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Tom Cooney

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Tom Cooney- Hold Me Down

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While it took Tom until his early 20s to start singing and writing songs, his musical inclinations were first piqued when he was 12. Falling to sleep at night, his neighbour would play classical guitar on his back deck and the sounds would filter through the trees and into Tom's room. A melodic influence which carries on through his current work.
Tom decided to devote 100% of his time to music in mid 2006. Since then he has toured constantly including shows with M. Ward, Fionn Regan, Josh Pyke, Old Man River, The Sleepy Jackson, Bob Evans, Alex Lloyd and Toni Collette, He was also one of the only unsigned artists to be added to the lineup for last year's Homebake.
With the help of indie producer d,’jour, Jamie Trevaskis from Junkship studios, Tom has put the finishing touches on his debut 7 track mini album “Hold Me Down” which was released independently late 2006.
Click button below if you wish to buy a copy of "Hold Me Down" online.


Or drop into Skinnys, Avid Reader or Rockaway Records for a copy in Brisbane. If your in Melbourne try Basement Discs, Sister Ray or Missing Link Record Shop and Sydney at Red Eye Records.
PRESS "Every now and again, a very special musician comes along whose gigs leave a room of people certain they have witnessed someone on the path to greatness. Such a musician is Tom Cooney." 8/10 album review Tsunami Mag.
MANAGEMENT CONTACT: Jane Ashton @ Footstomp Music
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Member Since: 3/29/2006
Band Website: tomcooney.com.au
Band Members: Tom Cooney - Guitar and Vocals, Corinna Scanlon - Harmonies, Jamie Trevaskis - Producer, Guitars and Sounds.
Influences: Denison Witmer, Ryan Adams, M. Ward, Iron and Wine, Beth Orton, Natalie Merchant, Rufus Wainwright, Wilco, Beck, Damien Rice, Feist, Bright Eyes, Hesse, Gibran, and I suppose, anyone who has influenced them.
Sounds Like: "....(Tom's) calming yet emotive voice wraps around his songs of heartbreak and hope like smoke from a winter fire." - The Courier Mail
"...you almost feel that you've snuck into Cooney's room and are reading his diary.....at times just a lone guitar and voice so close you feel you can reach out and touch them." - Time Off
Record Label: el nino el nino
Type of Label: Indie

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ROADS & MIRRORS NATIONAL TOUR ANNOUNCED

An intimate acoustic show with TOM COONEY, EARL GRAY (Sydney - www.myspace.com/earlgraymusic) and LEENA (WA - www.myspace.com/leenamusic).  See dates/venues listed in 'upcoming shows'. ...
Posted by Tom Cooney on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:10:00 PST

TOM COONEY rated as one of the TOP 10 artists from one of the TOP 5 music towns in the world!

TOM COONEY has been rated as one of the TOP 10 new artists emerging from one of the TOP 5 music towns in the world. Sunday Mail, 28 January 2007 by Lucy Carne: "BRISBANE was always the dot on the map...
Posted by Tom Cooney on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:22:00 PST

TIME OFF FEATURE ALBUM OF THE WEEK - 5 STAR.

  Feature Album of the WeekTOM COONEYHold Me Down (Independent)This is the debut mini-album for Brisbane-based singer-songwriter Tom Cooney, and from these seven songs alone Australia should be ...
Posted by Tom Cooney on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:35:00 PST