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Urisk

About Me

Hello Folks!!!

Please take a peep at the link below to the 'Forget Me Not' CD, all the money from the sales go directly to Alzheimer's Ireland and I was so pleased to have had one of my songs included. It's a great compilation of songs as has something for everybody so if you have a few quid for a good cause you woukd find it hard to spend it more wisely!!! .. ..
A Urisk is a elf like creature that tidies up at night when everyone else has gone to bed. I could go all 'arty' now and claim that this is what I'm doing with my thoughts and feelings when I'm writing songs into the early hours of the morning, putting them in order to try and make sense of things that, on the whole, can't be made sense of!!! Heavy eh! and not true...(well maybe just a bit!!!) The fact is that I (Mark Whitmore) write all the stuff (words and music). As and when, 'Ken the Bass' (Ken Turner) brings out new shapes and colours in my recordings that I hadn't seen coming. More collaborations (both live and studio) with other musical friends are in the pipeline!!!
The sounds on the current crop of songs to be found here are made by me on Vocals, acoustic guitar, bouzouki and bodhran. Ken the Bass... well, he plays bass!!!
That's it then!!! The music is a bit of a mix...acousticy (obviously!!! not sure that's a real word though) folky (sometimes!!!)and I don't know what else, you tell me!!!
L8r Urisk
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'Frames' Recorded as you see it 'LIVE' outside Monorail Studio, Ballyporeen, Co. Tipp, Eire. Contact Monorail @ www.monorail.ie'Thinkin' About' A pure class Monorail song with me (Urisk) guesting on bodrhan. Recorded at Monorail Studio Ballyporeen, Co.Tipp, Eire. Contact Monorail @ www.monorail.ie

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/08/2006
Band Website: This is it!!!
Band Members: Mark Whitmore (Acoustic Guitar, Bouzouki and Bodrhan) + special guest Ken 'The Bass' Turner (Acoustic Bass Guitar)



I am now hosting a 'Folk Night' at The Crown Inn, Alrewas on the first Tuesday of each month (see my top friends for a link to the 'Folk Night at The Crown' myspace page). If you are of a folky persuasion come along to sing, play or just listen!!!


I'm also one half of a duo with Mark Bennett perfoming under the name 'My Mate Mark'. I keep the latest flyer for the duo gigs here!!! You can find out more about 'My Mate Mark' by checking on our seperate MySpace page...just click the link on my 'Top Friends'

Influences: Oooh!!! To many to chose from!!! I've never been good at making decisions really...or have I?
Sounds Like: Me, I think...not a very original answer I know but if you think I sound like someone else I'd love to hear what you think!!!
Record Label: none

My Blog

Forget Me Not - International Singers & Songwriters Support Alzheimer's Ireland

I am pleased to have made a very small contribution to this project in the form of my song 'Forget & Forgotten', about a women's experience of dementia. The following is taken from Éamon O Maonaigh's ...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:28:00 GMT

'Ken the Bass' introduces himself to you all!!!

Some say he came from outer space,that his eyes open and close from left to right,that he actually walked Gods dog...all we know is,he's Ken the bass..........................His musical interests beg...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:57:00 GMT

February is hotting up!!!

Well it's a busy time at the minute...I've managed to get my E.P. finished after several false starts. It has 5 tracks on it and sort of reflects the my diverse tastes but rooted in acoustic and to gr...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:14:00 GMT

Illness is the Mother of Invention!!!

Hello There!!! Being laid up temporarily has given me some time to update my page and get a couple of different tunes up (...if you fancy a listen ...you're very welcolme!!!). 'Peregrine's Mermaid' i...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:28:00 GMT

Gigs, Pics & My Mate Mark.

Hello All!!!Just to let you know that I have plenty of Gigs/Feature slots on my page if you fancy a look...you may also notice that some of these are billed as 'My Mate Mark' (see top friends) gigs. I...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:51:00 GMT

Urisk gets airplay on ’Brumcast’

Hey All,That very nice person at the controls of the spaceship 'Brumcast' has seen fit to play one of my songs!!!'Little Chris' has picked 'Forget & Forgotten' to be played on show 78 'The Beast W...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 02:13:00 GMT

Check this out!!!

Hello All!!!My talented cousin Seamus Hennessy who writes, performs and records as 'monorail' has put together a cd recorded in his own studio in Ireland. It has 20 tracks performed by local artists f...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:35:00 GMT

Internet radio play on Monochrome Museum for 'Whirlpool!!!

Those jolly nice people at Monochrome Museum (John Mono & Moll the Bat) are playing 'Whirlpool' on this weeks internet radio show (Show 55)!!!I know that it's not only myself that gets a bit of a ...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:16:00 GMT

WHIRLPOOL

Hello!!!       Just put up a new song called 'WHIRLPOOL' We used to do a version of this when I was in a Three Piece called 'WIRELESS' (Ken the Bass, Ian Dickinson my brother...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:01:00 GMT

New Song

Hi All,    First of all thanks for the votes on Monochromemuseum's 'Top of the Bats' for 'Forget and Forgotten' this week. I did the usual and asked friend(s) and family to vote but it was a...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:42:00 GMT