Homelessness. Les Mis. Fat Dudes. Ricky Gervais. World Wrestler legs and bike shorts.. oh, and a spot of Nuclear Power!  This is sort of funny stuff…

It’s 2006… The only way I knew that was because we were headed home for Christmas, and it was before we moved buildings for work… AND I play Jimi…

Podcast Two – Imogen Heap Kicks off… October the 14th!?

Number two and it’s me again… Not sure “when” it is.. But I’m with “Mr. Nathan” he has “Orange” to say for himself…

John Farnham drops in for a duet, Mince Pies, Mr. Kipling, Snow & Rock…

Podcast Three – Oh baby – the music is amazing! – Rhiannon on Sunday the 29th of October, 2006!

Computers, the users make them what they are in 77% of cases… Surfing50States.com was on my radar, they’ve made it large now! Steve Irwin is dead, South Park suck.

Climate Change, Jailed Bloggers and a Pig is tested for foot and mouth… Oh, and Borat!?…(Oh, and the kid broke my tennis racket 5 years before) AND we speak to Mr. Nathan again!!… Amazing!!..

Good times eh…

iPhone 4 plays stuff back in the following formats..
AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

But, what format does it record in?
…um, I dunno?

So, this is a test.. Recorded straight into the iPhone using voice recorder… no mic, no nothin’

Here’s the original m4a file (download it and delete it, make yourself feel good!)

And here’s a version converted to mP3 using Alto Mp3 Gold – 320kbps

What’s the best recording set-up for iPhone? I think I’ll try Sonoma’s “FourTrack” – anyone used it?

Black…

So, I did a little research into what headphones I should use with my new gizmo, and after much too’ing and fro’ing I settled on the Beats By Dre – Tour… There’s a video below that goes a long way to describing why… These little guys are made by Monster, awesome cables, awesome cans…

One by-product of having a decent set of headphones with a decent mic is that you can use voice recorder to record random podcast type events… though, it’s a pain in the bum to get those podcasts off… I’d suggest you use iPhone Explorer so, yeah, I recorded a very interrupted podcast whilst washing dishes…

Beats by Dr. Dre Tour Mobile In-Ear Headphones

more to come…

I’ll stop rambling… Here’s a quick chat with myself, a mashup of the keys Am, G and F… Amazing what songs can come from such basic chords… (Yeah, I sing, sorry) I talk about Shakira, Nina Simone and a great competition from G-Technology Isn’t Victoria Williams amazing.. [then I answer the door and it all stops - lucky you]

Sharing a photo with you… I like it… I like lots of things… Lots…

- some things are better unspoken -

…I lied about the pizza!

Hils is a multi-talented singer-songwriter from South London. With an effortless singing style, Hils beautiful Folk~Rock sound showcases mellow guitars and rhythms, with her extremely catchy, emotive and insightful song writing.

Hils was introduced to music from the early age of six when she learnt to sing and play the piano. She remembers forming her first band in her friends loft, playing blur and no doubt covers! A few years later, inspired by a few female singer-songwriters she saw playing in London, Hils decided to teach herself the guitar and start writing.
Surrounding herself with musicians and producers at every opportunity, Hils recorded her first few songs and took the decision to pursue her music further attending the prestigious ACM music college. This saw the start of Hils Granger the solo artist as she got a great band behind her, finished writing her EP and began playing shows most nights around London and the South. Hils independently released her EP ‘Dreams Become Things’ on iTunes in June 2009.

During this time Hils also started playing session keys for singer-songwriter Ellie Lawson, sponsored by Quiksilver, playing shows regularly in the UK and Europe. Hils continues playing keys and singing for Ellie, Si Connelly and Archangel bands whilst concentrating on writing and finishing her debut record, which will be released later in the year.

You can find the Hils Granger website here, you can also follow her on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace… You can also purchase Hils’ music on iTunes or check more of her stuff out on iLike and YouTube

Yeah, this girl knows her social media…

Enjoy!

Photo of the month came from Colin Millum above is pretty sweet, Nice one Colin! Hope you’re having a great world trip!

www.merrellpublishers.com for Jason Hawkes “London At Night” photography book – shot from a chopper, quality!

Olympus PEN E-PL1, Camera Bags, WorldPressPhoto

There was Anna Evgen (Naked girl + Apple = Winner)

Johnsons Photopia who are most likely glowing from Focus

Martin Middlebrook – Old School Purist

….I won’t list the rest, you can damn Google it!! Nice coffee, good songs – they were playing in the background, so I matched them up  -  Killers, Sam’s Town, Cracking album – please go buy it.

Peace out… Sime

My very first music photograph - The Rushes

I’ve decided to give my little project the weekend off, let it out to pasture. I’m done with music photography for a number of reasons and I’m very happy with what I’ve achieved in the last two years.

My highlights, well… Alice in Chains was special, Metallica was powerful, NiN was sombre, Counting Crows was electric, Dave Matthews Band was invigorating, Lou Rhodes was emotional, U2 was large… The list goes on and on (well, for another 90 or so bands)

Further down the track - Stefan | Dave Matthews Band

What did I learn? Most bands don’t even know you’re there, PR agencies think they’re god and are part of what is wrecking the music industry, You don’t need a really good camera but it helps, It’s hard to focus sometimes when you’re singing, Alcohol and photography are not friends, Photographing festivals is tiring and inspiring and some artists, the ones that do see you, and encourage you and engage you, they’re awesome. (There’s one like this, I’ll be shooting her again – but for the love of it)

Like I said in podcast four, Maybe it’s time to check out other areas of photography, I don’t like being stuck on the one country road for to long, so maybe it’s time to get that baking book that my friend Nicki gave me out and start baking and snapping – though, we already know just how good I am in the kitchen!

I'm awesome in the kitchen, awesome...

]]> http://gtvone.com/2010/02/20/find-what-you-have-lost/feed/ 5 I love my music, I love my photography and for the last two years I’ve been combining those two things in my quest to become a music photographer… Well, I got what I wanted and I’ve had an amazing time doing it! I wanted to be that guy, the one in the pit in front of the crowd, nothing to distract me from the band, just me and them and my camera and that was that. My very first music photograph - The Rushes I’ve decided to give my little project the weekend off, let it out to pasture. I’m done with music photography for a number of reasons and I’m very happy with what I’ve achieved in the last two years. My highlights, well… Alice in Chains was special, Metallica was powerful, NiN was sombre, Counting Crows was electric, Dave Matthews Band was invigorating, Lou Rhodes was emotional, U2 was large… The list goes on and on (well, for another 90 or so bands) Further down the track - Stefan | Dave Matthews Band What did I learn? Most bands don’t even know you’re there, PR agencies think they’re god and are part of what is wrecking the music industry, You don’t need a really good camera but it helps, It’s hard to focus sometimes when you’re singing, Alcohol and photography are not friends, Photographing festivals is tiring and inspiring and some artists, the ones that do see you, and encourage you and engage you, they’re awesome. (There’s one like this, I’ll be shooting her again – but for the love of it) Like I said in podcast four, Maybe it’s time to check out other areas of photography, I don’t like being stuck on the one country road for to long, so maybe it’s time to get that baking book that my friend Nicki gave me out and start baking and snapping – though, we already know just how good I am in the kitchen! I'm awesome in the kitchen, awesome... I love my music, I love my photography and for the last two years I’ve been combining those two things in my quest to become a music photographer… Well, I got what I wanted and I’ve had an amazing time doing it! I wanted to be that guy, the [...] Simon Pollock 06:48 Music, Photography, Cake, Nicki, gtvone, Simon Pollock clean http://gtvone.com/2010/02/12/silence-that-speaks-so-much-louder-that-words/ http://gtvone.com/2010/02/12/silence-that-speaks-so-much-louder-that-words/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:48:57 +0000 gtvone http://gtvone.com/?p=1942 This track is 09:26 long. Read slowly.

I love this song, it transports me back about 17 years. I’d just moved to Melbourne and was living with my brother and his wife in Flemington. They had a pretty decent hifi and I remember I used to listen to Shine on vinyl every other day. I still have the record in a box somewhere and I also have a new (old) version that I picked up with the sleeve stickers and posters intact – when / if I ever end up back in Melbourne, I will have a music studio and that poster will go on the wall. If you have $16… Buy the DVD below and sit home and watch it…Hell, light up and zone out – I won’t but you can.

Pink Floyd Live in Nassau New York 1990 (Delicate Sound of Thunder) DVD

I can’t emphasise just how angry modern music makes me – not all of it, but most of it – no soul, no depth, no actual instruments.

Cranes | Battersea

I have a good friend that loves music but hates Pink Floyd, and that’s OK…

There’s an unceasing wind that blows through this night
And there’s dust in my eyes, that blinds my sight
And silence that speaks so much louder that words,
Of promises broken…

Of Promises Broken

What am I on about? Two things…. Mothers, Don’t let your children grow up to be cowboys and certainly don’t let them lose the amazing heritage we had in music. and secondly, Pink Floyd are actually my favourite band in the last 35 years and I would do almost anything to photograph them if they made it back together for one more show… almost anything…

The song is over, Off you go… x

The stuff mentioned in this podcast include the following..

DiscoDroid
Lexar Professional
SanDisk Pro
GTech USB
Canon EOS 550D
Photography Monthly

Here’s a shot that I didn’t take and that I’m using illegally – It was taken by the ever amazing Nathan Pask, www.nathanpask.com It’s from his series “I can see better”

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