Ornaith O'Dowd
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Ornaith O'Dowd is a songwriter from Galway in Ireland and now based in Brooklyn, New York, who makes lo-fi indie/new wave/ post-punk pop songs about love, loss, and listening to The Cure in one's room on Saturday nights.Band/artist history
I began my recording career as a 17-year-old with the cassette (yes, it was quite a long time ago) album "Blank Melodies", co-produced with Declan Collins of the mighty Toasted Heretic. It garnered some pretty impressive media coverage, and has just recently been dusted down, cleaned up, and made available for purchase here. While attending college, I got together a band called The Craving who played some very loud shows around Galway around 1997/98. I took a break from performing music (although not from writing) while doing a Masters Degree in philosophy, and then moved to New York to do a PhD and teach at CUNY. My latest recording project, "The Pomegranate Heart", consists of six tracks written and recorded at home in Brooklyn between 2005 and 2006.Have you performed in front of an audience?At the moment, concentrating on recording.
Your musical influences
Main influences are The Cure, The Smiths, Joy Division, Ride, Cranes, Magazine, The Clash, The Jam, Cocteau Twins. You mightn't hear it in my music, but I'm also into classical music (of all kinds), early polyphonic church music (especially Palestrina), opera (of all kinds), jazz, and unashamed brilliant pop music (Madonna, ABBA, Prince, and The Carpenters are dear to my heart).What equipment do you use?
Cheap equipment.All comments (1)
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