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In this documentary, Neil travels back to his home town of Birmingham to learn more about what he considers to be the city's best kept cultural secret – Grosvenor Road Studios: the family-run sound facility that came to be known as ‘Birmingham's Abbey Road'. Still in operation today, the studios were founded 80 years ago by John Taylor, and his business partner Charles Hollick, to record music - which they did prolifically; as well as expanding into creating soundtracks and recording dialogue for iconic television series' and blockbuster movies. To help reveal the story, Neil talks with John Taylor's wife and creative partner Jean Taylor, their two successful musician sons Christopher and Richard Taylor, and Birmingham popular music academic, Jez Collins, from the Birmingham Music Archive. About the presenters: You can find more about Chris Taylor's work here You can find more about Richard Taylor's work here The Birmingham Music Archive is here Details about Neil Hillman and Jason Nicholas's work as dialogue editors and mixers and how to contact them is here Details of our 1-to-1, training and coaching programmes for ambitious media professionals are available at: https://www.drneilhillman.com and https://soundproducer.com.au/coaching and www.soundformovingpictures.com Technical notes: Written, produced and presented by Dr. Neil Hillman – IMDb Programme edited and mixed by Dr. Neil Hillman on DaVinci Resolve. YouTube fair use disclaimer: Where copyrighted material appears in episodes of The Apple and Biscuit Show, it is used under the ‘fair use' guidelines of the Copyright Act: i.e. “Use of these clips follows Fair Use laws regarding commenting and criticizing”, where Fair Use allows for the unlicensed use of copyrighted material for purposes such as Commentary, Criticism, Parody, News reporting, Teaching, Scholarship, and Research. In instances where copyright or credit is questioned, please contact us directly to discuss receiving credit, or removing the featured content.
Back in 2017, we hosted a survey and debate alongside the Birmingham Post, on the future ambitions for Birmingham to 2030. Five years on, and five years into Andy Street's tenure as West Midlands Regional Mayor, how is the ‘capital' of the region reflecting these ambitions and implementing change? How has the direction for the wider region changed post-pandemic? What areas of focus do we believe should now be a priority? How is the Commonwealth Games impacting the urban fabric? What should the priorities be for growth to 2050?We brought together a range of people to discuss this topic, who are working within and delivering change across the city, while we happily came together within it to celebrate all things Barton Willmore and Stantec, at The Custard Factory in Digbeth. Featuring: Rob Garratt, St Joseph Homes; Charles Goode, University of Birmingham; Jez Collins, Birmingham Music Archive; Daniel Griffiths, Stantec; Kathryn Ventham, Barton Willmore, now Stantec; Robin Shepherd, Barton Willmore, now Stantec (Chair)
Conversation with members of the Birmingham music scene, instrumental in the growth & development of the 'House' sound + all its sub genres. The post Talking to Justin Bond (Bond's Nightclub) & Jez Collins (Birmingham Music Archive) – Brum as F*ck appeared first on DJ Andy Ward.
We are joined by JEZ COLLINS administrator for the Facebook group Birmingham Music Archive .. And behind the campaign to turn The Crown in Birmingham City Centre into a Music Museum to celebrate Birminghams Rich Musical History.. Includes a brilliant Playlist chosen by Jez Collins himself .. with such gems from .. O21 / FELT / MUSCLES / ECLIPSE / THE SEA URCHINS / GALLIARD / DELTA / LADY LESHURR / DENIM / CHRIS BOWDEN / CREDIT TO THE NATION
No, it's not about Manchester.This is one of those guest episodes we sometimes do, where we repeat a CityMetric-ish episode of another podcast. This week, it's an episode of Friday 15, the show on which our erstwhile producer Roifield Brown chats to a guest about life and music.Roifield recently did an episode with Jez Collins, founder of the Birmingham Music Archive, which exists to recognise and celebrate the musical heritage of one of England's largest but least known cities. Roifield talks to Jez about how Birmingham gave the world heavy metal, and was a key site for the transmission of bhangra and reggae to western audiences, too – and asks why, with this history, does the city not have the musical tourism industry that Liverpool does? And is its status as England's second city really slipping away to Manchester?They also cover Birmingham's industrial history, its relationship with the rest of the West Midlands, the loss of its live venues – and whether Midlands Mayor Andy Street can do anything about it.I’ll be back with a normal episode next week.Skylines is the podcast from the New Statesman’s cities site, CityMetric. It’s hosted by Jonn Elledge. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Roifield asks Jez Collins of the Birmingham Music Archive, to if Birmingham is so big why isn’t it better?"Madam Medusa" by UB40 was a vivid description of Margaret Thatcher's rise to power depicted in a grotesque style, featuring some of the band's most impassioned and bitter lyrics.Beshara were a reggae band from Moseley, Birmingham, formed in 1976. The band are most notable for their 1981 lovers rock hit "Men Cry Too". See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week To Be In Music presents an interview with Jez Collins, Music researcher and Founder of the Birmingham Music Archive. We discuss what it means to be a Music Researcher in more depth as well as the role of music research in policy and the state of the Birmingham music industry.
Ben Waddington in conversation with Jez Collins, discussing the recent exhibition of the Catapult Club's posters at Vivid Projects. Jez also talks about his music media archive, and his recent acquisition of a large collection of demo cassettes sent to Catapult in the 1990s.