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All About Vinyl, my Turntable Series

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I retuned to my vinyl vlog series. I love vinyl. The wife bought me a new turntable as I was literally gasping for one.  I decided I want to utilise my turntable although vinyl is first not ever new release is on vinyl at the moment.                                This is 56 episode series. I had to stop for a while due to moving                                                                This is the playlist .                                                   Below are vinyl, CD and Digital releases                        This is a new song by band Speed o...

#Vinylplay

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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

The travel guide of Fun For Louis, aka Louis Cole

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...

Hiring a car to go to gigs

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 ...

Finally, i can now play vinyl records again on radio

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...

Why is British Public Transport, not 24/7???

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...

My Video Editing Portfolio 2022 update

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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 ...