Molotov Jukebox

Hello guys. Apologies for not posted anything on this due to University and Life swallowing time and thought and such. The joy. 

But anyways I am here to talk about a six piece British band known as Molotov Jukebox. I have recently come to enjoy their music. And my thoughts after just over a week of listening to them is why the bloody hell has it taken this long for me to know of them.

I am a massive music fan. My love for music covers almost all genres and many decades. However within the last decade or so my thought is that the music industry has become lacking. You flick through music channel after channel to pretty much the same songs or artist on an ever eternal loop. So when I came across Molotov Jukebox with their unique style I was very intrigued. 

I would like to say I came across this band through music which seams like it should have happened. However I found out about the band due to its leading lady. Natalia Tena who is also a very talented actress. Fans will know her as Ellie from About a Boy (2002) or Nymphadora Tonks from the Harry Potter series starting with the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and more recently Osha the Wildling from Game of Thrones (2011-Present).

Finding out that she had a band called Molotov Jukebox intrigued me. So I hit YouTube in search of this elusive band. Now having bought all the songs of theirs I can and I can happily say to anyone if you don't after reading this search out the band and listen to them then you are sorely missing out. 

Now though a music fan I would not claim to be an expert or even a player of any instrument (tried and failed) I am throwing this out here purely on the basis that in around a week this band has become equal to my fave band of all time 'Nirvana' in the place of number 1. in my list of fave bands/artist. A feat which hundreds of other bands/artist have failed to do even after years of being listened to by me. 

The band is unique combining- Accordion, Violin, Guitar, Bass, Drums and Trumpet together in a multitude of styles. And they really do cover many genres yet retain their own distinct style which they have dubbed: 'Gypstep'. Each song holds its own brilliant beat which makes you want to just get up and dance and smile. They hold a very upbeat and charismatic feel to their music as if they truly love what they create. Something that to me becomes lacking in some of the more well known bands. Molotov Jukebox give of the feeling of grabbing life and enjoying it. 

Now I'm not saying you must like this band or else for all I know they might not be your cup of tea however they are well worth a listen to. And my apologies if this comes across as a ramble about this band I have come to love but alas still worth a listen to. 

Here is a good video to introduce them: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtIgGH9K3dw 

Quote of the Post -  Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.

Me, Myself and I: A Rundown of my Equipment now and Future....

Ok so first of my equipment as a writer is generally:

Microsoft Word: For Novel, Poetry, Short Stories and any Character Profiles and Treatments for any Scripts I happen to be writing.

Celtx: For script writing though I am slowly shifting over to Adobe's Story I currently still use this as a script writing tool due to most my friends using the same program enabling scripts to be sent to each other and Doctored much easier.

Adobe Story: With my purchase of Adobe CC I had myself a look at Story. I am still learning all the programs features but for the moment I am happy enough with it to state it is now my main script writing program. A program I am currently writing a script called: 'Whisky.'

I either write upon my custom built PC or my now old Asus Eee PC netbook. The little thing which I expected to be a short investment until I could buy myself a descent laptop has exceeded my expectations and kept me quite happy and content. I am currently looking for a new portable machine to write on currently my eye is being drawn to the 13'' Macbook Air by Apple. Hopefully I would like to get it whilst it's student discount still applies to myself but we shall have to wait and see.

For Photography/Filming I use:

Canon 600D: Originally bought for purely filming. The photography aspect of the camera itself didn't really impact me until recently when I became slightly enamored with Black and White photography. I currently own three lens' for the camera these are as follows: 18-55mm & 50-250mm Kit lens. Along with the 50mm Prime 1.8f also known as the 'Nifty Fifty'. They serve their purpose well and give me a good range to play around with. Though some L lens would prove better but we shall come to that.

I also recently (for my 20th) acquired the Pentax Q and its 5-15mm lens. This camera is a camera purely for fun. It's tiny form factor and good photo quality for what it is and it's price which I got for £150.00 is fantastic to play around with. I put it in a tiny camera bag and carry it around with me without any hassle allowing me to take a picture on the go without a cumbersome DSLR backpack full of lens.  

Now earlier I mentioned about L-Lens. Though brilliant kit I myself am not really interested in them. Because I see my future in photography as in my next camera in the mirror-less sector. Mainly the Micro-Four-Thirds area of Mirror-Less. This is mainly due to pricing, size, portability and quality. The camera I would love to own for photography is the Olympus OMD E-M1 now I'm not going to review it as I have no hands on experience but seriously 'E-M1' into YouTube and will see many brilliant reviews about the camera.

I also mentioned earlier that I own Adobe CC. Which I use for post on short/student films and or photography. And of course my script writing for Story. Now I have only been using Adobe software for a short amount of time having been converted from Sony Vegas Pro within the last year or so curtsy of my friend Dan.

My perfect future kit is: The Olympus OMD E-M1 and a few nice MFT lens. And a dedicated camera for filming preferably in RAW as RAW is just cool.  But my next main buy will have to be a portable yet decently powerful laptop for Writing and Lightroom usage.

Now that's a bit of a run down on my equipment and equipment aspirations (we all have them) and just a view upon myself and so forth. I shall be posting an overview of the Nifty Fifty Canon Lens on Weds and every Friday or Saturday will be a small ramble such as today's. At the end I shall put a quote I found and enjoyed ranging from any topic.

Hope You Enjoyed,

And I leave you with this: 'When you fall for someone's personality, everything about them becomes beautiful.'

First Blog -

Hello, I'm Reece and this is well my first ever blog so hope it's actually ok-ish in stuff and things. I am a Writer/Photographer and other things but mainly those two. I will be blogging about Writing and Photography. With writing mainly rambling about techniques I use for writing and so forth. Though far from a professional maybe they might help you with a new perspective on things. For Photography I am still learning so I will be talking about that and reviewing new and old equipment and generally discussing my thoughts on things.

I will also be reviewing and discussing Films and TV new and old. As a writer I look at various points in films to better get an understanding of how I could approach something in my ideas and so forth. I will be reviewing Film and TV that may have been out for years due to either me recently watching them or just to get my thoughts and so forth out there. I will review almost any form of Film and TV because in my mind if you want to understand and or make films looking at the good doesn't teach you how not to make a bad film and looking at a bad film can teach you just as much. Also no matter the film they may have done something unique or interesting in the making of the film that could help you or give you ideas to help you.

I also will throw any interesting articles in that I come across and so forth.
Hope you enjoy :)