BCC MAIDA VALE WAS AN INSIGHTFUL TRIP INTO THE REAL WORLD OF THE MEDIA INDUSTRY. IT HAS INSPIRED ME IN MANY WAYS, HAVING APPEARED ON RADIO BEFORE IN CALIFORNIA, THE BBC MAIDA VALE TRIP HAS BROUGHT ME BACK TO MY ROOTS & MY PASSION FOR SOUND!
WHILST AT THE STUDIOS WE GOT TO SEE THE MAKING OF THE RE-ADUCTATION OF "THE WORLD AS IT IS NOW" ORIGINALLY WRITTEN ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO, THE BBC WERE MAKING A MORE UP TO DATE VERSION........ PRODUCED FOR BBC RADIO 4, IT WAS WELL SCRIPTED, EXTREMELY HUMOROUS, & HAD ME HOOKED! I LIKED THE WAY IT HAD A DOWN TO EARTH APPROACH, & I ALSO LIKED THE WAY THE SCRIPT TOUCHED ON SOME GREY AREAS SUCH AS TERRORISM.
WE GOT TO DO SOME ARCHIVING TOO, WHICH I FOUND FASCINATING. I WAS PAIRED WITH A GIRL CALLED HANNAH, SHE WAS PRETTY NEW ONLY BEEN THERE 3 MONTHS BUT WAS LOVING IT! WE WERE TRANSFERING DAT FORMAT TO MP3 FORMAT USING A SOFT WARE PACKAGE CALLED SADIES, WHICH IS THE MICROSOFT EQUIVALENT OF PRO-TOOLS. WHILST I WAS THERE I WAS ALSO INTRIGUED AT MYSELF, AS I WAS SHOWN HOW TO IT ONCE, GRASPED IT, & WAS ABLE TO DO HANNAH'S JOB FOR HER WHILST SHE SAT & WATCHED.
MY HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY HAD TO BE SEEING THE ZUTONS PLAY LIVE IN THE JOHN PEEL STUDIO. I MUST SAY BEFORE I WENT TO MAIDA VALE I HAD DISMISSED THE ZUTONS BECAUSE THEY DIDNT INTERVIEW VERY WELL ON TV, & WERE EXTREMELY HARD TO HEAR BECAUSE OF THEIR SCOUSE ACCENT. BUT LISTENING TO THEM LIVE IS SOMETHING ELSE!!! I HAVE CONSEQUENTLY GONE OUT & BROUGHT THEIR SINGLE "ALWAYS RIGHT BEHIND YOU" DEFINITELY MY STYLE OF MUSIC!
TO LISTEN TO THEIR NEW SINGLE GO TO
http://www.thezutons.com/
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