30th June 2013: i should probably start typing now.

 Monday 24th June: button moon and a new camera...

Didn't do much Monday, went to sixth form, had an alright day, came home, opened a parcel (which was my new camera!) Then managed to stay awake til dinner then fell asleep for a few hours...

Tuesday 25th June: House Athletics: 3rd!

Tuesday saw Tudor come third in house athletics, which for our house was an achievement! I then came home, sorted out my 'Music In Time Blog' and got frustrated as it still doesn't look professional cos of fonts and spaces, but oh well!!

 Wednesday 26th June: 'three little birds'

A psychology trip and a cricket match was cancelled on Wednesday, meaning I didn't actually have to go in... As soon as I got in I was asleep again, I literally woke up for dinner and that was it, 20 mins, then I was asleep again for the night.

Thursday 27th June: a few more tiring and pointless hours.

After a pretty boring day in the sixth form block (apart from a strawberry fight in the common room...) A few of us went to do a few hours as sports leaders... This was pointless and included us standing watching others lead and run the activities, we were just making sure there werer no unruly kids... There was me thinking that was what all the teachers were doing there?

Friday 28th June: burned my thumb, now off to see After Earth.

Burned my thumb after getting chesse straws out the oven at club :( Still, I went to see After Earth (the film with Will and Jaden Smith) and I thought it was pretty good. Reminded me of a cross between Avatar and Hunger Games, don't even know why, but it did!

Saturday 29th June: more hay fever, horses and minibeasts.

I went to watch my sister ride a horse yesterday, and she's pretty good at it! I took lots of photos, and I also took lots of photos of bees, ladybirds and butterflies... However my SD card played up, yet again! Meaning, I lost them all :( Still, apart from that had a kinda chilled day and then went babysitting in the evening :)

Sunday 30th June: i should probably start typing now.

Today, I've tried to do some PE work, and got nowhere, so I gave up. I then went to a music thing in the park for a bit, until my hay fever got so bad and I got too hot, that I decided it was best I went home, I then sorted my room out a bit and then sat thinking about this longer than what I should have... So, took me longer to get started...


Things I have learnt this week: 
 - Make sure the anti-histamine I'm taking is non-drowsy, especially when you're feeling ill anyways...
 - Make sure I get a new SD card ASAP!

Lots of links below Music of the Week by the way (that are all worth checking out!)

Music of the Week 

Mozart's House - Clean Bandits:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd0cT7Dnpt8

Resolution - Matt Corby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj4q4rfDcNw

Ratchet - Bloc Party (explicit - sorry!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3EEaPj-5qs

Links for the Week

Wolf Choir (3 guys from my sixth form, all are insane on the music side of things, they hope to be releasing an EP before the end of July, so keep your eyes and ears open...) 

'Dilute' on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/wolf-choir/dilute 
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wolfchoirmusic

#SinnersEP Lauren Aquilina is returning with her second EP 'Sinners', I can gurantee it'll be a good 'un. It's available to pre-order tonight at midnight... Alongside the music video on her YouTube channel... If you wanna countdown the last half hour with her and her fans you can also watch her live on YouTube (i think? the link will be on her FB page...)

FB: https://www.facebook.com/laurenaquilinamusic
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/LaurenAquilinaMusic

#LondonEyeEP Frank Hamilton is releasing a video on the LondonEyeEP website 1st July from when he recorded 4 songs on one trip around the London Eye... Pretty impressive? I think so!! He also does a blog and stuff, he's a lovely guy, and you should go check his stuff out!! :)

LondonEyeEP Website: http://londoneyeep.co.uk/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/frankhamiltonuk

Music In Time Blog Ok, so this is my new project... The first feature is up, and even though (annoyingly) it looks awful, the content is there and hopefully the next one will have spaces and the right font :)

Blog: http://musicintimeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/MusicInTimeBlog

I think that's it!

Thanks - evan. :)

23rd June 2013: mission caterpillar.

An interesting week. Tiring but pretty insane! Pretty much did something every day (which makes a change!)

Monday 17th June: falling asleep in the common room. 

I went to see my sister and her school in a music festival/concert thing, and of course I enjoyed every second of it, I even sang along to a few of the songs... However, it annoys me that there were kids under the age of 10 craving attention, moving to the middle of the stage, at the back (to make sure they stuck out like a Harry Potter fanatic at a Star Trek convention) continuing to move 3 schools away from their own and then start messing around. They could have at least had the decency to learn the words...

Tuesday 18th June: 'sit out for a second and rethink the situation'.

After being at sixth form for the day and getting quite worked up about having to look at uni's and courses and other rubbish (my current opinion of it all) I went home and ended up going for a cycle to watch the sun set, ended up seeing 2 deer, lots of bats flying around and listening to the birds, it was really refreshing and nice to just chill and being in the middle of nowhere. 

Wednesday 19th June: applied for my provisional license & off to a gig.

 

Time at sixth form, had 3 hours at home in between, applied for my provisional (keep off the roads :P) then fell asleep and may have been a bit late back into school... Then in the evening I took my Mum to a gig... It was Lewis Watson's tour, with Frank Hamilton and Shannon Saunders supporting. It was one of the most surreal nights ever, I helped Frank and Andy (his manager) quite a bit, did some flyering and the mailing list, got some merch and hugs and photos... Lewis was insane, I haven't seen him live before so it was great to see him and meet him and hear him somewhere other than my headphones! 

Frank was insane as always, nuff said. 

Shannon was amazing! I loved her song 'Heart of Blue' before I went but then when she performed it live I loved it even more, and the covers she did... Awesome! Just gutted I didn't get to meet her before she went! 

#TeamFrank

 

  Thursday 20th June: long words, long day and a cricket match.

Another day at sixth form and a cricket match for the boys that I'm helping to coach, they lost (badly) but considering the school they played puts a lot more money and time into their sports, it wasn't THAT bad a defeat...

Friday 21st June: socialising for once. 

Friday, was a longg day, sixth form, then the youth club I help out at (which was low on leaders), then after changing my mind multiple times, I decided to go to my friends party, there were funny parts of the night, like being offered multiple bread rolls by a certain person... and another persons 'Guide to Dancing'... Still, I came home, had a hot chocolate and then went to bed. 

Saturday 22nd June: stormy sky and rough seas.

 

I woke up, eyes streaming and a million sneezes later, I make it to the kitchen to sort out my hay-fever (which has been an absolute nightmare this week!) My sister comes back from horse-riding (which apparently she's a natural at!) Then I sorted my iPod out, and we were off for 2 days and a night to the coast. The weather wasn't great, bit too windy, meaning it was freezing (but I don't think it helped I'm still ill) Still, I survived and watched a programme about cats and then watched The Voice... wanted Leah to win, and let's be fair she should have won, Angela was great and stuff but even her parents looked shocked...

Sunday 23rd June: mission caterpillar.

Less windy today, did some gardening (funny enough, in the garden!) Had an eventful trip to the dump... The bags of cut down 'plants' seemed to be the home of a bunch full of caterpillars... Anyone that knows me will know that I have an almighty (see what I did there?! ;)) phobia of caterpillars... So my sister breaking down in tears and me being the brave person that I am ended up sitting in the back, sweating and hyperventilating over these flipping things... Anyway, on the way home we saw this and I thought it was insane, I'm a major fan of graffitti/street art style stuff and it was by a burned down and derelict garage which had unfortunately turned into a dump... But I thought it was pretty awesome, so major credit to whoever did it! It sort of sparked a question, should it be a crime to share your art like this? Personally, I think so long as it's appropriate for the place it's in (and it's good), it deserves to be shown... 

Music of the Week!

The first one because of the gig on Wednesday... Loved this song anyway, but then her cover just completes it...
All I Want (cover) - Shannon Saunders: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dOCT7LjZAg

Another one, because of the gig this week (but it would have made it on here sometime anyways!) (oh and he swears, but it's an insane cover, xylophone and everything!)

Teenage Dirtbag (cover) - Frank Hamilton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i_CvthsoTE

The next is from The Voice Final... Fell in love when it was performed, will's normal version isn't as good as with Leah, so here it is live! 

Bang Bang - Leah McFall & will.i.am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy9iiaFuxj0

The last one is a sneak preview of the first feature for the blog 'Music In Time' (cheeky plug for another blog, but hey!) 

Monsters - Angus Powell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy9iiaFuxj0

Other Links!

Lauren Aquilina is announcing info on her 2nd EP tonight (Sunday 23rd) at 8pm... It's also her 18th birthday! So go give her a like/follow, say happy birthday and stay tuned for her announcement!! 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/laurenaquilinamusic

Twitter: www.twitter.com/laurenaquilina

Lastly, 'Music In Time' was launched last week... 'a blog that brings talented musicians to your eyes and ears...' The first feature is on Tuesday 25th June... There are already opportunities for you to ask artists questions and competitions will be coming soon... So go like the page/follow on twitter/go read the blog!! 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicInTimeBlog

Twitter: https://twitter.com/musicintimeblog

Blog: www.musicintimeblog.blogspot.com

Thank You!

evan. :)

16th June 2013: happy fathers day.

Monday 10th June: back to sixth form, ill and tired.

Tuesday 11th June: 'nom nom chomsky'

Wednesday 12th June: it's amazing how one little thing can change so much.

Thursday 13th June: a catch up and biscuit.

Friday 14th June: happy birthday♥, a long and harsh day.

Saturday 15th June: a summer fair, seeing people and feeling tired (still).

Sunday 16th June: happy fathers day.

So, this week hasn't been the best. It's been long. Usually I'm fine with my fuller days at sixth form and my other commitments in the evenings, but I think exams and other things have finally caught up with me. I've been tired and feeling pretty ill all week. Still, it was nice to see friends again on Monday, and I managed to catch up with a lot of people I haven't seen for a while this week, which was great! The time I didn't spend asleep/in sixth form, I spent drawing, sorting AS work out, sorting A2 work out, and sorting my room out slowly, which I've nearly done now! Just need to clear out my cupboard of things I don't actually need to keep now and organise my shelves, desk and posters...

This week saw a few 'special days' that weren't particularly great. Still, Fathers Day (today) has been pretty good! Friday I watched the sunset (typical me!) came home, and watched the stars appear for a certain person. So Happy Birthday to them!

Another short main blog, next week I'll try find something interesting to tak about, there's a few cool things happening next week, so should be better, hopefully I'll be feeling a little more with it, more awake and better.  Onto things of the week:

MUSIC OF THE WEEK

This first is song has been on repeat for the past week, I love it! I warn the video is really weird, and when I watched it I got a bit of a Wizard of Oz vibe (I'm probably the only one, but yeah...) I've been cycling quite a bit recently and this has been one of the songs I've listened to whilst cycling, and it's a good car tune too! 

La La La ft. Sam Smith - Naughty Boy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1_3zBUKM8 

 The next song is from someone I'm pretty sure I'll have mentioned before, I saw him live at the Gabrielle Aplin gig I went to in March, but yeah... 

Volcanoes - Andreas Moe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K9x4F40_Wo 

Then a classic from one of my favourite artists, she's been mentioned on this blog A LOT! But you'll be hearing this song a lot more on the TV soon as it's one of the main songs for a new film about Princess Diana, which from the trailer looks really good too... 

Salvation - Gabrielle Aplin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWttGChn5ZE 

Last but not least, one of my all time favourite artists when I was younger, and she has remained one of my favourites through the years... I'll link her performance of the song on the Voice as it's less likely to have all the 'offensive' things in it... 

Here's To Never Growing Up - Avril Lavigne: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3FEk5z0898 

A quote to finish with... 'goals that are not written down are just wishes' 

evan. :)

9th June 2013: cycling and other plans.

Monday 3rd June: *other soft drinks are available*

Tuesday 4th June: my sister stole my t-shirt, i did a bit of revision and got a very exciting email!

Wednesday 5th June: sun is shining, weather is sweet, oh and i've finished exams!

Thursday 6th June: exciting emails...

Friday 7th June: and it's the weekend.

Saturday 8th June: a cycle ride, BBQ and other stuff.

Sunday 9th June: cycling and other plans.

Soooo... This week saw my last exam, I announced a new project, I cycled a lot, and did lots of other things.
I had quite a chilled week, the start of the week I just did revision and then after Wednesday (the day I'm pretty sure I definitely *rather than possibly* failed an exam). Then after that, I sorted out some photos from walks earlier on in the year, started editing a video and sorted some emails out... (very exciting ones too!)
A trip to London today got cancelled after too many things going wrong. I'm now writing this, then I'll be editing some more of a video, whilst listening to SummertimeBall online :)

Short blog entry today, because I haven't really done that much this week, don't really have much to say, and not really in a writing mood, sorry for that!

MUSIC OF THE WEEK: 

There's something about people playing a beat on a guitar whilst playing the guitar and singing in a song that gets me if it's done well, this guy can do it well, it's not Ed Sheeran, even though he's got the vibes of him and Ben Howard? (some may disagree) Enjoy listening to this one and please make sure you check out his other stuff too!

 See Me Now - Ryan Keen (ontsofa session original): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9jUorR4xIo
 
 I've had another hype about this group recently, summer lsitening (I warn sensitive readers, some of their songs have swear words in...) Still the one I've linked doesn't... I like the video and the song so all is good :) 

Rise Up - The Skints: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NgOTFQHh8s 

The last music entry this week is a violin cover... Some may find this weird, but i loooovee the sounds of strings and recently it's been pretty nice to chill to them, especially the covers... So here it is! 

Ignition (cover) - Peter Lee Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoFJOQzm6pw 

There we go! Enjoy the next week people!! 

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evan. :)  

2nd June 2013: a week off and lots of photos.

Monday 27th May: family, food and time in the sun.

Tuesday 28th May: english rain, sleep and lack of inspiration.

Wednesday 29th May: too much sleep and not enough revision.

Thursday 30th May: i made some cookies:)

Friday 31st May: family day and good bit of nature.

Saturday 1st June: a sunny day.

Sunday 2nd June: a week off and lots of photos.

Having a week off has been great! Although, I may have slept too much and not done enough revision. I've been able to see lots of family this week, which has been lovely. I've also had lots of walks along the river, taken lots of photos, seen lots of wildlife and listened to LOTS of music.

I made some cookies with my sister, and I've done some filming over this weekend too, unfortunately half of yesterday's (Saturday) photos and videos were lost in a crumble of my SD card, which was annoying, however today I've been out and done some more.

This week has seen the planning of a new project, which will hopefully be kicking off in two/three weeks time! Make sure you read next weeks blog for more details...
3 teasers:
 
- it will involve upcoming musicians/singer/songwriters/bands.
- interviews
- reviews of the charts/gigs

I'm really excited about it and it's shaping up to be an exciting project...

Music of the Week: 

Mainly because he's amazing live and he's got a great recording voice, he's lovely as well, which is always helpful! But he's made it as iTunes free song of the week, and you should get his EP! :) 

Fall At Your Feet - Saint Raymond: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSKsYvcJ4Lk

Free Single of the Week: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/fall-at-your-feet-single/id646326402

'Escapade' EP: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/escapade-ep/id633998430

Again because this guys insane live, he's had some very summery tunes and he's lovely as well. just like Saint Raymond, Billy Lockett has also recently released an EP called 'Pathways', I've had it on repeat... :) 

Pathways - Billy Lockett: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSLDPUR8D5w 

'Pathways' EP: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/pathways/id652130691?i=652130737&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 

The last mention for music of the week is 'Guildford Bucket Drummers' they basically put together pans, buckets and other random items and create insane 'beats and tunes', they are sure to get your feet tapping. Unfortunately, they haven't got any 'official videos' but they have a Facebook page and there's an impressive YouTube video that I'll link, give them a like on Facebook and keep up to date with where they're performing next and make sure you check them out!! 

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GuildfordBucketDrummers?fref=ts 

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wENlGOIH29U 

Not really much else to say, apart from another plug to say that come back next week for more info on a new project (it won't be replacing this one!) and to also say that there might be a 'Spring' video coming your way soon :) 

see you next week! 

evan. :)