Mahone Bay, NS
Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Lyricist

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"Melanie sips lemonade, as her legs hang in the water"

BIOGRAPHY

Owen Critchley grew up in Bermuda where soul, reggae and rock existed side by side by side.

His distinctive melding of styles has created a community and culture at OwenCritchley.com that is being called The Army of O.N. that has grown to represent every continent on Earth.

Legendary engineer and mastering artist, “Big Bass Brian” (Gardner) (No Doubt, Blink 182, Beck, Black Eyed Peas, Foo Fighters etc) has mastered three of Owen's current songs

Owen Critchley’s “Come to London” featured at MIDEM in Cannes, France

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Rock , Pop, Reggae

Contact

Administrative: Owen Critchley

P.R.O.

OTHER

INSTRUMENTS

bass / drums / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / keyboard / vocals

INFLUENCES

Fleetwood Mac, Ben Taylor, Gwen Stefani/No Doubt, Prince, The Police, Peter Gabriel, The Beatles, Bob Marley, Motown

DAY JOB

Author of Home Recording Blueprint

I AM INTERESTED IN

in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

For a living

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

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SONG PLACEMENTS

"Taste An Escape" to be featured on two U.S. network series.
"Taste an Escape" added to MONSTERVOX compilation disk sent to 500 indie and college radio station in the U.S. and Canada.
"Come To London" added to Expose Your Muse compilation cd distributed at MIDEM 2008 "Come to London" used in "Rebuilding America" TV documentary

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Awarded to Owen Critchley

• Billboard World Song Contest Award


• Owen Critchley "Runner Up" in the Song of the Year song and lyric competition. Song of the Year receives entries from all over the world and only the top entries achieve Runner Up status.

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

Co-writer of "Nowhere Motel" by The Desert Mothers (Boots Road Records)
Writer of "I Can't Hide" for A&M;female artist
Writer of various songs released by artist ACEBOY (Warner/Roly)
"This is Your Life" added to compilation featuring Heather Nova and Mishka (2010)

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