I've seen so many great bands live in my short time here so far, and i can't be more thankful for that. Inspiration is hard to come by, but i've met people who've helped me in developing myself greatly this past year. I've also noticed people that were already there a lot more, and i'm more thankful to them than any others.
Blogging everyday is a bore, once every now and then is more fun for me. I finish University in a matter of weeks, then i've got to head out into the world. Me and Taz are moving away, and looking for others to join us, we don't like it here in weston anymore. I'm bored here, and everything's starting to grow stale.
I'm 1lb under 13 stone, my target weight at the gym, so that's developing greatly. I've played a solo gig, just me and my guitar, for the first time ever! It was one of the best, if not short, things i've experienced. I'm settling into who i want to be. My friend Ross was telling me about problems he's been having with people recently, and just listening, and offering a few short words of comfort and advice made me realise how much i actually cherish the people i choose to spend time with. If i don't make an outward attempt to spend time with someone, i don't really consider them important to me. The ones who matter are the ones you can see every now and then, and still enjoy the time you spend with them. Ross is one of those few to me, even if he is a crackhead.
Jo, Tarrant, Vicki, James, Dan, Gabby, Ross, GeGe, Luke etc..
Or something along those lines anyway!
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Sunday, 30 March 2014
30/03/2014
Mothers day!
Today was mothers day! And i have eight minutes to write this entry before the video i'm editing finishes bouncing out! I've decided that i'm not going to do this everyday from now on. I'm not stopping the blog, just will be updating it every few days instead. This way i don't have to rush posts and feel like i'm just typing aimlessly for twenty minutes. PLUS it gives me more time in the evenings to do things. Nice things.
Yesterday was the day of Taz's birthday celebrations! And believe me, they were fucking good.
Taz and James picked me up around sevenish to go back to Taz's for some pre-drinks before heading out in to town. We drank various spirits mixed with coke, and raced eachother on motorbikes for a good few hours before another of Taz's friends, Ollie showed up. We left about an hour later, to get to The Dragon! This is where the serious drinking began, and by twelve o'clock Taz was in the bathroom chucking his guts up all over the floor hahahaha. Me and dan spent a few minutes consoling him before carrying him outside, and ultimately to Tesco so his dad could pick him up. Happy birthday Taz! haha.
The rest of the night was standard fare really, plenty of drinking and dancing in DB's, then some heated arguments between a couple we were out with, which i was too heavily involved with for my own liking. But whatever, got home at four, and slept through to eleven this morning. Didn't even feel the effects of the clocks going forwards either which was a positive!
When i eventually got downstairs i handed over the mothers day gifts and spent a few hours with my mumma! Then did some gardening for her, ripping up tree stumps so she could dig out the roots and stuff.
Also headed round Jo's for half an hour to see her before she headed back to Cardiff. I had a wonderful friday evening with her!
Today was mothers day! And i have eight minutes to write this entry before the video i'm editing finishes bouncing out! I've decided that i'm not going to do this everyday from now on. I'm not stopping the blog, just will be updating it every few days instead. This way i don't have to rush posts and feel like i'm just typing aimlessly for twenty minutes. PLUS it gives me more time in the evenings to do things. Nice things.
Yesterday was the day of Taz's birthday celebrations! And believe me, they were fucking good.
Taz and James picked me up around sevenish to go back to Taz's for some pre-drinks before heading out in to town. We drank various spirits mixed with coke, and raced eachother on motorbikes for a good few hours before another of Taz's friends, Ollie showed up. We left about an hour later, to get to The Dragon! This is where the serious drinking began, and by twelve o'clock Taz was in the bathroom chucking his guts up all over the floor hahahaha. Me and dan spent a few minutes consoling him before carrying him outside, and ultimately to Tesco so his dad could pick him up. Happy birthday Taz! haha.
The rest of the night was standard fare really, plenty of drinking and dancing in DB's, then some heated arguments between a couple we were out with, which i was too heavily involved with for my own liking. But whatever, got home at four, and slept through to eleven this morning. Didn't even feel the effects of the clocks going forwards either which was a positive!
When i eventually got downstairs i handed over the mothers day gifts and spent a few hours with my mumma! Then did some gardening for her, ripping up tree stumps so she could dig out the roots and stuff.
Also headed round Jo's for half an hour to see her before she headed back to Cardiff. I had a wonderful friday evening with her!
Friday, 28 March 2014
28/03/2014
OH LOOK, another missed day.
I don't even give a shit. I went to uni yesterday, then Taz came back to mine. We listened to records and drank all night.
TODAY WAS EXCITING. Mammoth had their first jam since October last year. Now this is HUGE news. We have written a new song, and are panning en E.P. VERY exciting.
Off to see my baby tonight, she's home, exciting also!
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
26/03/2014
I'm an extremely jealous person.
Sometimes that is. Not in every aspect of life, but when i see people involved with others, and i don't like it, i can flip my shit. People have called me intimidating, and i don't see it, but whatever, i guess having people afraid to wind me up is a good thing because they won't actually do it. I like to think that i'm a chilled out guy, which i am in most cases. Everyone has those days though.
Today was pretty standard, minus one part. TAZ GAVE ME A LIFT TO UNI. Yeah, that's right, the bastard is driving now, and it's awesome. He got to mine around eleven this morning, and pulled up in his gay little Ford KA. Pretty much a hairdressers car, but still more than i have so congrats to him. He also received some great news yesterday, which i'm not going to share, but i'm extremely happy for him. We zoomed off towards uni, laughing and listening to music. I wasn't nervous at all which is a good sign that he's a natural driver! Hopefully i'll be as confident the first time i drive a car alone haha.
At uni i finished off the final mix of a song for a girl called Danni. She had a song recorded at Modern World Studios, and i ended up doing the post production on it! It's turned out great, and has been one of the more ambitious mixing challenges i've taken on, all worth it though. After that i did a bit more work on the website me and taz are making, and then headed off to work!
Work was pretty standard, a small delivery tonight! We were done by nine, so me and Dan spent the last half hour tidying up the canteen and listening to music hahah.
Got home at ten and had spaghetti and meatballs for tea. They were wonderful. Now gonna finish this and watch the last episode of the first season of Vikings! Sweeeet.
Sometimes that is. Not in every aspect of life, but when i see people involved with others, and i don't like it, i can flip my shit. People have called me intimidating, and i don't see it, but whatever, i guess having people afraid to wind me up is a good thing because they won't actually do it. I like to think that i'm a chilled out guy, which i am in most cases. Everyone has those days though.
Today was pretty standard, minus one part. TAZ GAVE ME A LIFT TO UNI. Yeah, that's right, the bastard is driving now, and it's awesome. He got to mine around eleven this morning, and pulled up in his gay little Ford KA. Pretty much a hairdressers car, but still more than i have so congrats to him. He also received some great news yesterday, which i'm not going to share, but i'm extremely happy for him. We zoomed off towards uni, laughing and listening to music. I wasn't nervous at all which is a good sign that he's a natural driver! Hopefully i'll be as confident the first time i drive a car alone haha.
At uni i finished off the final mix of a song for a girl called Danni. She had a song recorded at Modern World Studios, and i ended up doing the post production on it! It's turned out great, and has been one of the more ambitious mixing challenges i've taken on, all worth it though. After that i did a bit more work on the website me and taz are making, and then headed off to work!
Work was pretty standard, a small delivery tonight! We were done by nine, so me and Dan spent the last half hour tidying up the canteen and listening to music hahah.
Got home at ten and had spaghetti and meatballs for tea. They were wonderful. Now gonna finish this and watch the last episode of the first season of Vikings! Sweeeet.
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
25/03/2014
YES.
I missed ANOTHER day yesterday, with good reason! Yesterday was Taz's birthday, and for it this year we went to Bristol with James to watch Metronomy at the o2 Academy! I managed to get the day off work, which was great. We headed up together on the bus at around five, and arrived in Bristol around sixish. The gig started at seven, but Taz wasn't so bothered about seeing the support act, so we decided it was best to go and drink. Taz wanted to go to The Apple, which is a cider boat bar on the river, so off we headed!
The Apple's great, they sell locally made ciders, usually ridiculously high in alcohol percentage, for crazy low student prices. I drank "Old Bristolian" all night, which on a student price was £1 a half! And seeing as this stuff is 8.4%, a few of those got me going nicely. Once we got to the gig, at around half past eight, we slithered through the crowd to the side and settled down for the show. The band themselves were great, but unfortunately it really isn't my kind of music. I had a good time though, and so did Taz, which was the main thing!
Today was all about work again! Tuesdays are work days. I started a little later today at one, which was a bit strange, but it looks like it's going to be a permanent change, so i better not complain eh? Nothing that interesting happened at work, it was just another normal day.
Had chili con carne for dinner! Was fantastic, and smothered in cheese, which probably helped make it ten times better. Now typing this out, and afterwards i'm going to watch some more of the t.v series called "Vikings". Basically, it's about vikings funnily enough haha, but it's a great show so far, so will definitely keep up with it!
I missed ANOTHER day yesterday, with good reason! Yesterday was Taz's birthday, and for it this year we went to Bristol with James to watch Metronomy at the o2 Academy! I managed to get the day off work, which was great. We headed up together on the bus at around five, and arrived in Bristol around sixish. The gig started at seven, but Taz wasn't so bothered about seeing the support act, so we decided it was best to go and drink. Taz wanted to go to The Apple, which is a cider boat bar on the river, so off we headed!
The Apple's great, they sell locally made ciders, usually ridiculously high in alcohol percentage, for crazy low student prices. I drank "Old Bristolian" all night, which on a student price was £1 a half! And seeing as this stuff is 8.4%, a few of those got me going nicely. Once we got to the gig, at around half past eight, we slithered through the crowd to the side and settled down for the show. The band themselves were great, but unfortunately it really isn't my kind of music. I had a good time though, and so did Taz, which was the main thing!
Today was all about work again! Tuesdays are work days. I started a little later today at one, which was a bit strange, but it looks like it's going to be a permanent change, so i better not complain eh? Nothing that interesting happened at work, it was just another normal day.
Had chili con carne for dinner! Was fantastic, and smothered in cheese, which probably helped make it ten times better. Now typing this out, and afterwards i'm going to watch some more of the t.v series called "Vikings". Basically, it's about vikings funnily enough haha, but it's a great show so far, so will definitely keep up with it!
Sunday, 23 March 2014
23/03/2014
GUH.
I hate the world today.
I've spent all day mixing, which was great, but now i'm tired, frustrated and importantly poor. I'm fed up of being at uni, and already fed up of this blog post so yeah, this is it haha.
Metronomy tomorrow in Bristol, it should be a better day.
I hate the world today.
I've spent all day mixing, which was great, but now i'm tired, frustrated and importantly poor. I'm fed up of being at uni, and already fed up of this blog post so yeah, this is it haha.
Metronomy tomorrow in Bristol, it should be a better day.
Saturday, 22 March 2014
22/03/2014
It's been a jam packed day!
I missed another day yesterday, unfortunately. This was due to me being out all day,and then going out in the evening! I'll catch you up on my friday quickly...
I got in to uni around about half past eight in the morning. Went straight in to the studio and set up a vocal mic to do some recordings later on. For a few hours though i took advantage of the empty studio and did some mixing of material i need to catch up. I only spent two hours on the drums... Nearly had a headache by the end of the mix, but it was worth it to use some decent monitors. After the mixing i recorded vocals for Kane on his track that was recorded at St. Georges hall in bristol. The track features a string quartet, so will be fun to mix! After Kane, Iain was back in the studio adding more final touches to the album recording. One of the songs features a rap section, so we recorded a local guy called Ricky over a few verses, and it worked surprisingly well! After all the studio work me and Josh decided to go to All Stars to play some pool and have a few beers! This turned in to us going out, and that's how the night started hah! We went to watch Saffron Monkey, possibly the best band in weston, and then hit the clubs!
This morning i was surprisingly fresh, especially after the amount of alcohol i consumed... Today James came over to work out some parts he can play when he supports me at the upcoming gig. He's playing bass and percussion, at the same time. It's pretty awesome, but so's James so there's no surprise there. After the jam sesh we had pizza, drank rum, and watched The Big Lebowski. SUCH A GOOD FILM. The Coen Brothers are a real talent. Although i have noticed, after watching a few Coen Brothers films recently, they don't tend to have a real plot/point to them. This doesn't make them bad films, it's just an observation!
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