Toowoomba Regional Council : Mayoral candidate launch
This last month we’ve been doing something a little different to our usual entertainment and communications content…. we’ve been following the local government politics of the Toowoomba Regional Council as it leads towards the 2012 mayoral elections! Things are just getting started with the Toowoomba chamber of commerce and trade hosting a breakfast for the … Read more
Get Schmart Conference: Jeffrey Hayzlett “The 118 Elevator Pitch”
The 2012 Get Schmart Conference is fast approaching and sets to feature some fantastic key note presentations and panel discussions by experts in the fields of strategy, creative, social media and integration. As part of the lead up to the event I will be editing a series of video selects from last years conference. First … Read more
Syd The Kid : MusicFeedsTV interview
Odd Future’s Syd The Kid found time to catch up with Senior Music Feeds Reporter Pat Abboud while they were in Sydney for The Big Day Out Festival. We asked her about missing member Earl Sweatshirt and she made it clear that it’s not a publicity stunt and emphasised how much they miss Earl. Syd … Read more
Miles Kane on MusicFeeds TV
Patrick Abboud from MusicFeedsTV interviews co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets Miles Kane while he was out in Sydney supporting the Arctic Monkeys. Miles Kane performs a number of exclusive unplugged songs for us. Filmed by Sony Music Australia Edited by MusicMediaMadness
Compass Volunteering at the University of Sydney
The University of Sydney’s Compass program aims to encourage primary and secondary school children to participate in higher education. Student and staff volunteers become an integral part of the Compass program. This mutually beneficial experience gives volunteers the opportunity to apply their skills, expertise, learning and enthusiasm to the Compass school students and staff. For … Read more
Cancer Research Fundrazer: Sammi Pria
Sammi Pria launches a fundrasier in support of cancer research while her sister undergoes cancer treatment in the UK. In her own words: “My Big sister Becky has Leukemia!!! She has beaten it once and will beat it again! But this time I would like to raise a little (LOT) more money for her by … Read more
Opeth : Live @ the Enmore Theatre Sydney (16/12/2011)
We caught up with Opeth before their show at the Enmore theatre tonight. The guys head to Melbourne on Sunday for a show at the palace before a 5 hour flight to Perth to wrap up the tour on Tuesday. We get the lowdown on their latest album Heratige and find out why they love … Read more
Hungry Kids of Hungary at Festival of the Sun
Arriving via a small plane, Hungry Kids of Hungary were happy to be back on safe land to perform at Festival of the Sun in Port Mcquarie. Although mid-cycle between releases they’ve been eagerly working on new demos for their forthcoming album release in 2012 with a Sydney based recording session confirmed. Gigging wise they’ve … Read more
The Snowdroppers at Festival of the Sun 2011
Earlier this year the Snowdroppers visited the “good old US-of-A” but were surprised to discover that the Viper Room was not infact a snake farm (or reptile park for that matter) but instead the location for one of their gigs. Catching up at Festival of the Sun the band laugh off the misfortunes of bassist … Read more
Guineafowl at Festival of the Sun
Playing at Festival of the Sun we caught up with Guineafowl who have just come off the back of 2 months solid touring. Their single “Botanist” was specially remixed for the tour as a give-a-way when you bought a ticket to their show. Sadly you’ll need a time machine if you want a copy unless … Read more
Art vs. Science at Festival of the Sun
We caught up with Art vs. Science at Festival of the Sun to hear some tips of how to keep audiences happy…. especially while performing to young kids at the Sydney Opera house with Yo Gabba Gabba. Next they discuss how it would be great if all festivals adopted a BYO drinks policy? No lining … Read more
MFTV Interview: Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Homebake 2011
Having released their self-titled debut to critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork and NME, Unknown Mortal Orchestra are fast moving away from their name, as their profile grows around the world. Starting off when founding member of Mint Chicks Ruban Nielson decided to start making music again, UMO starting out as nothing more than … Read more
MFTV Interview: DAMNDOGS at Homebake 2011
Taking a break from working in a little band called Jet, DAMNDOGS make dance music for people who might want a little more humanity in the mix than the standard fare. Made up of drummer Chris Chester, best friend/cousin Mitch McIver and bassist Mark Wilson, the duo having stolen Jet touring keyboardist Louis Macklin to … Read more
MFTV Interview: Illy at Homebake 2011
With his single “It Can Wait” having just reached Gold status on the ARIA charts, the announcement coming exactly one year after the release of his sophomore album The Chase, Illy was sitting pretty when we caught up with at Homebake. Discussing his success, how he got there and how it feels now he’s arrived, … Read more
MFTV Interview: Papa vs Pretty at Homebake 2011
Papa vs Pretty have come a long way since they were first featured in the inaugural pages of Music Feeds, way back when it was still a street press. They have just recently finished a national co-headline tour with The Vasco Era, following on from playing the main support slot at Changing Lanes. We … Read more
MFTV Interview: The Church at Homebake 2011
The Church are without doubt one of the most iconic and individual Australian bands of the last 50 years. Spawning hits such as Under The Milky Way, the band have veered in and out of popular music territory, wandering through a wide spree of styles from psychedelic to new wave, all done with a DIY … Read more
MFTV Interview: The Triffids at Homebake 2011
Legendary Australian music icons The Triffids played a very special show at this years Homebake, bringing in a range of singers to reinterpret the songs of the late David McComb, the band’s songwriter and front man. Not the first time the band have reunited since McComb’s passing, band members Jill and Alsy spoke to us … Read more
Making of video: I. Arnerin Photography (LASKO in France)
French film director/editor/friend Lasko has used one of our music compositions in his recent ‘making of’ video for www.i-arnerin.book.fr Please forgive my french in the credits! Mua :Tania Li Hair : Katia Ren Mannequin: Johanna Moreau Cameraman : Jean Claude Aubry Photographe : Ismael Arnerin Réalisation : Laskoni Hax Music : Daniel Taylor
20th anniversary of Toowoomba and Takatsuki’s sister city relationship
We recently traveled to Japan to document (in photos and video) the 20th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Toowoomba Regional Council and Takatsuki. The Japanese city recently donated a total of ¥2,503,459 towards the Toowoomba Disaster Appeal in early February 2011 which equated to approximately $30,000 in Australian dollars at the time. During … Read more
Shannon Noll: Behind the Scenes Music Video “My Place in the Line”
It’s been a busy few weeks filming some interesting ‘behind the scenes‘ videos! Most recently we traveled out west to the remote ex-mining town of Hill End. There we captured the making of Shannon Noll’s new music video “My Place in the Line” on behalf of Sydney film production company Silo Collective. It was a … Read more
Aloe Blacc Interview with MusicFeeds TV
Breaking through into the mainstream with his runaway hit I Need A Dollar, Stones Throw artist Aloe Blacc’s contemporary take on classic soul is as timeless as it is infectious. Working in the industry for over a decade, playing in hip hop group Edamon as well as pursuing his solo work. Aloe is a rare … Read more
Behind the Scenes on Natalie Bassingwaithe’s hot new music video “All We Have”
Natalie Bassingwaithe has just completed filming of her new music video clip “All We Have” to be released through Sony Music Australia later this year. We were on set to catch all the behind scenes action, gossip and excitement of the affair! Internationally famed for her role on Australian drama series Neighbours, Bassingwaithe has reignited … Read more
BIGSOUND Conference (Day 2)
Rounding up our BIGSOUND festival coverage we shot another six interviews for MusicFeeds TV on day two including an unscheduled interview with controversial record label owner Alan McGee. The production process was a huge success as we posted 15 interviews in almost real time broadcasting the conference to your computer! We trialed out Apple’s new … Read more
BIGSOUND Interviews
Just finished a busy day of filming 11 interviews and getting them online in just a couple of hours at the BIGSOUND conference in Brisbane. You can check the first batch of videos already on MusicFeeds. There will be a more uploaded progressively as we film each interview tomorrow…. can’t wait! Videos directed by : … Read more
Astral People Launch Night Coverage
Last Saturday night we headed down to Tone night club (16 Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills, Sydney) to see how our animated visuals would go down at the Astral People launch party… oh and free beer is always a nice thank you too! We snuck in at sound check and were excited to see the room … Read more
Astral People Stage Projection
Don’t you just love it when a creative brief comes in? After the recent success of our launch night video the good people of Astral asked us to do it again! This time the idea was for an animation to be projected on stage behind the bands as they play. We quickly went about compiling … Read more
Belakiss “Run Red” Live in the Studio
It’s been exciting to see London band Belakiss making waves with their music recently. Fresh from their live performance at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan the band has quickly reached rank #35 in their local charts. Last year while I was in London I caught up with band members Ruari, Ben and Tatia to enjoy … Read more
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Per(version) Music Visuals for Rebel Sonix
The music of Rebel Sonix “Per(Version)” was the flip side of the highly anticipated dubstep anthem “Punishment Dub” [released by Eight FX]. StereoDan’s (MusicMediaMadness) visual interpretation of the music produces a schizophrenic texture of twisted sounds and stuttered visuals.
Music Media Madness Logo / Id
What’s a company without a logo? What’s a baby without a name? Finally we can sleep easy as the logo design (version 1.0) for MusicMediaMadness.com is now born. We hope you’ll agree on the fitting design that features our nearest and dearest…. music and video production. The logo features a triplet music note and film … Read more
Cut Copy interview @ Splendour in the Grass Festival 2011
MFTV headed up to Splendour In The Grass at Woodfordia this year to check out some of the biggest bands we’ve ever seen share a lineup — Coldplay, Kanye, Gomez, Regina Spektor, Mogwai, The Mars Volta, Devendra Banhart and countless others that can’t really fit in this intro paragraph. Among many other awesome big names, … Read more
Friendly Fires interview @ Splendour in the Grass Festival 2011
Australia’s love affair with the U.K. boys Friendly Fires continues with the follow up to their self titled album, Pala. Full of fresh, summery sounds it’s lead singles Live Those Days Tonight and Hawaiian Air have already sealed their place in the CD cases of Djs around the nation. At Splendour in the Grass we … Read more
Interview with Elbow @ Splendour in the Grass Festival 2011
Celebrating their twenty years anniversary, Elbow is a band who have created success through experience. With the success of their album The Seldom Seen Kid, which won the coveted Mercury Prize, they have now released their innovative, stimulating new record: Build a Rocket, Boys! MusicFeedsTv spoke with Guy and Pete about the album and the … Read more
Interview with The Vines @ Splendour in the Grass Fesitval 2011
We caught up with the very relaxed frontman Craig Nicholson of the Vines just before he hit the Splendour in the Grass 2011 Amphitheatre. With their latest album Future Primitive already racking up the radio plays Craig talked about how he came to work Chris Colonna of the Bumblebeez to produce the album. He also … Read more
Interview with Grouplove @ Splendour in the Grass Festival 2011
At Splendour in the Grass Festival our MFTV crew got to hang out backstage with a charming band of rag-tag indie kids called Grouplove. Apart from displaying the most diverse range of hairstyles and colours of all the bands at the festival, Grouplove were happy to awkwardly rap for us, proving that even the most … Read more
Interview with Yelle at Splendour in the Grass Festival 2011
Over the weekend I took a small crew up to Splendour in Grass Festival and filmed interviews with some of the fantastic artists performing there, Splendour In The Grass, set in Woodfordia in Queensland, was headlined this year by Coldplay and Kanye West and also featured James Blake, Mogwai, The Hives, Regina Spektor, Pulp, Coldplay, … Read more
Purple Sneakers “Last Night” Interview with “Miami Horror” (15th July 2011)
Here’s the latest video I produced for MusicFeedsTV. We caught up with Miami Horror at Purple Sneakers’ “Last night” club night at the Gaelic Theatre in Surry Hills. The band is about to head over to LA to further pursue their music and gave us the low down on their plans for the future. Watch … Read more
Purple Sneakers “Last Night” Interview with “Ball Park Music” (15th July 2011)
As part of MusicFeed TV I filmed/produced two video of the Purple Sneaker’s Club night. First up Ball Park Music: They’re important and they smell like champagne… revelling in their brush with the paparazzi and fresh from throwing water bottles at retarded punters across australia, Ball Park Music fill us in on the secrets of … Read more
Astral People (Launch night promo)
We were given the challenge to produce this short animation in just a few days to promote the forthcoming launch of Astral People. Astral People are an artist management and touring company about to launch their services in Australia. Focused on bringing the most exciting and innovative music from the galaxy to our shores as … Read more
The Music Vault: The Lost Valentinos “Serio” (StereoDan Remix)
Today’s Music vault track is a slightly obscure remix surrounded in controversy by the band’s record label! Serio is a falsetto vocal led track by the Lost Valentinos, from their album “Cities Of Gold.” The original melody from the original version was a little confusing musically and thus the remix was designed to drive the … Read more
The Music Vault : “Don’t Hold me Back”
Check out this original track by StereoDan and UK lyricist/performer VeeDoubleE. These two met by chance online and quickly found a musical connection recording from a studio based in Camden, London. A chance conversation back in the old days of MySpace brought them together and since then their music has grown in leaps and bounds. … Read more
Motion Graphics : Spinning Logo experiment
Every now and then I like to set myself little production goals or projects. Call it creative experimentation for a practical purpose. I was watching MTV and noticed their use of a spinning logo graphic in the bottom right corner of the screen whilst videos were playing. I quite liked the effect of it and … Read more
The Music Vault : “Broken (Late of the Pier)”
Today’s recording from the Music Vault is a remix of the track “Broken” by late of the Pier. The group are a four piece indy band from Castle Donington in England and described their sound as dance punk. The StereoDan remix released in 2007 was much more relaxed compared to the original song that featured … Read more
Spoilt for Choice: A modern music maker’s dilemma
Not that long ago, say pre 2000, music producers we’re faced with some fairly serious limitations. …
Walkman / Diskman / MP3man
As a kid growing up, one of the most influential Christmas gifts I ever received was the infamous Sony Walkman™. It’s design has morphed over the years but my original was a boxy shaped blue plastic rectangle with black strap and tango orange ear buds oozing warm and musical goodness into my awaiting ears. As … Read more
The Music Vault : “We’ve Got the Time”
Welcome to the first ever music vault post. Overtime I’d like to share with you some fairly diverse music which I’ve made/produced. The tracks will be somewhat picked at random and if you particularly like a certain style then just let me know and I’ll see if i can find more! First up is this … Read more
Out of sight, out of mind.
Recently I moved house and had the joy of packing my life up into cardboard boxes. Anyone who’s had a similarly pleasurable experience might have found themselves asking one very repetitive question “when will I bloody ever need to use that?!?!” I seem to have an ever increasing collection of connectors, cables, usb devices, widgets, … Read more
The Groove Box
Back in the day when I first started becoming interested in producing music I had my first bout of gear lust as I perused the sound production area of my local music shop. Sitting there in a mysteriously dark courner was this sexy looking shiny box adordned with flashing red and yellow lights, a LED … Read more
Setting up the Studio
Gradually getting things back into place after the move. I’m having a strong urge to produce some new music but find myself getting distracted with basic ergonomics and the room acoustics. Tried to find some general information or widget to plot the frequency response according to my room’s measurements but with no luck. Lower mid … Read more
Every journey starts with a single step…
Hopefully this blog will serve as a general production diary and record of the varied projects and work i am involved in.
