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Colin McShane

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About Me

Colin McShane is a singer/songwriter who is native to New York City. He has been playing bars, clubs, and lounges in the New York area for over six years both solo, and with other musicians backing him up. Now pursing a solo career, he has found much success and many new fans in both the online and offline worlds. Colin McShane, himself, is a work of art. Colin’s music is sincere and easily related to. First time listeners of Colin’s music often walk away humming one of his melodies. And in addition to Colin’s songwriting talent, he offers a wide variety of subject matter that easily finds its way into the heart of any listener.
Not only is Colin McShane an artist, he mindful of where the music industry is today. He realizes that in today’s market, you must have competitive advantages to ensure profitability. The first advantage is Colin’s relentless attention to his audience’s gratification. Colin realizes that while being his true self will gain fans, paying attention to what the fans want and seek in today’s music and artists will gain more fans and bring the already converted, closer. The other sustainable competitive advantage is the songs. Handcrafted and simply beautiful, jealousy often is sparked by other musicians.
Colin is using his www.myspace.com page to acquire and retain fans. It is here that fans are brought up to date information on shows and the artist himself. Fans are also directed to websites (www.cdbaby.com/colinmcshane and iTunes) where they can purchase Colin McShane’s “Songs to Make You Feel” which has already sold a few hundred copies date. If you wish to contact Colin please call 212.696.7801 or e-mail him at [email protected]

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Member Since: 8/15/2005
Band Members: Colin McShane - Vocals/Guitars/Ideas
Dave Swope - Bass/Keyboards

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Influences: Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Portishead, Nick Drake, Coldplay, Young Buck
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Type of Label: None

My Blog

It’s official

Guiding Light has non-exclusive rights to four original songs of Colin McShane. These four songs will be used for recurring themes throughout the 2008 season.   It's All For You My Dear Coke and ...
Posted by Colin McShane on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:29:00 PST

Guiding Light

I am pleased, excited, and honored to announce that the CBS daytime TV show, Guiding Light has licensed four of my songs to use as recurrent themes throughout the 2008 season.The four songs, soon to b...
Posted by Colin McShane on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:41:00 PST

Now available on iTunes

As of today the album is up on iTunes:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/vie wAlbum?playListId=269087064Go here to check it out and BUY!For a limited time the whole album will be availab...
Posted by Colin McShane on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:50:00 PST

Thank you

Thank you to everyone who helped to make my CD Release Party this past Friday night a success!Dave,  Ji, and I had a great time playing and hope to do it again soon -For those 50 people who bough...
Posted by Colin McShane on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:47:00 PST

New CD Now Available for Sale

Please visit this link to purchase the new CD, otherwise it will be available at the show tomorrow night -   http://cdbaby.com/cd/colinmcshane2   iTunes should have the files soon as well! &...
Posted by Colin McShane on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:53:00 PST

THE CD RELEASE PARTY!!!!

..>..>..>Colin McShane CD Release Party!!!! Friday, 11-16 Colin McShane's second album, "Secrets I Can't Keep," is finally here and we are having us a party!Next Friday, November 16th please join Dave...
Posted by Colin McShane on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:01:00 PST

Deluxe Mac and Cheese???!?!

You saw me do it last month with Google and their "411" service and here I go again spreading the word on a fantastic product:www.supermacnyc.com Mac and Cheese all these different ways? Plus snacks -...
Posted by Colin McShane on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:32:00 PST

S.I.C.K {Secrets I Can’t Keep}

I'm excited to finally announce... The new album, S.I.C.K arrived this morning - It will be available at the show on November 16th and up on iTunes soon as well.   Hope to see you all soon....
Posted by Colin McShane on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:02:00 PST

The meaning behind "Definition of Love"

In case you've been stumped on what my song "Definition of Love" is really talking about, I stumbled upon an article today at Cnn.com that can further explain - http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/personal...
Posted by Colin McShane on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:17:00 PST

American Idol?

I would probably never take part in American Idol.Well, never say "never," I guess.I'm part of this contest called Music Nation, where the top prize is a development deal with Epic Records. Now, we al...
Posted by Colin McShane on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:02:00 PST