User:Tiernán Heffron

= Tiernán Heffron = [[File:Tiernán Heffron.jpg|thumb|

Heffron performing at the Crescent Art Centre, Belfast, (November 15th 2018)


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The 22 year old singer/songwriter from Country Antrim, Northern Ireland first began singing at the age of four years old. By age eight, he was learning to play guitar. By 12 years old, he had started writing his own original songs.

Tiernán began uploading acoustic covers to YouTube when he was 13 years old. His cover of 'Galway Girl' by Steve Earle quickly amassed over 30,000 organic views. His videos would total of over 100,000 views within the next couple of years, as Tiernán began building a very engaged and supportive fanbase.

Tiernán then caught the interest of one of Ireland’s top music video producers, Steve Bloor. Aside from creating visuals, Steve took him under his direction as manager for 3 years. During this time, Tiernán's cover of Keith Urban’s 'Somebody Like You' reached number 15 on the iTunes world country charts.

Tiernán continually wrote and recorded music during his high school years in St Benedict's Collage, Randalstown, Country Antrim. He would enter and go on to win his high school talent show, performing one of his own original songs. A short time later, he set up his own independent recored label.

Tiernán released his first four track original EP 'Overthinkin' in April 2016, shooting the music video to 'Overthinkin' in Alicante, Spain, and releasing it on (VEVO) on YouTube in July 2016.

In March 2017, Tiernán made his TV debut on UTV Live with Pamela Ballantine, performing his original song “Gracey.” That Summer, Tiernán and his team went to New York to shoot the music video to his single “Emily.” It caught the attention of New York’s Hall of Fame Radio presenter, Sean 'Hollywood' Hamilton, who became a fan and invited him onto KTU 103.5FM, iheart Radio, interviewing him live on air to New York City’s millions of listeners.

This momentum led to Tiernán booking and performing several shows, including his biggest festival slot to date, the VIP tent at the Jersey Weekender. Tiernán would perform his set on the main stage alongside Rita Ora, Rag N Bone Man, and other major artists.

In September 2018, he moved to Manchester, England to study Songwriting at British and Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM). After a year at BIMM, he decided to move back to Northern Ireland to continue writing, recording, and performing.

Being back in Northern Ireland, he discovered the power of music therapy, he now works with children with special needs during the week at Castle Tower Special Needs School in Ballymena as a learning support assistant.

In the spring of 2019, Tiernán released his first independent original 12 track debut album 'Broken Dreams.’ He then released a number of remixes produced by other local artists for tracks such as “Broken Dreams” and “Emily.”[[File:Tiernán Heffron.jpg|thumb|

Heffron performing at the Crescent Art Centre, Belfast, (November 15th 2018)


 * 237x237px]]Tiernán recently partnered with Known Strangers production and development team in Los Angeles. Together, they have numerous releases scheduled for 2020 and beyond.