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! 

19/03/2014

Today was a better day!

Today has been super busy! I got up this morning around eight, packed my bag for the gym, then had my light breakfast of protein and bananas. Shortly after i was picked up by Karn, who yesterday kindly offered to give me a lift down to the gym! He's becoming a really good friend t be honest, and he's one of the better people i know.

At the gym it was all about the biceps, shoulders, and chest today! I've always had skinny arms, so i superset my biceps when i work them, it seems to be the only way i can get results! There were a few newbies at the gym today too. I don't like to think of myself as a gym veteran, but i do cringe when i see new guys lift. But then again i was like that last year, so i keep my mouth shut. When ever i work out, i don't actually listen to music. I've tried it, and i find it too distracting. I start to bob my head along to whatever i'm listening too at that moment, and lose focus on the set. This raises the issue of being able to hear what others are saying in the gym. Most of the time i can tolerate it, because all the regular guys down there keep to themselves and focus on what they're doing. But there were two ass-holes there today who just wouldn't shut the fuck up. The gym is for working out, not to talk about you hurting your back when you "punched that guys lights out", you gollum fuck.

Anyway, after a quick sauna and shower, i met back up with Karn around eleven to play some pool! He beat me again, seven games to six, but it was fun all the same! He then dropped me off at uni, where i learnt about Hans Zimmer's use of samplers in Inception, and various video games. It was mildly interesting. I was also handed a Cajon at some point, which i'm borrowing for a few weeks from another guy called Matt! A Cajon is an acoustic percussion box, with a snare resting on one side to make an interesting percussive sound! I need this for the upcoming gig i have. It is the first time i will be playing solo! Yes. I AM PLAYING A GIG WITH MY OWN MUSIC. Exciting/frightening stuff!

I had work today as well, but it is my last day of work for the week, which is a bonus! The delivery shift went swiftly, and we left on time which was good!

Now writing this in bed while waiting for a video edit to bounce out on my mac. The video is part of a webseries i'm doing, which is focusing on the process of making an album! I'm having fun with it, and i'm using these videos for my final portfolio this year with uni!

Been listening to some old band stuff while writing this. There's talk that Mammoth may return soon, we shall see.

16/03/2014

Another lazy sunday!

Today was the day of the dreaded staff meeting, so obviously i spent as much of the day as i could in bed avoiding the prospect of that. I eventually got up at eleven. Had a relatively small breakfast of a protein shake, and a banana. Didn't need much else due to the lack of energy i needed haha. I milled around tidying my room, and doing other things that seemed to be reserved or sundays. You know, doing your laundry, dusting, listening to music, playing guitar, the usual stuff. Then made myself epic chicken and mayo sandwiches! They were so good that I felt dirty afterwords.

After the afternoons antics I headed in to work for the staff meeting. It was the first time i've been to one for about a year, and it was as boring as I was expecting... We all sat around a whiteboard to get a gay ass presentation from our CPC specialist. Sorry if your reading Luke, but it was shit mate, up your game. After the meeting though me, Karn, and Mikey headed down to All Stars to play some pool!

Now when you bring Mikey along to play pool, you expect him to be on the table most of the night, and maybe get a cheeky win over him every now and then. NOPE. Tonight Mikey decided to play like a fucking monster, but seeing as his cup final is coming up on saturday i can let him off. I did beat him once mind, after some tricky shots, and lucky covering shots haha. Karn won one game i think, but to be honest he did mainly play Mikey all night. We finished the session with a few rounds of killer, which was great fun! Definitely go down as the three of us again soon hopefully!

Got home, had dinner, now typing this up while listening to Mumford & Sons' second album; Babel. LOVE this band, they're sort of my guilty pleasure. I saw them in London last year with Jo, and it's one of the best gigs i've been to so far! This bands first album really captured my imagination when I was younger, this one was definitely not a disappointment when it was finally released!

It's back to work tomorrow, but after a day in the studio with Iain Eccleston and The Blue Horizon guys! Will give details tomorrow!

10/03/2014

Today was tiring.

Getting up and going after a weekend of not sleeping much is a lot harder than you might think. I mean, I didn't even have a lack of sleep over the last few days, i'm just feeling really tired! I managed to get out of bed around ten o'clock this morning though, had a huge breakfast of eggs and protein shakes before doing my bit of stretching/yoga to wake up the body, then have my usual forty minute monday shower! Hugely easy morning haha!

Had a few missed calls off my friend Karn who I work with talking about all sorts of pool plans! So after lunch, he came to pick me up about two in the afternoon to head to All Stars sports bar! This was the first time I got to try out my dads old cue that he gave me yesterday, and I wasn't disappointed to be honest! The things over twenty years old, and the main joining pin is wooden which apparently isn't that popular of a choice these days. After a bit of internet searching i've found that this style of cue is heavily used in a billiards game called carom! Not commonly played in the UK, but is popular in the middle east etc. Either way, the cue was great, but didn't quite give me the edge over Karn! He beat me today 9 frames to 7 if I remember correctly! We'll be back next monday though to see if I can kick his ass haha.

After the pool it was time for work, WOO! I work in the local Staples branch and, to be honest, I can't really complain all that much. I work delivery shifts mainly, so it's physical work, but it helps to move the time along faster. On these shifts I usually work with the same group of people, Dan, Gabby, Sam, Sally etc. And due to us all getting on, the shifts go easily and we always finish on time. UNLESS we spend an hour opening up twenty packs of Pepsi Max cans, before the guy who told us to do it says he actually made a mistake and we SHOULDN'T have done it... Great hour wasted there!

I finished work tonight at half nine as usual, then headed home for my home cooked tea by my mum. I haven't actually mentioned my home life yet so i'll give a brief overview. I live at home with my mum and my older sister. My dad walked out when I was twelve I think, i'm not exactly sure on the year so i'll say this age because I had just started secondary school. He left to go off with another woman, who he is now happily married too and has two beautiful children with, my half brother Sebastian, and my half sister Isabella. I held him leaving against him for a long time, but when I reached the age of seventeen I sort of realised that I only get one dad, and even though he went about his actions in the completely wrong way, he did what was right for him. Obviously my relationship with my dad is nowhere near as close as the relationship I have with my mum. I'm a mummy's boy really, always will be! I love my mum just like every non bastard child does, and i'm lucky enough to always have her listen, support, and care for me. My sister is twenty four and still living at home. She'll still be here when she's thirty at this rate, but I still love the slag and will always look after her!

After my dinner I didn't really do much. I lazed around downstairs playing Mario Tennis Open on my 3DSxl, and now have just got in to bed to type this shit out and watch the new 300 film online! My late evening is definitely sorted!

Early start tomorrow, hit the gym at ten before heading off to work all day at half twelve! And then i'm gonna attempt my second radio show! This one's gonna be fucking heavy i'm telling you haha!

No music AGAIN tonight, sat in bed on my laptop so not really a surprise there seeming as i don't keep my music on here! Oh well...