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CRAIG SHERIDAN
"RED ON MAROON"

"MUSIC'S THE FIRE THAT BURNS DEEP INSIDE, OPEN ME UP AND WATCH MY SPARKS FLY"
Craig Sheridan ©2009

WITH EMOTIVE AND SOUL SEARCHING LYRICS, COMBINED WITH A POWERFULLY STRONG VOCAL RANGE, "RED ON MAROON" IS THE DEBUT ALBUM BY SINGER/SONGWRITER CRAIG SHERIDAN. A FIREFIGHTER BY DAY, THIS "WELSHMAN" NOW RESIDES IN DEAL, KENT - UNITED KINGDOM & HAS SPENT THE LAST 2 YEARS WRITING MATERIAL FOR HIS FIRST ALBUM. HIS FRESH APPROACH AND LYRICAL CONTENT MAKES HIM STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD AND DRAWS UPON PERSONAL EXPERIENCES BOTH TRIUMPHANT AND TRAGIC.

CRAIG SELF TAUGHT HIMSELF TO PLAY GUITAR JUST OVER 2 YEARS AGO, AFTER A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL TRAUMA. THE ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRERITY HAS BEEN RECORDED AT HIS HOME IN KENT IN A "SELF BUILT" STUDIO .THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY POSSIBLE FOR CRAIG TO RECORD HIS ALBUM AT THE PRESENT TIME, AND ENABLED HIM TO PERSUE HIS DREAM AND MAKE THIS ALBUM A REALITY. WITH ENVIABLE ENERGY AND FORESIGHT ESPECIALLY AGAINST ALL THE ODDS STACKED AGAINST HIM AT THE TIME. STARTING IN "MARCH 2009", UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF GOOD FRIENDS AARON JACKSON AND JOSH AUSTIN - GLASS HOUSE PRODUCTIONS, CRAIG POURED HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS ALBUM. WITH HIS CONTINUING POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND BELIEF IN "GOOD KARMA" AND AN AMAZING CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY THIS ENSURES A HEALTHY MUSIC CAREER.

"RED ON MAROON" IS A POWERFUL AND DIVERSE BLEND OF SONGS, FROM THE EVER POSITIVE AND UPBEAT "WINTER SUN", HIS FIRST SONG WRITTEN IN OCTOBER 2007, TO "BLACK RANE", WHEN HE WAS AT HIS LOWEST EBB! CRAIG'S ALBUM WILL TOUCH A HUGE AUDIENCE AND HIS LYRICAL SONGWRITING TALENT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. MANY PEOPLE WILL RELATE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER TO HIS MUSIC, WITH DEEP CONNECTIONS TO BOTH WALES AND CANADA. "THIS ALBUM IS ME WEARING MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE, FOR ALL TO SEE" REMARKS CRAIG. "MY SONGS ARE OFTEN BASED AROUND SIMPLE CHORD PROGRESSIONS AND A NATURAL FEEL FOR WHAT I AM PLAYING".

"TIMES CHANGE" WAS WRITTEN AFTER THE REALISATION THAT EVEN THROUGH THE WORST THAT LIFE CAN THROW AT YOU THINGS WILL ALWAYS GET BETTER SOMEHOW WHETHER ITS PLANNED OR NOT AND WILL MAKE YOU A BETTER AND STRONGER INDIVIDUAL. "WINTER SUNN" CRAIG'S FIRST TRACK WAS BORN AFTER MEETING AND A SUBSEQUENT RELATIONSHIP WITH "SPARKY", A WOMAN FROM CANADA (MANITOBA) WHO INSPIRED HIM SO MUCH AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE TOGETHER. THIS SHOWS THROUGH IN THE SONGS LYRICAL CONTENT. "BLACK RANE" THIS SONG IS FORMED FROM DEEP EMOTIONS AT CRAIG'S LOWEST POINT AFTER THE END TO A 7 YEAR RELATIONSHIP, INVOLVING HIS TWO CHILDREN........THIS SONG SPEAKS FOR ITSELF !! "SHADOWS" AFTER VIEWING FOOTAGE OF THE DESTRUCTIVE NATURE OF THE TSUNAMI IN INDONESIA, HE WROTE THIS SONG WITH REFERENCE TO ACTUALLY IMAGINING HIMSELF AS A SMALL CHILD BECOMING CAUGHT UP IN THE NATURAL DISASTER, AND EVENTUALLY BEING RESCUED. "AURORA" (WITH REFERENCE TO CANADA), THIS SONG CAPTURES CRAIG'S FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS IN DEALING WITH A LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP, WITH WHOM HE BELIEVED AT THE TIME WAS THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE! "ONE TRACK ROAD" - CRAIG WAS APPROACHED BY GOOD FRIEND AND MUSICIAN, SIMON BULLOCK, WITH A RIFF AND ASKED IF HE COULD HELP WRITE A SONG FROM IT. WITHIN ONLY A MATTER OF AN HOUR CRAIG HAD WROTE THIS EPIC SONG, WITH MANY PERSONAL INFLUENCES THROWN INTO THE RECORDING. FINALLY "SASKATOON SUNSET" - "THIS INTRUMENTAL OUTRO IS A REFLECTIVE LOOK BACK ON HIS PAST 3 YEARS AND TIME TO KICK BACK, CHILL AND ABSORB THE WHOLE ALBUM" REMARKS CRAIG.

WITH "RED ON MAROON", SINGER/SONGWRITER CRAIG SHERIDAN HAS MADE HIS MARK NOT ONLY AS A GIFTED ARTIST BUT ALSO AS A SONGWRITER WHOSE WORDS CREATE A POWERFUL VISUAL STORY WE CAN ALL RELATE TO IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THIS ALBUM SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!!!!

"LIVE LIFE, LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER AND LOVE MUSIC" Craig Sheridan - 2009