Music Video of the Year
by Scooby Stew on May.27, 2010, under Videos
Is this apparently. To be fair it’s pretty darn good.
‘Underwear’ by FM Belfast
by Scooby Stew on May.27, 2010, under Music
This is still a music video blog, I haven’t gone crazy and started talking about women’s underwear, yet. It’s been a while before I have spotted a new band about to hit the big time. It’s also been a while since a new artist has emerged from Iceland. I am talking about the band ‘FM Belfast‘. I don’t know what it is about Iceland that seems to make awesome bands. I cannot think of a single Icelandic artist that are not amazing, granted there are few.
Their song ‘Underwear’ sounds fresh and fine. With a lucky break on a TV ad or getting picked up by radio 1 I reckon it could be a big hit this summer. It’s got an awesome music video too. It seems to follow the vibes of small town kids that I am seeing a lot of recently. By that I mean alternative people stuck in boring small towns. Here are the lyrics and video to ‘Underwear’
We are counting down the days, until nothing
We are running down the street in our underwear, we are running up the hill – it’s over there
Cus nothing ever happens here.
Where everyone keeps off the grass, no littering, no loitering, no nothing, no nothing, no nothing
We are running down the street in our underwear, cus nothing ever happens here.
We come from a place where we count the days, until nothing
Lissie – Bad Romance (Lady Gaga Cover)
by Scooby Stew on May.17, 2010, under Music
I have always taken the opinion that covering songs can be good and can be bad. It’s bad when you have just ran out of ideas or you are not creative enough to do your own thing well. But cover are good when you get creative. You can be just as creative in covering songs as you can with writing your own.
So we like to reward good covers here at living live, and here is a pretty awesome one. It’s not that creative, but it is bloody good.
Introducing: Whitey – The Ginger Bonham
by Cozgroove on Nov.25, 2009, under Videos
It’s been a busy year for me so I haven’t had as much time as I’d like to get behind the camera a make stuff. But when something interesting comes along I make sure I get it on camera.
Here is a hot new drummer we found in Exeter. He’s only 21 but he has already played in more venues in Devon than most. He dresses in clothes his parents bought him, can occasionally be spotted in a purple suit and has ludicrous amounts of ginger hair, but never the less he has got some talent. He tells us his favorite drummer is Bonham and its almost impossible to not draw similarities between the two. We hail him Whitey – The Ginger Bonham.
We invited him down to the Living Live Studio to record a solo and here is what he gave us:
Them Crooked Vultures Album Up Now
by Scooby Stew on Nov.10, 2009, under Music
Not only is today the Release of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 but the eagerly awaited album by Rock Super-group Them Crooked Vultures is now available to stream on Youtube. I’ve had the first listen of the album and can safely say you will not be disappointed. This is rock and roll like you have never heard it before.
It has the unique sounds of a concept album, the pounding rhythms of a classic rock band, the swagger of the blues and all this with distinct modern overtones that thumps the mainstream music industry square in the crotch then runs off with its girlfriend.
Here is the first track and perhaps the best off the album. Stick with it and at 2.44 you will know exactly what I’m talking about!
Dubai Sound City Festival Takes Off
by Scooby Stew on Nov.09, 2009, under Music
When you think of music festivals, you probably immediately think about sitting in a muddy British field being rained on sat next to some hippies. But there are swiftly becoming more options to enjoy the best in live music without getting dirty.
Festivals are becoming more urban, with the likes of the O2 wireless festival in London that take place in Hyde Park. Now the fastest developing urban scape on the planet has its first festival. Dubai is a special city for many reasons. It has transformed from barren desert land into one of the most modern cities on the planet in less that 20 years. It is host to the very nearly finished Burj Dubai, now the worlds tallest building at a simply massive 818 meters tall.
The First Dubai Sound City Festival took place last weekend and featured nearly 50 British bands. The likes of Human League, Doves, The Futureheads, Happy Mondays, The Wombats and Echo & the Bunnymen took to the stage at one of the 6 venues in the centre of Dubai that hosted the festival. With a population of 2.5 million people, you can see why the festival has attacked so many British band to perform in Dubai. With the music industry supposedly struggling to cash, Dubai and the United Arab Eremites is largely seen as an untapped resource for music sales.
The festival is rightfully hailed as “the worlds hottest winter music festival” and its not just because of the temperature. It’s worth booking your flights to Dubai in time for next years festival, which is sure to be even bigger and better.
Empire State Of Mind
by Scooby Stew on Nov.04, 2009, under Music
Here is the new video for Jay Z’s track Empire State of Mind. It’s one of my favourite tracks of the year and the video is pretty cool to. Good Work.
Interview With an Event Production Manager
by Scooby Stew on Oct.29, 2009, under Tech
Last night we conducted an Interview with a local Entrepreneur who has started his own event production company. Here it is:
| What’s the nature of your business? I provide a range of services in the events, music and video industries. Anything from full event production, equipment hire, studio music production and television/film production. Do you have any other business? No Do you have any business qualifications? I do not How did you take your first step? It was a gradual progress that I guess started when I got my first job as a technician in the events industry. I immediately took to job and you have to continuously learn new skills to keep up. I had a keen interest in music and video production previously began building a stock of my own equipment and eventually began starting doing paid work for people in my spare time. I also worked my way up to being the technical manager at venue and from this learned the skills to run events as well as managing a team and a business. Did you use a business plan? I let the business grow naturally by making contacts threw working shows and gradually getting in larger and larger projects. It’s very much who you know in this business. Reputation is important, so by in a way our business plan has been to always provide and excellent service and continue to make new contacts in the industry.
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