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PLAYING OUT LOUD!
NEWS
Our friends Oliver and Richard have announced their New Year schedule of
Americana events at The Railway Inn in Winchester:
Sunday January 29 -
Eileen Rose (Boston, MS)
Gilbert French (Winchester)
Stocks & Powell (The Wild West)
Saturday February 4 -
Amazing Pilots
Bill Mallonee (Vigilantes of Love)
Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden)
Tuesday February 14 - A Valentine Special!
Neal Casal
Danny George Wilson (Grand Drive)
Full details can be found on
www.sxsc.co.uk .
We’re updating our Festival Focus section early this winter - next month in
fact. Festival organisers are already fixing dates and booking artists for the
2006 season, so we are going to help you plan your musical diaries with the
latest information. So in December double click on the Festival Focus section at
the top of the home page and get the latest news on all the festivals.
 Congratulations to Southampton's Matt O'Donnell who at the age
of 22 is one of the youngest sound engineer/producers in the country. He is
celebrating the first birthday of his Untapped Talent Recording Studio this
month. Based in Unit 56 at the Basepoint Enterprise Centre, Anderson's Road in
Southampton, just by Itchen Bridge, Matt's studios have become popular with
local musicians and those from further afield over the last year.
One reason for its' popularity is that Untapped Talent is probably the cheapest
studio available for hire in the South, at only £15 per hour. It also has the
advantage of being available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and unlike many
other studios has no maximum or minimum time limits.
Matt studied music technology at Islington University in London after gaining
practical experience in the music business as part of a popular vocal group and
as a solo artiste. In both roles he worked and recorded in many recording
studios throughout the UK, gaining the practical knowledge to go with the
professional expertise he was to gain later.
As Matt explains: "My aim was to open a down-to-earth studio where the
atmosphere was not intimidating. My practical experience has helped me
understand the needs of clients, and I listen to them. I feel it is better to
work in tandem with my clients rather than impose my views on them. Of course, I
will give my honest opinion, but we work things out together. In the end it's
what the client wants that matters. I'm pleased to say that I now have many
clients who come back regularly. They are impressed by the professional feel of
our air-conditioned studio and the facilities at the centre. There's a café a
minute away and a central toilet block with shower facilities round the
corner, One of the most popular facilities I offer is to record at any time of
the day - I'll come in midnight if needs be."
As one would expect with a relatively new recording studio, the equipment Matt
uses is bang up-to-date, including a sound booth specially imported from
Holland, a brand new Applemac G5 computer system, acknowledged as the best in
the business, linked to a Tascam DM24 mixing desk plus high standard
professional microphones and an Emagic Logic Pro 7 editing programme.
For more information about Untapped Talent see Matt's website
www.untappedtalent.co.uk . Matt can be contacted on: Mobile : 07888741274 or
07970424863. Please note that the mobile phone numbers above may occasionally be
unavailable due to recording in the studio.
Email :
Enquiries@untappedtalent.co.uk
MattODonnell4x4@hotmail.com
The Untapped Talent studio is located at :
Unit 56 Basepoint Enterprise Centre
Anderson's Road
Southampton
 A
new music store has just opened opposite Debenhams in Southampton.
It’s
Soundcontrol, the UK’s biggest musical instrument retailer, and it’s huge,
stocking the products of the biggest brands in the world including Yamaha,
Fender,
Marshall Amplification and many more.
The store also incorporates The Academy of
Music and Sound, offering full and part-time funded courses covering guitar,
bass, drum and vocals. If you want to know more see
www.theacademy.uk.com
. Soundcontrol occupy 91-101 Queensway, Southampton, telephone 08700 671234 -
see
www.soundcontrol.co.uk
Folk and World Music in Ferndown have arranged some great folk
and world music concerts at the Barrington Theatre in Ferndown:
Friday December 2
Asere - Cuban sonero band on UK tour
Contact admin@fawm.net for more
details
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