Weekend meet up!!

Well what can I say, this weekend has been awesome! I am not home yet however, I am currently in the car going home. It will be a long journey :( well I'm sure I'll survive.

Firstly, who was i meeting? A few people I know off the Internet. My friend, Chris McNally (better known as Ceejay) had arranged a gig at a music venue in his area near Birmingham. The name of the venue was Base Studios and it's in a town called "Stourbridge". Anyway I was meeting up with him, and I also invited two other people to come - Darryl from Tonbridge in the south of England and also Mark from Lincoln, in the east of England.

Well we left Billingham at about 11am, travelling across Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and into Staffordshire. The whole journey took around 3 and a half hours and we stopped off at Trowell motorway services just outside Nottingham at about 1pm for a Burger King. While I was there I phoned Darryl to see where he was and he said he was walking to the hotel. So we had our food and continued the journey.

We arrived at the hotel, Premier Inn which is in Kingswinford, near Dudley. Once we were checked in and had our room I phoned Darryl again to see if he was at the hotel, he said he had got lost and his phone was nearly out of battery. He found out the name of the street he was on was Moss Grove so Dave put it on the GPS on his phone and we drove to pick him up. Well meeting him for the first time was awesome, he got in the back of the car and we drove him to the hotel in Kingswinford. He got checked in at the hotel and Dave went for a shower and we met back up with Darryl in the hotel restaurant ten minutes later. We drank in the restaurant and spoke with Darryl about everything.

At around 4:45pm Dave phoned for a taxi to take us to Base Studios. And it came at 5:15pm. Originally we had got into the wrong taxi but the driver did point it out and we got into the right one. I had my iPhone GPS on and had to give the driver the directions and I did go wrong at a couple of points but we got there in the end. Once we were outside Base I phoned Chris/Ceejay and we met up inside. Not long after we all arrived the sound checks begun which were loud. I also met Kev who is from Justin.tv and had driven all the way from Norfolk which is Eastern England. He had drove Chris to Base from his house. The doors didn't officially open until 7pm. Not too long after they did open I met Mark who had driven from Lincoln. He talked to me, Dave, Darryl and Chris and it was awesome. This was probably one of the best weekends I've had. When the bands started I recorded them for Chris with his video cameras. I had to wear some kind of device around my shoulder to hd the camera but everything went well and I successfully filmed all the gigs.

One thing I forgot to mention. I also met David Young who played at Base that night. David is an extremely talented young man and I urge you all who are reading this to check out his website www.davidyoung-music.co.uk and also check out some of his music on YouTube. My favourite song is "Time of your life".

Today I woke up around 5:30am, checked my emails, sent replies and went back to sleep. I woke again at about 10am, got up at 10:20 or so, showered and me and Dave went to meet Darryl. We then headed to the McDonalds around the corner, had our breakfast/lunch and when we had finished we drove Darryl to the train station. After that we headed off home.

And that was the entire weekend. I really really enjoyed it. If you want to watch the videos then go to the YouTube channel "UKgetdiscovered" and check the vids out. They may not all be on there yet as there is hours of footage needing to be edited.

Thanks for reading, peace out!

New Surround Sound System

Well today is the day I meet Ceejay. But I want to mention that yesterday (Friday) I got a new surround sound system from my Uncle because he got a new 50" 3D TV. I am going to set it up on Monday when I get the wires for it, here is a few pictures.

Tutto L'Amore Che Ho

Hey guys, well it is Wednesday in a few minutes here which is half way through the week. Of course you should all know I am meeting Ceejay at the weekend, as well as him and David Young begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting and Craig I will also be meeting 2 other people I know from the Internet - Darryl who is travelling from Tonbridge in Southern England and Mark who (hopefully) can come, will be travelling from Lincoln in Eastern England. I look forward to meeting all of them. Next, I urge you to check out this awesome song, it is in Italian and it's titled "TUTTO L'AMORE CHE HO" (All the love I have) by Italian singer-songwriter and rapper Jovanotti. Check the video:

New Housing Estate in Billingham - "College Gardens"

Hey guys, I just wanted to update my blog and talk about a new housing estate which is being built in Billingham, originally the site of an old college, it was demolished a few years ago and they have now begun building houses there and the estate is called "College Gardens". These houses are the newest in the town and are very modern, another thing which also makes these houses modern is some of them have solar panels which is of course very eco-friendly and can be used as a backup if the main power goes offline. Anyway I shot these pictures on Friday afternoon and thought I'd share them here. Let me know what you guys think in the comments. I may upload some more pictures in the photo gallery under "Billingham" and create a sub album called "College Gardens".

New YouTube Account - "CanalJackB"

Hello,

Just thought I'd inform you all I have a new YouTube account, the reason being my old one got deleted for a pathetic reason. My old account got deleted due to a 2 minute clip of The Simpsons on my 32" HD TV. 20th Century Fox complained about it and my account got deleted, stupid? I know, but f**k them. My new account is "CanalJackB" so check that out and follow it if you like. The reason it is called CanalJackB is because Canal is French for Channel so I thought I would give my new YT account some French flavour.

On a more positive note many of you may remember Ceejay from Justin tv. Well on the 26th of this month me, Dave and Dawn are driving down to Stourbridge near Birmingham to meet him at a gig that he has organized at a local music venue called "Base Studios". I am looking forward to this meeting as not only will I get to meet Ceejay, but also Craig, David and possibly Darryl. If you don't know who David is I will explain, he is a local singer and songwriter and is only 14 years old, check out his website at www.davidyoung-music.co.uk for more information about him and to listen to his songs.

Thanks for reading and keep following :-)