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megan

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About Me

'"> I'm a musician, have been playing cello since i was 7.. more than 20 years. I graduated from The Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, with a Bachelor of Arts Performance Degree. My life as a freelance cellist takes me to many places- Recently went on tour and played with Kanye West in Nigeria, Africa...did 2 gigs there, have played with him 4 times in Ireland also. I regularly play on Irish TV, and was on "The View" with Vyvienne Long (i'm a band member), we also performed at Wembley Arena, supporting Damien Rice last October. Also I performed at a festival in Ireland called "Electric Picnic" with Jenny Lindfors, and with Crazy P in the Spiegeltent in September. I have done numerous nationwide tours with Vyvienne Long, and Phil Coulter. I have performed all over Ireland, Europe, & Canada. There's a long list of people i have played with, some of which include KanYe West, Crazy P!, Westlife, The Coronas, Tom Baxter, La Rocca, Andy Abraham, The Celtic Tenors, Celtic Thunder, Red Hurley, Il Divo, Phil Coulter, the Devlins, Katherine Jenkins, Vyvienne Long, Jenny Lindfors, Julie Feeney, Ronnie Drew, Sinead o Connor, Enrique Iglesius + more. I play regularly on Irelands main TV show "The Late Late Show" with bands. I am a regular recording and session musician, some of the irish artists I've recorded for and performed with recently are Scott Maher, Doug Sheridan, Roberta Howett (of XFactor), Michael Knight, Alyanya, and The Coronas (live Tv performance on Eye2Eye). I also perform as part of a quartet or trio for weddings and corporate events! Im about to embark on a 3 months US tour with Irish group Celtic Thunder which leads me to my other passion...Travel!I travel ALOT! Have been all around the world on more than one occasion. In the last 2 years, i have been to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia (twice), New Zealand, Fiji, the USA, Japan, Croatia, UK and France. I have contemplated doing a masters in humanitarian aid, with a view to working with Concern or the likes, in 3rd world countries, or tragedy afflicted countries. I volunteered on Koh Phi Phi in Thailand after the Tsunami, working with tsunami aid workers there (HiPhiPhi), and something in me changed, and i finally had some sort of a calling other than music! Am considering to volunteer in Sri Lanka, Nepal or Vietnam in orphanages, Would LOVE to visit India and to do wildlife conservation work in Africa, sometime in near future. I've always been obsessed with wildlife programmes, particularly about lions! Might even do a photography course...one thing at a time though!

My Interests

Travel, music, gigs, photography, trees, art, cinema (foreign films&art house esp), classic black&whites on tv, curling up on the couch looking out the window to a miserable wet day!, sept/oct/nov..kinda like the autumnal/wintery feel in the air..its all about getting cosy, reading..can never be without a book nearby, laughing hard, being around true friends, partying, afternoon beers on a sunday, spontaneous nights out, red wine(rioja), going for dinner with friends/boyfriend, cornucopia/cafe paradiso (vegetarian restaurants), mountain trekking, skydiving (did this in NZ), glacier hiking(NZ), forests in autumn, moody stormy days, sunsets, sunrises, animals/african wildlife, hippie/alternative lifestyle & styles

Music:

Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Greenday, Radiohead, Guns N Roses, Queens of The Stone Age, Incubus, Auf Der Maur, System of a Down, Metallica, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Pixies, Led Zeppelin, Depeche Mode, The Vines, The Doves, Mercury Rev, Nick Drake, Paul Weller, Aerosmith, Jimi Hendrix, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Stone Roses, The Who, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, Bob Marley, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Nick Cave&the bad seeds, The Killers, The Arcade Fire, Howling Bells, Rilo Kiley, Broken Social Scene, Midlake, Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, Neco Case, Cat Power, Imogen Heap, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Blonde Redhead, The Raveonettes, Azure Ray, The Duke Spirit, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Gnarls Barkley, Guillemots, Willy Mason, Damien Rice, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, Jane's Addiction, Portishead, Placebo, YeahYeahYeahs, Sneaker Pimps, Weezer, Snow Patrol, Kasabian, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Leon, Interpol, Bloc Party, Mogwai, The Breeders, Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Rainer Maria, Manu Chao, Jose Gonzales, Brendan Benson, Pete Yorn, Air, Zero7, Caf Del Mar, Yo La Tengo, Morcheeba, dEUS, Goldfrapp, Leftfield, Groove Armada, Architecture in Helsinki, Sigur Ros, Mum, Nouvelle Vague, Ray LaMontagne, Ryan Adams, Ed Harcourt, Kings Of Convenience, Rufus Wainwright, KT Tunstall, Isobel Campbell, Tom Baxter, Jack Johnson, The John Butler Trio, Cowboy Junkies, Fleetwood Mac, Supergrass, Jet, Blur, Razorlight, The Zutons, HotHotHeat, Gorillaz, Bellx1, My Brightest Diamond, Tegan&Sarah, Jenny Lindfors, Vyvienne Long, Gemma Hayes, U2, Belle & Sebastian, Counting Crows, Cranberries, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Edith Piaf, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Aimee Mann, Erykah Badu, Jewel(old), Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Prince, Beck, Bjork, Iron & Wine, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, Ani DiFranco, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Buena Vista Social Club, Mingus Big Band, Anouar Brahem Trio, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovitch, Stravinsky, Mahler, Rachmaninov, Debussy, Chopin, Gershwin,

Movies:

A Very Long Engagement, Amelie, Chocolat, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Somersault, 5x2(cinq fois deux), Y Tu Mama Tambien, Three Colours (red/white/blue), Motorcycle Diaries, Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Life is Beautiful, Dogma, High Fidelity, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Big Lebowski, The Departed, Blood Diamond, The Last King of Scotland, Babel, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Melinda and Melinda, Whale Rider, Lost in Translation, Lord of The Rings, Snatch, Seven, Michael Collins, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, The Godfather, Schindlers List, The Piano, Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, 12 Angry Men, Inherit The Wind, Sophies Choice, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Farenheit 9/11, Fargo, Constant Gardener, Kill Bill, Walk The Line, Hidden (Cache), Junebug (quite strange but nice), The Squid & The Whale (also odd but interesting), Ratatouille!

Television:

Planet Earth, Blue Planet, Black Books, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The View, The Panel, Michael Palin's Himalaya, Questions&Answers, Six Feet Under, Scrubs, Animal Planet & National Geographic documentaries,Nat Geo Wild, Travel docu's (globe trekker).., Secret Life of Us, Lost, Sopranos, Weeds, Big Love

Books:

The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, Papillon by Henri Charriere, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, Lord of The Rings by JRR Tolkien, The Dubliners by James Joyce, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, The Waiting Child by Cindy Champnella, From China With Love by Emily Buchanan, Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah, The Lost Daughters of China by Karin Evans, Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield, The Five People You Meet In Heaven,