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Our album " Avalon " made its debut @ number 24 in the Billboard top 200 charts in the USA I recorded the album with the vocalist of Godsmack Sully Erna . The album is pretty mellow stuff and nothing like his day job . Im featured on congas , bongo , shekere , djembe , darabuka , shakers , cymbals etc . check out the making off the album here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJkcAqJR32s&feature=fvst . Might not be alot of peoples cup of tea but check it out you might be surprised . Cheers . Niall

NIALLGREGORY,

VERY VERY IMPRESSIVE.
A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK.

I WILL LOOK TO ORDER A COPY OF YOUR CD ONLINE.



THANKS FOR POSTING THE VIDEO CLIP.

CHARLIE.

cheers for your comments charlie !

Looks like a very cool project niallgregory.I'll be keeping my ears & eyes open for more on this.
Any plans to tour?

Niall

That is fantastic news mate . and I love the concept. You know I often wonder what the vast majority pf people would listen to if all of a sudden we had no electricity to power the music machines. I recon what you guys are doing answers my thoughts on this matter . I'm well chuffed for you Niall. you must be delighted. its a day job Id love .

Ill defo be buying a copy too.

Marco

Niall,
Congratulations! The video was wonderful to watch and I could feel the vibration. Really well done. Thanks for sharing the link and good news. Hope it just keeps on moving upward on the charts. Good stuff.
Debra

Congrats, that sound like good news, brother!
Unfortunately the videois not available for me
(it says "This video contains content from UMG" - whatever
that means).
Could you post it on a myspace site or something like that,
I am really curious.
CHeers!

Mike - try this - http://www.vtunnel.com/ -
All Youtube is blocked in Turkey so I have to work around the censors - there is always a way!

NG - Great music! And, congrats on hitting the charts so high so fast.
Where/How do you recccomend we buy it?

Thanks for all the positive responses folks . Much appreciated indeed , its a great project to be involved in for me as it really pushes the percussion to the front . Its getting a very positive response so far from the public in the Usa , lots of rock and metal fans that would never hear the instruments that we all love like conga , bongo , shekere etc are loving the grooves . For those wondering where they can get a copy its the usual outlets in the states and online in can be downloaded from amazon , itunes etc .Anyone in europe its out on the 27 th sept and can be gotten cheap from play.com with free delivery .. Will keep you informed on how its doing and thanks for the support . Niall ..

nice one Niall, what a cool project to be involved with. Did this happen in Ireland or have you been coming over here ?

when's the tour ?

Barrie

Hi Barrie ,

Its based in the states , we recorded the album in boston . The videos we did where recorded in LA last month . Hopefully a tour coming asap not concrete dates as yet . Cheers . Niall ...

That is great stuff. I've been trying to talk my rocker friends into something like this for years, coming from a rock background myself. Glad somebody finally got it.

Niall hello!

Very impressive and I like the music too. I like the way you and the band incorporate the percussion, cause being home and culturelized out of the lands where congas and bongos are something natural. I always like the mixture of different instruments, without any rules of what should go here and there, cause tradition... is telling you so. Music are vibrations and just make the music to feel the vibrations as emotions... I liked the first album of canadian band I Mother Earth back in the nineties, combination of metal rock with all the beautiful percussion thingies...
Niall, keep up the good work and I hope you'll have a tour in Europe soon!

PimpS

Thanks for your post mate .Again much appreciated

A great project Niall, and a sweet mix of influences.
Be sure to let me know when you are bringing the show to London.

Dice