Dave Matthews Band as photographed at Brixton Academy. The Square Sessions. Supported by Alberta Cross

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Feel free to do a little diacetylmorphine… Or was it her, tied to the mast?…

Mark is one of many professional sports photographers using Think Tank Photo camera bags and gear. We talk about “that shot” and Mark’s gear, how TTP bags help Mark be “ready before the moment” and we also wander into how Mark ended up in photography, which is really interesting. www.thinktankphoto.com | facebook.com/thinktankphoto | twitter.com/thinktankphoto

The MP3 is available for download (If you’re going to use it, please link back to this blog post)

You can listen to our 22 minute skype conversation here.

Please go and have a look at Mark’s work at www.markpain.com

I hope you enjoy the insight into the photographer that was struck by “The Tiger”

You should listen to Bernard whilst you browse…

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