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Gloria Maria

About Me

CD LAUNCH ON 17TH OCTOBER AT 8PM AT THE CRANE LANE, CORK, IRELANDGloria Maria has always loved singing and performing. While in Ireland, she tried a number of ways to enjoy her craft. This road has brought her to the point of writing the lyrics and finding the melodies for her own songs. Having started performing them in open mikes in Cork, she finally decided to put a band together to create the full sound she hears in her head.She is fortunate to have her guitarist of 2 years - Rory McDonnell (a wonderful singer and writer in his own right), bass player Aidan Scally who worked with her in their previous country band "Foot To The Floor" and Brendan O'Connor, lead guitarist and family member who puts up with her. New to the band is drummer Michal Falender who is also in two other bands in Cork...A CD of 12 originals has been created and will first be available on launch night. It will not only feature some of the above musicians but also include on various tracks: Mario Kozul on guitar, celloist Bertrand Galen, Kathryn Doehner on violin, and Kalle Ronkainen on drums (the band's original drummer). And from Slovakia - Brano Zelenay on guitars, Michal Vary on bass and Matej Firicky on drums for 3 songs.The band are in rehearsals now getting ready to launch the CD on Friday October 17th in The Crane Lane at 8 pm. We are psyched and ready to play into your hearts and soul. We look forward to seeing you there!CD on sale at CD Baby. Click on logo:CD is also available at "Unplugged Records" on Washington St, Cork, Ireland.

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Member Since: 05/07/2006
Band Members: ON SONGS ON DISPLAY Gloria Maria - vocalsBrano Zelenay - guitars-songs 1,2,3Matej Firicky - drums-songs 1,2,3Michal Vary - bass-songs 1,2,3Mario Kozul - guitar - song 4Kathryn Doehner - violin - song 4
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Influences: I was gonna add more to what I had before...but it gets long winded. So I will just say I love good songs with lyrics that move me and music that rocks my soul. At the moment I have re-found Stevie Nicks and Heart again and am enjoying them more than I did before. Who knows who will tickle my fancy next.
Sounds Like: some say Melissa Etheridge others say Melissa Manchester. What do you say?

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CD LAUNCH ON OCTOBER 17 AT THE CRANE LANE 8PM

The CD has been mastered. The art work is being worked on. Soon it will be sent for copying. Halleluia!My CD launch is on October 17 at The Crane Lane in Cork, Ireland at 8:00 pm. Admission is free...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:21:00 GMT

STOKED!

YES!!! We finally have the last musical piece of the puzzle done at the studio. Man it has been a loooong haul. I started this whole process in Slovakia in July 2006. Stopped until I got courage to ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:06:00 GMT

Need new drummer

Looking for a new drummer. Anyone out there who is interested or who knows of an available interested drummer - please contact me.
Posted by on Sat, 17 May 2008 04:46:00 GMT

Finally - the writing is coming back!

For a while there I thought I'd lost it as a writer. Feeling nothing and what I did put down was crap! But early this morning after coming home from a party I wrote 2 new songs (lyrics and tunes).&nbs...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:53:00 GMT

My country music band

"Foot To The Floor" or "FTTF" finally did our first gig on 6th October 2006.  There was a medium attendance - not empty but not packed.  But we were so energized it wouldn't have made any d...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:14:00 GMT

Home again in Cork

Got into Shannon at 7:15am today. Car wouldn't start so I had to call Hibernian - the service man was so quick to get there I barely had time to eat a croissant at the airport restaurant. Got int...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:42:00 GMT

Always The Unexpected

Thought yesterday, Tues 12, would be another day to try an open mike. Thought wrong. Could not figure out what exit I should use as there were 2 other interstates connecting nearby.  En...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:09:00 GMT

Time in LA - pls check out 'Caughtupband' on myspace

Lovin' LA!!! Lots of great lookin guys - everywhere. Feel like a kid in a candy store - hence my song 'Man Crazy' is really fitting. On Sat I went to North Hollywood to check out if it was a possibili...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:46:00 GMT

Picnic and a lovely thing

Got pictures back of the acoustic picnic event that one of the Cork open mike regulars, Mike Burges (aka the nicest man in Cork) put together in his village of Carrignabhear.  It was a sunny day ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:13:00 GMT

Thank you Brendan and Paul

Need to say a big THANK YOU to Brendan and Paul for putting up my 2 songs. Took them a while to figure out that CD.dat ain't easy to change to mp3 unless you spend a lot of time finding and downloadin...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:25:00 GMT