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Colin Scallan

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About Me


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BTW...
Build Me a Woman is now available to buy online at downloadmusic.ie .
Rep of Ireland text 'music 239' to 57501. texts cost just one euro.
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BALCONY TV 9/9/2007



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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/16/2006
Band Website: colinscallan.com
Band Members: Currently solo
PLACE COLIN SCALLAN'S MYSPACE PLAYER ON YOUR PAGE!! JUST COPY AND PASTE CODE BELOW INTO YOUR PROFILE SECTION!!

Influences: tom waits, elvis costello, queen, led zeppelin, chili peppers, van morrison, little jimmy hendricks, david bowie, prince, john martyn, FZ, radiohead, pink floyd, paul weller, the beatles, the funk brothers, colin hay, paddy casey, neil young, crowded house, bob dylan, bob marley, adam ant, morcheeba, the band, thin lizzy, jeff buckley, nick drake, smokey robinson, robert johnson, ben harper, paul simon, stevie wonder, bruce thomas, massive attack, paul brady, beck.
Sounds Like: been working on it for quite some time now and every time i write a new song it's usually something i didn't sound like before. so 'sounds like' depends on which was the last song that somebody listened to and possibly the next one they hear. somewhere in the middle.

Where It Started: 30th May 2007 (category: Pop)

Build me a Woman: 11th May 2007 (category: Pop Rock)

The Last Battle: 16th Nov 2006 (category: Pop Rock)

Walk Away: 8th Nov 2006 (category: Pop Rock)

Blot on the Landscape: 22nd Oct 2006 (category: Alt Pop)

Into the Flame: 14th Oct 2006 (category: Acoustic)

Build me a Woman: 2nd Oct 2006 (category: Pop)

Build me a Woman: 11th Sept 2006 (category: Pop Rock)

Build me a Woman: 29th August 2006 (category: Pop)

Strength in Numbers: 21st May 2006 (category: Acoustic)

Build me a Woman: 3rd June 2006 (category: Pop Rock)

Strength in Numbers: 26th May 2006 (category: World)

Type of Label: None

My Blog

A Bloody Good Week

hey guys just  a quick note to let you know about some happenings, recent & upcoming. I'll be back in Cypress Avenue, Cork on Wednesday 26th of Sept, this time supporting one of my all-time m...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:52:00 PST

FREE DOWNLOAD HERE

Yes it's true.. by way of saying a huge go raimh míle maith agaibh (thanks) to everyone who's helped Build Me A Woman to reach number 3 in the independent Irish download music charts, track 5 in my pl...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:29:00 PST

number 5 in the Downloadmusic.ie charts

Just a quick note to say thanks to everyone who helped my song Build Me A Woman get to number 5 in the downloadmusic.ie charts.. hopefully a sign of things to come.I'm heading out to celebrate tonight...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:59:00 PST

Fastest Moving Single @ Downloadmusic.ie

Yes it's true! - Build Me A Woman was the fastest moving single this week in the downloadmusic.ie charts entering the top 30 and finishing at number 28. Much appreciation and respect to all who helped...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:52:00 PST

Eircom Indie Music Promotion

Just a quick note to say 'Strength in Numbers' is now available for free download at http://home.eircom.net/broadband/entertainment/music/ as part of Eircom's new independent artist promotion in assoc...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 04:14:00 PST

so what the hell has been going on?

thats going to be a tough one to sum up in such a short time..After just about recovering from a US visit of big highs and red-tape lows, I've been really busy restructuring things at home after a mon...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:41:00 PST

'Strength in Numbers' on Hollywood record label compilation

Visitors to the Los Angeles area make sure to listen closely to your college radio stations whilst sitting in those tailbacks.Why not go a little further and call up any of the top 25 college stations...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:10:00 PST

New EP and other stuff

Just a quick few lines to give a shout out to Bob Becker of Counter Clockwise Music in Detroit for helping to remaster my EP, the mp3s of which make up tracks 1-4 in my page's player.As for the cd cop...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:51:00 PST

NEW VIDEO & such..

...just a few words about the video in the player.filmed in october 2006 upstairs at Bodkin's Bar, Bolton Street, Dublin..we hadn't got a location, cast or props with about 3 days left to begin the sh...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:17:00 PST

Detroit updates & WJR Interview

A quick note from Detroit to say everything's going great, and it's a hell of a town. The session in Pac Three was a amazingly productive. in true Motor City tradition we managed to crank out 5 new cu...
Posted by Colin Scallan on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:54:00 PST