Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Windmill Lane Studios Host Eurovision Hopefuls


As part of this year’s national Eurosong competition, Eurovision hopefuls Don Mescal and Bling recently made use of Windmill Lane Recording Studios to rehearse their entry for Ireland’s eurovision song at the 2011 song contest. Experienced engineers and producers in the world famous Windmill Lane Recording Studios were impressed by the talent and commitment of both contestants who sadly missed out on clinching the spot as Ireland’s representatives by Jedward with their song, ‘Lipstick’.

“The talent this year is to a very high standard and we wish all the contests the best of luck” crew members at Windmill Lane Recording stated.

Don Mescal with the help and advice of mentor Ronan Hardiman performed 'Talking with Jennifer' (written by Ronan Hardiman and Don Mescal). Four piece band Bling, mentored by Willie Kavanagh sang 'Shine On' (written by Patrick Mahoney). Jedward’s song was selected on 'Eurosong 2011' on 'The Late Late Show' on Friday, February 11th and the pair will now go on to perform in Düsseldorf, Germany in May.

This year RTÉ decided to take a different approach to selecting this year's Eurovision entry. Five mentors were nominated with proven experience in the Irish music industry and asked to select an artist and a song each that they believe has the potential to be a Eurovision winner. Bling and Don Mescal now join a long list of iconic musicians who have recorded some of their greatest albums in the state of the art facilities, these include U2, The Cranberries and The Script to name a but a few.

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