Laura O’Neill
Laura O’Neill was born in Dublin in 1989. Laura’s passion for music began at the young age of 7 when she joined Ireland’s top performing arts school NPAS. Laura has performed in some of Ireland’s top venues including the Olympia theatre, the National Concert Hall and Cork Opera House. At the age of 17 Laura became a vocal trainer and choral producer a role in which she remained for six years. During her spell with NPAS she spent three years in Cork studying Performing Arts. In 2011 Laura made it to the X Factor boot-camp. Laura describes her experience on X Factor as ‘an emotional roller coaster from start to finish’, but an experience she learnt a lot from and will remember forever. Laura currently fronts a corporate and wedding band called The Firm and is working on her debut EP which is planned for release in spring 2014.
Laura’s mentor Billy McGuinness, a member of rock group Aslan, said: For me it is all about the song and with You Don’t Remember Me, which was written by Don Mescall and Lucie Silvas, I have avoided any gimmicks and concentrated solely on the meaning and emotion of the words and lyrics. Don Mescall is a familiar name to many as he has written songs for acts such as Backstreet Boys, Boyzone and of course Aslan which is how I met him. I first heard Laura O’Neill singing at our bass player Rod O’Brien’s wedding I knew she could deliver this song like no other singer could. When we were recording the song she blew everyone away and I think if she were to release this song tomorrow she would have a massive hit with it. I really feel she has a great future ahead of her.
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