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David Flynn (aka Dave Flynn)

About Me


Dave recently released his debut album ‘Draíocht’ on Frisbee Records (FRCD001). You can buy it here in mp3 format
Dave Flynn is an award-winning composer and musician from Dublin, Ireland who works across many musical genres with a particular emphasis on traditional and contemporary Irish music.Dave is perhaps best known for ‘Music for the Departed’ his innovative collaboration with the renowned Irish Fiddle and Guitar duo Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill and the virtuoso classical violinist Ioana Petcu-Colan, which was premiered at the 2006 Masters of Tradition Festival in Bantry, Ireland. Dave has received audience and critical acclaim for his unique compositions and songs, virtuoso musicianship and stunning live performances.His numerous awards include the 2002 IMRO Composition Award and the 2004 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Composers Award.Aside from his composition skills, Dave is particularly noted for his virtuoso guitar and mandolin skills which have seen him perform across many different genres, both solo and alongside such internationally renowned musicians as Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Steve Cooney, Louis Stewart, Roland Dyens, The Crash Ensemble, Líadan, John Feeley, Clive Carroll and the Dublin Guitar Quartet the acclaimed group Dave co-founded before going solo.Click this page to buy the hard copy of the CD Draíocht

You can also purchase the album via iTunes through this link http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? playListId=265176097 You must have iTunes software installed for this link to work. Please see his websites www.daveflynn.com or www.myspace.com/daveflynncomposer for more info.If you don't want to buy the CD but like the music then why not consider donating something to Dave via karmafan. Karmafan let's you donate any amount to Dave, even 10 cents, every little helps you know!You can also view some more detail about Dave's compositions here http://davidflynnmusic.blogspot.com/and some of Dave's articles on music are here http://daveflynn.blogspot.com/

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/7/2006
Band Website: daveflynn.com
Band Members: I play with various musicians at different times including the following peopleAisling Agnew - Flute Hugh Buckley -Jazz Guitar Liz Coleman - Fiddle Mick Dunne - Banjo/Mandolin Aidan Dunphy - Drums Percussion Conan McConnell - Bodhrán/Accordion Cion O'Callaghan - Drums/Percussion Brian O'Toole - Bass Ciarán Swift - Guitar/Mandolin Martin Tourish - Accordion
Influences: Where to begin? I listen to so much music in different genres, all of which has probably influenced me. Here are the most prominent ones in my iRiver/Cd Collection.TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSICIANS -Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, Dervish, Paddy Glackin, Donal Lunny, bothy Band, Planxty, Altan, Andy Irvine, Steve Cooney, Matt Molloy, Mairtin O'Connor, Chueftains, Harry Bradley, Paul O'Shaughnessy, John Doherty, Liz Carroll and John Doyle, Mick O'Brien and Caomhin O'Raghallaigh, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples, Ronan Browne, Pat O'Connor, Tulla Ceilí Band//////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////POP/ROCK BANDS -Beach Boys, Beat, Beatles, Big Country, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Blur, Cardigans, Cocteau Twins, Cure, Depeche Mode, Doors, Fine Young Cannibals, Fleetwod Mac, Go-Betweens, Iron Maiden, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Madness, Massive Attack, Merz. Metallica, New Order, Pixies, Pink Floyd, Police, Prefab Sprout, Pulp, Queen, Radiohead, REM, Roxy Music, Simple Minds (early stuff before they went all stadium rock!) Smiths, Stone Roses, Stranglers, Strokes, Sundays, Talk Talk, Talking Heads, Tears for Fears, The Four of Us, The The, Thin Lizzy, U2 (up until Zooropa, after that its all gone bland), UB40 (early stuff before they went bland too), XTC, Yes.//////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////SINGER-SONGWRITERS - Burt Bacharach, Beck, Bjork, Bob Marley, Damien Dempsey, David Bowie, David Byrne, Isaac Hayes (just for Shaft alone the man is a legend!), James Brown, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Lou Reed, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson (up until Bad), Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Prince (80's stuff mostly), Scott Walker, Stevie Wonder, Sting (hit and miss since the Police really), Tom Petty.//////////////////////////////////////////////////AFRI CAN MUSICIANS - Baaba Maal, Bembeya Jazz, D.O. Misani, Fela Kuti, Four Brothers, Franco & TPOK Jazz (best band ever!), Jonah Sithole, Orchestre Baobab, Papa Wemba, Robson Banda, Rochereau, Salif Keita, Super Rail Band, Thomas Mapfumo, Toumani Diabate.////////////////////////////////COMPOSERS - John Adams, J.S. Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Claude Debussy, Philip Glass, Henrick Gorecki, Gustav Holst, Georgy Ligeti, Arvo Párt, Perotin, Krystof Penderecki, Maurice Ravel, Steve Reich, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jean Sibelius, Igor Stravinsky, Kevin Volans, Iannis Xennakis./////////////////////////////////////JAZZ AND WORLD MUSIC ARTISTS - Hugh Buckley, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina, Django Reindhart, Marta Sebastien, Louis Stewart. ////////////////////////////////////////////
Sounds Like: My music sounds like a combination of all my influences.
Record Label: Frisbee Records
Type of Label: Indie

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DAVE FLYNN BOOKING INFORMATION Dave Flynn offers a number of different performance scenario's from which to choose from should you wish to book him for an event. DAVE FLYNN SOLO AND ACOUSTIC In this s...
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