Forgive me for mixing business with pleasure, but dear readers, I need you! I’ve moved to Newcastle to work full time as a producer/presenter/webbysocialmediapersonthing for Amazing Radio and I need ‘real people’ to help make my show sound fabulous. So how can you do this? Well, in a number of ways… Get your music onto [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘music’
June 3, 2010
Turn up. Trade in. Help Out.
I admit that I feel like a bit of a thief, what with stealing the following from the Amazing Radio blog! But it’s pretty cool news, and hopefully will get more people listening to DAB digital radio. All digital radios come with FM recievers (some AM too if you’re that way inclined) and there are some [...]
May 20, 2010
You need this unsigned music in your life…
As all of the acts featured on this post are unsigned, their recordings vary in quality. Therefore get ye to one of their gigs before you make a decision on whether you’d buy a properly produced LP. I’ve always felt very passionately about giving acts a chance in a live environment, as it tends to [...]
March 23, 2010
You’re a sister and let me introduce mine.
Really excited about the You’re A Sister gig we’re playing for Oxjam on April 16th. It’s being held in support of Oxfam’s Sisters on the Planet campaign. Entry is a donation of £3 or more… bargainous! You can find out about more of the acts by following the previous link. We’re playing with brilliant poet [...]
February 3, 2010
I could have died.
Sorry to use shock tactics to get your attention! It’s not a lie – but it does require a long winded story [disguised as a review!] Last night I popped over to Digbeth’s Rainbow for a night of sober fundraising recklessness. The University of Birmingham’s Oxfam Outreach society were holding their annual Rainbox charity event [...]
January 9, 2010
My amazing radio debut and other news…
Today at 1pm my first Amazing Acoustic show will be played on Amazing Radio. I’m a bit worried about hearing my voice – it’s annoying at the best of times. I’ve kept links short and arranged back to back songs to avoid upsetting Amazing Radio listeners who are used to hearing only music (presenters have [...]
December 31, 2009
Kate Hindley artwork
My friend, filmmaker Alex Buckmaster was kind enough to commission me some artwork as a birthday present. Kate Hindley is a Worcester based artist who has illustrated for Okido magazine and Girls Who Draw (a more extensive list can be found here.) I’m rather excited as apparently more stuff is coming soon! (Check out them [...]
August 18, 2009
More advice please?
Hello! I haven’t updated this for ages because most of the time I’ve been working and also because I’m avoiding blogging about insider stuff at Channel 4 because I don’t want to get into trouble! Instead of blogging work stuff here I’ve been doing some writing for 4Talent’s blog and you can read my thoughts [...]
July 19, 2009
My new obsession
I always knew that my dad had an accordion and had seen it a couple of times (always coated in a grey layer of cobwebs,) and on visiting his house this weekend I saw that it had been placed in my room….!!! A few of the keys look rather funny and wonky and definitely need [...]
June 27, 2009
The victoria sponge to my brewing leaves…
Heres the new song I’ve put on my soundcloud Leaves and Crumbs by GetFrank I recorded it yesterday/this morning with lots of precussion and boundless enthusiansm….which quickly waned as I did take after take on the keyboard (I’m a rubbish player.) A lot of the other tracks/instruments were thankfully done in one take. It’s another [...]
