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Music is a language all of its own. It breaks down barriers and helps us find common ground with anyone anywhere in the world and often not a single word needs to be said. This is the philosophy of Co. Kerry, Ireland, native Theresa Deane aka Ms Skyrym.

Growing up around an extensive vinyl collection owned by her uncle and mother who loved to sing, she fostered a love of music from a very young age. Eager to learn more, at age four, she took music lessons starting out with a tin whistle and eventually on to keyboards and accordion. Entering various Irish music competitions and her local folk choir, she continued to dabble in music throughout her teens but nothing too serious ever came of it.

A lifelong ambition of becoming a DJ was nearly realized in 1997 when she was accepted on a music production and sound engineering college course but matters of the heart, her age and finances stood in the way. At that time, music took its place on the sidelines and she opted for a more conventional career with guaranteed income.

Leisure time was always spent listening to all kinds of music and the more eclectic and eccentric the better. A love of house and trance music surfaced which to this day still features heavily in her music library.

In 2012, following a push from a friend, that she started to mix amateur music sets and became a bedroom DJ. With no experience, she selected music she loved and morphed it into hour long sets and finally took the plunge and broadcast her sets on music sits like Mixcloud, Soundcloud and Mix DJ under her pseudonym Ms Skyrym. Starting with no followers, Ms Skyrym now has over 7,000 followers on her Mixcloud channel and hundreds of listeners to her iTunes podcast channel Ms Skyrym Sounds.

Soon after launching herself as Ms Skyrym and in the eternal search for new music, she discovered thousands of new musicians, artists and producers who like her were simply trying to make a name for themselves and more importantly a living. Eager to help showcase new entrants to the music business, she focused her love of music on these artists and started to promote and share their music with the world. Her next ambition is to start her own record label called Skyrym Global Music Media.