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I'm a songwriter, self-taught musician, dj
and journalist (anyhow composin' !)

ALONE ...born in 1970, I began early to play piano, takin' cello lessons too. Then I left, but I reprise to study music when I was sixteen: piano, guitar and bass, mainly self-made. At the same time, I began to compose music: initially electronic and instrumental, then rock songs with lyrics in English, all alone.

THE BIKES. In my first band, The Bikes, torward the end of the '80, I played guitar: we did covers (mainly Pink Floyd and Deep Purple) and we practised in the back of keyboard player's bicycle shop (here the name of the band!) ...then we changed name in Alter Ego and finally, I left the band.

CRYSTAL BELL. In 1990, I reached the band Saskatchewan: I played bass and we did covers (mainly Doors and Rem) in the singer's home garage. Then the singer left and the rest of the band (me, the guitarists Marco Catarinolo and Federico 'Chicco' Intaglietta and the drummer Matteo Balloni) found another band: Crystal Bell. We did covers (Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Clash and Gary Moore) and some of my compositions like "Hurry up!" ...we tried two singers but finally I began to sing, playin' the bass, and Marco Catarinolo left the guitar for the keyboards. We practised in another garage with other bands and we performed some concerts too. Then, after few months, the band broke.

TRAUMA. I continued to play in that garage with the keyboard player and we played - me on guitar and voice, him on keyboards - my new songs: "One life movie's final frame", "Chinese trip" and "Moonish". For a while, the drummer Salvatore 'Toda' Corrao was with us. Then, Matteo Balloni returned and the bassist Gabriel Del Sarto arrived too but he couldn't play often with us, so finally we found another bassist: Matteo Bernabucci (then, the two bassists always alterneted). We decided to call the band Trauma. I wrote new songs, in Italian too ("Verso l'altrove" - "To the other side" in English -  and "Un fuoco e il buio" that is the italian version of "Moonish"), and I began to collaborate with the guitarist and songwriter Franco Rossi: together we wrote "La meta", "L'attimo" and "Cresce la tua idea" and he played lead guitar with us. We recorded all our songs in the  Music Hill Records studio at Ortola, in Massa (Tuscany - Italy). After a while, the band had a new lead guitarist: Alberico 'Chicco' Baldini.  We re-arranged all original songs and we added to our "playlist" italian covers too: Vasco Rossi, Litfiba, Timoria. We began an intense live activity, In 1993, we won the first edition of "Montignoso Music Festival". In the same year, the band recorded a new session in the Music Hill Records studio and after a while recorded the re-arranged original songs at the hotel Villa Mercedes, closed during the winter. The live activity continued and in the beginning of the 1994 I began to project a rock opera for the theatre, "Inseguendo un sogno", composing new songs. Then the band recorded two new songs "Rabbia" and "Inseguendo un sogno" (the main theme of the rock opera) at the Crystal studio in Montignoso (Tuscany - Italy). In '94 and '95 the live activity was very intense and the band was selected for one of the most important music contest in Italy, "Rock Targato Italia".  We re-arranged "Un fuoco a il buio" and I wrote new songs, "Eutanasia" and "Il cielo d'inverno", then we did the last recording session at the Loading Zone Studio in Frangola (Massa - Tuscany - Italy). Finally, the band broke in 1996 except for a reunion for the festival "Rock for Amnesty" at Baraonda (Massa - Tuscany - Italy) in '96.

DJ. As a deejay, I worked in some discos (The Crocodile, Baraonda and The Cave in Tuscany, Italy) and radios (RadioMilano5 and RadioStudioVersilia in Tuscany, Italy) 'til 1996 when I started my career in journalism.

ALONE AGAIN. From 1996 to today, while workin' as journalist, I continued to write songs, instrumental music, atmospheres. And I'll continue!

With an EP that reached no. 1 in the iTunes Singer Songwriter Chart, and music featured by Q Magazine, BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music, Emma Ballantine is rapidly gaining recognition for powerful songwriting and a 'shapeshifting vocal gift' (Gigslutz). A finalist in the most recent UK Unsigned Songwriter of the Year Competition, and tipped as ‘One to Watch’ by Glamour Magazine, Emma weaves together folk and contemporary influences to create her distinctive storytelling style - inspired by artists including Kate Bush, Tori Amos and Suzanne Vega.

A voice that is as haunting as it is uplifting and that inspires in the same breath as it renders you speechless is a rare and priceless entity. It is also something that Irish singer/songwriter Elly O'Keeffe can be proud to call her own.

Elly first made her mark on the Irish music scene at a very young age, singing in various venues around the country with her family band and giving her future fans the very first taster of her one-of-a-kind vocal stylings. From these early beginnings performing in local venues to her recent move to London where she is actively pursuing her music career, this young artist is ready to bring her remarkable talent to the worldwide stage.

While Elly's stunning vocal has earned comparisons to legendary chanteuses like Eva Cassidy and Janis Joplin, her voice is immediately distinguishable by her earthy tones and soulful melodies; two particular qualities that make her stand out from the crowd. The raw and untainted nature of her talent is emphasised further by the use of her natural accent during performances. Such honesty and purity is also reflected in this young artist's addictive personality and effortless charisma, which is evident both on and off stage. 

Elly's folk-based brand of music has developed massively since she first began writing in 2006. Although her debut album 'When We Live' gained recognition and acclaim with radio DJs and music lovers in Ireland, her upcoming EP promises to showcase her development both as a musician and a skilled, insightful songwriter, who is undoubtedly set to become one of the most recognisable vocal talents of our time.

Just an average middle aged dad from North Wales who plays acoustic guitar a bit and enjoys #songwriting. I write songs that would probably be better if someone else sang them. My fourth studio album is out now on itunes and spotify and the fifth album is in production.

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