Thursday, January 31, 2019
Amy Barrett’s first single ‘Emilio’ released in April 2018 gets global success and reached number two in the Irish iTunes singer/songwriter charts
Amy Barrett’s first single ‘Emilio’
The then 16 year old Amy, a school girl hailing from Dunlavin, wrote the song when she was age 14 years old and first performed it live on radio East Coast FM studio in Bray in 2015.
She
says, “I was interviewed by Declan Meehan in the East Coast FM studio in Bray
and played a new song "Emilio" live for the first time. We put up a
video on YouTube for family and friends but it took off. I was really surprised
by the reaction. The lyrics are very simple but it seems to be catchy and one
of those songs that sticks in your head.”
The
radio appearance opened up a number of opportunities for Amy, including
supporting 2018 Irish Eurovision entrant Ryan O'Shaughnessy and Kolumbus, who
co-wrote Ryan's Eurovision song. She recorded two songs with
singer/songwriter/producer Mark ‘Cappy’ Caplice in Baltinglass who was very
positive and encouraging. Mark Caplice, along with Ryan O’Shaughnessy and Laura
co-wrote the song ‘Together’ which was Ireland’s entry to Eurovision 2018 at
Lisbon and won the 16th position. ‘Emilio’ was mixed by Cian Sweeney from 1000
Beasts a very talented producer.
Amy
has represented her county many times in singing competitions. She performed
for Wicklow many times in both Scór na nÓg and Community Games singing
competitions and won all-Ireland gold for singing at the 2015 Community Games
finals in Athlone with her sister Sophie. She is regularly asked to sing the
National Anthem in Aughrim before county matches and club finals and plays
camogie with the Wicklow minor team and the Donard-The Glen senior team.
'Emilio' has been
available on iTunes, Spotify and other digital stores since its release. Her
next release ‘Heartbreak’ is recorded by Mark Caplice.
The then 16 year old Amy, a school girl hailing from Dunlavin, wrote the song when she was age 14 years old and first performed it live on radio East Coast FM studio in Bray in 2015.
'Dukes ball buries egos' advices India Captain Virat Kohli to Tim Paine’s Australia Cricket team ahead of Ashes Test series
Dukes ball buries egos
After becoming the first India Captain to win a Test series in Australia, Virat Kohli has some advice for the Australia Cricket team.
He says, “Playing
in England, what I experienced this time was, if you go out there with an ego
you might as well not go out at all because that Dukes ball, it buries egos
pretty quickly. You have to curb yourself, do the hard yards, grind it out the
whole day. You have to be patient as a batsman. There's a lot of time in Test
cricket. Sometimes because we're so nervous as batsmen we don't quite realise
it, you just want to get away quickly but in England you're not allowed to do
that, so you have to bide your time, earn the right score runs eventually.
"You have
to get into a position where, you should not even look at the scoreboard or the
number of balls, it's inconsequential, patience is the only thing that works
there. Putting runs on the board again is the most important thing to win Test
matches. I'm sure [Australia] will regroup as a unit, we've all gone through
those phases where you figure out what needs to be done - it's just mindset. If
the same batting unit can go out there more confident and believe that they can
do it, it can be done, definitely."
Ravi Shastri,
the India Coach says, “In England we lost because the lower order often got
runs against us. We could have bowled out England much more cheaply, we didn't
do it. Here at least we managed to do that, so that can be a big difference. I
think Australia has to be patient, because in England that Dukes ball will
curve around corners, so you've got to be patient, got to trust your technique,
trust that off stump. And it's again belief, because you've got the attack.”
Kohli added, “I
wouldn't say they bowled badly, I would say we batted well. I played with
Mitchell, I think he's a very skilful bowler, he's got the right mindset and
he's been your No. 1 bowler for years now. So I'm a little surprised with the
magnitude of the criticism that's come on to him. If he's your best bowler you give
him space to works things out, not mount more pressure on him because you don't
want to lose a guy like that, who's so skilled and wins you games."
After becoming the first India Captain to win a Test series in Australia, Virat Kohli has some advice for the Australia Cricket team.
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