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"Say Hello" by Fly The Nest

Dublin native Fly the Nest (Stephen Cooper) started playing music at a young age, performing in various bands

Fly The Nest

Dublin native Fly the Nest (Stephen Cooper) started playing music at a young age, performing in various bands. Last year he started solo project Fly the Nest, under which he writes and releases his own music. Stephen also writes for sync licensing, and says that writing for film and TV has opened up another facet of his creativity. 
It’s helped him find his sound, which he calls “cinematic rock.” The project also encompasses Stephen's time spent on the pub circuit in Scandinavia. Stephen now spends his time between Ireland and Denmark. The name Fly the Nest came from travelling and moving on from a previous musical journey to the one he’s currently on.

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Say Hello

Fly The Nest meldet sich zurück, heute erscheint mit "Say Hello" seine neueste Single. Wie immer trägt der Song seine Unterschrift, von der Einsamkeit zu Beginn bis hin zum monumentalen Ende bekommt man cineastischen Sound mit einem ordentlichen Schuss Rock serviert. 
Das Thema dieses Mal intimer und persönlicher, "straight from the heart", aber dennoch mit Tiefe. Die geschaffene Atmosphäre zweifelsfrei gewaltig, die Vocals ausdrucksvoll, zwei Eigenschaften die sich gut ergänzen und uns einen opulenten Hörgenuss bescheren. 
Am Ende findet ihr einen kurzen Q&A part, wo uns der Künstler Stephen Cooper einige Fragen beantwortet hat. Thanks for your time!



Q&A

Fly The Nest is...?

Fly the Nest is the musical alias of Stephen Cooper from Dublin but and he is based in Denmark. Primarily writing for sync licensing companies, he still releases his own personal favourites from his large back catelogue.

Who inspired you to make music in general ...and especially to the song "Say Hello"?

Passion for writing music came in his early teen years, being in an instrumental band playing electric guitar then proceeded to start singing at the age of 18 where he really got his teeth into lyric writing.
Influenced by array if band and artist over the years from Metallica to Damien Dempsey and from Catfish & the Bottlemen to London Grammar. Say Hello was penned in 2017 but now is the right time to release it.

What is your creative process like and was it different for this song?

Usually the same process , guitar in hand with and idea in mind , singing and playing until something formulates with the mood im going for, the music and lyrics come in line with eachother at the same time.

How would you describe 2021 in a sentence?

Tough year for every musician but a good productive year of writing and recording.

...and what's next for you?

Continuous writing but no plans for any original shows unfortunately until the world gets back to normal



Photo credits: Julien Jensen




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