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Feb & March 2012... Announcing The IYMAs 2012!
IYMAs 2012 Saturday 28th April 2012 - Liberty Hall, Dublin.
The GAA comes to Garageland!!! Announcing the brand new Garage Acoustic Alternative Shows! Starting on Wednesday 1st Feb, we will be running our first ever acoustic nights! Our team (who brought you The Script, Royseven, Ham Sandwich, FLA, Ryan Sheridan) is hooking up with the team who ran the Molloys Sessions featuring Damien Rice, Damian Dempsey, Paddy Casey, Mundy!! Every Wednesday in Solas on Camden Street we are opening up the floor to whoever wants to play, and we'll be having a couple of VERY special guests! Doors 8pm admission whatever you think into a bucket (cash please!!). If you want to play, write to us here or ring 085 8515035
Wow! Highlights from 2011! Highlights from 2010! 2011 was the year when we saw the unbelievable feat of.... The Script selling out The Aviva and headlining Oxegen, supported by Ryan Sheridan in The O2,..... while Ryan Sheridan himself went on to have a number 1 album and play to The President (Yep, Barack Obama from Mullingar or wherever), ........Royseven had the MOST PLAYED song on Irish Radio (just after they played The IYMAs 2011 in Liberty hall for us)....2010 has been another spectacular year for The Garageland crew, and acts who started out on their small journies under our humble guidance!....Conor O'Brien and his band Villagers was famously nominated for the coveted Mercury Prize after an astonishing Jools Holland appearance, and his album Becoming A Jackal has been in wide demand all over the globe - Conor's first Garage Gig was way back in 2002 with The Immediate, who of course did quite well for themselves too.......The Script celebrated two US top ten hits simultaneously, and that was before the release of their second album! The Script, whose first Garage Gig was in 2006, have now sold out The Aviva Stadium for this summer, so we don't think we'll be getting them back any time soon!.....Ryan Sheridan, who actually worked as part of The Garage crew has had a fabulous year, with Ruby Records snapping him up, Ryan has been recieving huge amounts of radio airplay and has also been recorded for 'Other Voices' in the forthcoming series....Daragh Cullen has been tipped as number 5 in a 'top 100 likely to succeed in 2011' by The Tribune newspaper.....Fight Like Apes and Delorentos both released second albums, with Delorentos headlining our own Irish Youth Music Awards........The Ourz have been added onto the prestigious USA compilation Riot On Sunset...... Ham Sandwich celebrated the release of their fantastic second album, although sadly, we all lost a great friend and supporter when Derek Nally passed away suddenly in July. Derek had managed Ham Sandwich and had also been particularly supportive of new music. The passing of Derek Nally has been a great loss to everyone involved in original music in Ireland. Here's to Derek!
Garageland is an independent music organisation, working in partnership with many of the main music industry figures and bodies throughout Ireland and beyond. Our job is to encourage new unsigned bands, artists and musicians, using the vast experience and facilities at our disposal. Our four main projects are The Garage Gigs:For 11 Years The Garage Gigs have assisted new acts and unsigned bands to develop and grow. Many showcases have been staged, and acts who have played the Garage Gigs include The Script, Fight Like Apes, Delorentos, Ham Sandwich, The Kinetiks, Run Kid... Ashtown Recording Studios: Top class recording studio for demos and albums, producing quality recordings using above industry standard equipment, in a very unique and comfortable farmhouse environment. Important recent recordings include Lisa O'Neill, Ryan Sheridan, Thomas Walsh, The Chaos Emerald (album), Paranoid Visions (album), Jerome's Law (label demo's), Dirty Nine's (label demo's).... Garageland At The Grainstore: In association with Dunlaoire Rathdown County Council, a unique and specially designed educational programme. Garageland At The Grainstore brings the music business directly into this fun and informative programme. Using our seemingly unlimited resources, we have developed a programme of song writing clinics, drum clinics, jamming sessions, gigs, promotional advice and recording training all under the banner of one very thorough programme! The Irish Youth Music Awards: The biggest ever contemporary music project designed for young people aged 12 - 19. Commissioned by Youth Work Ireland, this project (we call it The IYMAs) has grown rapidly due to it's entirely unique formula, which allows kids to be in charge, while giving them all the benefits of the wealth of experience at our disposal. We are non exclusive, non judgemental, and we do not prioritise acts based on our mad opinions. All original unsigned bands, musicians, songwriters are welcome to contact us. -------------------------------------------- Welcome To The Garage Gigs..... IN A NEW BAND? WANT TO PLAY? NOT SURE WHERE TO START? CALL US.... IN A RECORD COMPANY? FEEL LIKE THINGS ARE SLIPPING PAST YOU? LIKE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT? IT'S OK, YOU CAN CALL US TOO..... Since 2000, it's been a hell of a lot easier for a new, unsigned rock band in Ireland to get gigs, and to develope their act. Since that time Garageland and the Garage Gigs have helped over 2,800 acts to make significant inroads into their careers, by providing consistent and professional services from the first, nerve-racking Garage Gig, right through to major showcases in Dublin, London and New York. ....but mostly what we do is run gigs. Properly. We always use quality venues on good nights. And we always treat our acts with the full respect they deserve.
Contact:085 8515035 or garageland@ireland.com
Several record labels are regularly in touch with us to see who's good, way before anyone else knows. Sometimes we tell them. Sometimes we keep it to ourselves. HotPress have long since teamed up and we have a two page spread in every issue called Garageland. Ashtown Recording Studios gives all of 'our bands' fantastic discounts on recording demos and/ or albums (currently offering a daily rate of 300.00 euro, including 10 hours recording, and fully experienced, not to mention, very popular, engineer. IMRO has been a supporter of Garageland and The Garage Gigs right from the very start. Phantom 1052, Corks redFM, Limerick Live 95, Beat 102/103 in Waterford, all have associations with us. We have hosted over 1,564 Garage Gigs. We have seen and helped over 3,800 acts. We also enjoy the support and goodwill of printed press and media, through listings and editorials. LIKE TO KNOW OUR TIPS FOR 2012? BET YOU WOULD. It's getting easier to be unsigned. Welcome to Garageland.
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