July 13th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music
Best lyrics of the year go to Scouting For Girls with Heartbeat….
Every time that we meet, I skip a heartbeat.
Give me an evening, or give me a night.
I’ll show you the time, of your life.
I’ll walk you home safe, from the dark.
I’ll give you my jacket, I’ll give you my heart.
But she won’t come dancing [...]
March 26th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Technology
Remember the mixtape? Hours spent crafting a cassette with tunes from the radio for a mate or girlfriend back in the days? Well new technology means the mixtape ain’t necessarily dead.
There’s the USB version - pictured above - which is pretty neat, and which allows you to hand a cassette-shaped mix over to someone you [...]
March 26th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Work
Sunday in Austin, and our last day there. South by Southwest had pretty well finished by now - the streets were a lot quieter, the convention center had been completely tidied, and the doors were locked, and that was left was flyers for bands nailed to lampposts. This was a day off for us guys, [...]
March 26th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Work
Ok, Saturday - day 5 at South by Southwest! Again, more editing in the hotel room, and then at night, I went to meet up with the guys. They’d spent the day at a pool and BBQ party in the country which made me insanely jealous, but apparently there weren’t that many good looking [...]
March 26th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Work
Well I have fallen waaaay behind with this sorry. Obviously I’m writing this after I got back to Belfast, but it’s just been manic since I got back, and I’m just in the middle of my first lot of days off in three weeks (unless you count one day off in Austin). Anyways, I’m now [...]
March 16th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Travel, Work
Day 3 at South by Southwest baby! I can honestly say the weather has been brilliant this week - it’s been around 95° every day, which is very nice.
Thursday then was to have the same pattern as the next couple of days for me really. Rigsy, our presenter, Feargal and Jim, our cameraman went out [...]
March 16th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Travel, Uncategorized, Work
Day two at South by Southwest! And I have got a bit behind with this so have some catching up to do!
Wednesday was our first day filming - so we went off to a Belfast / Nashville Sister City party to hear and film some Northern Irish acts performing. The main attraction for a lot of people [...]
March 13th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Travel
So on Monday, we arrived in Austin, Texas for South by Southwest 2008 - it’s the biggest music industry gathering in the world, with over 1700 bands attending and playing showcases during the week. We’re staying at a hotel a bit out of the centre, which is slightly annoying, as it’s a 10 minute taxi [...]
March 3rd, 2008 | by Simon | published in Music, Uncategorized, Work
I got to meet one of my favourite bands this week. Tegan and Sara are two identical twins from Canada, and I have a couple of their albums. They were gigging in Belfast this week, and we were doing an interview with them for ATL TV, so I sheepishly turned up and had a quick [...]
February 28th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Film / TV, Music, Travel, Work
I am going to South by Southwest in Austin, TX the week after next to film for a week for ATL TV, following bands from Northern Ireland as they do their thing out there. It’s basically the biggest music industry showcasing event / conference in the world! I am extremely excited, ‘cos it’s meant to [...]
