Abbey Road & Brownmusic

This evening became possibly one of the most amazing and memorable of my life to date. Big claim I know, but for those who know me I've had a dream of scoring a movie since I was probably at high school. And tonight was the closest I've been to that dream yet. I had the chance to sit in on the recording of the strings for a friends album at Abbey Road. Abbey Road is not only famous for being the studio where the Beatles recorded but equally amazing the scores for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, Braveheart and many many more. They had a 24 piece string section that recorded the strings for 3 tracks.

So here are some pics of the studio. Some of you might also recognise some of the guys in the studio.




After Abbey Road I went to listen to Brownmusic(Tash, Lor and Johann) perform in Camden then we headed out for some late night Thai food.

Jamie Cullum at Tower Bridge

Having heard Jamie Cullum was playing at Tower Bridge I decided to head down in the hope of soaking up some of the vibe and the sound from nearby. I was standing on the side of the road near the venue just looking at the scenery and a black car pulls up next to me and out hops Jamie! So that was a good start. Then about 1hr later after listening to a bit of music and standing around a girl walked past and offered me a ticket, for FREE! The best part was the ticket was a VIP ticket which not only meant sitting right up the front but also free alcohol. Overall an amazing concert, well worth wandering past!

Brighton

Before I got rid of my car I decided to take a trip down to the south coast. So I took Cam, Turbo and (insert name of their friend here) down for the day and hung around, checked out the 'beaches' and then spent some time on the pier.

James Blunt at Blenheim Palace

Went with Sarah to see James Blunt perform at Blenheim Palace. We got there a it earlier to wander around the gardens and enjoy the hot English weather, and yes it was hot about 35degrees.

Sith Ifrica

Well here they are, the long awaited South Africa pics. I arrived in Cape Town on the 11th of June in the wee hours of the morning. Seeing the South African sunrise from the plane was an amazing way to start the holiday. I was met at the airport by Candy and Nic. Candy is the resident South African, who lived in MK for a time while I was there. Nic is an Honorary South African(actually English) was was having a 6 week break with Candy. The rest of the day we spent just looking around part of Cape Town.




Went out to a bar with some of Candy's friends:



Here we met Candy for lunch near her work in Fish Hoek, went to a gorgeous restaurant on the water and ate some amazing food:



This is Cape Point, southern most point of Cape Town:





Penguins!


In the middle of the holiday we went for a roadtrip. The plan was to drive along the Garden Route to Plett where Candy's brother worked at a Hotel.



This is the Hotel, Nice hey!


Plett night life:


This was at an Elephant Sanctuary near Plett.





THe mouth of the river near Plett at sunset:



For a bit of fun we took a little boat up the river and had a small braii(SA for BBQ) on the side of the river:




Then there were sand aerobics:



The hotel during the day:



Safari Park, the photos say it all:










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