Shane Durrant

................... ...................... ...................................... ............................................................ ....................... ............................................................ ............. ............................................. ( for my Paper Birds compositions, please go to www.myspace.com/thepaperbirds) .. ........................................... ......................................................... ..................................... ............................................................ ..... ............................................................ .......Hey guys, my name is Shane. I am a musician. I teach, write and perform in many different ways. I have composed for various theatre shows for a company based in Leeds, 'The Paper Birds'. We take shows up to Edinburgh every year, tour the UK and make up plays with my music in it, lovely!!! I also sing and play in a covers band, 'Mowgli'. We have done ski seasons in the Alps and generally do gigs all around Europe. Mainly at rich peoples weddings and big corporate do's. I also do the odd 'Juicy Fish' gig. Juicy fish are an acoustic duo that I sing in, my mate Lee plays the guitar. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- I have many musical influences for the different styles that i work in. For my composing stuff; Danny Elfman, John Williams, Micheal Nyman, Jan A.P Kaczmarek, Phillip Glass and Thomas Newman have been great influences. In my singing; Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, James Taylor, Steven Bishop, Bjork, anybody really who sings with passion and preferably warbles!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- Anyways, Look forward to hearing from you all and making lots of new mates, bye 4 now, Shane ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------THE SONGS ON THIS SPACE ............................................................ ........................................................... ............................................................ ................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ......................... 'THE COMMON COLD' - Ok, the other week I had the worst cold and nobody cared, so I thought I'd write myself a little song to cheer myself up and thats how this came about. I recorded it myself in the attic so the quality is a bit naff ( If anybody wants to produce it properly, that'd be ace!!!) ................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ........................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ....................'ATISHOO' - This was recorded live at a gig in April '07. A few years ago I composed the a score for a play about 'accidents'. Don't know why, I think it was because I was thinking about the accidents that happen to you when you're a kid, but I had an idea about using Nursery Rhymes to tell a story about a particular time in my life, so I did! ............................................................ ............................................................ .. ............................................................ .................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .....................................................'CANNON BALL' - A little Damien Rice cover but done on the piano as opposed to the original guitar track. Again recorded live so aplolgies for that gross warble at the end, I get a bit carried away !!!!!!............................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ...................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................ ............................................................ ............................................................ .............'BUTTONS AND IRISH LAMENT' - 'The Paper Birds' are my favourite theatre company and I am lucky enough to compose for all their shows. Here are a few tunes from the plays....................................................... ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ............................................................ ........... ............................................................ .........................................'WHEN I FALL IN LOVE' an old favourite, recorded live!! ........................................ .........................
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