Sean Dempsey

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Sean Dempsey


Img_capt = The CD Single of "Breakin' Up" in Tower Records
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Sean Michael Dempsey
Born = birth date and age|1991|10|10
Ireland
Origin = Irish
Genre = R&B, pop, dance,the dempzoid
Musical_style = Dance-pop, electropop, R&B
Occupation = Singer, producer, song-writer
Years_active = 2007—present
Label = SMD Records
Associated_acts = Amy*, Ruth-Anne Cunningham
URL = [http://www.seandempsey.tk Official Website]

"SMD" is the nick-name and trademark, trademarked to Record Label and to Sean Dempsey, an Irish Pop/R&B singer. He is most famous for his top charting single "Breakin' Up". Sean Dempsey hit the Irish and UK music scene when he brought attention from media after his release of his single. It seemed that radio stations, papers and students, like the Evening Herald, Spin 1038 and Students from Ballyfermot's Media College, wanted to find out who this new young artist is. With this, the single charted at number 2 in downloads in Ireland, number 34 in the iTunes Top 100, 11 on the iTunes Pop 100 and number 99 on the Official Irish Chart. The CD single will be released on 22 August 2008 in Irish owned company Tower Records.

Biography

Sean "SMD" Dempsey was born in Ireland in 1991. At an early stage he developed the love for music in which he started to play the piano and keyboard at the age of 15. When finally starting to become more serious about his music, he wrote his first song "(Feeling The) Spark". Although the song failed to do anything, Sean didn't give up. He started working on new material in very early 2008. This began to what is known as the SMD era as Sean uses this nickname quite a lot in his songs.
This SMD era brought his first single "Breakin' Up". The single changed Sean's hopes for music stardom. The song received a lot of attention from newspapers like The Evening Herald and top radio station Spin1038. With the digital release on the 1st June (Mobile Downloads) and 20th June (iTunes Stores) the song went straight to number 5 on the Irish Download Chart. It then stayed there for 9 consecutive weeks, then falling to a Top 20 position for 2 more weeks. The single does crop up now and again on the Top 100 list.
Now with the release of the CD Single, Sean is currently doing promotion and shows to promote his first CD Single release. On August 4th, the Evening Herald will once again do a story on Sean and his new single. Sean will also play Lime Cafe Bar.

Other Ventures

Clothing Line

Sean released a clothing line as a follow up from his debut single. As of yet, the clothing line is small but is expected to be enlarged over time. The clothes all feature a lyric or lyrics from Sean's songs. The clothing line is called "SMD" as so is his debut album.

Press

Newspapers/Magazines

Sean has received more and more notice from the press since his release of "Breakin' Up". To date Sean has been in the following Newspapers & Magazines:
*The Evening Herald
*Daily Mail
*Irish World
*Mens Health Magazine
*The Evening Herald for a second time.

Radio

Sean has got some attention from radio. "Breakin' Up" was played on small national Radio Stations like:
*West Limerick 102fm
*Live FM - www.brayfm.com

He also had a small announcement made on Spin 1038, they also played Sean's single.(July 26th 2008 on the Plan B with Michelle Beatty) Q102 also made an announcement about Sean and his single Breakin' Up.

Interviews

* Sean had two interviews with "Evening Herald" newspaper. One talked about the "Breakin' Up" release, the other was the success of the single and plans for an album.

* Sean had a radio interview with West Limerick 102fm on August 28th as the last promotional gig for the release of his first single Breakin' Up.

Discography

Album

* TBC: "S M D"

ingles

* "(Feeling The) Spark"
(October 2nd 2007 | Digital Download)
* "Breakin' Up
(June 22nd 2008 | Digital Download)
(August 22nd 2008 | CD)
* "Ain't It Lovely
(August 31st | Digital Download)
* "Ain't It Lovely - EP
(January 9th | CD)

References

* [http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=196556669&albumID=1175850&imageID=14171324 "Evening Herald" Interview] Shows Sean Interview with Evening Herald and how he wants his album to sound.
* [http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=196556669&albumID=1175850&imageID=14171324#a=1175850&i=14171973 "Kildare Times" Interview] Shows how Sean is releasing his single.

External links

* [http://www.seandempsey.tk Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/seandempseyofficial Official Myspace]
* [http://www.towerrecords.ie Tower Records]
* [http://www.downloadmusic.ie Irish Download Chart]
* [http://www.studentfinance.ie/mp7294/ballyfermot-college-of-further-education-ballyfermot-road-dublin-10/index.html Ballyfermot Media College]
* [http://www.smdmerchandise.tk Sean's "SMD" Clothing Line]