Colin Devaney is a musician, vocal coach and voiceover artist from Galway, Ireland. Colin started playing guitar at the age of 16, getting one guitar lesson on how to play a Barre chord before he realised he would have to play Love Me Tender by Elvis at the next lesson and just never went back. 

He would busk on the streets of Galway on and off for around 4 years or so, the perfect environment to learn how to be ignored - while also playing in venues like The Roisin Dubh, the Cellar Bar, etc... supporting bands like Chris Pontius' band Scream for Me, the Minutes, and Damien Dempsey. 

However, Colin realised that he wasn't breaking ground in Galway and, rather than invest in a vehicle, he emigrated to London at 22.  Colin would spend nearly 7 years there, recording tracks, having fun playing gigs in all sorts of places to all sorts of people, eating absolutely everything and working all sorts of menial jobs to pay the rent on crumbling, horrible, cold apartments, finally settling in a warehouse in North London before realising he hadn't made any real progress artistically in years, A&R people ultimately saying they "didn't have any faith in the product" and PR companies refusing to market it. 

Colin ended up doubling down into a career position in HR that ended up being absolutely dead end for him - until a text asking if he wanted to visit a friend in Vietnam after a particularly emotional meeting inspired him to give up the job, warehouse, friends and even music to be "a guy eating noodles" for a while, a description he says he stays loyal to, to this day.  

On arriving in Vietnam, Colin was immediately thrust into the loving bosom of the Hanoi music scene through open mics and offered gigs pretty much immediately, which became his job. He was tipped off to more opportunities in Central Vietnam, and Colin was growing tired of the air pollution and 5am sleeping times, so he packed his life into a motorbike and drove to Hoi An and Da Nang, where he has lived for the last 3 1/2 years.

We conclude Part 1 of this podcast with a discussion about success and how Colin's perspectives on it have changed through the years. 

#Music in the show is from his 2012 Album called 'This is the Sound'. You can listen to it in full on Bandcamp and if you want you could even do what i did myself and buy it for the price of your choice https://colindevaney.bandcamp.com/ 

In Part 2 coming next week we will discuss physical and mental health, tips for aspiring musicians, life changing moments, sobriety and gratitude among many other things. 

Thanks Colin. A Top Bloke here in #DaNang #Vietnam. 

The topics discussed in the #Podcast all stem from Ethan Levy's Moves Mental Health Blog including; 

I share an anecdote with Ethan about this topic from my time at Hope Rehab in Thailand in July 2019 where I was receiving treatment for multiple addictions. 

If you would like to make a one off or regular Donation to Ethan at Dork Dancing click this link.

#Music #KurtisGoodWolf

Music on the Podcast is from Kurtis Goodwolf ([email protected]). The song covered by Kurt is 'Hurt' by The Nine Inch Nails. 

The background music in the introduction is from Mark Smith and MSP. The song is K-Says. 

#Gratitude 

Thank you Ethan Levy, Kurtis Goodwolf and Mark Smith. 

PRSradio DaNang & HoiAn Community Podcast 

Host: Eugene Leonard 

(#MrTherPod #YouAreNotAlone)

PRS Radio Da Nang & Hoi An 

This Community Podcast Station was started in Shenzhen, China in June 2019 by Eugene Leonard (MrTherPod) to document the PeRonal Stories & background of long-term expats in the community as well as local residents. 

We aimed to explore how they ended up in Shenzhen & significant events in their lives before arriving there. Their perspectives on life in China and how the city had changed and evolved over their time there promised to be fascinating. 

#COVID19 changed everything for everybody! Therefore, I am starting the podcast channel again in Vietnam with the same aims under the new name 'PRS Radio Da Nang & Hoi An'  

Background Information 

Host and Founder of PRS Radio Da Nang and Hoi An: Eugene Leonard (#MrTherPod #YouAreNotAlone) 

#AddictionRecovery #Writer #Podcaster #AttemptedStandUpComedian www.mrtherpod.com 

(Coming Soon) Season 3 Episode 1 : 

Ethan Levy.  

Ethan is the innovative and truly inspirational 'Founder of Dork Dancing', a brilliant #MentalHealth initiative sweeping Da Nang and further afield.  

(Coming Soon) Season 3 Episode 2 : 

Mai Mc Cann 

Mai is the Founder of Hearing and Beyond in Hoi An which is a small, privately-funded non-government, not-for-profit organisation assisting Deaf & Hard-of-Hearing children in the local area. 

We hope you enjoy the shows. 

Favorite Podcasts:  

Paul talks about a number of podcasts he enjoys including;  Lazslo Montgomery’s China History Podcast  Kaiser Kuo’s Sinica Podcast  The Irish History Podcast - Finn Dwyer  We then have a more detailed discussion about one of our personal favorite - The Blindboy Podcast.  We highly recommend this to our listeners and formulates (poorly) a question for Blindboy regarding mental health and advice for expats specifically.   

An Allegation from East ClaIre Brigade of the IaA (The Irish Accordionists Association): 

Emmet 'Two Teas' O' Halloran claims Dr.Delahunty is on the Run because of fears over Brexit and this is the real reason he is in China.... 

Enjoy the final part of 'Wexford's Most Famous Export Paul Delahunty is The Virgin of PRS Radio Shenzhen China'.

Guest Introduction: Paul Delahunty 

Originally from Co.Wexford in Ireland, Paul Delahunty, the Virgin Guest on PRS Radio, has lived in China for 17 years. 

In the first part of the show we hear about his journey from the farm yard in Eniscorthy Wexford to China to begin his teaching career a long long long time ago. 

Paul is now a very happily married man with two wonderful children aged 14 & 12 who at the time attended schools near where he works in Shenzhen. I believe they're now in Ireland. 

The Right Honorable Delahunty concludes part 1 of this podcast by sharing some 'Cultural Differences' between Wexford and China. I'm guessing there weren't many.....

Pauls hot tips for how to adapt to life in China including a bizarre, yet excellent tip, which I hadn’t thought of previously sharing about shoes…but rubber soled shoes folk! We hear about the Do’s and Don’ts of living in China, and Paul offers unique perspectives from his lengthy experiences over this past 17 years. We also talk about the huge changes Paul has seen over this time including technological, transport and construction 

Enjoy the show! 

A truly inspirational woman and leader in the Shenzhen Community.  Listen to the story about her life in Canada, her artistic influences and her life in Shenzhen including many achievements both personally and professionally in particular within the art community of which she is a leading member. Gloria speaks openly and candidly about her current fight with breast cancer, her hopes and dreams for the future and the positive mental attitude that she is drawing upon to overcome this illness.   Read more on Gloria Carnevale.... https://www.gloriacarnevale.com 

Thank you Gloria for joining #PRSradioSZ and you will forever be our First Lady.