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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....

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 ...

/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...

Again, in Birmingham, for a couple of days. I think its better to stay for two days, and not rush around prepare for a night out, only to fly out of the hotel the next morning. I feel more relaxed going to a gig this way This time, we chose, The Premier Inn. Partly the reason for the change, was the payment system they have is far better.  The Holilday Inn website and many others, do not allow you to pay by debit card, which is very enoying. Did a bit of shopping and walking along the canal area and Birmingham center, which is very relaxing. This was for the Fracture album launch on Saturday night arranged and main band, Among the Echoes. This was, at the Flapper venue. As habbit would have it, i will be filming the bands.  I nearly had a heart attack when i found i left batteries and memory cards at home. Maplins, who are located only around the corner, had both, horaaaah Alex Paulee June( Man man of Elmo Sexwhistle) This guy is a genius with keyboards, although, i di...

Among the Echoes Gig at the Flapper, Birmingham On August 17th,  me and Rhonda are attending the Among the Echos gig, at the Flappee in Birmingham. I thought, this time, lets have a chat with the band, The Frappe is right next to the canal.  We can sit outside, have a few beers and record an interview. I asked Ian, the front man, about doing a band interview at the gig. Broadcasting live It would be cool it broadcast the interview live on radio. Will have to see whether or not wifi is available and my phone is upto the task Prerecording This goes back before i did radio. When i ran a short lived printed magazine, i used to audio record interview with bands. If broadcasting live is not possible, then prerecording it will be. This will be audio ad video We shall find out and this will be vlogged in due course. vlogs take longer than blogging does Among the Echoes Live at the Flapper Birmingham Saturday, 17th August Tickets £5 To buy a ticket, go here Dj R...