DJ Readman History of Record Shop Series and More

Vinylplay is a series, with the radio Variety Show, playing direct from vinyl on live broadcasts The first two were newish vinyl from Two Indie bands All these will have vlogs on You eventually, Flying Kangaroo Alliance The Dead Betas 15 /A night on the Town A classic from Gary Numan, with a Flexidisc Double 7" single release from Art of Noise To hear vnyl, every Thursday, alongside, mp3s and Wav files There will be more pictures soon www.facebook.com/dogandcrow Thursdays 8-10pm Music World Radio

Back in the day, when TV and traveling around the world to different places was kind of everywhere, it was really entertaining, This has all but gone from the main British channels. One TV series that stood out was " The Rough Guide" taking you to the non tourist area's, well places where they allowed TV cameras That was the 1990s, now fast forward to 2014/2015 Youtube is now the place for many people to watch, essentially, TV. At the start, Youtube is not what it is now. However, more people are vlogging ( Short for video blog), comedy and documentaries. I am not a fan of collecting loads of people on Youtube and subscribing, as there is a lot of channels with the same stuff. You have, revewers, technology and gaming, which does get tedious after a while. It takes something good to grab my attention and one such person, from Surrey, England. is Louis Cole Although his, Youtube, life didn't start out daily vlogging or travelling, it is now the content he...

Hi there, On previous blogs and on social media, i have mentioned the mess public transport is in, when you want to travel in the U.K past midnight`  Trains stop early for maintenance, after i found out through contacting, Network Rail.  Going on National Express, is also a challenge.. Their not 24 hours, even though i assumed they where, although they do not promote they are. On some routes, you can go there, but not come back on a coach for 48 hours. This was really irritating me and i thought, screw this mess i will stop going to gigs and only ones i can come back from. I have been to Oxford a few times this year, which was great, and got on the coach to Birmingham as the coach come back , but only one at 2.30am To whats the solution??  Hiring a car For some reason, i have never thought of this, probably because i can't drive, well ,never learnt to, well i did, 24 years ago. The big problem, it costs the earth, i honestly do not know how people manage to pay for ...

Before the headlines, an update.... Co Presenter The radio variety show has always been able to evolve or move in various directions. Reason for the difficult task of finding a good name for the show In April 2015, i found a co presenters, Educational publisher and graphic designer, Darren Coles. We began messing about on radio, and wanted to come up with a duo name. For some reason, animals come into conversation and we ended up with, Dog and Crow. I am Dog and Darren is Crow. Partly the reason, for this is because, Darren, can do a wicked, Crow sound and i can do a Dog one Show HQ has moved again A place i have been waiting for over a year finally landed. My father knew of a couple who were to rent a house. I was in the position to move in, but heard nothing for long time. Then the chess pieces fell into place, hired a van to move the gear and we landed into new HQ, beginnig of November 2015 Improvements Darren has a technical mind. He has gear, has been in bands and can se...

I like public transport, i take the train and bus. However, when it comes to getting to gigs, you can forget it. This year. not been to many gigs, Birmingham ,we got a ride ( The only time we have been offered one) there is a coach back from, Birmingham, earlier in the morning, which is more than i can say for, London. London, get your act together You would think seeing as how busy London, is and its capital of England and all, public transport, would be at least 24 hours system or touching it, but no The Problem I live 70 miles away in. Banbury. You can get to London by, National Express, train orbus, which is a lot more reasonable. There only problem is, your unable to come back, past midnight There is only one train that goes to Banbury and thats Saturday morning, or, Friday night, however you look at it going to London for a day trip is fine and come back later evening, say 10pm. Past 11pm, well, lets just say you have to leg it. If you miss it, you either have to walk the...

I love editing and have fun with footage and audio.  My name is Paul Readman, I am a freelance audio / video editor  This began when I was broadcasting  live on net radio.  I edited various interviews for my Bandcamp and I was told I have  good ear audio editing. I began by uploading gig footage, interviews, news Vlogs and other videos on Youtube.  I saw this as a progression for my skills to grow and   experiments I like the idea of using footage for effects, overlayering as well as adding effects to footage.  I also try to recycle footage where I can and shot fresh / on location How I Roll I get a project I listen to what is required.  If needed I  source footage. I take footage and match the quality to every other I have or near it If required I upscale to near as 4k as possible Sometimes you come across footage that can add a visual curve to the story. I then edit a dra ft.  Feedback is roughly around 90% on first draft. I ...

I like walking, a lot. Over the past few months, there have been three of us, having fun, walking around the fields, within miles of Banbury. There are some obvious places, but many people do not know about them as they are hidden. Natural beauty. Because images on Facebook are popular, i decided to combine walking with social media, its is called Take A Hike It is good exercise and three of us have been walking long distance for a couple of months. Sometimes there is an odd weekends that we do not, but weather has been very good so far. Part of this idea is to open a live photo album. Live? yes, while i am walking and upload, straight to.the Take A Hike page. People can then see where we are walking. The Longest Distance so far Walking long dustances, is best when it is not blazing hot. You can walk in blazing hot weather, but as i found out, when doing gardening work  it zaps you of energy pretty fast. Depends on the direction of the sun.  We walked ...

I love filming, more and more in fact,  since i got the first Canon Compact. Yes, its a compact, although the audio playback is the best i have come across. Its even suprised bands, who have seen the footage i have shot of them You can take photo or record footage on anything that has the ability. The one thing that is more important than the visual, is capturing a great audio track. The, Canon, powerchot i have been using for the past couple of years is great. However, i have always wanted a backup, but never the finances to plough out £200. The amount would be great to get a higher quality camera. The one thing that always enoys me about reviews is no one talks about THE AUDIO side, only "oh its GREAT HD (Might do a video on this) A couple of days ago, to back up my Powershot 1100 SD Canon, I,managed to pick up a Canon, PC 1732, or an slightly newer version of my other Canon. Of course, Imfirst checked the audio, even though the video is HD capture and playback. As it tur...

After around ten years, due to being unable to come back the same night, I went back to Oxford for a night out.  Chris Oakes, who has been organising gigs in and around the Oxfordshire area for about 2 years, took his Strummer Room Project to Oxford, and held his first band night at the Jericho Tavern. I had never been there before, very nice venue. Its looks like a polish restraunt from the outside looking in. I like the way the place is laid out. The band area is upstairs so we got a beer and went through the maze of staircases Silverspark Matt and Carley have been performing Acoustic sessions around the counties through the Winter months. This was there last one I believe before the full band starts up again. Carley, has a great range, can hold note like no one else and has real vocal power. Matt on guitar and Matt Hewitson on the  Cajon and guitar. First time in two year I have seen these guys do an Acoustic set. The last time, is when they were a duo....

First time in a long time, i will be going to Oxford to go to a gig.  Trains, from many destinations, stop too early, but Oxford has got a late train, so, more gigs in Oxford, i am thinking Friday 16th January, i am going to the Jericho Tavern, for the first Strummer Room Project Night of 2015. Its a few weeks short of a year since i went to the first of 2014, at Castle House I will be filming the bands on the night Opening the night.  Silverspark Matt and Carley, who formed a band in 2014, after being a duo, have been performing Acoustic sessions, thoughout the U.K Website The Shapes One of their current single, which  i produced for the band Nice pop, folk music from the 6 members of the band.  Anthony Kellys, brings bit of a ,Van Morrison , feel to the night. The will be performing their new ep, Its Bigger Than Everybody Reverbnation Torn by Colours This band, who replaced headliner, Fracture, i have ne...

Introduction As it says on the title, this is my official blog for the promo production, video editing i do Footage below is a mixture of paid work and band footage, which is off my own back when i go to gigs. I thought i would go into more detail here as i have no space on my radio website. I love film, i have been filming bands either at gigs or guests, when they perform live on my radio shows for about two years.  I record with a campact Canon, which has the best audio you can get. This even beats some camcorders i have used, which is shocking. This is probably the favourite, in terms of a band sets at a gig. The band were pretty shocked at the quality. I was suprised the camera held up, due the number of people on stage and Iain Brownlie projective vocal power.                                                 The other video i began to do in May 2014,...

After, The Shapes promo, i got talking to a band on Facebook. I mentioned i just completed a promo and they were interested. I did a rough cut, which took roughly about, 10 hours, spread over a few days. I used public domain footage for the video. It was Colour and Black and White. The video was based on reading the lyrics and the song paced. The band loved the first rought cut, aside from changing something into black and white  This is the end results. Again, took roughly 10 hours           The band is. Last of the Dogs and the song is, Bone ( In the playslist I like producing video, and this is paid work. My starting point is £50 for a video no longer than 6 minutes. More than, that, is more. It don;t mind doing deals for more than one video and the fee can be in money or equipment Enjoy Paul Readman Video editor

They appeared once again, this time, i went to Milton Keynes to broadcast at Twists HQ The broadcast, although we tested the audio, was still distored on broadcast, which frankly, we couldn't get around. Got the sort that out, although we tried. Twists has converted his garage for the sets and to practice for gigs. 2tone, lives down the road and bought his 1210s along   Dj Twist is the modern dnb guy. Ram, the works. He still plays thought and is going another set soon. He played two 40 minute sets on the show. He used CJDs for his sets 2tone, played oldskool, jungle, breakbeat and Goodlooking tunes. He always uses Technics 2010s, the choice of any DJ, who loves vinyl. I was filming with my iphone 4s on this occasion, as my canon is not working. The phone held up thought, which was suprising. The sound was fine, so using that for Youtube and podcast Although the last show in 2013, was not without distortion,which was solved, upto a point, the playback of the broadca...