Artist: Simon Fagan
Title: Hired And Fired
Label: SiAn
Genre: Folk/Rock
Bitrate: 194kbit av.
Time: 00:13:43
Size: 20.00 mb
Rip Date: 2009-05-24
Str Date: 2009-05-26
01. Hired And Fired 2:59
02. Bring The Dance 3:12
03. The Way A Woman Should 3:40
04. Falling Into You 3:52
Release Notes:
Turbulent times and mounting Jobseeker's benefit applications has
allowed one of Ireland's jazziest singer songwriters resurrect a song
that was written about his own job-holding inabilities. Hired and Fired
has become the title track for the debut EP from Meath native Simon
Fagan.
Since earning musical qualifications, classically trained Simon Fagan
has built a reputation as a formidable performer. While in LA he held
residencies in music bars in Hollywood delivering his exciting blend of
pop, soul, jazz and rock and roll. Fagan has also opened for Lionel
Richie and Smokey Robinson as well as performing lead vocals in the
National Concert Hall for the Beatles Love concert.
The title track, although an old personal song, is timely and musically
optimistic. People standing on the dole queue could easily start
clicking their fingers to its infectious rhythm while the swinging bass
would set them dancing around the footpath with a spring in their step.
You could arrange an entire, upbeat, musical about the economic crisis
from this song.
The EP also includes the high energy Bring the Dance, which Fagan
released as his debut single in June 2008, a song which captures the
vibrant power of Simon's vocals and his talent as a musician.
The EP's other tracks The Way A Woman Should and Falling Into You are
closer to the conventional style we have come to expect from singer
songwriters, yet they couldn't be confused with anyone else's music.
Using trumpets, jazzy beats and swinging bass all complimented by a
layering of genres and rich vocals Simon Fagan creates timeless, easy
listening, on his debut EP.