 I'm very happy to be here. So thank you for having me. Oh, you're more than welcome. Quick introduction, Jack. You're a letter Kenny, best singer-songwriter. Yes, I'm from Glen Carr, just myself. No, you didn't travel too far. No, thank you very much. And you've been writing songs for how long, though? About four years now, just so. What made you go down that road? Have you always been a singer, Jack, as in covers and stuff, or...? No, not really. I only started kind of playing music about five years ago now, and I took it up just because I was in TY in secondary school, and had a bit of free time, you know, and picked it up just with my brother and a guitar, and I took lessons with Martin Orr, if you know him, so he might be listening. We heard tell of him, all right. Did you learn...? Did he teach you anything, like, or...? Oh, here. Taught me everything I know. I know, I know. And the guitar, I love them guitars, great guitars. Right, I'll tell you what we'll do. We'll go straight on this song, right, if you don't mind. And the first song, Jack, is...? Is Too Many Arms. And the background to this, Jack? Well, I'm in a long distance relationship now for the past five years, like, you know, I've taken along, so it's about that, really, just, you know. Well, listen, we're looking forward to this. She gives me too many reasons to stay and only hours I spend. Yes, I will once in a broken stage, because I don't love the simple or straight, I love it. Convices I can't find till every towel. Well, I should be dead inside, but it's important to be honest about all those wrongs, because I was once asked by gentle sweat if I love her until my... Absolutely beautiful. Thank you. Tell us, your relationship in EP? The 14th of July. And the RCC. RCC, yes. That's so nice. Do you know, I don't know if you're like me, but when you say the 14th of July, you think, ah, it's Friday week. That's Friday week, exactly, yeah. I thought myself... Are you hardly on your own gig in this one? I am, yes. I've got support from George Houston and Trump as well, just to... Oh, yeah, yeah. Bringing on the big guns. Yeah, that's a deal. I've got to make it good. George is amazing on Trump. We've been trying to get Trump up here, but we can't because... They're busy. They're busy people. But we will eventually. But that's great. That's great. Is that your first sort of headling gig? Yeah, that's my first headling gig, yeah. No pressure, right? No, no, at all. If people want tickets for that, Jack, where can they get it? You can find them at eventbrite and also on the RCC website. Just look up Jack McBurdy documentary screen and EP launch. You can also find a little bit more on Instagram as well, just at Jack McBurdy Music, just in case anybody needs to know. Go and take part in the whole lot. Are you active in that social media stuff? Do you see the importance of it? Yeah, on Instagram anyway. I was going to talk to the documentary. Tell us a bit about that. Well, I was approached by Lee Russell, if anybody out there knows him, just to shout out to Lee. But I was approached by Lee because he was doing a documentary. He wanted to do it on local music. And he approached me just about doing it. And that's kind of about me and my perspective on music. Focused on you entirely? Yeah, just me entirely. And oh, 20 minutes of it. You don't know how you did it. And what was it like? Is this a documentary for open commencing? Or are people to take advice from? Well, I suppose it's just, I kind of talk about why I do music and stuff like that. And I think it's a big part of music is what you can learn from it. When you listen to music, you can learn lessons from it and stuff. So I suppose that's what the documentary is about in a lot of ways. Excellent. So that's on Friday week. So I tell you what, that's a great lineup. And your EP launch takes place as well. And a documentary premiere. Amarik, the premiere is on as well. And there's support, of course, from George Huston and Trump, an amazing open common group. And many songs with you in the EP3. Three just now. And they're all obviously your own. I all originally was, yeah. Have you many songs written? I think I have about 30 on the bus stage. So I do, I have quite a bit. I have a lot of free time in my hand. So that's what I started doing. Are you a full-time musician? Technically, yes. Yes, right. Okay. And you're between shifts, as I say. Yeah, right. Okay, so the songwriting process, how does that work for you? A lot of the times I will find ideas for lyrics and stuff. You know, just sweet things. I read your stuff or terms of phrase that I like. And I'll write them down. We know book and then kind of come up with chords and melodies afterwards. Who, what kind of artist inspired you? Well, I always name one, but nobody knows him. His name's Shaky Graves. He's an American fellow from Texas. What do you call him? Shaky Graves. Shaky Graves? Yeah, that's a bit of an obvious. As a G or A V? Yeah, as in Grave. Graves, yeah. I must put his name down here and google him. Does he got it? Who's he like or what? He's just somebody I've found online through YouTube. But he's like a blues musician primarily and kind of branched out. But and then Hosea is another big one for me, obviously. Hosea. Yeah, I can get that a wee bit in that forest song or a bit of a Hosea influence in there. Absolutely brilliant, Jack. Proud of you, lad. Says Martin, or? Good man, Martin. Good man, Martin. Thanks. I must check Shaky Graves out now. That's what I love doing that. You know, people come in sometimes to say you might not hear this. Well, I'll make a point down of googling it or finding something about him, you know. So the document is big. Are you giggling, Jack? This will be the start of it. Isn't it the RCC just, you know? Okay. I've been doing wee bits and dairy here and there, but nothing big yet. That's okay. Well, sure, we're looking forward to big stuff happening. We'd love to get another song from you, Jack. Is that for song on the, is that feature on the EP? It's not, actually. I'm playing use a few ones that aren't on the EP just for the listeners. Absolutely brilliant. Right. And this next one, Jack? This next one is only one I'll ever write. That's the name of it. That's the name of it? That's the name of it. The only one I ever. Oh, it's really catchy. You know, you'll remember it easily. No, that's good. I'm looking forward to this. Well, you're ready. That'd be beautiful. I just like it. Very proud of you, Jack. Sounds class. Ed Sheeran, better watch out. That's from Brandon. Nor was I on to this. And he says, tell him I wanted to perform in my Up Common Voodoo Charity Country Sunday and Eight of Donegal Rip Crisis on Sunday, the 16th of July. Very good. I'm more than happy to. There you go. Martin, that's that sort of. And that'll just be, you have your big gig then, the couple of days before that, so you've been a total high that weekend. And the songs that you're writing, do you have a, do you know, is there for a pattern that you choose to write about or are you prepared to write about anything? Or is there just a set kind of a way? Well, I don't so much choose it, but they often come out sound a bit sad all the time. I'm not going to lie. But I tend to kind of try and write about as many different things as possible, really. I'm someone who overthinks a lot of things. You know, a lot of stuff comes from that. Just, you know, You studied music, did you? Or you studied? I did, yeah. And the tech and dairy? Yes, in the North Oceans regional. And, you know, it's funny, a lot of young people who come up here to tell us about, you know, how I studied and the tech, I just think that's amazing. How long was the course? Are you still involved in it? No, just when I stopped there this year, just that was. How long was it? Two-year course, just H&D. It was best thing I ever did for myself. Is that right? On what sense, like, in what way? Well, a large part of it was my songwriting and how much it kind of changed and developed whenever I was there. I mean, I can't speak highly enough of the lecturers that are there, you know, they're fantastic and, you know, great support, particularly for the music. So, a songwriting as a production on Sloughly Gardening, or is it? Yeah, well, I did the performance course. So, yeah, getting used to being on a stage and stuff. Well, and they teach you this. They do, yeah, they teach you. So, you learn about music theory and stuff like that. And then you learn a bit about business and stuff like that. Oh, you cover the whole thing? Yeah. Excellent. And then stage performance, do they teach you? Yeah, stage performance. Yeah, you'd be surprised the amount that you can take from it, you know, in terms of dealing with nerves and stuff like that and kind of how to cope in certain situations, you know, if things don't go the way that you want them to, and stuff like that. Right. It's not brilliant, but, you know, when you think about that, there's an awareness need out there for that and support for young people. I think it'd be an amazing course to do, not for me, but for any up-and-coming performer or maybe somebody who wanted to go down that road. You would definitely recommend it. Oh, I'd definitely recommend it. If you, if listeners right there are interested in doing music, I'd definitely recommend the North Russ music line of Mayford. Brilliant, that's fantastic. That's great. And of course, there's so many people we meet and they're doing these courses. So, well done to everyone involved in that. But once again, Jack is launching his CD and his documentary. It's not too often we can say that about someone, but he sent it on Friday week, the 14th of July, on the RCC here in Latter-Canada. They know it. Great venue as well. And he will be supported there by George Houston and the Screaming, the Screaming, not the Screaming, Trump is going to say Screaming orphans. And Jim McGlund said, Jack McBirdie, amazing town, looking forward to the EP. So there you go. He was signing these and all, Jack. Yeah, I'll have to be on that. The way up in eBay that night. But no, it's great. Your songwriting is excellent. It really, really is. And your style, I love your style. You've got a good style, which is nice, you know. You're available on all the platforms, all the social media. You told me so, people want to, have you videos or anything up there? I have, we once just have the documentary and stuff. We sneak shakes. So if anybody wants to go take a wee look, you can get a wee look at what it looks and sounds like. There's not very many people can say as I'm launching my CD. And I'm also, there's a documentary for it with me. Excellent. Well done indeed. How did you find that documentary experience? It was fun. I was lucky the fellow's doing it with his great crack. But it was odd, you know, kind of having to give your two cents about everything and having a camera on you and stuff. It'd be worth having a look. Is it going to be uploaded anywhere after? It is. It'll be up on YouTube afterwards as well. Awesome. Oh, so you put a link through your own social media and stuff too, will you? I will do that. Great. Well, I'm looking forward to that, am I? And as I say, gigs, this is the one you're performing out here. Now you've got Martin Horsley as well. I've got Martin too. Have you performed anywhere else? It'd be great. Not at the minute, no. But you're open for the family. I look forward to it. Check out Jack McBrady and all social media platforms. And we'll see that. What's the summer holding for you? You just... Just work. Ah, you're working on it as well. I'll be working away. Just that's all. Good stuff. Well, listen, a pleasure spinners. I absolutely delight your songwriting and your vocals. Your deliveries. I love your style, lovely style about you, which is excellent. We would love to get a third song if you don't mind. Yeah, I'll give you one more, sure. All right. And this next one is? It's called Better. Bear. Better? Better. Big apart. You'll have to give me a reset. I'm going to make sure... Just chin away. This is Jack McBrady. And as I say, check out on his social media event break too for tickets for the CDEP launch and his documentary launch. And you can get them, as I say, on event break or on the RCC website. So, Jack, whenever you're ready. Does it make a difference? It's your choice and I just promise it's worth it. Brady, thanks very much for coming up. Thank you very much for having me. You definitely have a great sound and I love your stage. So congratulations on that. And the best of luck with this CD launch. Once again, keep seeing CD launch with your EP release and text list, as I said earlier, on the 14th of July, which is Friday week in the RCC. And it'll also be screened in a documentary. And he has done regarding how his perspective on music, etc. So it was supported by George Houston and Trump. Tickets are available through Eventbrite and the RCC itself. Jack, best of luck. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Jack.