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My Independent picks for 2014

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Thought i would extend this into a blog Welcome to my first top picks of a year. Never done this before. Making up catagories up as go along ;) Top Rock album  68-75  - Stay on the Ride,  Fav pop live act,  Sinestar ,  Dark live /Camelon   act,  Among The Echoes ,  top electro act,  NakedLunch Original .  Top dance release  CLOAK  - Dance ep,  Top Acoustic/release/harmony act - Blackdoghat top Punk act,  DRAG ,,  Alternative rock act,  Bella Figura ,  top Comeback  Johnny Normal , Top music personality  Ian Wall  , Rock God as he calls himself ;) top music duo, Johnny Normal and  Pete Walsh ,  top Alternative synth artist,  Alex Paulee Juno  top rock singer, Suzanne Sledge ,  top male singer, Iian Brownie, Top pop singer Carley Phillips ( Silverspark) American Alternative rock personality    Yvonne Lauglin Top Pop Rock live and album act   Sliverspark Rock band to look out for in 2015 68 75 Live pop band in 2015. Sinestar Who impressed me

Air drumming at its finest

I have been air drumming a lot, recently.  The band i am in, The Projectiles, needed a second drumming, so i stepped upto the plate. I have no drum kit, no room, for one, reason i never took up as an instrument. What is air drumming No different to playing air guitar, although with air drumming, it helps you practising for when you have real kit in front you. Its hitting air and sitting in the position, you would do, if you were in front of kit. I found talking with drummers, who i have seen live and they recommended, Aerodrums What is Aerodrums? Good question, i went to find out...... This is essentially, taking air drumming to the next level for practising. May sound daft, but it helps out more with adding sounds.  This kit is software that connects to your webcam on your desktop/ laptop., comes with special sticks and together they create the drum sounds, without it physically being there. You position yourself, as if you were playing a real kit I thought, ah, £50, but no,

Dauzat Saint Marie - Falling Again ep ( Review)

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Dauzet St Marie Falling Again ep 1. Falling Again ( Piano) 2. Time Slips Away 3. Watch Me Go 4. Sinking Down 5.Falling Again ( Acoustic) This was a suprise Both Dauzet and St Marie are from a Metal band, which is literally the complete opposite to this recording. The first thing that hit you is the great harmony, which is on all their songs, mainly on the choruses. This is an Acoustic ep, aside from track one, which is the piano version of, "Falling Again" St Marie has a fabulous, powerful voice. From, Time Slips Away through to Sinking down, you are pulled in with just lovely harmony work with Dauzats guitar work and loop skills,  these are great together. This should have been an album and in my opinion, more piano work. Having two versions of one song is fine, but i think, they definitely should have included more piano, in fact, they could have done more songs, with both instruments The only suggestion i have when ,you run out of

Paid video promo work

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This started after being asked by a band The Shapes. to put a video together in November 2014 I completed another video for a Punk Rock, in style. The band is Last of the Dogs, which is now flying around, Facebook and Youtube I love video editing and putting together footage with ideas from lyrics and the pace of the song.  Not everyone can do this, or wants to do it. I will take on any type of work on. I don't mind the style,  It does not have to be music related.  I love video editing, piecing together, When a project comes along that needs fresh footage, or someone sends me footage to work with, I can do that. Its like a dance and make it run smoothly The videos                                               The two videos i produced for the bands are on this playlist                                                     This is playlist of the video i have produced so far Editing video is normally charged at £40-£50 an hour. I go buy video length, reason for lower cos

The year that was 2014

Many people put down their favourite music and lists. I would have gone into that direction, but to be honest, there are too many. Its not the matter of saying, that bands is better than another, because, thats not the way i see it or it works either. Instead, i reflect on the year and the big changes that took place. As i have mentioned in previous blogs, i moved, finally, for the first time in my 40 years. I have a paid job, which helped me do this. Radio broadcasting does not bring in the rent, nor did gardening and cleaning, well not enough. this year was about moving to a flat, well twice, enojing that and going to a couple of gig, which i enjoyed. The radio side, had a few breaks with moving, still doing shows, thoughout the year. I went to local and national gigs, recorded them on camera, which is always fun. Met people off, Facebook, which is always a good thing, face to face. When i went to gigs, there is nothing like a live drummer. Seeing bands live, i love doing, althou

Top 10 independent songs on Watchmojo

I thought i would make up an Independent song list. I put up 10 songs, from bands i have and seen live. This then goes into the watchmojo system. If accepted, the list goes live in 24 hours. This is not a chart, like was on Music World Radio. The WM is enough votes cast, the coimpany create a top 10 video on it You need to register to Watchmojo before you vote. The links when, live will go on here The list i put up is Spacebouy - Oblivion Shiny Darkness - Mother Naked Lunch - Alone Cloak - Sunshine Sinestar - I am the Rain Johnny Normal - Miss Razorblade Blackdoghat - Electric Among the Echoes - Hate The best idea is one song a band. When the list goes live people can add their own. To register, vote. You can also add a song, if you wish  Dj Readman Radio, podcast presenter and video editor/ producer djreadmanuk@gmail.com

Cloak - Dance ep ( Review)

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I like dance music, always have, but something that actually hits the right spot, is not easy either In walks I review what i like listening to.  Sometimes, there are certain levels that some acts can just produce in a various style of dance music The new ep by Cloak, it just fantastic from start to finish. I am a big fan of 90s dance music, which you do not hear very often now, or replicated. I am loving the beat and great production work.  Not every dance act I have come across uses this kind of style. Its normally reflecting the 80s, blending past and future. Most of this ep, reminds me of one of my all time favourite dance tunes, Rui Da Silva - Touch Me ft. Cassandra and Chicane, come to mind. Great build up and mainly synth, which many 90s acts use Just like striking a match, opens with Dance and just get hotter. Blood and Pain, Sunshine are just incredible tunes, with an outstanding summer vibe, no matter what season you are in at the time.  I would say the only thing t

Top 10 Drum and bass tunes to vote on

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I found about about Watchmojo on Youtube a few months ago. I like top 10s, got addicted to them.. I registered to the site, thinking nothing really of it. That is until a few days ago, when i discovered you can create in a top 10 of your own. So, just for a bit of fun, a top 10 drum & bass tunes. This is now live on Watchmojo website and you can vote for it As i understand it, given enough votes, they do a video counting down. Just a reminder, here are Youtube links to all but one of the tunes ( Couldn't find Kill Bill The Prodigy - Smack my Bitch up ( Hype remix) Adam F  - Metropolis  Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag Goldie - Inner City Life Noisia - Block Control VIP Bad Company U.K  - Bullet Time Grooverider-  Rainbows of Colour Ram Trilogy - Beastman Aphrodite - Stalker

Music Video promos ( The Shapes) Project

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/Over the past few years, i have grown to like video editing. I record a lot of video, mainly vlogs, reviews and a weekly preview for my live radio shows. I recently changed the format of the weekly episode to a "montage" of music video clips. Based on my first omontage, which features a segment of the band, The Shapes, i got asked by the lead singer to produce a music video promo Its called, Tom Petty 1980. This is the one                                                         Below the video the singer saw. I thought, Youtube is visual, It would be better to see more bands, in represented visually This took around 8 hours to complete. This includes finding the footage. The footage was public domain and use of one of the bands live segments Not long after this i was talking to another band about video promos. From this i got another paid project. i just finished. The band is, Last of the Dogs, The song and video will be released by the band in January. You

Another Dimension from Naked Lunch ( Remix album review)

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As the Prodigy once sampled" Going to take your Brain to Another Dimension" Yes they did, and yes theses guys have.  This could have gone in any direction, well you have many direction, in this sound scape This is the extention to the original album. you could say or a stand alone album by Naked Lunch.  Another Dimension are selected songs taken from the, Beyond Planets classic, given to various artists and their stems treated with acid The quality is there, the beat are there and Tonys vocals are sharp as a tac A few stand out.; Technomancer, who did, Glow, one of the best remixes i have heard and slipping Again, Again.  Then there is Saint(ED) remix, from Jeremiah Saint, who takes you somewhere else entirely or should i say, sounds like a rerecording,. Same guy who " rerecorded" Alone for the Alone2 ep/ ( For seperate review i think) I like Ruinzer remix of, Fade Away, like someone put extra juice in the car and put it on turbo We Are, Glow, Alone, Emoti

Monthly Radio Variety Strummer Room Show

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In November, i invited, Chris Oakes down to be a guest on the show. He was going a show on local charity station, Horton Radio, which is in the local hospital.  He had to stop his shows as the Bicester gig he now organises was on the same night. He organised night at the Jericho Tavern, Wheatsheaf, (Oxford), The Bell ( Bicester) and anywhere else he lands He popped up on Facebook one day and i happen to say " Why don't you join me?" And then, that was it After the first one, which i was pretty fun. We did one two weeks later, once a month. Chris is now joining me, once a month live on Music World Radio Chris has had many guests down on his show, although there was not much room, but managed. I also have had guests down, and hired places to for more room. Would you like to perform?? send us some music and will take it from there, or if Chris wants to bring you down, why not November show This is the podcast for the first monthly and

The Return of the Weekly Preview and new format

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The "Weekly Preview" was designed to preview music that i have been sent by labels, promoters, artists before the live radio stream on the same week.  Being video, i wanted it to be a visual presentation of the music. Only two ways you can be "Visual", be on screen, reading and showing images, or  clips of videos from artists, or footage, representing their sound. From November, i returned after having a break, with a "Montage" format. This is editing together music video clips form bands, or related with an audio commentary track from me                                             Even when i am talking, you can still hear the music                                                       Below, is the original format, with mainly me on camera.                                                       The format, will stay in the montage format. All videos now in HD I will still appear. The format will be mixing the two formats up slightly, with g

RVS Open Show Promotion on Youtube ( Official Blog)

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I love music and finding different promotions, or extenting them in other directions from what is currently available The Open Show Promotion show was created for my audio streaming on Music World Radio.  I then began the Weekly preview series and then ,you begin to get ideas The Visual Open Show Promotion I changed the format with my, The format is in a full video and commentary format, although, there might be an onscreen introduction by me on some Starting from late 2014 Corridors - Alternative Rock From Tele Vvi, Isreal, one of the most diverse albums, The Motion of the Wheels, i have heard for a while. January 2015 Voodoo Sex Cult - Hard Rock, Arizona Album,: A Year and a Day Fabulous album by the hard Rock act, Sold production work and screach guitars,won me over There is a studio track, which is actually the same as the song on the video, but the sound is too distorted on the video                                                           Dj Readman Radi

Weekly Preview vlog ( video blog)

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I began a weekly video series to preview the music i received form artists and what i am playing in general on weekly radio shows.s Monthly Open Show Artists being added From video blog ( vlog ) 18 i am adding the Open Show Promotion artist. This is showing an merchandise and playing two songs ( One song on the above video) from the artist. The same songs will be played on the show following the video New format From, November 2014, i have changed the a "Montage" format Here Playlist

Rerelease the original films??

General overview of the situation This has been on my mind for some time.  I have seen a few documentries on restoring films on Youtube recently. Some from big companies and some from Independents. I know some films that have been restored, have had a re runs in cinemas, but why does this not happen more often? I know. Universal and some of the other big film studio are now, finally taking action to clean up and restore films. Back in the black and white era especially, restoring film was not part of the film industry system. After films were shown or copied and sent abroad to be seen, they just got thrown in the rubbish bin, litterally This is  what the industry should be doing more and are now doing, The other side of this is not re releasing film, but remaking them, even with films that are not that old, rebooting. This is the worse area they have come up with. Saying that, the only films it has worked on so far is Star Trek, but thats not rebooting films, as they are not remakes

Drag : Compendium Tales of Tales, Regarding Body and Mind

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Couldn't remember the album title by memory? not yet ;) had to look at the album sleeve. Drag, an awsome, Punk, outfit from Birmingham, England. Though a Kickstart Project, they managed to produce and even make extra copies of their new album. I bought mine through the net and this is what i heard. I have always liked,  Punk,  music and Drag, are no exception. These guys have raw power on stage and bring it to the studio. The album is full of great straight down the line, Punk, no, Indie Punk, just Punk I like the fact that on most songs, the tempo changes frequently,  Neurotica, opens the album and holds up the pace, well, the pace never lets up. When listening to the album, its sounds like Heather, is throwing herself around the room,  like she does on stage. Both drummers ( Like the fact Si, their previous drummer is credited), do an awsome job in time and Velma uses her guitar like a rocket launcher. Danny Boy is the only ballad on the album, starts slow, then speeds up,

Haloween 2014 Radio Show

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Yes, it is that time of the year again. Halloween is upon, us. One of the biggest celebrations of the year. The annual tradition of broadcasting live on radio, since i started in a presenter format in 2008 I decided to broadcast a, Halloween show, to celebrate the haunting quality sounds, or no this years ago, haunting, rebelious sounds of PUNK This year, is slightly different. We have new poster, going to have a new opening theme and slightly later than normal, Friday 14th November New and classic songs, from the great Punk bands of the day and ones that are shining bright Why Punk, well Punk, is a rebelious attitude, which, in a round about sort of way, is what the attitude of Halloween is about. Washing away evil spirits, or, Day of the Dead, as its known in, Mexico Due to moving everything has been delays in videos and live broadcasts Thankyou for reading, Halloweeners DJ Readman Facebook

New Home/ Radio HQ/ But no Wifi ,yet

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There is always a glitch with moving, ugh The words, "This mission, if you choose to accept it" comes to mind Over the past few weeks i have been waiting to move in a flat i viewed..   You learn things pretty fast as you go through this process. There is a reason for estate agents and reason for renting through a private landlord. I would go through a private landlord any day of the week The problem i have come across with private landlord letting, is they are not easy to find. Estate agents are everywhere, but, of course, got to pay for the office they are in. This time, due to time constraints, i had to go through an estate agent. I knew this was not going to as straight forward as the first time. The first time, which was still an agent, but more personal. Only one fee, plus rent and deposit, no fuss. The second time, however, i was ready, well kind of.  I thought, go in, view, pay a few fees, gets keys, well, not that fast, unfortunately. Its not that the fees add

Radio Variety Show on Facebook

The reason i am writing this is just in case you can't see anything i put on Facebook. Since Facebook introduced, what  i call the "Cloaking Device" which means, unless you go to a page and click "Get Notifications" or "Close Friend" the pages you have clicked like on or you have liked my page, unless you do that, the information people put on their profiles, will just disappear. I have see it a few times will groups, pages and people asking me, what i have been doing for the past year, as they have no idea what i have been writting on Facebook, because they can't see shit This is my Facebook Page This is my Group page with my "Umbrella" name, on it People do find my page and i accept people/ Although, unless you click "Get Notifications" i just disappear Thankyou Dj Readman

Life update

Edited 19th October I moved for the first time in 40 years in April. I am moving the second time in a year, go figure. I found a place, through an estate agent. It seems Private Landlords do not advertise that much and no many around. It found it pretty hard to find a flat to rent that was not through an estate agent. An estate agent it was. The flat i am currently in has already been taken and i have just over a week before i move out. Why The are old fashioned sash windows and let every bit of sound in, The are nit average size, in fact there are 5 huge windows, that give no cusion at all. By the looks as of it, they have not been maintained, repaired or painted, which would have helped. Also the rent is more than i thought, so it was time to move Radio? addicted Due to moving, the net is being transfered. This means a break in radio broadcasting. I have used my phone in the past. The problem is there, my iphone 4s is rubbish at a balance and constant net connection. My Samsu

Canal Walks

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I went on a walk from Banbury Lock ( By the Mill Theatre) to the King Sutton Bridge ( Next Village on the route) Saturday 13th September. I was not going to take loads of photos, then i thought, do it for a it of fun. Got quite a reaction on Facebook( You know how people love pictures ;) ) I was going to make an album, but that just copying the photos. Instead i put up this. All the pictures below were mainly taken with my Iphone 4s and a few with my Cannon sureshot. I did some some video as well More walks to come. I don't know when, but i love walking along the canal