Category: Artist

Bevendene Bevendene are a young energetic band. Their website tells us that “Bevendene are an indie rock band hailing from Reading, England, whose 4 members are Thomas Ordish (Rhythm Guitar and Vocals), Alfie Cruickshank (Lead Guitar), Will Grant (Bass) and Will Etheridge (Drums) The band formed in August 2023 after their shared love for Oasis,…

Funkin’ Souled Out

Funkin’ Souled Out Funkin Souled out are an outstanding covers band that we had the great pleasure of videoing recently They did a great job of covering some great funk, soul and disco classics, and really got the audience up singing and dancing to the music Find other big band videos are here and here

Panic Lounge

Panic Lounge Panic lounge did a great job supporting Funkin Souled out in Pinder Hall They did a great job of getting the audience happy and dancing with their great collection of covers Other similar videos can be found here and here

Alphaline – flatlining

Alphaline We had the pleasure of videoing Alphaline at Wokingham Festival 2024 Their website tells us that they are a “4-piece band from Berkshire/Surrey UK, with a sound drawing on trip hop, jazz, funk, ambient electronica and alternative psychedelic rock.” All I know is that they did a great job of entertaining a packed audience with…

Selina and the Howlin dogs

Selina and the Howlin Dogs We videoed them in Reading South Street Theatre, and really enjoyed the show Their website tells us that “Selina and the Howlin Dogs combines a classic power-trio with the added female lead vocalist. They play upbeat funky blues rock with a modern feel.” All I know is that they are…

Ghostly Tales – Spriggan Mist plus guests October 2024

Apr 1, 2024

Spriggan Mist Ghostly Tales – Spriggan Mist plus guests was a fantastic evening of pagan fun and frolics!Described as an energetic progressive folk rock band with Charismatic lead singer Fay Brotherhood providing the voice and onstage theatrics, Spriggan Mist feature Tribal belly dancers Jadoo tribal who accompany the band with their mesmerising double Sword dances, injecting…

Caitlin Lavagna

Apr 1, 2024

Caitlin Lavagna Her details are…Caitlin is an Actor Musician graduate from Rose Bruford College; a talented Actor, Songwriter and Drummer. Born in the Rhondda with strong Gibraltarian Roots, Caitlin has developed a huge passion for lyrics, percussion and harmonies. With a strong, rich vocal and a knack for instant pop hooks, Caitlin blends honest songwriting…

The Cover Up

Apr 1, 2024

Great Local Covers Band The Cover up are a Berkshire based 5 piece covers band playing Indie Anthems and 80’s hits.We were asked to video them at Wokingham Festival 2024 Other great covers band can be found here and here

Moth Man – Nutter

Mar 29, 2024

AN unexpected event! Moth Man are a band from Manchester and Reading. It’s a bit difficult to put them into a genre, as they create very varied compositions. However, they have a very pronounced sense of humour, that commonly is expressed in their lyrics. The start Moth man asked us to help promote “Nutter” right…

TRIM Album Launch

Mar 27, 2024

TRIM TRIM had a fantastic album launch. Along with 2 support acts, they showcased their new album to a packed audience that were bopping in the isles Their lady singer had broken her leg just before the show, and had to sing sitting down, but even that didn’t reduce the energy, musicianship and enthusiasm that filled…

Flutatious – Through Space and Time

Mar 27, 2024

Flutatious track – Though Space and Time – shows the band’s mix of fiesty Folk Rock, Celtic, Psychedelic and Trance music that fits in no category. It’s always a pleasure to listen to their perfectly performed songs delivered with stunning amounts of energy Other promotion videos can be found here

March of the Mods 2023

Mar 27, 2024

March of the Mods 2023 March of the Mods is a series of charity events that happen across the UK that benefit the Teenage Cancer TrustThe format is that Mod DJ’s and bands play music from the Mod genre(Jazz,Rythym and Blues, Ska, Soul and Beat etc).Many of the audience dress as they would have done…

Spriggan Mist – the Lord of Misrule

Apr 4, 2023

Green Santa Spriggan Mist are a Pagan band from Bracknell, UK. Formed by husband and wife Baz and Maxine Cilia in 2008, their music generally stems from folk rock but they are much more diverse than that, often extending into classic and progressive rock. Their live shows are quite theatrical, enhanced by Pagan costumes and the…

Warmrain keep going – video

Mar 29, 2023

Warmrain perform “keep going” are a quintessentially English melodic art rock/prog rock band – I know that because it’s on their website I met Warmrain at Wokingham Festival 2021, and they asked us to video their set. So we did, using 2 cameramen, a gimbal cam and a locked off camera. The sound was recorded directly from…

Third Lung

Mar 27, 2023

Stadium ready alt. rock anthems Third Lung have recently launched their debut album, and “Hold the line” is one of the tracks on itThird Lung are a Reading based 4 piece originals that are going places with plays on Planet Rock and BBC introducing This video – ” Hold the Line” was shot at Wokingham Festival where they opened the…

Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash: Blind Eye

Apr 12, 2022

Martin Turner Martin Robert Turner (born 1 October 1947) is an English musician best known for his time as the bass guitarist, lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band, Wishbone Ash.[1] Turner was with Wishbone Ash from their inception in 1969 until 1980, during which time he was a songwriter and creative force within…

All This Time performed by The Sting Operation

Apr 7, 2022

All This Time performed by The Sting Operation It was in 2023 that we first saw “All This Time” performed by The Sting Operation It’s a real privilege and pleasure to see acts of this calibre When I was editing, there was no need for auto-tune or other remedial work – they just nailed it…

Flutatious “Spacechick” at Wokingham Festival

Mar 29, 2022

They went down so well that we had to have them back in 2021Chris Hillman – Wokingham Festival organiser Wokingham Festival promotion – Flutatious Spacechick After the disapointments of live gigs being cancelled in 2020, lots of organisations started to announce live music events starting in July 2021 You couldn’t a Facebook page for more…

Motion from Poetry – The Echo

Mar 29, 2022

The Echo creating energy Sometimes you have to stand back and think about what you are doingYou are taught that any photograph should show context and emotion when you do the course, but that sometimes misses the point Sometimes the story isn’t about what IT is , but what impact IT is having on the…

Pink Fish band – promo

Pink Fish Promo The Pink Fish band asked us to create a promo video for them to support getting more gigs as the horrors of Covid 19 subsided So we did an 8 camera shoot as soon as the restrictions eased They did a great set full of energy and showmanship even though the venue wasn’t packed…

Castello Music – The Subscription Rooms

Castello Music – Colin Henney and Tim Hillsdon Sometimes, things just ooze quality and professionalism from every pore. And so it was when I met Castello Music at The Subscription Rooms in Stroud and met Rory Evans, Colin Henney and Tim Hillsdon -the 3 fantastic, talented, genuinely friendly musicians that are Castello Music They are also fit chaps,…

Carnaby Army

Carnaby Army We video about 30 bands a year, one of the best is Carnaby Army There are a plethora of covers bands all doing the same numbers, mostly from the 70’s, with varying degrees of success Carnaby Amy are different in that they are happy to cover earlier bands as well. This is a…

Dance Cult 10

Dance Cult 10 It was a real pleasure videoing Dance Cult 10 at Wokingham Festival!They perform classic songs by the greats such as Stevie Wonder, M-People, Chic, Dee-Lite, Chaka Khan, Bruno Mars, Jamiroquai and Madness and many more but always done in a happy, smiley way. They are all great musicians, and really nice people, but iI was…

Trim

TRIM at Wokingham Festival I videoed Trim at Wokingham Festival 2022 When I’m videoing a band, there is so much to think about, that I don’t listen to the performance in detail The opposite is true when I’m editing. I really get to know every word, every nuance It was during the editing phase that…

Using After Effects for Festival Promotion

Using Adobe After Effects in Festival Video Promotion Using Adobe After Effects in Festival Video Promotion There are so many Festival video promos that look the same – fast cut shots of the band and audience I wanted something different and Adobe After Effects enabled me to do that This was created to support the…

Kate Bush Experience – KBE

The Kate Bush Experience -KBE- at the Hampton Hub The Kate Bush Experience (KBE) are -guess what! – a tribute act to Kate BushWe were asked to create a number of standalone videos, plus a showreel by their band promotion/management company Tasker Robins Live It was shot at the Hampton Hub Club, a great little community live events…

Rachel Redman Band

The Rachel Redman Band The Rachel Redman band are an originals/covers band based in Berkshire with a 90’s country/pop vibeThe 4-piece perform all over the local area, and this video was shot at Wokingham Festival Other performers at this festival can be found here and

Dance Cult 10

Dance Cult 10 It was a real pleasure videoing Dance Cult 10 at Wokingham Festival!They perform classic songs by the greats such as Stevie Wonder, M-People, Chic, Dee-Lite, Chaka Khan, Bruno Mars, Jamiroquai and Madness and many more but always done in a happy, smiley way. They are all great musicians, and really nice people, but iI was…

The Wave Machine

The Wave Machine The Wave Machine asked us to create a promo video for them I say “them” but it’s actually “him” – however – due to Angus’ amazing multi instrument talent, coupled with a looper and drum machine, you think that you are listening to a full brass section with a four piece band!…

Focus

Focus Focus headlined Wokingham Festival on August Bank Holiday Monday 2022They were amazing!My amazement started when I saw the mighty hammond organ being lifted onto the stage – it is huge and very very heavyFour very strong roadies grunted and groaned as they put it in place with great delicacy and reverence Sound Check –…

Flutatious and Spriggan Mist

The wassail Flutatious and Spriggan Mist wanted to promote “The Wassail”, a joint event with extra guests Their music is original and both bands take a lot of inspiration from the power of the natural world, as well as pagan or faerie folk-loreThey had played together as separate acts at various events, and decided that there was…

Spriggan Mist at Wokingham Festival 2021

Apr 4, 2021

Spriggan Mist Spriggan Mist are a Pagan band from Bracknell, UK. Formed by husband and wife Baz and Maxine Cilia in 2008, their music generally stems from folk rock but they are much more diverse than that, often extending into classic and progressive rock. Their live shows are quite theatrical, enhanced by Pagan costumes and the…

Let’s rock – the retro winter tour

Let’s Rock The wembley arena Let’s Rock Retro Winter Tour had so many amazing acts! Back in the 80’s I had a residency at the now defunct Valbonne nightclub in Maidenhead, as well as being a mobile DJ The show was like I had simply got out my very best crowd pleasers and played them…

Flutatious DVD

This project was about making use of footage shot by another video company GigshotZ were asked to edit footage shot by another videographer to create a new Flutatious DVDThis was because my good friends at FLUTATIOUS were constantly being asked for DVD’s of their performances, so they’ve made one which will be made available in the new…

Sonia

Sonia When I was younger, I commonly didn’t know what bands and artists looked like. If I missed them on “Top of the Pops”, YouTube didn’t exist, DVD’s hadn’t been invented, and NME (A music magazine), didn’t cover everyone. It was so bad that I commonly didn’t even know the gender of the singer (I…

Rokefest

Rokefest 2019 – a great local celebration with fantastic people, music food and drink Rokefest is a lovely local, well-attended mini-festival. I’ve noticed a strong trend over the last 10 years to localise festivals and music events. In the same way that traditional restaurants are having a hard time, and are being replaced by “pop-up”…

Kepler Ten – Weaver

Kepler Ten Promo Project Kepler 10 are a three piece prog rock band that I first met at Wokingham Festival.I was really impressed by their musical virtuosity as I watched them play whilst I videoed their live performance. They in turn liked the live performance videos that I had created, and asked me to get involved…

Pure Acts – SOS – MRB

Pure Acts are the best Abba Tribute act that I have seen. As the organiser of Marlow Rock Bottom, I have numerous requests to get them back on the line up Richard Moss – MRB Organise Pure Acts are an Abba tribute band who have been performing for over 20 years, and have supported such…

Wokingham Panto Rehearsal

There WILL be a Panto! Wokingham Panto 2021 Rehearsal Pantos happen in a theatre, around Christmas time – well in a Covid world – oh no they don’t!! The 2020-2021 performance had to be postponed and the venue changed in line with government advice Therefore, a delightful, small park right in the middle of Wokingham…

Totally Blondie

An outstanding tribute band Totally Blondie have rapidly gained a reputation as the best Blondie tribute band in the UK!Blondie were one of the most iconic bands of the 70’s & 80’s, with posters of Debbie Harry adorning most teenagers’ walls, and they’ve continued turning out hits and great music right up to 2017’s Pollinator…

Candlelit Macbeth

The creation of a promo video “Candlelit Macbeth” is a new treatment on that eternal Shakespearean favourite – Macbeth Bart Lee, the creator and producer of the show, wanted to create a more intimate experience than the usual large stage events. He therefore came up with the idea of using candlelight rather than a huge…

The Average Chalky White Band at Wokingham Festival

The Average Chalky White Band is affiliated with Wokingham Music Club – it’s organised by the same person Stan Heatherington One of the first bands that played at the club was The Average Chalky White Band, and have remained firm club fan favourites ever since Here they are playing Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” GigshotZ were commisioned to video them…

Tha I ban – Flutatious

Butcher’s Arms Big Bash 3 – an eagerly anticipated local event Rob Blues – landlord Flutatious wanted a video to promote their new album, so Tha I Ban – a promotional video was specially shot for that purpose Tha I Ban is Scottish Gaelic – depending on who you talk to, it variously means “She…

Pennfest 2019 Bands – promotional stills photography

Pennfest 2019 Pennfest Festival has outstanding acts The headliners are world class, including Suede, Jax Jones, Pete Doherty, Craig David, Happy Mondays, From the Jam and Scouting for Girls and the amazing sound and light system enable them to be seen and heard at their best We were commissioned to do the promotional stills…

Wokingham Music Festival 2019

The fans come as they are, or make their own statement with what they are wearing 2019 was the most recent of a series of annual events that have been running for many years running on the Saturday and Sunday of August bank holiday We were asked to shoot and edit both individual performance videos,…

Sam Brown’s Ukulele Club – Kenton Theatre

Sam Brown’s International Ukulele club Last December I was asked to do the lighting design and operation for Sam Brown’s International Ukulele Club of Sonning Common, who were performing at The Kenton Theatre I thought, “well, as I’m there, I might as well do a live performance video of it on a couple of locked off…

Parklife – Marlow Rock Bottom festival

Parklife This was one of the first festival videos that I ever did back in 2015 for Marlow Rock Bottom. I was very proud of it then, and it’s still got some merit today, and is still being used by the organisers to promote each years event – talk about good value for money!!!, however….…

Ipsden Rocks 2019

Ipsden Rocks 2019 – a great mini festival Ipsden Rocks 2019 was such great fun. The barn at Ipsden is such a perfect venue for local bands to perform to a packed audience of enthusiastic music lovers who want to enjoy conversation, dancing wine, beer and great locally made food Such happy people doing their…

Jodi Liz at the O2 Academy

Jodi Liz We were asked to do a 4 camera shoot of Jodi Liz, a young singer/songwriter, and her newly formed band as she performed at the O2 Academy, Islington For anyone performing at the O2 Academy, it’s a complete pain to find, and even worse to get into! The show was just 5 days…

Unusual Suspects at Rugfest

Unusual Suspects play to a packed crowd at Rugfest One of our favourite bands to video are Unusual Suspects, who played to a packed crowd at Rugfest. We just love recording bands in a festival environment! Particularly festivals with large noisy crowds the get involved with the acts by dancing or singing along Rugfest is…

Fabulous Duck Brothers – Badge

Apr 13, 2018

Fabulous Duck Brothers – Badge The Fabulous Duck Brothers are a Capton/Cream Tribute band IThey wowe d their audience with their set of Clapton classics, and as well as great musicianship seemed to be having great fun on the stage, and that happiness positively affected the audience who really enjoyed the show Other similar events…

Kaiser Chiefs at Pennfest

Kaiser Chiefs at Pennfest One of the great things about doing my job is that you get to listen to bands that you aren’t a great fan of before you see them After just a few minutes listening and watching the Kaiser Chiefs at Pennfest – I became a fan! They were visually exciting, tight…

Jodi – Mirror

Jodi Jodi is a young, Berkshire based songwriter, singer and multi instrumentalist A year ago we were asked to do her publicity photos, as well as many videos of her live performances, and during that year she has become a force to be reckoned with as she fine-tunes her stage presence and musicianship 4 months…

Noasis at Marlow Rock Bottom

Naughty Boys! Noasis are the premiere Oasis tribute band and as Oasis are the bad boys of Britpop, so any good Oasis Tribute band have to be at least as bad! I have both videoed and taken stills of them and I can tell you they absolutely are bad boys!, but it’s mixed with an…

Artist Video Profile – Steve Daniels

Steve Daniels Steve Daniels is both a talented solo performer and the lead singer in The Echo. I have done many videos of him over the years, and some of them are here Band Performances Steve is well known for fronting “The Echo” a headlining British Powerpop band based in Berkshire Solo Performances Steve Daniels…

Evil Scarecrow at Bloodstock

Evil Scarecrow Evil Scarecrow are one of my favourite bands, and a “Must See” whenever they are playing at a festival or local venue. Famed for their unique stage show and lyrics, they are also great for getting an audience engaged Imagine 14,000 metal heads , all with massive hangovers doing the Robototron or Crabulon!…

The curse of Black Sabbath

A pity they broke up What is it about Black Sabbath tribute bands that causes them to break up just as they are getting somewhere?! I’ve known 4 of them get to a point of outstanding musicianship and stage presence only to fall apart – and that’s just in the last 5 years One of…

Totally Blondie

Mar 30, 2018

Totally Blondie Totally Blondie are one of the best tribute acts I have seen. Note and word perfect, great at getting the crowd singing and dancing, really great entertainment They were headlining at Wokingham Festival 2019 Here are 3 of the tracks that we recorded for their publicity purposes Totally Blondie perform “One way or another”,…

Stormflies

Apr 7, 2017

Stormflies The Stormflies are a great covers band that actually cover hits that other bands don’t do, so it’s always a refreshing change to hear their work We videoed them in 2015 at Marlow Rock Bottom, and again in in 2017 at a gig in Bourne Ens The band are such nice people, and whilst…

Primitai launch new album – promotional photography

Primitai launch Primitai had an interesting start to the new year They asked us to do some shots in the recording studio, as well as their first gigs as they played the new tracks for the first time The live gig shots were designed to look as though they were shot in a fog, as…

Promotional photography and video for the Post War Orchestra

Post War Orchestra We were asked to do promotional shots for the Post War Orchestra a group of folk who re-purpose militaria, and, make music from the resulting instruments. The purpose of the photography was to support a crowd funding process to take them to the next level of instrument building and performnceIt was shot…

Publicity shots – walking on water

Publicity shoot We were asked by Primitai to come up with a range of publicity shots to be used for a new album launch. Having done many that reflected this heavy Metal’s band’s heritage, I decided to try something different These publicity shots were taken on the Jurassic Coast near Kimmeridge The ones where they…

Band promo shots – photography that sells

The Echo The Echo were to do a small gig at the Bosco Lounge . So as well of some promo shots, we also took just 20 minutes to do some extra shots that would be used to promote the band’s merchandise at a number of festivals including Marlow Rock Bottom and Pennfest You may notice that during the shoot, we…

Live music event – White Wedding – creative video editing

They are amazing musicians with a great show that amplifies and explains their tracks This is an example of creative video shooting and creative video editingOn this live event music video we used a 32 channel Mackie recorder to capture the individual performance stems, When mixed with ambient audio from the 9 cameras, we were…

Black Stone Cherry photography stills and video

Black Stone Cherry photography stills and video Black Stone Cherry are taking on the mantle of successors to the old rockers that are now getting past their prime and, and least to some degree, living on their laurels.We we asked to cover one of their festival appearances with photography stills, but have also done live…

2016 review – photography, video and promotion

2016 review 2016 has been a hectic year for GigshotZ – 8 festivals, 22 new bands that wanted live coverage. we produced 56 live performance videos – more than one a week!All of our live event music videos have had a different look and feel – after all it’s about what the bands want –…

The Echo at the Marlow Donkey – Video

The Echo at the Marlow Donkey The Echo were playing at the Marlow Donkey and we were there to video them The Marlow Donkey is a really buzzy pub, and on December 18th, it was heaving with everyone getting into the Christmas spirit on the last friday before the Christmas break started. That was a…

Bloodstock Open Air (BOA) festival photography

Bloodstock Bloodstock (BOA) Festival is a medium sized (10-15,000) metal focussed festival held in the grounds of Catton Hall each year in August. It’s has a great reputation for friendliness and great bands, and is us “Must do event” for us here at GigshotZ. On this occasion we weren’t official event photographers or in the video crew,…

ZZ Top – Photography