Former drummer for AOR rock band Shy from 1980-2000. I Played on five albums during this time: Once bitten twice (Ebony records) :Brave the Storm (RCA records) :Excess All Areas (RCA records) :Misspent youth (MCA records) and finally :Welcome to the madhouse (Granite records), Working with producers such as Tony Platt, Neil Kernon, Roy Thomas Baker and Simon Hanhart. We toured with artists such as Magnum, Twelfth Night, UFO, Twisted Sister, Meat Loaf, Gary Moore, Bon Jovi, Enuff z Nuff and Sleeze Beez, and Hunter and Ronson. I have also played at some great festivals such as Reading festival in the UK and The Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia and not forgetting Shiley's Acres, West Virginia. USA. I have since taken up the guitar and like to record a lot of my own material which due to my up bringing and the bands that influenced me, tends to lean towards AOR, I really enjoy singing and working on backing vocal harmonies and the whole aspect of recording and building up the songs.On the recording side I have recently decided to make the jump from my Sony Vaio and Cubase sx3 to a Mac and Pro Tools, and at this point I am still at the "why can't it do that" and "why the f*&k won't it do this" stage, I do tend to dive right in and suffer from a lack of what is known in the trade as 'RTFM' syndrome (Read The F*&king Manual)I have unfortunately neglected writing my own material for such a long time now but this has given me a great incentive to 'get back on the horse' as they say, so I can get to grips with Pro Tools as I write some new songs, I will of course upload them as and when they are finished for anyone who would like to hear them. If you like my songs please leave a comment, I'll look forward to reading it. Kind regards, Alan Kelly.
All songs and instruments are written, performed and
produced by Alan Kelly. All material copyright is owned by
Alan-Kelly@AORocks-2006