Ian Flanigan Unreleased Demo's
Alt-Country/Americana/Indie Pop
Long Way Home
“Long Way Home” is an uptempo Celtic/country/bluegrass love song rooted in the Catskill Mountains of Upstate New York. The song is about the desire to take the long way back — avoiding home just to keep spending more time together. It blends driving rhythms with heartfelt storytelling, creating a joyful yet intimate tone that captures the spirit of young love, freedom, and connection.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Truck Bed Camera Rig: Multiple cameras mounted in the bed of a pickup truck, angled upward. As the truck rolls along winding roads, the sky and fall foliage drift by.
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Performance: Artist performs in the moving truck bed, framed against shifting fall landscapes — tying the visual movement to the song’s theme of stretching out the journey.
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Energy & Flow: The constantly changing backdrop mirrors the song’s uptempo drive and sense of momentum.
Just Enough
“Just Enough” is an Alt-Country/Americana song about chasing dreams in the music world. It’s the grind of late nights, long highway miles, and those small wins that keep you pushing forward.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Artist walking through Nashville streets at night, neon signs glowing.
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Shots of highway drives, headlights blurring, endless road stretches.
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Performances in dimly lit bars with worn wood stages and empty tip jars.
Ride Or Die
“Ride or Die” is a love song in the spirit of Bonnie-and-Clyde. It's about sticking together through anything, no matter how rough the road gets.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Couple driving down backroads in an old car, dusk light pouring in.
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GoPro mounts on Bicycles riding around
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Performance scenes lit by headlights in the dark.
Talkin' Bout You
“Talkin’ Bout You” is a Country/Americana heartbreak song about realizing that every classic heartbreak tune was really about your girl all along.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Empty bar stools and jukebox glow.
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Artist alone in a quiet dive bar as old country records spin.
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Flashback-style visuals of past love fading in and out.
Love The Pain
“Love the Pain” is about learning to live with loss — holding onto the hurt because it’s the closest thing you’ll ever have to someone you can’t get back.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Walking Alone: Artist walking down empty city streets at night, guitar slung over the shoulder, only streetlights and shadows for company.
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Empty Rooms: Playing guitar in an abandoned house, empty bar, or wide open warehouse — spaces that echo with silence.
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Performance Shots: Artist seated in the middle of an empty theater or church, playing to rows of vacant chairs.
Through The Darkness
“Through The Darkness” is a coming-of-age song about stepping into a new chapter while embracing your truest self. It’s about the courage to face uncertainty, leave the past behind, and move forward with strength.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Following shadows on the ground as they stretch, shift, and finally align with the artist’s steps.
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Reflections in puddles and water, rippling and distorted until the surface stills, showing the artist clearly.
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Fragments of glass and mirrors catching the artist’s reflection in pieces — gradually forming a whole image as they move forward.
Everything Or Nothing
“Everything or Nothing” is an anthem for the busking, blue-collar artist — the kind of song that celebrates giving it all you’ve got, even when the odds are stacked against you.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Broadway Street Shots: Neon lights flashing, slow pans of boot-scuffed sidewalks, people spilling out of honky-tonks.
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Dive Bar Scenes: Pool tables, cheap neon beer signs, empty bottles on sticky bar tops, a quick acoustic strum in the corner
Fools Gold
“Fool’s Gold” is a song I wrote for my wife and baby girls.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Home Videos: Clips from my phone — rocking the twins to sleep, them laughing in the kitchen, or playing outside.
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Photos: Old snapshots of me and my wife mixed with new pictures of us as a family.
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Everyday Life: Me cooking breakfast with the girls running around, or sitting on the porch guitar in hand while they play.
Neverland
“Neverland” is a Peter Pan–themed country heartbreak song. It’s about chasing love but never quite catching it — realizing you’re stuck with the “lost boys” instead of finding the girl. It’s playful in theme but heavy in feeling, capturing that sense of being left behind in a world where love never lands.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Smoky Bar Rooms – dim neon glow, whiskey glasses, jukebox light flickering.
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Empty Dance Floors
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Small Town Parking Lots – cracked pavement under buzzing streetlights, pickup trucks, cigarette smoke drifting.
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Old Houses – weathered porches, peeling paint, shadows in windows, a sense of nostalgia and things left behind.
Call You Mine
“Call You Mine” is a love song about weathering the storms — holding on through hard times because deep down you know you were meant to be together.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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By the Creek
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Kitchen Table
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Outside Under the Sky
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Porch Setting
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Campfire Glow
Breathe In Breathe Out
“Breathe In, Breathe Out” is a song written for suicide prevention, dedicated to spreading hope and reminding people they are not alone. Tied to my work with HOPE Rocks, it’s about finding the strength to take one more breath, one more step, and to keep moving forward.
Visualizers & Cinematic Approach
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Open Fields
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Church
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Bars: Dim, smoky barroom setting
