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WEST VANCOUVER pianist and = songwriter
Ross Mullen has recently released a five- song EP
record called Night Flight, which has not only
been recognized locally, but record companies in
Toronto, Los Angeles and London, England have
expressed an interest in the 24-year-old’s music.

Mullen, whose style of
singing has been compared
to Barry Mamlow, began his
musical career at the age of
six, playing the piano He It
studied classical music for
about seven years, when he
then made the fiansition to

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WORKING out of
his music studio at
his West Vancouver
home, Ross Mullen
has several
keyboards, syn-
thesizers and a drum
machine to work
with to create his
music. Mullen’s  re-
cord, Night Flight,
rests against the
keyboard, front
right.

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