FREEDOM IS NEVER FREE
This is a tribute photo to my fallen friend, CW3 Donovan L. Briley, U.S. Army Night Stalkers. KIA 03 October 1993 Mogadishu, Somalia "Gothic Serpent"
(Thanks to my friend, Sharri Briley for the bracelet and photo of Donovan and Jordan.) Copyright 2009, Full Metal Jacket Music
SONG 3 on our music player is "The Ballad Of The Night Stalker(NSDQ)"
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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 in aircraft maintenance as a crew chief on RF-4C Phantom IIs
Kirk has also worked for DoD at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC, and in Iraq in 2006, 2007, and Afghanistan in 2009.
The Boland Brothers, Charlie and Kirk,
as well as Kirk, Jr. publish most of their works under
FULL METAL JACKET MUSIC.
Full Metal Jacket Music is Kirk's ASCAP registered publishing.
CONTACT Kirk at, kirk@fullmetaljacketmusic.com
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NEW SONG (1 on the music player)
"Darkness Still Remains".
ARTIST - Kirk W. Boland
PRODUCER - Charlie Boland
The song, "Darkness Still Remains" was written by Kirk W. Boland, Jr.,
brothers, Kirk W. Boland, and Charlie Boland.
Deals with PTSD issues faced by our troops returning from the War Zones.
Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr.
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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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Mr. Robert Dela Rosa, of San Antonio, Texas is the music video producer of this song, "Half Her Heart Is In Iraq(Amy's Smile)"
Charlie Boland is the music producer of the song, "Half Her Heart Is In Iraq(Amy's Smile)"
The song was written by Charlie's brother, Kirk W. Boland.
Kirk worked with Robert in Iraq in 2006 while in Ar Ramadi.
Kirk would also like to thank Mr. Robert Dela Rosa for his help on some of the music projects he was working on for the troops.
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Influences
Our My Space music player has some samples of a few of our songs
SONG 1--- "Darkness Still Remains"
ARTIST - Kirk W. Boland
PRODUCER - Charlie Boland
SONGWRITERS - Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr.
Kirk W. Boland, ASCAP
Charlie Boland, BMI
This song deals with PTSD issues many of our troops face after time in the War Zone.
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SONG 2 --- "Blue Collar Fighting Man"
ARTIST - Chad Van Rys
PRODUCER - Charlie Boland
SONGWRITERS - Kirk W. Boland, ASCAP
Chad Van Rys, BMI
Charlie Boland, BMI
This song was picked up by Concord Records.
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SONG 3 --- "The Ballad Of The Night Stalker (NSDQ)"
ARTIST - Gary McVay
PRODUCER - Gary McVay
SONGWRITER - Kirk Wesley Boland, ASCAP
This song pays tribute to all members, past and present, of the
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne).
The songwriter also pays special tribute to his fallen friend,
CW3 Donovan L. Briley, U.S. Army Night Stalkers,
KIA 03 October 1993, Mogadishu, Somalia.
The songwriter has a line in the song that says, "The Bull, he wore a Green Beret", when the Night Stalker's berets are really, maroon in color.
Kirk made the berets green in the song because he said Mr. Briley always carried himself like John Wayne in the 1968 movie, "The Green Berets".
The song is dedicated to Sharri and Jordan Briley.
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SONG 4 --- "And They All Came Home But Me (Once A Marine)"
ARTIST - Chad Van Rys
SONGWRITERS - Kirk W. Boland, ASCAP
Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr.
Chad Van Rys, BMI
Tyson G. McKinster
This song was picked up by TO THE FALLEN RECORDS.
("And They All Came Home But Me (Once A Marine)" is song number three on To The Fallen Records, Country Vol. I)
Go to their website to purchase this CD or download,
and support the only label that is "military only".
www.tothefallenrecords.com
TO THE FALLEN RECORDS started when former active duty Army officer and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran Captain Sean Gilfillan returned from his tour of duty in January of 2006, he was looking for a sense of purpose.
Captain Gilfillan has since given a voice to our troops, that was overlooked by others.
Visit Chad Van Rys at,
www.myspace.com/chadvanrys
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SONG 5 --- "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, USMC, Desert Storm Veteran
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Ola Sundeen Boland
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Keith Chancey, Iraq, 2007
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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 6 --- "And They All Came Home But Me(Once A Marine)"
ARTIST - Gary McVay
PRODUCER - Gary McVay
SONGWRITERS - Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr.
Kirk W. Boland, ASCAP
Tyson G. McKinster
This song is on the Gary McVay album, "Your Volunteers Stand True"
So many thanks are in order on this song.
It has been released twice.
Kirk and his son, Kirk, Jr. were working on the song for a while.
Kirk Wesley Boland, Jr.
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"Your Volunteers Stand True", (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/garymcvay).
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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 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 also 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
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SONG 7 ---"Half Her Heart Is In Iraq(Amy's Smile)"
DEMO ARTIST FOR HIRE
PRODUCER - Charlie Boland
SONGWRITER - Kirk W. Boland
This song pays tribute to the military wife, as she tries to stay upbeat for her kids, while once again, her husband has been deployed to the War Zone.
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SONG 8 --- "Just Let The Bugle Sound"
ARTIST - Chad Van Rys
PRODUCER - Chad Van Rys
(Chad Van Rys performing at Camp Ar Ramadi, Iraq. 2006)
SONGWRITERS -
Chad Van Rys (BMI) , USMC, OIF Veteran
Kirk W. Boland (ASCAP)
We would like to see this song used in a documentary about the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The song follows a deployed service member dealing with the loss of another three friends from an IED.
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SONG 9 --- "The Ultimate Love Story"
DEMO ARTISTS FOR HIRE
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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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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SONG 10--- "Remember West Virginia Coal"
(Mr. Gary McVay)
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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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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"AND HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN"
30 second PSA produced by the U.S. Army Web Team.
Includes clip of Kirk's song.
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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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Quinn Alexander Poteat, We will all miss you Quinn
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Thanks for your interest in our music,
Email Kirk at kirk@fullmetaljacketmusic.com
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Uncle Kirk, Thanks so much for everything you have done for the family. It means a lot. Quinn would really like all of this. The picture is great. That was him. He was always eating. And always stayed so skinny. We are all going to miss him, and I have no clue what life will be like now without my brother. He was with me every day for almost 20 years. It would have been 20 years in just 2 more months. It all seems unreal. But I love you and cant wait to see you again. Thanks again.
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