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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 Po...

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...

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 ...

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                     ...

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...

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

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 th...

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

/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 anot...

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...

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 ...