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JOE CLEERE
12+ albums
about
Joe Cleere, as a music artist has been traveling a long route to hopeful success. Cleere picked up guitar at 11 years old and played his first gig at 12, under the act "Joe plays Jimmy (Hendrix)". At just fourteen Joe recorded his first EP in a friend’s studio in Finland. Subsequently a song from this disc, "How Does It Feel", entered the final of the Jacobs 2Fm Song Contest 2001. The contest was aired live on 2fm from Vicar ST, Dublin. Having received a taste for the music world Cleere, kept working hard on improving his song writing, singing and musicianship. He also started building a demo recording studio. Two years later at 16 Joe was back in the 2fm song contest final 2003, this time with a song called "All the Same". After leaving Cert Joe decided to study a degree in PR & Communications at IT Carlow. His first year in college saw him winning the National IT Song Factor 2005. This was then followed by Cleere and his band winning the 2fm song contest 2006 of which funded the completion of his home recording studio now named "Fretless Records", which has recorded a host of local acts including the recent chart hit "Irish Party" by Shakey which reached 26 in the Irish Charts. After graduating college Joe began recording his debut album East/West in his own studio Fretless Records. The album was then mixed by Phil Magee (Chili Studio Dublin, Westlife's Brian McFadden, The Script) and mastered in Sterling Sound New York by Steve Fallone (The Strokes, Sonic Youth and Ja
