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This unsigned Irish girl has written the theme tune for a new American tourism advert

Published 17:59 11 Feb 2015 GMT

Updated 17:29 11 Jun 2015 BST

Paddy McKenna
This unsigned Irish girl has written the theme tune for a new American tourism advert

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Róisín Malone was on a J1 when she landed her dream job.

"I was in LA last with the dream of becoming a singer/songwriter," the Skerries native told JOE. "I had a job to pay bills but when I went in search of meeting some people to make music with, I found Mophonics in Venice Beach." Mophonics are an LA music and sound talent agency who include the likes of Foster The People's, Mark Foster on their books. Screen Shot 2015-02-11 at 13.11.41 Things have been going well for Róisín and her composition 'Don't Stop' has just been chosen to soundtrack a new San Diego tourism advert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z-u5chR4c0&feature=youtu.be She hopes this is the start of her songwriting career in America. "I have a good library of tracks now with different ranges in genre but my personal favourite style is folk/pop. "I've made some cool connections over my time here and even to work at The Village Studios where Coldplay recorded recently. " To hear more of Róisín's excellent music click here.

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