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Tracy Chapman, Jack Johnson, Damien Rice, Dave Matthews, David Gray, Coldplay, Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies), Adam Duritz (Counting Crows), John Mayer, The Fray, Chris Isaak, Sting, Cat Stevens, Paul Simon...
Ian has been singing in bands since age thirteen. It wasn’t long before he learned to play guitar and started to create his own musical world: “When you don’t have cash for new CD’s, might as well make your own music, there is no better way to listen to something you’re going to love; it’s like cooking, if you don’t like green peppers, don’t put any in what your making”. After some time playing in bars with different bands, Ian built his own little recording studio at home and started a solo project.
Ian grew up in Montreal, his teenage years went by in a nice basement playing drums and making some noise. That’s actually where it all started. He sang in a band called Jim-Bob and the flying chickens with some guys with whom he developed a strong friendship. Time went by, some left, and new ones came.
A few bands later, Ian ended up working with one of his band members, Guy Dubuisson, on some instrumental projects hoping they could get some attention from the advertising business. It’s from Guy’s skills with audio, computers and music knowledge that Ian learned how to record his own stuff, alone, in his bedroom, which eventually lead to his first album.
“For Insecurity, I borrowed some money from my mom and bought myself a microphone and a computer. With what I could afford, I’m very proud of the sound quality of my album. The room wasn’t ideal either, sometimes, if you listen carefully, you can hear a bus or a car go by and my roommates talking in the living room or watching a movie. Life on De Lorimier Street in Montreal…”
After the debut album was done, Ian found himself shopping around for a label, a team, a distributor, someone, anyone. He sent hundreds of albums around and one of them ended up in the hands of a television show A&R who invited Ian to do his first TV appearance. He sang Fake World on Belle & Bum which is aired live every saturday night. The house band liked his music and therefore helped in Ian delivering a solid performance. Enough so that Audiogram’s president Michel Bélanger who was watching the show that evening had his team get in touch with Ian.
Ian Kelly’s second outing Speak your mind was co-produced by Ian and Montreal-based producer Guillaume Chartrain. It was released in Canadian stores September 2nd 2008.
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rockin’ ... it's the only thing that matters!
Greetings from the same city. We really appreciate that you’ve accepted our request. Looking
forward to your friendship. Great music. Great work. Keep rockin’ … it’s the only thing that matters!
Hey how you doing? Thought we'd drop by and let you know that there's some new music up from singer Songwriter Matt Parsons on our profile. Hope you drop by and check them out. Cheers
Hi M. Ian ! Thanks for the add. Your album sounds great. Can't get tired of listening to it. We're working on some new songs for our 2nd album, hope you'll be available for another recording session at Joe's cottage. Thanks again for the good work. Take care !
