Jason

IN THIS UPDATE...
UPCOMING GIGS!
TELEVISION!
I have two gigs coming up in the near future, including the following:
FIRST UPCOMING GIG - August 29th 2009 [7:30PM] - The Barfly (The Loft Stage) HEADLINING 14+, 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4BH as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: £5 from band members and TicketWeb; and £6 on-the-door!
SECOND UPCOMING GIG - August 31st 2009 [2:45PM] - Mathew Street Festival @ The Zanzibar, 43 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4AZ as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: FREE!
Hi, everyone! I'm 21, male and I live in Liverpool, UK. I am a student that is currently attending Liverpool John Moore's University in which I am studying for a HND in Computer Studies, which I am coming to the end of my second year of. After the completion of the second year, I then hope to progress onto the BSc degree course in Computer Studies! Before Liverpool John Moore's University, I attended Hugh Baird College for three years and have achieved many qualifications. My qualifications include a GNVQ Intermediate in IT & Computing as well as successfully completing my studying for an AS and A2 Applied Level in IT & Computing, which was a two year course, as well as achieving an NVQ Level 2 certificate in Music Technology.
I am currently on a break from my broadcasting slot on Liverpool's number one student radio station in Liverpool John Moore's University's Student Union based radio station by the name of Shout Radio, BUT I hope to be back in the near future! I am usually on the air every Wednesday at around 12PM to 6PM! You can listen live from the Official Shout Radio Website. All you have to do is go to our website at www.shoutradio.co.uk and click on the Listen Live Here banner. This should produce Windows Media Player, which should immediately start streaming the show. I play some of the best rock music past and present (more details at the bottom of the About Me section)!
The band that I am currently working with right now is as follows...
CURRENT BANDS
January 8th 2008-Present Day - As the keyboard player of Buzz Radio.
My previous bands and acts that I have worked with are as follows...
PAST BANDS
2004 - As the rhythm guitarist of Double Act.
2005 - As the rhythm/acoustic guitarist of Forward.
2006 - As the rhythm guitarist of Arsenic.
2006 - As the rhythm guitarist of Lady Knightshade.
2006 - As the keyboard player of The Relics.
August 2006-January 2007 - As the rhythm guitarist of Pincushion.
February 2007-May 2007 - As the rhythm guitarist of Susan Hedges And The Other Kind.
May 2007-August 18th 2007 - As the rhythm guitarist of Veronica Mars.
August 2007-January 5th 2008 - As the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
September 2007 - As the keyboard player of To Be Concluded.
September 2007 - As the bass guitarist of Dole Drummers.
December 2007 - As the rhythm guitarist of Queen Tantrum.
My recording work on songs are as follows...
Buzz Radio - Don't You Make A Fool Out Of Me (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - Judgement Day [Re-recording] (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - Lost Along The Way (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - One Too Many (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - So Sad About Us (Keyboard)
Caleb & Jason - Dreaming (Acoustic Guitar)
My writing work on songs are as follows...
Buzz Radio - All Of The Things We Said (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - Lost Along The Way (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - Love Is The Reason (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - Nothing Is Real (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - One Too Many (Keyboard)
Buzz Radio - So Sad About Us (Keyboard)
Caleb & Jason - Angel (Acoustic guitar)
Caleb & Jason - Bullet Proof (Acoustic guitar)
Caleb & Jason - Change (Acoustic guitar)
Caleb & Jason - Dedicated (Acoustic guitar)
Caleb & Jason - Dreaming (Acoustic guitar)
Caleb & Jason - It's A Raid (Acoustic guitar)
Caleb & Jason - Policies (Acoustic guitar)
Caleb & Jason - Trapped (Acoustic guitar)
I have played 35 gigs, so far! My previous gigs are as follows...
2004 [6PM] - Chesterfield Highschool, Liverpool, UK as the rhythm guitarist of Double Act.
February 16th 2005 [9PM] - May Duncan's Pub, Heyworth Road, Liverpool, UK as the rhythm/acoustic guitarist of Forward.
August 5th 2007 [8PM] - The Barfly (The Loft Stage), 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4BH as the rhythm guitarist of Veronica Mars.
August 17th 2007 [1AM] - The Everyman Bistro, Liverpool, UK as the rhythm guitarist of Veronica Mars.
September 10th 2007 [10PM] - The Dragon Bar, Liverpool, UK as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
September 26th 2007 [9PM] - Thd Old Bank, 43 South Road, Waterloo, Liverpool, UK as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
September 30th 2007 [8PM] - Bar L1ve @ Reflex, Bold Street, Liverpool, UK as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
October 2nd 2007 [9PM] - The Vinyl, 88-90 Lark Lane, Aigburth, UK. L17 8UU as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
October 6th 2007 [8PM] - The Magnet, 45 Hardman Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 9AS as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
October 11th 2007 [8PM] - Temples Bar, 21 Temple Street, Liverpool, UK as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
October 17th 2007 [8PM] - The Barfly (Bar Stage), 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4BH as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
October 29th 2007 [7:30PM] - The Barfly (Theatre Stage), 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4BH as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
October 29th 2007 [9:45PM] - The Magnet, 45 Hardman Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 9AS as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
November 4th 2007 [7:30PM] - Stamps Bar, 4 Crown Buildings, Crosby, Liverpool, UK. L23 5SR as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
December 19th 2007 [8:20PM] - The Zanzibar, 43 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4AZ as the acoustic guitarist of Caleb Morgan.
March 21st 2008 [6PM] - Monty & Sally's Friday Drivetime Show 97.2wfm. Manchester, UK as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Listen in for FREE at wfmradio.org
April 16th 2008 [7PM] - Radio Hope, Liverpool, UK as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio!
May 22nd 2008 [4PM] - International Pop Overthrow (IPO) Festival 2008, The Cavern Club (Front Stage), 10 Matthew Street, Liverpool, UK. L2 6RE as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio. Ticket Price: FREE!
August 25th 2008 [2PM] - Matthew Street Festival (The Fringe) at The Zanzibar, 43 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4AZ as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio. Ticket Price: FREE!
September 5th 2008 [7:30PM] - The Barfly (The Loft Stage) HEADLINING 14+, 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4BH as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: £5!
September 16th 2008 [8PM] - (Acoustic Set) MochAcoustic @ The Mocha Lounge HEADLINING, 20 Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 6BW as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: FREE!
September 19th 2008 [8PM] - (Acoustic Set) The Mocha Lounge HEADLINING, 20 Sir Thomas Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 6BW as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: FREE!
September 20th 2008 [8PM] - Acoustic Bliss (Acoustic Set) The Blackburne Arms Hotel, Hope Street, Liverpool, UK as the keyboard of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: FREE!
October 10th 2008 [6PM] - Monty & Sally's Friday Drivetime Show 97.2wfm. Manchester, UK as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Listen in for FREE at wfmradio.org
October 12th 2008 [6:30PM] - Satan's Hollow, 101 Princess Street, Manchester, UK. M1 6DD as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Buzz Radio perform live at an all-dayer event at Satan’s Hollow, 101 Princess Street, Manchester, UK. M1 6DD! Event starts at 3PM; Buzz Radio on-stage at 6:30PM! Ticket Price: £5 on the door!
October 23rd 2008 [10PM] - 3345 Bar (Acoustic Set) HEADLINING, Parr Street, Liverpool, UK as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: FREE!
November 6th 2008 [9:15PM] - MTV Liverpool Music Week, The Metropolitan, Liverpool, UK as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Buzz Radio perform live at the world-famous MTV Liverpool Music Week! Ticket Price: FREE!
November 13th 2008 [9PM] - Imagine Recordings @ The Cavern Club (Main Stage), 10 Matthew Street, Liverpool, UK. L2 6RE as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: £5! The gig was filmed, followed by an interview and broadcast live online by Imagine Recordings! Buzz Radio perform live at the world-famous The Cavern Club (Main Stage) in Mathew Street, Liverpool - The birth place of The Beatles! Ticket Price: £5 on the door!
November 15th 2008 [9:30PM] - Carling Academy Liverpool 2, 11-13 Hotham Street, Liverpool, UK. L3 5UF as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: £5 in advance! Buzz Radio are the main support band!
November 18th 2008 [9:30PM] - The Halfmoon Putney, 93 Lower Richmond Road, London, UK. SW15 1EU as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Buzz Radio perform live at one of London's longest running, and most respected live music venues - The Halfmoon! The Halfmoon has been running since the early 1960s and has been the host of some of the world's greatest and biggest bands, such as: Van Morrison; U2; The Who; and The Rolling Stones, amongst many others! Ticket Price: £4 on the door!
February 13th 2009 [7:30PM] - The Barfly (The Loft Stage) HEADLINING 14+, 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 4BH as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: £5!
February 17th 2009 [7:30PM] - Music Box, 65 Oxford Street, Manchester, UK. M1 6FQ as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Tickets Price: £5!
March 6th 2009 [8PM] - Studio, 15-33 Hardman Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 9AS as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Buzz Radio are supporting Tim Burgess of The Charlatans! Ticket Price: £7!
March 21st 2009 [8PM] - Friends Of Mine @ The Magnet, 45 Hardman Street, Liverpool, UK. L1 9AS as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio!
April 3rd 2009 [10:50PM] - Northern Empire @ O2 Academy Liverpool 2 HEADLINING ALL AGES, 11-13 Hotham Street, Liverpool, UK. L3 5UF as the keyboard player of Buzz Radio! Ticket Price: £7 in advance! More information coming soon!
Here are a list of the venues that I have performed live at (in alphabetical order)...
3345 Bar (Once)
Bar L1ve @ Relfex (Once)
Carling Academy Liverpool 2 (Twice)
Chesterfield Highschool (Once)
May Duncan's Pub (Once)
Music Box (Manchester) (Once)
Radio Hope (Liverpool Hope University's Radio Station) (Once)
Satan's Hollow (Manchester) (Once)
Stamps Bar (Crosby) (Once)
Studio (Once)
Temples Bar (Once)
The Barfly (Bar Stage) (Once)
The Barfly (The Loft Stage) (Three times - Twice headlining)
The Barfly (Theatre Stage) (Once)
The Blackburne Arms Hotel (Once)
The Cavern Club (Front Stage) (Once)
The Cavern Club (Main Stage) (Once)
The Dragon Bar (Once)
The Everyman Bistro (Once)
The Halfmoon Putney (Once)
The Magnet (Three times)
The Metropolitan (Once)
The Mocha Lounge (Twice)
The Old Bank (Once)
The Vinyl (Once)
The Zanzibar (Twice)
Wythenshawe FM (Twice)
I will be sure to let you all know of any future live performances when they are confirmed!I play the guitar and keyboard. I'm better at playing rhythm guitar (chords) than lead guitar (notes and solos), but I do practise lead guitar in the hope of getting better at it, but I would say I'm a very good rhythm guitarist, and I hope that you would agree also.
2006 in many ways had it's ups and downs and positives and negatives for me in my search to find a dream career in music. After successfully putting my own band together of 4 members, it as good as split on the same day as when we were meant to be meeting up to make decisions about the name of the band; the cover versions set list that we were to start off with; and to look at each other's original material, I was left to have a one man band meeting! As the bass guitarist's excuse was the worst I have ever heard! He claimed that he had to help his dad and his cousin clean up his dad's garden that would of course take 6 hours (18 working man hours), so I sacked him! But, at least the drummer, and the lead guitarist/lead vocalist had good reasons to why they were unavailable! However, I was still a little upset that this meant that I was having my own personal band meeting!
I auditioned to join bands, consistantly getting the places that I auditioned for, but not really getting my break.
I auditioned for: Arsenic; KM-EM; Lady Nightshade; Pincushion; and The Relics in 2006!
In around late August I began the audition and process of learning the songs and getting to know the frontman of Pincushion better. Despite learning 17 out of the 20 Pincushion songs that I was gave the chords for the band disbanded after 4 months of me being their rhythm guitarist and keyboard player. Pincushion had existed since May 2004 and had played 30 gigs - 28 gigs in Liverpool and 2 gigs in Manchester!
In 2007, I was once again in a number of bands with varied results.
2007 began well as I was the new rhythm guitarist of a band by the name of Susan Hedges And The Other Kind, but I didn't find it was right for me, as I felt as though the band was more like Susan's backing band, and not being allowed enough creativity, which really wasn't what I was looking for given the situation of more solo performances for Susan, rather than band performances.
So, after Susan Hedges And The Other Kind did not work out, I had got myself into a rock band by the name of Veronica Mars! I performed two live performances with Veronica Mars on August 5th 2007 at a battle of the bands contest by the name of Rock Star Wars at The Barfly, 90 Seel Street, Liverpool, UK and August 17th 2007 at The Everyman Bistro, Liverpool, UK! Even though I enjoyed performing live in this band, and gave it my all, even to the extent of regularly promoting the band and getting the band a total of 10 live performances, I was sacked for two of the most lamest excuses that you can give anyone in music for why they are no longer in a band!!! They were that: 1) We don't like the same bands. 2) That my stage presence is apparently not strong enough.
First of all, "We don't like the same bands", yeah, sure, but it's alright for the frontman of the band and the drummer to like different music?
Second of all, "Stage presence", I would rather have a musician that knew what he was meant to be playing, and playing it well, and in time, than someone jumping around on stage, but making a lot of mistakes, and not being able to have the crowd hear what was being played due to the constant disconnection of the lead going from the guitar into the amplifier. Now I wonder who that happens to all the time? Mmmmm...Let me think...
Once Veronica Mars had decided to become egotistical, I found work only a few days later with R'n'B and Soul vocalist Caleb Morgan, as his acoustic guitarist!
I also found side-projects along the way, such as: Dole Drummers and To Be Concluded! I was the bass guitarist of Dole Drummers in September 2007, which despite having some great material, wasn't really for me, as I'm not all that experienced on bass as I am on other instruments, such as the keyboard and the guitar! I was also the keyboard player of To Be Concluded, but it never really got off the ground due to consistent arguements between other band members, although I was not involved in the arguements, it did severely halt the progress of the band during the short period of time that I bothered to stay!
After having performed a dozen live performances and recording the acoustic guitar for Dreaming with Caleb Morgan, I quit working with him due to consistent differences.
I have succeeded in my most recent audition and I am now the keyboard player of a Liverpool based Rock/Pop band by the name of Buzz Radio! Check my Top Friends List (top friend) to visit Buzz Radio's Official MySpace Music Profile; check out our songs; and add Buzz Radio!
I am also the games reviewer for ChillGames.Net! I can assure you that my games reviews will not be a quick two minutes review, or me pretending to have played the game. Any game that I review, it's because I already own it and have played it thoroughly enough to give an expert opinion it. So, having said all of that, look out for a number of my reviews coming in late 2007 and early 2008 onwards! Go to http://www.chillgames.net and then click on Community. You will have to register to the forum, but this is free and takes next to no time at all! Once you have registered to the ChillGames.Net Forum, then scroll down to the section named Game Reviews, and then click on the category that you want to view, for-example: PS1; PS2; PS3; PSP; GBA; Gamecube; PC; Flash; etc. I hope to see you there checking out my games reviews in the near future!
My current game reviews portfolio for ChillGames.Net includes eighteen games reviews, including:
Blast Factor (PS3 exclusive)
Blast Factor - Advanced Research Pack (PS3 exclusive)
Blast Factor - Multiplayer Pack (PS3 exclusive)
Calling All Cars! (PS3 exclusive)
Flow (PS3 version)
Flow - Expansion Pack (PS3 exclusive)
Gran Turismo HD (PS3 exclusive)
GripShift (PS3 version)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots (PS3 exclusive)
Stranglehold (PS3 version)
Super Stardust HD (PS3 exclusive)
Super Stardust HD Solo (PS3 exclusive)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (PS3 version)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online (PS3 exclusive)
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Online Upgrade Pack (PS3 exclusive)
Virtua Tennis 3 (PS3 version)
Warhawk (PS3 exclusive)
Warhawk: Operation - Broken Mirror (PS3 exclusive)
Warhawk: Operation - Omega Dawn (PS3 exclusive)
I host a rock show that sandwiches a mainstream show. My rock show is from 12PM until 2PM, and 4PM to 6PM, with the mainstream show from 2PM to 4PM. Both of my rock shows every Wednesday are entirely live, and are never repeats, as is the same principle for my mainstream show.
A list of some of the bands and acts that I play music by during my rock show include the following (in alpabetical order):
3 Doors Down
AC/DC
Aerosmith
Alice In Chains
Buzz Radio
Chad Kroeger
Clear Blue Skies
Daughtry
Deep Purple
Default
Guns 'N' Roses
Hannah Scott
InMe
Jerry Cantrell
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Linkin Park
Metallica
Nickelback
Nirvana
One Republic
Pearl Jam
Rage Against The Machine
Rehab For Egos
Rival Schools
Saliva
Santana
The Beatles
The Calling
The Darkness
Theory Of A Deadman
Three Days Grace
Tommy Lee
Triphazard
U2
Some of the bands and acts that you should expect to see added to our play list in the near future include:
Motley Crue
Soundgarden
The Rolling Stones
If any details change reguarding Shout Radio, then I will be sure to let you know about them, such as: where you can listen; how you can listen; and when I will be on the air, so stay tuned! ;)