 Dot i.e. Dunnegall County Council supporting communities and protecting our environment. You're listening to Paul McDevitt. Yes you are and you're welcome back and that was good. I always enjoy Rory and so check him out and all his social media pages and a brand new song out this Friday. And if you get a chance to check out his other song about an old gal I recall, Dreamer of Supernova. Anyway we say hello and we welcome back our good friend Michael Maloney to Highland Radio on the Monday night session. Michael, how's it going? Not so bad, not so bad. You keep... I'm good, I'm really really good. How's things for you? Good, aye, good. Buzzy buzzy. Buzzy buzzy. Do you know this, if only we're talking in Iran and the summer's been flat out for you. Aye. And now you just... Tapping away, tapping away, tapping away, like not just to the same extent maybe as the as the summer months like. No, still doing alright, like still doing alright, still tapping away about the place you know. Your music carries you into these nightclubs and everything now, doesn't it? You know what I mean? More so than we launch bars and stuff. Doesn't carry you out though. No, no, we're messing. Have you been carried out before, aye? No, no, we're not. No, not what I heard. The tunes kind of, either we kind of go down with the nightclubs. That's good. That's a different, you know, because there's not too many artists can do that like, isn't it? Well, I mean a lot of that's down to the production. Of course. And that's done over there with Tommy. Aye, aye, over there at Fulton Studios, like you know, he would have a big bearing on how the tunes would come out like so. He's got a great ear for that modern type of music, isn't it? You know that beat and... Aye, he's a wizard. He's just lethal. Very, very good. I left him doing a song there, but he must be very busy tomorrow. Aye. Oh, he's a hard man to get a hold of. He's going to turn it into a massive hit for me in the disc. Right, aye. Send it on there. No, I'm not joking. You're working on an album? Aye, I'm surely. I'm ready. How's that go? Good. I know it's done now to be honest, aye? It's done now, but I'm just waiting now to get it just to get it out, like we're just we're working on a death now, like so it should be out in the next couple of weeks, you know? Oh, very good. So I'm looking forward to getting that out. That's the first one, like. That's your first album. Is this all your own tracks in the middle? Yeah, yeah. There's 12 tracks. Eleven of Mine and then One of them's a cover. Brilliant, aye? So, no, I'm just delighted now to get that over the line, like. Well, we're going to go straight into music because we want to hear a bit of music. So first up first, right? Aye, so I'll do a couple of the albums this evening. This one is called As A Great Week On, right? It's just to hate the house. Not hard to know a crowd of gangsters are on the loose. Make a crisis going on about ten years. Little kids inside their homes and they're loving and fair. No words to describe how it makes me feel. A hundred percent redress is the only deal. But it's a great week country. It's a great week country. Corruption for the win. They'll always let us down. Corruption for the win. It goes around and around and it's a great week on. It's a great week on. Corruption for the win. They'll always let us down. Corruption for the win. It goes around and around. Who's coming here? Put my bad Mr. Ryan. We can't have a son. You can't cut your own. Sure, we'll import from France with all this red tape. How do we stand a chance? Don't get me started on the fishing industry. They catch a third of what them quotas ought to be. The working man is always gonna be the last on the list. Ask the boys on the west coast what the crack is. But it's a great week country. And it's a great week. It goes around and around and it's a great week country. It's a great week. Corruption for the win. They'll always let us down. Corruption for the win. It goes around and around. He got handy and brown envelopes. Cute ones up and down the country in the same boat. Screwing over me and you, but tell me who cares? I think they'd rather see a stall on the boat. It's a great week country. It's a great week on. Corruption for the win. They'll always let us down. Corruption for the win. It's a great week country. It is indeed, except for all the things that's going on. I love the lyrics now. Have you done that one out live yet? I have, aye. And it gets a good one. You see, I'm just trying to... How would you describe your music and what would you call it? People have asked me that before. Rap? They're gonna get a Celtic rap. We'd be a bit of rap today because the voice is nearly gone. I don't know. I don't know. Is it a Celtic rap or I don't know? I don't know. To be honest, I just do it comes naturally. I don't try and follow anybody. Totally unique, but it's unique. Which is good. Aye, well that's it. Like you're trying to be yourself. You certainly are. I mean, you don't try to be something that you're not like. I love that, you know, an artist. I love that and people that their voice comes through on it. Like actually, that's why I love the proclaimers and stuff. They're just the magic, you know, their accent. It's all your music based on local sort of dialect, you know. Ah, yeah. Well, like I mean, like the album itself is all things that I see in front of me. You know what I mean? And then you're just trying to take a bit of humour out of it or whatever. That's kind of what I do. Does it take you long in the process from start of the album to now? It's an album I took ages, it took me ages. Like it's the first one. I don't really know what you're doing. But then like for writing actual songs, it could take a day or it could take an hour or it could take weeks on end. Like, you know, it's very organic. Like, you know, I can't just sit down and just motor and motor and get it done. I can't do that. You're either in that headspace to get it finished or not. And to see when it comes to, you know, did you have, did you say, right, I'm going to do an album, but I have no songs yet or I have songs and I'll take X, Y and Z and put them under the album or what way? Have you lower stuff written and sort of half finished and? No, you see, I can, I was caught in the hop because like the first one I put out was what do you want to know like? Aye. And it just, you know, yourself. It's just fun. Where? Where, like, it just got lucky. Just pure luck, like. I know. I would look to you in fairness, like, you know, it was unique. Ah, yeah. You know, like, people are very good. Like, she's only good as the people that you're playing to, like. So, you know, people, people just got behind that. And but now I, like, I had once wrote, but nothing finished. That was the first one I finished. Right. So then I was kind of on the back burner then to think of no loan out. So I got Ozzy Man out then and then after that then I, like, I kind of knew then where I was going. But the first two were really. Did you feel pressure? I did, because you see, I didn't want, I didn't want people to be like, I did at the start because I didn't want people to be like, oh, Jesus, he only has the one. Do you know what I mean? I was like, I just, David has just killed me now. I know, I know. But so then I was kind of like, right, I'll keep her let now and see, kind of. So to be fair, I've done the thing now and I do feel proud that I've done. Of course. Why not? And hopefully now it goes out. All right. So the album, is there a title for the album yet or not? Give out before you give up. Give up? I like it. Of course. We're going through titles there and I just killed that one myself and told me we're going to announce like that. That's the one. Brilliant. That's the one. Because there's plenty of giving out that lately. Ah, that's perfect. You couldn't open the title. Is there a launcher or anything planned or? Nothing planned yet. No, no, I'm planning like that. We were put back there. So it's a couple of weeks to get all that sort of. We have to hear Michael in Highland. He is barely recognizable from Athelon. Oh, Jesus. Keep up the good work from the big guy tuned in and bowed now. I know that. That's Mike anyway. Good stuff. But so, well, you'll have to have a big. Oh, you'll have to do that. Oh, I'll know what will be done, right? Like, definitely. But as I say, I'm not an organizer. Like, but definitely 100%. Do you take that album then and do you be responsible for it to get into the radio stations? Or what ways have you done it? Do you bring on someone as a process involved? Well, I'll have a website now. I'll be selling it to the distributors myself. Ah, very good. Yeah. So you can say Tommy Foltal Studios again. Listen, I just, I go to that man with all my problems. Like, you know what I mean? There you go, lad. Very good. All right. Top class, Michael, is a great man. Tell him thanks from Sheila and Tommy. Oh, very good. And any chance, Michael, could give a shout out to Sergeant Jack Biddy, who loves Michael so. You better. If Sergeant Jack, say hello to Sergeant Jack. Good man, Sergeant. Sergeant Jack Biddy. Ah, he'll pull you in. Oh, it's a room, isn't it, Jack Biddy? Right. Oh, I'm telling you. And Jack, hello to you. Jack was out and about there at the weekend. I had to play Key Fletcher, Jingle, living for him three times. Right. Oh, he's a great lad. And he does a lot of work with the guy. Oh, he wouldn't. See if your car's not up to date. And he gets out. He's the man. You're a baller. But anyway, listen. Going on with the music. How long are you at the music as in gigging? Like, I would have gigged locally all my life, but taken seriously maybe the last three years. Before COVID and then after COVID, it was a tough time. Did it affect you much as regards music-wise? Like, obviously, it was not happening. It was not happening. It was hard to write. I found it hard to write that time. There was plenty you could have been writing about, but it's just the head wasn't right at all. And tell me this, did you go live on stuff for the Facebook Live store? No, I never bothered. As I say, that's the while. I didn't bother me head. Hey, it wasn't the right headspace for it. No, well, if you're not going to. I wrote away it, but I just couldn't bring myself to do the live. It's just something that I'm a violinist on the bill. You see, I would say, I would imagine- It's all for me, it's all about the connection between myself. Exactly. You took the words out of your mind. You sing and do a screen. Like, I didn't know what I couldn't do. A lot of people found that difficult. I think everybody did, but a lot of people just got on with it. But your act will involve that interaction. It's all about to give and take. Of course, I totally get that. So how do you keep the energy in a room when you're looking at a screen? You know what I mean? Jesus, I respect the ones that are at that. Because I couldn't- Do you know what I mean? It's just stuff that's on folks like. We're at a screen right there. Bro, it's unreal. Unreal. Unreal. I don't know how you do it. I was finding it very difficult. I mean, at the start when the pandemic kicked in, we were doing stuff out of just stuff in the house and it would go on. Yeah. It just wasn't the same. And even though it was only radio, it was just- But anyway, that's the way it goes. What's the plans for next year? Have your gigs lined up or? There's one, so on to me. But I didn't even open the book. Because I'm just trying to get through the Christmas. Trying to get through the Christmas. Like Christmas, the Christmas gigs is flat. Is that right? Next year, I'm hoping out of this album, you'll see what happens. Do you want me to show a point in taking them on until you see how this goes? Exactly. This could be the big one. Well, we certainly wish you well. I think it's going to be an absolute builder. We'd love to get another tune, but we'll give you a chance to tune up a guitar for that. What we'll do is take another break. What are you going to do for us next? I'll do another one off the album. I'll do Faithless. Brilliant. This is that. Michael Maloney is playing a few tracks from his fourth coming album. And it'll be back just after the sad break. Don't go away. Monday night sessions in association with Blake's Bar Letter Kenny. Every Wednesday, man with the hat, playing his wild Atlantic soul with the best in soul, northern soul, R&B, two-tone, rocksteady, ska, reggae, jazz and blues. All on original vinyl records. Calla hands gala and go Burt. Your one-stop family shop. Drive into our newly renovated spacious forecourt. 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He's already done one song from us from his brand new album and great track of us, a great country. This next one is called Faithless. Is there a story behind this, Michael? In any sense? There is, yeah. There is, yeah. It's got to do with me mother. But I think the song tells the story itself. Okay, well we'll listen to it. When you're ready. It's left me faithless. It's made me better. And I can't control this. I can't find the answers. Give me one more day. My peace. I'll come to me in my dreams. I've got my mind at ease. Because I'm hurting right now. As only a son would know. They're telling me all that's left is to hope for the best and pray. You don't suffer anymore. Well what kind of choice is that to me? You can't tell me that it's just a chance you take. And all people can't do is ask the questions. Well come on the Mr. Doctor tell me what is the lesson here? Is this the way it's gonna be for the coming years? How many families are gonna have to wipe their tears? And you said that this is just a very best you can do. I wonder if it was your own. What the hell would you do? And you might say that I'm just looking for somebody to blame. It seems to me there's no accountability in the skin. Here I am walking around holding my face in shame. When somebody I love is in that much pain. And it's left me faithless. It's made me better. And I can't control this. I can't find the answers. And give me one more day. And I'll make home to me in my dreams. And put my mind at ease. Well I see you thought you dodged a bullet. Oh sorry could you come back here for a moment? Cause you're in for a hell of a lot of dark days. But that's okay because I'm still going to get paid. This is your day. So now I'll be on my way. Don't shoot the messenger. You must be so angry. It's just a technical difficulty. A clinical malfunction. This is your reality. You see you're out of options. You know it would be nice if an outfit then apologize. You're just a number to me. Someone else who needs my time. Don't you dare come back at me. Cause you cannot deny the system's just a part of this life. And it's left me faithless. And it's made me better. And I can't control this. I can't find the answer to me in my dreams. And put my mind at ease. I'm faithless. I'm better. Can't control. Brilliant. Get the lyrics on it. You know what I like about it? I'm glad you didn't tell me the false story. Because then you're here. Very very good. Like that. Do you write a lot? And the song writing for you involve your emotions? Oh big time. Like it's like. Also. Oh big time. Something has to move you like. Something has to move. Last way I know it. Whatever. But I don't know. I can't speak for everybody. Everybody's done it of course. It's like something has to move me to a point where it's just. And then you can just get it out there. Do you find it therapeutic then? Oh big time. Big time. Oh massively. Like that's first and foremost what it is. You know what I mean? I don't really look at this like a job at all. I'm blessed to be fit to do it. It's more just how you're feeling. And you just try and get that out there. And like if I'm lucky. I'm lucky I have that. There's a lot of lads that maybe would have these. Things that you know they can't get speaking. Or they can't. Exactly. How to say it. They can't communicate it or whatever. And so I'm blessed that. Wait a minute. Maybe a time for me just can't get stuff out their shoulders. For different reasons. Exactly. It's great that you have the ability to do it. When did you think. When did you first if you can think back. Think you could you know have a goat song right. And do we battle the way when you're younger or. No. Well I was you might have tried one or two. But no like I started this music. Because of my mother like. So I just got my mother passed away there. And I told her beforehand I'm going to try the music. And I just went at it then like. And there was just like a flick of a switch. I'm doing it. And I said like that's why I started it. I have no doubt you're going to be very proud of what you've achieved. Because what you've achieved is uniqueness. And that's you know you do get a lot of singers. With you know you like a lot of performers. And there are no sounds. Some people sound different. Some people you stand out as unique. Because if your song is played. And that's what I like about artists. If I'm listening to something I can go. Oh that's such and such. You know you know. You know straight away nearly. You know. And that's that's a great thing. I think that's a big selling thing. And if your songs are popular. That's going to stand you know. You're you're act when you're when you're performing. Is it just yourself. Yeah. Yeah. It's just me like on my own at the minute like. How do you get that sound out there. What do you mean. You know when you're when you're performing. Like do you just perform the guitar. I just perform the guitar. Obviously like you're hooked up to a to a good quality system. Whatever. But it's just the guitar and the big pedal. And that's just how that's all. It works well. I will like get the start. It gets a wee bit of experience too. Like you know like you wouldn't just be going flat out the whole the whole gig. Like you have to kind of know when to rise it and when to. Okay. Yourself. Like yeah. That's important. That's important to know. But that comes with a wee bit of experience. And do you see when you're when you're doing the gig. Do you do covers. Oh yeah. Yeah. I would surely like I would do covers. But it depends again regionally. Like if I'm down on my own or go all the way. Yes. They like a certain song. You know it goes down. I'm performing Belfast. They like a certain song. Like you just again experience. Like I would have had the one set list. When I started say. And you just know this and it's not going down. Exactly. So then you just you just tweak it as you go. A lot of times that happens. You know you could be brilliant. But the primary driving factor for me. Getting it. Getting the gigs that I've got. Like a playlist night and for mana. Or something like last night. There must have been about 150 or 200 right. But the driving factor for me. Getting the gigs that I'm getting. Is has been the original stuff. Do you know what I mean. So people are coming back. They're coming back to hear their originals. So that's great. And like they want like they will obviously you have to play. The ones that everybody knows. And it's grand when you like the tunes. I like when I'm tunes myself. I sort of like you know the way you would see boys to be playing. Oh no. And they don't want to be playing the popular ones. As I love I love getting I love getting people. Of course. But there's not like them singing your tunes back to you. Like. That's not. I have always had lots and lots. Do you know what I've always said to the artists. Both get great feeling. And I'm sat and watched. You know. Since we started this program. I've actually watched artists. And I've watched the audience. You know. I would watch the audience. And I've watched the artists. But I'm not saying from famous people. Be no means. Yeah. But when some when people are singing. Yeah. Going. I would send them out. Do you know. There's people singing along to your song. Do you know. You know. And it's just nice. It's a good. Yeah. It's important not to take that for granted too. No. I mean. I know how blessed I am. Like that. Have that like. But it is class. There's no doubt about it. Of course. I think this album is going to take you to different levels. You guys performing and stuff. You know. I genuinely hope it does. Because you say you've put a lot of work into it. And you deserve the success it comes along with. And I just think it's. You mentioned Belfast and then my. Are you right all around the place? Yeah. I'm all over the concert. Man. It's like. Is that right? Yeah. Yeah. I'm trying to get over now. We're in the works now. We're going over to Liverpool then. You're going to get in the Glasgow. Yeah. You wouldn't know. All right. So trying to get all over the place. Around the country. Yeah. Liverpool's going to get over there now. Like we're just. We're chatting a bit. Going over to Liverpool for a couple of days. It's like. Very good. So that's exciting. Like. Of course it is. Of course it is. If people want to get in touch. Your social media. What way is that working? I check it. Check it out. Make him money music on Instagram. Or you can hit me up. But make him money bookings at yahoo.com. Okay. For anybody else. There's not too many left this year. But we're all open book now for next year. Of course. And as I say. The album will be launched in the next couple of weeks. We'll keep. You'll keep us updated. And we will have people know. Absolutely. A hundred percent. We really look forward to the album. Really, really do. Because as I say. And even I was chatting with my daughter around the day. She said I've seen you. Make him money. Obviously. I will fill stuff. And I'm going. She said you know him. Ah yeah. Social media you say. Of course. It's brilliant. Well listen Michael. It's a pleasure having you open. I'm really delighted. And we enjoy your company. We enjoy your music. And we enjoy looking forward to success. You're going to have a really little forward to that. Will you do one more track before you go over? She will do one more. All right. What's this one do you think? Do you need to end up? Not. Ah. We're all right. Ah. I don't know. I'm a father away. Don't be listening to me. She will do it all the time. Ah. Sure. Why not? Well I met my love. By the gasworks wall. And I derived a dream. By the old canal. It's a dirty old. It's a dirty old. It's a dirty old. It's a dirty old. Michael Mulvillain. I'm eating sweets as I'm talking. Get away. Get away. Brilliant. Your version of that. A classic indeed. And I'm just saying we're looking forward. The name of the album again is. Ah. Give out before you give up. Give out before you get up. And well done to our good friend Tommy Connery over there at Fault Health Studios. Michael, as I said before, the pressure's worse. Thank you so much indeed. Thanks so much for having me. Michael Maloney on Highland Radio. Quick ab break. Back with more music. Don't go away. Monday night sessions in association with Blake's Bar, Letter Kenny.