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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
March 31, 2009
Easter Holidays? Art Brut Vs Satan and Going gigging…
There is a question mark in my title. I doubt very much that I’m going back to Kent this Easter for a number of reasons, mostly because I need books and have a lot of work and also because one piece of work, a 10-15 minute radio play requires me to use the computer network [...]
February 22, 2009
If you see Atom/Business Time/Get Frank’s first gig
…I sent an email to Adam of Atom and His Package and got a response! Apparently my email asking the retired musician to come play in England so I could sing on track ‘Head (she’s a)’ made his day, but unfortunately he has no plans to make a trip any time soon (or ever it seems!) [...]
February 7, 2009
FREE FOR YOU!
I’ve popped some tracks in/on my Get Frank Soundcloud for you to download and enjoy at your lesiure. If you like please come along to one of my gigs, at The Victoria on the 26th February or The Yardbird on the 8th March (both are in Birmingham.) Also feel free to pass the link/tracks on. They [...]
January 10, 2009
Looking for my Nature Boy
This is an early incarnation of ‘Nature Boy’ which I wrote with my friend Fuzz. I was teaching her some simple chords for uke and she told me about a scenario which she wanted to turn into a song and hey presto! When Fuzz was still at school she was ‘in love’ with a boy [...]
January 5, 2009
Get Frank setlist no.1
I have decided to start doing ‘dry runs’ (um…less dodgy than it sounds I hope!) for when I do proper gigs. At the mo my voice is a bit sore so I can’t push it too much but hey… What I plan to do is divide my songs into four song groups or ‘Get Frank [...]
January 2, 2009
Skins: Courting controversy for the sake of it?
This is the first full trailer for teen focused drama, Skins. The third series will focus on former lead character Tony’s sister Effie, and her friends. I’m looking forward to a casting change as I felt that the former characters lacked something (um…realism?) Skins is one of those marmite programmes. I personally find it irritating, [...]
December 22, 2008
Christmas numero uno.
There’s one thing about christmas that has certainly lost it’s magic… With the annual predictability of the number one made complete by ITV talent shows there is no excitement in that once all important battle for the xmas top spot. This year Alexandra Burke, winner of the 2008 X Factor has broken records and shot [...]
