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. :) 

23rd February 2013: food, thank you cards and singer/songwriters.

So today, I got up rather late, played pokemon, listened to music, went out for lunch, and then came home and made thank you cards for people that have given donations towards my Kenya Trip, and listened to a lot of music, choosing 5 people to look at for my blog today... It was hard, as I wanted to try and focus on people that not many people had heard of, however I obviously feel I should cover people I will have told you about, because I've followed them from their YouTube days to getting their EP in the singer/songwriters TOP 10 in the Album chart... I'm not going to be able to tell you what genre they come under, because I'm useless at that.

So, here goes:

1. Lauren Aquilina... mainly because I've followed her music from her first videos on YouTube, to her getting her EP, Fools, in the Top 10 singer/songwriter's Album Chart. I've also, been to Nando's with her and went to her first headline gig in London, last Tuesday. You've heard of her a lot from me, but there is a reason, she's an insane singer, and her music is great too. She's done a lot of original songs as well as covers, and they've all been pretty good. A lot of people have recognised her music too in the big music industry,  and JLS watched one of her UStreams...
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/LaurenAquilinaMusic
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/fools-ep/id558518089




2. Frank Hamilton... ok, so I've got tickets for him in April, and I'm
definitely looking forward to it! Last year, he set a challenge to do a song a week, including lots of collaborations, with lots of people, including Lauren Aquilina, Dion Dublin (yes, the ex-footballer), Ed Sheeran and Newton Faulkner. Ed Sheeran backed him from the start and he's picked up a lot of followers for this years challenge of one blog a week, which includes videos, offers and songs too.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/frankhamiltonband/videos?view=0
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/frank-hamilton/id392084
OneBlogAWeek: http://oneblogaweek.wordpress.com/about/





3. Billy Lockett... he's from Northampton and I literally fell in love with him on Tuesday night, I got his EP and haven't stopped listening to it since. He's sung with Nina Nesbitt (who supported Ed Sheeran on tour). He's also done covers on YouTube with Josh Kumra and Caggie Dunlop. They're also very catchy songs, so I've had them in my head for a while too.
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/officialbillylockett/videos?view=0
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/billy-lockett/id370633267



4. Saint Raymond (Callum Burrows) this is the other guy that was insane on Tuesday night, I got a signed demo by him to of a song called 'Bonfires' and it's awesome! He's also done a few other songs which are great that I'm sure you'll find on YouTube... He's from Nottingham and he's done small sets at events there. He's lovely and his music is great too, he reminded me a little bit of Ed Sheeran singing with A-Punk/Kaiser Chiefs acoustic music?!
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/itscallumburrows
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaintRaymondMusic





5. Josh Record... I heard about Josh through Sam Pepper on his LA Dream video, his song 'For Your Love' is 'lovely' as I described it to my friend... His EP, Bones is definitely one to chill to, he's from London, and I wish he was gigging around my area, because I'd be there...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/MrJayrecord
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/bones-ep/id598984687



Others I would have loved to have included, but ran out of time and decided most of them you have probably heard of...:

-Bastille: http://www.youtube.com/user/BASTILLEvideos
-Ben Howard (although after the Brits...) http://www.youtube.com/user/benhowardmusic/video
-Charlie Simpson (yes, the one from Busted): http://www.youtube.com/user/charliesimpsonmusic
-Daley: http://www.youtube.com/user/DaleyUK
-Emily and the Woods: http://www.youtube.com/user/emilyandthewoods
-Everything Everything: http://www.youtube.com/user/EvrythingEvrything
-Gabrielle Aplin: http://www.youtube.com/user/Gaberrz
-Imagine Dragons: http://www.youtube.com/user/ImagineDragonsVEVO
-Jake West: http://www.youtube.com/user/jakewestmusic
-Katie Sky: http://www.youtube.com/user/katieskymusic
-Kodaline: http://www.youtube.com/user/KodalineVEVO
-Paper Lions: http://www.youtube.com/user/paperlions
-Skylarks: http://www.youtube.com/user/SkylarksMusic/videos
-Sons & Lovers: http://www.youtube.com/user/sonsandloversband
-Walk The Moon: http://www.youtube.com/user/WalkTheMoonVEVO

so there you go!! I'm sorry about ending up putting loads of links, but I think they're all great artists/bands, many of them are getting bigger now, but it's been crazy to watch some of them grow from YouTube and support acts for slightly smaller people to being bigger and better known people and bands.

Enjoy listening to them!
Off to do some English and annotate some poems now :/

evan. :)

20th February 2013: music, photos, videos and flash.

So today's blog is yeterdays events basically. I had a great day and night. It started at 11.56am, as we got on the train to London. We got to Waterloo, looked for somewhere nice to eat, but everywhere was either packed or too expensive, yeah we were probably being too picky, but oh well... So we settled for a sandwhich from M&S, which was pretty tasty, and we sat by South Bank, people watching, which was interesting, then we did our traditional walk down to London Eye and back, we saw Colin Jackson, the Olympic sprint hurdler and some insane street performers, and some really weird ones too...
We then walked down to Trafalgar Square, took some photos and did some filming, which ended with me getting scared by a pidgeon flying towards me through my camera screen, and hitting my head on the marble fountain thing, and then getting laughed at... Then we headed back to South Bank, sat watching skaters for about an hour, which was pretty chill. After that, we got on the train to Tower Hill, we walked round the Tower, and walked over the Tower Bridge, which was horrible experience, especially standing near the edge  trying to dodge the people on the immensely busy path.

We then decided, we should probably start heading to where the venue was, so we knew where it was, and so we got a train to Kings Cross St. Pancras, Platform 9 and 3/4 was closed and the station was packed, so I'm assuming there was problems with the trains or something? Anyways, we walked up to the venue, and then found a Costa, seeing as we hadn't had a Nandos, I thought the closest thing we could get to Aquitradition was a giant bourbon from Costa? We sat there for about 2 hours? Drinking hot chocolate, playing that four picture one word game? and listening to Lauren's songs and people watching again...

Then it was time for the gig, it was Lauren Aquilina's first headline tour, and it was the first night... The support acts were Billy Lockett and Saint Raymond (links for them at the bottom), and they were insane! If you get a chance to see them live, do it! It was a great gig and great music, including some new tracks from Lauren, a duet with (Bryce) who was also amazing, a loop pedal mash up and finished with Fools.
It was a pretty crazy day, but a good one, and there will be a video in the next few days, but I ended up going out this morning shopping, and then fell asleep this afternoon, so I'll start on it this afternoon, Saturday at the latest :) Oh, an extra comment, I will forever hate flash on cameras!
Thank you to Billy Lockett, Saint Raymond (Callum) and Lauren Aquilina, for a great evening and photos :)

evan. :)

LINKS:
Billy Lockett: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/officialbillylockett
                     Facebook: www.facebook.com/billylockettmusic
                     Twitter: www.twitter.com/billylockett

Saint Raymond: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/itscallumburrows
                         Facebook: www.facebook.com/SaintRaymondMusic
                         Twitter: www.twitter.com/callum_sr

Lauren Aquilina: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/LaurenAquilinaMusic
                          Facebook: www.facebook.com/laurenaquilinamusic
                          Twitter: www.twitter.com/laurenaquilina