CV(isualizations)

oh! OH! That's right people. I smacked you down with an awesome pun of a title for this post and now you don't know what to do with yourself! 

Ok, well maybe you do, but you should have a look at this anyway. 

A few months ago I signed up to be a part of the beta for vizualise.me - a nifty resume beautifier. Kind of on par with zerply, I think that what visualize.me provides is something quite nice for those of us that think that black on white just isn't going to cut it in today's brutal job market.

Look, isn't it pretty!

Depres-songs

If I know how to do one thing well it's make a bad decision. My stupidity ranges from drinking wine then gin in the heat of a scorching June day (hello hangover)... all the way to thinking that I can be the exception to the rule (We're just not). That's right, today is a bit of an FML day. 

In honour of my general stupidity and the consequences of it, here are 5 songs I find are particularly good at making a grey day just a little gloomier. 

1) Feist - Let It Die 

2) Death Cab for Cutie - The Ice is Getting Thinner.

3) Elliott Smith - Miss Misery

4) Adele - Turning Tables*

5) Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven**

 

*There might be some form of uplifting message in Adele's album 21, but I'm afraid I'm past the point of trying to find it, it just saddens me. 

**The most tragic of circumstances for ever writing a song. Beautiful tribute, but depressing as hell. 

Ps. This is all for your listening pleasure on Spotify here. Feel free to add to it. 

Watch Listen Tell: The Result

The other week I posted about Watch Listen Tell: an ingenious idea from director David Tree. My friend Stephan recently had me film him and some friends playing some tunes on the beaches of Jersey.

As promised, here's the result:


Stephan Metcalfe (ft. Henry Matson and Tom Le Coq) - She Just Might  

Watch, Listen, Tell.

"People and fans should get a hint about the personality of an artist" ~ Dave Tree

When I look for music I like, I often find myself reaching for the video of the acoustic performance, the live performance, the remix.

Many times this has led me to one particular channel on Youtube called watchlistentell, where I can often find well-filmed videos of favourite and newly discovered artists alike.

In an interview for itsnicethat.com, WLT director Dave Tree explains that in simple terms 'it's a unique music channel, featuring new artists playing live music'.

While many of the artists that have played for WLT are well-known, some - as was Florence + the Machine at the time of their WLT film - are unsigned. WLT's increased visibility over the last few years has meant that it is a great platform for unsigned talent.

Here are a few of my favourite videos:

Young the Giant - I Got






Bombay Bicycle Club - Dust on the Ground






Lucy Rose - Night Bus

Over the bank holiday weekend, I took a leaf out of WLT's lengthy book and filmed my friend Stephan Metcalfe in a similar vein. We drove around Jersey (Stephan's home) and stopped at a few beach locations to film him and a couple friends playing their music. I definitely feel like we managed to encapsulate the spirit of WLT and also Stephan's own vision for the videos - showing off how beautiful his home is and having a good time with his friends. 

While he is yet to edit a final cut of each of the three videos, but I will definitely keep everyone posted.