BROTHERS, Charlie Boland and Kirk W. Boland,
continue to work together, as well as individually on song projects.
Charlie Boland is a BMI registered writer, producer, and pro drummer.
Charlie's son, Dustin served in the U.S. Army.
Charlie recently entertained the troops at Gitmo, on July 4, 2008.
Kirk W. Boland is an ASCAP registered writer.
Kirk is a former U.S. Army pilot,
also serving as an enlisted member in the U.S. Air Force.
He has also worked for DoD at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island,SC, and worked in Iraq in 2006 and 2007.
Full Metal Jacket Music is Kirk's ASCAP registered publishing.
CONTACT Kirk at, kirk@fullmetaljacketmusic.com
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Mr. Norman Lear (third from the right), Chad Van Rys (outside, right side),
from the Born Again American project
CONGRATS TO Chad Van Rys !!!!!!
CBS Sunday Morning, Bill Whitaker interviewed Norman Lear,
the producer Of "All In The Family".
During the interview, Mr. Lear spoke with Mr. Whitaker about the,
Born Again American project.
While playing a clip of the song, "Born Again American" in which many artists added their many talents, you see our friend,
Chad Van Rys singing with his "Marines" t-shirt on.
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Charlie Boland produced this song,
"Half Her Heart Is In Iraq(Amy's Smile)"
Written by Charlie's brother, Kirk W. Boland.
The video was made by Kirk's friend, Mr. Robert DeLaRosa, in
2006 when Kirk and Robert where working in Iraq.
The artist is Susan Marshall.
Our My Space music player has some samples of a few of our songs
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SONG 1 ---"Blue Collar Fighting Man"
ARTIST - Chad Van Rys
PRODUCER - Charlie Boland
SONGWRITERS - Chad Van Rys
Kirk W. Boland
Charlie Boland
RECORDED AT - Bayou Recording, Inc., Nashville, TN
This song was released March 2009 on Mr. Norman Lear's project,
the "Voices of Born Again American".
It's on iTunes.
This song, lyrics and music, and sound recording Copyright ,Full Metal jacket Music,ASCAP, under contract to Concord Records, only.
Contact, Kirk W. Boland, kirk@fullmetaljacketmusic.com
You may listen to this song, as well as, other songs performed by
Chad Van Rys on his website, www.myspace.com/chadvanrys
Mr. Van Rys has his touching song, "The Veterans", on his website.
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SONG 2 ---"And They All Came Home But Me(Once A Marine)"
ARTIST - Gary McVay
PRODUCER - GARY McVay / Kirk W. Boland
SONGWRITERS - Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr.
Kirk W. Boland (ASCAP)
Tyson G. McKinster
RECORDED AT - Gloryland Recording Studio, Sevierville, TN
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So many thanks are in order on this song.
Kirk W. and his son, Kirk, Jr. were working on the song for a while.
Kirk W., then asked his son-in-law at that time, Tyson G. McKinster, an
active duty United States Marine, at that time, for some input on the song.
Kirk W. then demoed the song, and sent it to his friend, Gary McVay, an artist and studio owner in Pigeon Forge, TN. Gary cut the song, and it turned out so well, that they released a cd with the song included on it.
"Your Volunteers Stand True", (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/garymcvay).
Jennifer D. Brofer an award-winning journalist for the United States Marine Corps, heard about the song, "And They All Came Home But Me(Once A Marine), and thought it would be a good article for "The Boot", the base newspaper for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island,SC. http://www.thebootandjetstream.com/issues/boot/boot08190/page3.shtml
Kirk W. credits Ms. Brofer's enthusiasm for the song with giving him the confidence to keep pushing it forward.
(For more info on Ms. Brofer and her outstanding work you may visit,
www.jenniferbrofer.com and www.jenniferbrofer.net)
After Ms. Brofer's story, interest in the song continued with other newspapers
running stories about the song, and the story was released on the USMC website, www.marines.mil.
Kirk W. Boland and his son, Kirk, Jr. were invited to perform the song at "The Lyceum" on MCRD, Parris Island, SC on October 14, 2005, for an event for Marine Corps Veterans.
http://www.thebootandjetstream.com/issues/boot/boot10210/page3.shtml
This song was also recorded by artist, Chad Van Rys.
Check out the version Mr. Van Rys cut at,
www.myspace.com/chadvanrys
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SONG 3 --- "The Ultimate Love Story"
DEMO ARTISTS - Darryl Lee O'Donnell
Susan Marshall
PRODUCER - Charlie Boland, (BMI)
SONGWRITERS - Mr. Dale Hoover
Kirk W. Boland, (ASCAP)
Charlie Boland, (BMI)
This song walks with Jesus.
It started as a poem by Mr. Dale Hoover, a graduate of The Citadel and man that walks the walk for God.
Kirk W. asked his friend Dale, if he could make a song out of the poem.
Dale gave Kirk W. the go ahead, so some changes in lyrics, a chorus was added and music, and a demo.
Kirk wants to thank Mr. Dale Hoover for being an example to follow.
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Once again, Kirk W. called on his friend, Gary McVay to cut the song.
Charlie Boland, Kirk's brother liked Gary's cut of the song so well, he wanted to take it to Nashville and have a duet recorded with the song.
Charlie Boland produced the song, and made some arrangement, lyric, and timing changing to make the song more radio friendly, and his vision of the song has received many good reviews.
Our goal is to have the song recorded as a duet and released by Gospel or Country artists.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS THAT DEMOED THIS SONG-
Darryl is part of the band, Townsend/O'Donnell, on the Lofton Creek Records label.
For more info on Townsend/O'Donnell go to their website at,
www.myspace.com/townsendodonnell
www.loftoncreekrecords.com
You can download their 2008 hit, "Cowboys Want It".
For more info on Darryl Lee O'Donnell and his son, Klinton O'Donnell, go to,
http://www.theodonnells.com
Their new song, "Live To Love Another Day", is awesome.
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Susan Marshall is a singer, writer and producer.
Susan also teaches artist and writer development and is a music business consultant, specializing in promotion and marketing for developing talent. Currently working on her next album project, "Quit Fiddlin' Around, Stop Domestic Violins"
Susan was branded as Nashville's first female "Alternative Country Rocker", She came to Music City as a background singer just after high school graduation in New Jersey. She landed a job on Music Row and began working with some of Nashville's top songwriters while developing her own "rock'n'western" style as a singer/songwriter.
You may visit Susan at her websites,
www.myspace.com/susanmarshallmusic
www.susanmarshall.us
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SONG 4 --- "My Heart's Missing In Action (No Tea Parties)"
ARTIST - Kelly Coberly
PRODUCER - Gary McVay
SONGWRITERS - Ola Sundeen Boland
Kirk W. Boland, ASCAP
Keith Chancey
RECORDED AT - Gloryland Recording Studio (www.gloryland.com)
This song is about a little girl that awaits the return of her father
from the war. However, with multiple deployments, she still waits...
Written by Ola S. Boland and her husband, Kirk W., and Kirk's friend,
Keith Chancey, a United States Marine Corps veteran of Desert Storm.
Award winning, Singer/Songwriter, Kelly Coberly's performance on this song has been compared with The Judds, while others think she sounds like The Forester Sisters.
Kelly has included this song on her album, "Remember West Virginia Coal".
To learn more about Kelly or purchase this song on cd, visit her at,
www.kellycoberly.com
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SONG 5 --- "Half Her Heart Is In Iraq(Amy's Smile)"
ARTIST - Kata Hay (Kata and The Blaze)
PRODUCERS - Kata Hay and Robbie Helton
SONGWRITER - Kirk W. Boland
"Half Her Heart Is In Iraq(Amy's Smile)", is about a military wife that continues to put on her smile for her children, to lift them up while their father is serving another tour in Iraq.
Thanks to Kata Hay and Robbie Helton for taking their time to work on this song that pays tribute to our troops and their families.
Kata and Robbie are founding members of the band, "Kata and The Blaze".
"Kata and The Blaze" keeps growing and becoming a force in country and bluegrass circles. The band members are Kata Hay, Robbie Helton, Jason Roller, and Matt Leadbetter.
Kata has a voice which can crossover to any format, so her songs could spin on any radio station.
To support Kata and The Blaze, visit their website at,
http://www.myspace.com/kataandtheblaze
Check out her song, "Wanted 2", on the new Kata and The Blaze CD, "Remember That Summer".
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SONG 6 --- "Remember West Virginia Coal"
ARTIST - Gary McVay
PRODUCER - Gary McVay
SONGWRITERS - Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr.
Kirk W. Boland, (ASCAP)
RECORDED AT - Gloryland Recording Studio (www.gloryland.com)
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Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr., now in high school, had come up with the song when he was still in middle school after watching the evening news about coal mine accidents.
Kirk, Jr., always a civic minded young man, wanted to help the safety conditions in the coal mines, so he wrote this song.
Kirk, Jr. and his father finished the song, and sent it to their friend, Gary McVay, the owner of Gloryland Recording Studio, located in Pigeon Forge, Tn.
Gary McVay worked for 20 yrs. on stage at the Smoky Mountain Jubilee where he played steel guitar and sang lead and baritone in the Jubilee Quartet. He stepped down from the stage to go "full time" in the studio, and plus to sing in churches when the opportunity would arise.
Once Gary cut the demo of the song, it turned out so well, that others also liked it.
Artist, Kelly Coberly, also cut the song and released it on her cd titled,"Remember West Virgina Coal". (www.kellycoberly.com)
Kelly's version has been performed in Nashville and received air play on sat. radio to 3 million listeners.
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SONG 7 --- "And Have You Ever Known"
DEMO ARTIST- Kirk W. Boland
PRODUCER - Kirk W. Boland
SONGWRITER - Kirk W. Boland
This song honors the men and women of our U.S. Armed Forces that
step up to protect our freedoms.
The first verse names Medal of Honor recipients, the late, MSG Gary I. Gordon and SFC Randall D. Shughart, that gave all they had in "Operation Gothic Serpent" (Black Hawk Down), trying to save their brothers.
The second verse names the first Medal of Honor recipient of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the late, SFC Paul Ray Smith, as he stayed on his .50 cal. so others may live.
The last verse asks the question, "Who will defend your precious ones?"
STILL only a select few guard the lives of the many, here in our nation.
Many never stop giving.
My friend, Sharri Briley continues to work on behalf of our heroes and their families with her Gold Star work.
The photo insert on the music player of this song, is of Mrs. Sharri Briley with Governor Mike Beebe of Arkansas, when she was honored during a Gold Star event.
Respectfully, Kirk W. Boland
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Tribute to Steven Colbert for supporting our troops in the WAR ZONE!!!!
Chad Van Rys sings "BLUE COLLAR FIGHTING MAN".
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"BLUE COLLAR FIGHTING MAN"
NOW ON iTunes
NEWS UPDATE...Blue Collar Fighting Man was released on 3/31/2009 on the Voices of Born Again American (Digital) / Release No. CRE-31450-25 / Writers: C. Van Rys / K. Boland / C. Boland / Label: Concord Records
Production Team on "Blue Collar Fighting Man"
Artist - Chad Van Rys
Producer - Charlie Boland
Publisher - Full Metal Jacket Music, ASCAP
Recorded at - Bayou Recording, Inc., Nashville, TN
SONGWRITERS
Chad Van Rys, (BMI)
Charlie Boland, (BMI)
Kirk W. Boland, (ASCAP)
Two of the song's writers, Chad Van Rys and Kirk Wesley Boland, met while in Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006. The third writer, Charlie Boland, produced the song. Charlie is a music producer and pro drummer, performing for our troops at GITMO on July 4th, 2008.
"Blue Collar Fighting Man" by Chad Van Rys is song 2 on the new
album, "The Voices of Born Again American".
http://www.kazaa.com/album/1512464/Voices_of_Born_Again_American/index.aspx
REMEMBER, YOU CAN ALSO FIND "Blue Collar Fighting Man" on iTunes.
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VISIT - CHAD VAN RYS at, www.myspace.com/chadvanrys
VISIT - CHAD VAN RYS FAN SITE at, www.kingofdiesels.com
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PRODUCER CHARLIE BOLAND and CHAD VAN RYS working out details
just before recording, "BLUE COLLAR FIGHTING MAN" at Bayou Recording,INC. in Nashville, TN
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ALSO
The military tribute CD titled,
"Your Volunteers Stand True",
With songs written by
Ola S. Boland,
Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr.
Jennifer Branton McKinster
Tyson G. McKinster
Kirk W. Boland
Recorded by Army Veteran and Gospel artist, Gary McVay.
Gary is on CD or DOWNLOAD at,
www.cdbaby.com/cd/garymcvay
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"And They All Came Home But Me(Once A Marine)"
performed by Chad Van Rys, was included in a tribute to our troops, during the opening show of the NBC Television Network's season premiere of Nashville Star, hosted by Billy Ray Cyrus, on June 9th, 2008.
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Thanks to Kata Hay for remembering our troops and their families by performing our song, "Half Her Heart Is In Iraq(Amy's Smile)".
Check out Kata's original song, "I Know", on her website,
http://www.myspace.com/katahay
And let's wish Kata good luck at the BB Cafe in Nashville next week.
Kirk W. Boland, sings his song, "AND HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN"
On the 30 second PSA produced by the U.S. Army Web Team.
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Charlie Boland continues to plug his awesome song,
"Big Pair Of Fins"
Charlie Boland also just finished producing his song,
"One More Thing To Break".
Darryl Lee O'Donnell's vocals on this song are awesome!!!
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"The Ballad of Mark Martin"
SONGWRITER: Kirk W. Boland (ASCAP)
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Thanks for your interest in our music,
Jennifer L. McKinster
Administrator/Songwriter
Full Metal Jacket Music, ASCAP
Boland Music Group, P.O. Box 10, Smoaks, SC 29481
To contact Kirk W. Boland directly, you may e-mail him at
kirk@fullmetaljacketmusic.com
To contact Charlie Boland directly, you may e-mail him at
cadencecount@aol.com
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