Yesterday was one of the best days of my life. Thank you to all who came, all who played and the Start Together team. You all made it so special.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
Tom
Okay folks,
So the day has finally arrived! My next album will be recorded today in two completely live sessions at 2pm & 7pm at the Oh Yeah Building, Belfast. To say I’m excited would be an understatement. This will the the culmination of so much hard work by a great many talented people:
Nick Fitzsimons: Drums
Marty Timlin: Upright Bass
Conor Scullion: Piano and Organ
Linley Hamilton: Trumpet
Angie McCrisken-O’Reilly: 1st Violin
Michael McMullan: 2nd Violin
Zarah Fleming: Cello
Ciara O’Neill: Vocals
Hornby: Guitar & Vocals
Amy McGarrigle: Vocals & Glockenspiel
Rich Dale: Vocals
Ben McAuley: Vocals
Rocky O’Reilly: Producer
Ben McAuley: Engineer
Barrett Lahey: Engineer
Lee McMahon: Monitors
Come along and help us make something special. 
Here’s a inerview I did yesterday with Michael Wilson from The Unsigned Guide. http://www.theunsignedguide.com/blog/129/tom-mcshane-is-hosting-a-unique-recording-session-and-youre-invited/
I hope you enjoy!
Tom
Last week I did an interview with Radio Ulster’s Joe Lindasy about the upcoming Album Recording Sessions. The show was broadcast on Saturday but you can listen again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cl7cg
I also did a video interview with ATL’s Paul McClean which you can watch here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/artists/tommcshane.shtml
I hope you enjoy!
I’m very pleased to report that the Trans 2010 Festival Programme was launced today and the tickets for my Album Recording Sessions are now available from the Waterfront and Ulster Hall Box Offices. Click here for more details.
Just a reminder that the recordings will take place at the Oh Yeah Building on 3rd July and you can attend either the 2pm session or the 7pm session. Tickets cost £9 which includes entry to your chosen session and advance purchase of the completed album which will be sent to you as soon as mixing, mastering and pressing are completed. You will be credited in the liner notes and your copy of the album will be personalised by me.
One more reminder, tickets for these events are strictly limited so get ‘em while you can!
Tom
Hi there,
I’ll be doing an interview and session on the Vinny Hurrell show tonight at 7ish. Fo info on the show and how to listen, click here.
Tom
Here’s an interview with Chris Jones of AU Magazine about the Album Recording Sessions on 3rd July.
I explain in a little more detail the plan for the day and the thought processes behind the slightly unconventional recording method.
Tom
I’m honoured to be a part of the latest episode of Matt Hazley’s wonderful Imprintthisonyourmind podcast. There’s an interview and I play acoustic previews of three songs that will feature in the recordings on July 3rd plus one oldie from Songs are Sad, dedicated to the musician who inspired it.
The three tracks from the forthcoming album are “The Ballad of Morton Candell”, “Flowers” and “A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea Part II”.
The session was engineers by the very talented Simon Mateer at My First Recorder Studio in Belfast.
I hope you enjoy!
Tom
Mr Eddie Mullan of Culture NI interviewed me recently regarding my upcoming Album Recording project.
He also recorded me playing a short acoustic session of two songs that will be on the album, “Flowers” and “The Ural Winter”.
You can read the article and download mp3s of the session tracks for free here.
Tom
Hey folks,
Just letting you know I’ll be playing the Sunday Service show in the Black Box Cafe this Sunday. I’ll be performing a few songs before and after the audio of a few historic speeches are played. Should be interesting!
It kicks off at 5pm and admintion is free!