Mickey Harte - Cold On The Other Side...(Zodiac Sessions)

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Mickey Harte playing "Cold On The Other Side Of Bed" at The Zodiac Sessions open mic night, Dublin, Ireland.


MICKEY HARTE

Mickey Harte has always been moulding and chiselling away as a very competent singer and songwriter, he first cut his music teeth at the early age of thirteen and dedication has certainly been his backbone. His sound is very acoustic pop/rock with a contempory folk element to it. His music influences started early in life as himself and siblings were always encouraged to participate in family gatherings. He grew up listening to a wide range of music from Glen Miller Orchestra to AC/DC, Christy Moore, The Police etc. As a child he was always encouraged by family and friends to express his passion for music. It came really as no surprise that not only the public and the judges selected Mickey as overall winner on Eurostar , a programme on R.T.E. the Irish broadcast and he was selected to represent Ireland in the Eurovision song contest with the song Known as we've got the world became instantly recognisable with him, however although a catchy eurovision number I think somehow he would have really loved to sing one of his own , from which there are so many. Although in saying this it was a major stepping stone into the world of music, and he believes that all in all Your A Star was a very positive experience in his life. He Lived and He's Learned. He made the desicion to leave Sony Records some time after Your A Star, and simultaneously set up his own label 'Swerve' . Although Your A Star and Sony put him in a stronger place creatively and musically, he wanted to show the world that he was a singer/songwriter first and a winner on a t.v talent show second and he is now delighted with the his songs and music and directions they are taking and going. After his stint on television Mickey had an amazing time travelling Ireland and abroad extensivelyand he also finished his second album. Nowadays he does a variety of gigs - sometimes solo, sometimes as a duo and sometimes as a band. His band consists of three Dublin based musicians - Paul Daly: Guitar & Vocals, Elton Mulally: Bass and Aiden O'Grady: Drums. Mickey thoroughly enjoys playing in the band as with any group of lads theres always some craic and fun aswell as the hard work they all put in to the fantastic sound he produces. he has fond memories of people he has previously worked with before on his music who are today still good friends of his, ie - multiinstrumentalist and co-producer of 'Live & Learn' Rory Gallagher (of 'Revs' fame), drummer Gary Porter, bass & studio owner Terry McGinty, pianist Finnian Drumm and to many more to date. He finds when writing a song they don't always sound like the one before....so he is not boxed into one particular genre or sound. A contributing factor to this is the fact he has been working with other songwriters and has had some songs used on other albums and projects which for Mickey is immensely satisfying and influential in his work. Some people he has recently been working with include - Rob Burke, Jack Tempsin (U.S.A. who wrote material for world wide sensations 'The Eagles'), Kieran Goss, Oliver Darly (U.K.), JZ London PopWriters and Billy Farrell ( who has worked with the Corrs, Westlife etc.) At the moment he is not sure what his future holds but from his position at this moment in time and his abilities, passion and hunger for music, he's embarking on a very bright and promising career. His immediate plan is to tour a little more promoting his current album 'Live & Learn' and before the end of 2007 to start recording a new album for which he has written a lot more new material. his ambition is to bring his songs and music to as many countries as possible and touch the lives of people with his words and sound which is looking increasingly possible with the great support and help from his management Shea Mc Nelis,John & Sharon Kenny at ETAK Promotions who look after all things for him here in the Irish market and the newest addition to the clan Steve Garvan in the USA.

http://www.myspace.com/mickeyharte

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• sessions
• acoustic
• live
• mickey
• joe
• harte
• cold
• other
• side
• bed
• open
• mic
• dublin
• ireland

[PaddySlattery]

nice goin Jazz!! the Zodiac sessions kick ass.. ;)

[Jazzmanbf]

Cheers Paddy, Like this tune myself alright!! Looking forward to seeing you soon!

[missyringo2007]

Loved it! Just added you as a friend on myspace. looking forward to hearing more from you

[Jazzmanbf]

Thnaks Missy Ringo! Look forward to sending you more stuff from the musicians!

Happy New year!

[beyoncegal123]

when was this?

[Jazzmanbf]

Cheers again beyoncegal123 for everything!

[jimmydeboy]

only good artist to come from 'your a star',good luck for future

[Denn1982]

Loving the singer-songwriter appearance Mickey! Well done!

[asterix689]

mickey is a good singer,, i used to like him but he composed a song attacking israel, which they are not perfect,, but what about hammas mickey? ever hear of them,, any tunes coming out about their faults?

[nameuseriswhat]

to the two comments below i made a music vid for him so ha! lol :p its on my youtube its his new song taka look. :)

[sbfrbwglvbgbkl]

hi im sylvia and im friends with his neace so ha. lol

[zimmokid]

im friends with his son kyle......aha lol

[ronniederhauser]

Good job. Good singer! Thanks for the invite!

[skybluestratocaster]

its not meant to be melodic....its blues based......its imrovisation and attitude........stop listening to mtv

[D1Goldilocks]

Goldilocks likes! She loves when its not cold on the other side sometimes its just right!

[mijmijmijmijmijmij]

hahaha

Fairplay nonetheless tho Mick

Cool song

[niceoranges]

We've got the world tonight.....

[maxxine101]

he came over to my town and performed.

my mom and him had a great long chat.

he was so good.

i think i was like about 9 years old then. 2003. or was it 2004? :D