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Sean Wright began writing, recording, and releasing an album-a-month in April 2007 and so far hasn't stopped.
Wright is a British novelist, songwriter, singer, guitarist, and record producer who has worked with Kim Fowley (Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Alice Cooper), Najam Sheraz (multi-million selling Asian singer), Mark Tinley (Duran Duran, Dandy Warhols, Gary Numan, The Stranglers, Adamski), and others.
With his songs influenced by everything from country, classic rock, 70's British Pop to 60's Folk, Wright has achieved critical and commercial success with his independent releases. "Impossible" has been downloaded for free over 20,000 times. On the web, Wright has found success on MySpace and Last FM, where he acheived over 80,000 plays in 2007 on his three music pages.
Back in 1976, he worked with Steve Lillywhite, producer of Ultravox, Simple Minds, Morrissey, Talking Heads, and U2. Inspired by Lillywhite, two years later Wright released a power pop single, 'Strange Situation,' (recorded at Spaceward Studios) on the Ellie Jay Record label, London. Wright's songs "Strange Situation" and "Silent Dreams" have appeared on BBC Radio 1 on the John Peel Show and the David Jensen Show in the later 70s and early 80s. In a review in January 1979, the NME's Max Bell called Wright "an enigmatic purveyor of power pop." The Melody Maker was not so impressed, calling the single "a quasi-pseudo filler track."
His 1982 Power Pop band - International Heroes - were credited in The Encyclopedia of New Wave British Heavy Metal as a forerunner of the so-called power pop movement. He toured the UK as the lead vocalist of International Heroes during 1982 and 1983. The band were supported by Marillion.
In 1986, his original songs were published by Peer Music, London, publishers for Buddy Holly, Rihanna, Donovan and many more. He co-wrote with Hollywood producer, Kim Fowley, who worked with Kiss, Guns N' Roses, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Mott The Hoople, and recorded the Number 1 sixties hit, Nut Rocker by B. Bumble and the Stingers.
Sean Wright co-managed the hugely popular all-girl Swedish band, Ice Age, in 1988-90, co-producing their MTV video, 'Instant Justice,' and he co-ordinated their successful European tour, which saw them sell-out the London Hippodrome, the London Astoria, and the famous Marquee Club. The band also featured many times in Europe's music press pages, radio, and TV - voted best all-girl group in the world in 1989 by Kerrang! magazine. "Instant Justice" was played on Richard Branson's short-lived Music Box TV.
Throughout the 90s Wright continued to pen new songs, but his creative output remained private, considered too personal to release to the public domain. He toured the UK many times during this period.
Wright's first article was published in East Anglia Monthly in 1986 - a 1500 word two-page spread on Wright's childhood hero - anti-slavery campaigner, Thomas Clarkson. Wright wrote for many trade journals and magazines, publishing his first children's novel - Jesse Jameson and the Golden Glow - in 2003. Wright became a well-known and successful children's author, named alongside JK Rowling, Philip Pullman, and GP Taylor as an author worth collecting (Book and Magazine Collector - July 2004 andThe Guardian daily newspaper - December 2004).
In April 2005,the Royal bookshop Hatchard's of Piccadilly, London, named Wright one of their Authors of the Year. Wright was the store's number one bestselling children's author. Wright has also been a British Fantasy Award finalist 3 times for his excellence in writing within the horror and fantasy genres.
In April 2007, Wright embarked on the album-a-month project, writing, recording, producing, and releasing physical CDs and album downloads via CD Baby and Last FM.
Sean Wright played at Trafalgar Square, London, on the 28th July 2007 with Najam Sheraz. The 12,000+ crowd was the largest at the venue since Nelson Mandela's speech on the Abolition of Child Poverty in February 2005. The Pakistan Festival - which celebrated 60 years of independence - was beamed via satellite to millions worldwide by Geo TV. In December 2007, Wright and Sheraz wrote 14 new songs together for a future "spiritual" album project.
The album-a-month project attracted public support from major music industry names, such as Alexander Nevermind, Dan Nash of Just Good Management, Najam Sheraz, Alana Grace, Roman Klun, Betsy Hammer, Swapmeet Louie, Robin Olson, Dana Gaynor, and the legendary harmonica player Jimmy 'Z' Zavala.
Album-a-Month Project
Sean Wright's album-a-month project began in April 2007 and quickly garnered a huge fan-base and public support from major musicbiz producers, sound engineers, and musicians. Top online music news source, No Rock And Roll Fun ran an article, claiming that Wright was "possibly the hardest-working man in showbiz."
Producer, Alexander Nevermind's support of Wright's album-a-month project has been unflinching and vocal, praising Wright's music publicly on myspace. Nevermind works behind the scenes as one member of a collective of musicians, composers, and producers known as moodswings.com in the US, a collective whose influence on the world of popular music is far-reaching and immense. Nevermind is also known as dance music producer and songwriter, LaTour, as well as other pen names. Nevermind said, "l love Wright's music and work ethic."
New York-based, Roman Klun said Sean Wright’s project, “all sounds and feels good.” Klun is the award-winning record producer, music engineer and singer/songwriter who worked on Sarah McLachlan's Grammy nominated and Juno Award winning record "Afterglow."
"Love your stuff Baby. Blaze-on!" Dana Gaynor, top US guitar player
Jimmy Zavala, legendary harmonica player for The Eurythmics, Etta James, Tom Petty, Rod Stewart, Bon Jovi, Yes, Barry White, Dr. Dre, and many more has said that Wright's music "sounds great."
"I'm completely blown away by your Album-A-Month project! That's amazing!!! I'm listening to some songs on the music player now... REALLY impressive! I look foward to spending more time listening and following your progress," Swapmeet Louie, guitarist and keyboard player for Bo Bice.
"Wow! Guess you can write! I am not that fast - my lyrics take me weeks but love your classic rock feel," Alana Grace, singer-songwriter with Colombia Records
"I love your music!" Robin Olson, violinist and composer (Eric Clapton, Elton John, Red Hot Chillie Peppers)
"I love the ballad (of Leon Payne). I tell you what! Daddy would have loved your originality." Myrtie, Leon Payne's daughter. Leon Payne's songs have been covered by Elvis, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, U2, and many more.
Dan Nash of Just Great Management has said: "KUDOS! I love what you're doing and I love how you're doing it. We will be keeping tabs on you and your progress, but I'm thinking that when the 12-months are done, you're going to be sitting on 144 of the best songs in a long long time..."
Dan Nash worked for many years at Atlantic Records and A&M Records as a sound engineer (Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, Foreigner), and then developed a multi-million dollar software/internet consultancy. He formed Just Great Management with producer - Niko Bolas, whose mixing, engineering, and production credits speak for themselves - Neil Young, James Taylor, Keith Richard, Rachel Yamagata, Warren Zevon, Tracy Chapman, Billy Joel, Kate Voegele, Steve Perry, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, and many more.
In early 2008, Sean Wright signed a worldwide management deal with Just Great Management. |
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