Grip Releases “Sharks”

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Best Boy Grip SharksBest Boy Grip has just released his new single and video, “Sharks”.

Eoin O’Callaghan, a talented songwriter hailing from Derry, Northern Ireland, is the man and the voice behind ‘Best Boy Grip’. His debut EP ‘Barbara’ was released to critical acclaim and resulted in airplay across the BBC  on Radio 1, Radio 6Music and Radio Ulster.

Best Boy Grip has also featured on BBC TV shows and was recorded performing for BBC Arts Extra and RTE’s Other Voices. Last summer saw Best Boy Grip perform with The Ulster Orchestra in a BBC live broadcast. Orchestral arrangements of his songs were played by the symphony while he sang at the piano. Described by critics as ‘fearlessly original’ and ‘intelligent, literate pop’, Best Boy Grip’s debut album will be released mid 2015, supported by an Irish tour.

For more check out www.bestboygrip.co.uk and facebook.com/bestboygrip.

President Higgins Set to Officially Open MaSamba Rehearsal Space

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Masamba Samba School are geared up to have their new base of operations at Bow Lane West officially opened by the President of Ireland, Michael D.Higgins, who is Official Patron to the school, on Wednesday, March 11th.

‘The move to Bow Lane represents a huge move forward for us, and the President’s visit is an endorsement of the hard, often invisible, work by MaSamba members over 20 years’ said Simeon Smith, MaSamba’s Manager.MaSamba - The Academy

MaSamba Samba School has been in existence since 1994, and as such is one of Ireland’s longest established multicultural groups. As well as Irish and Brasilians, MaSamba has members from many other nationalities.

MaSamba celebrates 21 years in existence in 2015, and is celebrating this by writing a new samba song to commemorate this important milestone. This project is part-funded by IMRO.

Masamba has a strong community ethos, and works throughout Dublin with many schools, youth clubs and disability organisations. MaSamba Samba School has won commendations for two St. Patrick’s Day parades in Dublin. The Spirit of the Parade in 2004 and the Chairman’s Award in 2005. MaSamba have toured and performed throughout Ireland and have visited the UK, Germany, France, Mexico and Brasil. Simeon Smith of MaSamba has also toured with World Music pioneers Dead Can Dance in 2005 and with Rio’s premier music bloco MONOBLOCO in 2007 and 2008.

 

 

Molly Sterling and Greg French are flying the Irish flag at Eurovision

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On Friday night, Tipperary native Molly Sterling was chosen to represent Ireland at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest this May.

Photo by Richie Myooney

Her song, ‘Playing with Numbers’, which Molly co-wrote with Greg French won through a combination of public and jury votes.

Molly said of her win: ‘It’s an unbelievably feeling! I can’t believe that it happened, it’s amazing. I just want to make everyone proud and Greg has worked so hard on this. I just love performing and I can now do it in an international scale – it’s mind-blowing. I don’t think my school will mind that I haven’t handed in my assignment. They’re all so supportive and they know this is what I’ve wanted to do since I was in nappies!’

This year’s Eurovision will be held in Vienna on the 23rd ofMay, with Ireland competing in the second semi-final.

Alarmist reach for the stars with ‘Morning, Kepler’

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This morning11034451_917032431661821_1599549022352846861_o Alarmist posted their latest single ‘Morning, Kepler’.

Consisting of Neil Crowley, Elis Czerniak, Osgar Dukes and Barry O’Halpin, Alarmist’s intricate compositions and frenetic live shows will keep you hooked while the depth and flavour of their music will immediately have you searching for their previous releases.

After the release of their 2011 self-titled debut EP, Alarmist gained a wide following, establishing themselves as a standout act on Dublin’s independent music scene, praised equally for their sonic experimentation and for their dynamic, visual arresting live show. While inevitably compared to many acts on Ireland’s healthy post/math-rock scene, Alarmist gained attention for their audibly wide range of influences. Within their configuration of electric guitars, double drums and electronics, instrumental guitar music is only one touchstone, with the various members’ backgrounds in jazz, electronica and contemporary composition infiltrating their tightly wound tracks.

Recorded with Solar Bears’ Rian Trench, their second EP Pal Magnet retains the frenetic energy, playful melodicism and constant experimentation of their first release, while incorporating a wider and more colourful and sophisticated palette of sounds. A wealth of influences can be heard across these four tracks; their sound world can instantly shift from a twanging mutation of 50s surf guitar to glitchy 8-bit electronics or cinematic, big-band influenced crescendos.

At a recent Seven Quarters event at Whelans in Dublin the band announced that their debut album will be released this year.

ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis

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ASCAP offers a one-of-a-kind experience for aspiring film and television composers. 12 selected participants will have an opportunity to record their original composition with an “A list” of Hollywood professionals, including a 60-piece orchestra of LA’s finest musicians on a major studio film scoring stage, a legendary scoring mixer, professional music editors, copyists and composers acting as coaches and mentors. In addition, there are “from the horse’s mouth” sessions with studio executives, agents, attorneys and music supervisors.

This workshop is intended for composers who are seriously pursuing music for film, TV, video games and other visual media as a career. It is not for hobbyists, nor is it for professionals who already have active composing careers.

Location: Los Angeles

Dates: Four weeks, beginning in July 2015. Exact dates TBA.

Submission Deadline: 1st April 2015

Apply Here

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