I'm Trying to get 5000 Pounds

If the Jobs Won't Come To You....

2011-08-31T13:26:00.000-07:00

Easy Simple Artwork

Go to them!

This is a prototype and we'll see where it goes!

Easy Simple Artwork

This is a design website I have set up, to create backgrounds, banners and other artwork people need doing for them!

I just need to make it visible to the world!

Talkback ask me Back!!!

2011-05-30T08:17:00.000-07:00

Hello all!

Great news, after my recent placement with TBT, they liked me enough to ask me back with a paid position!

I feel so lucky I am one of the few graduates to walk into work from my degree!

It's currently a weekly thing at the moment but it will be great for the future when pursuing work in the TV industry due to the wonderful contacts I have made this time round.

Propeller TV!!!

2011-05-21T05:04:00.000-07:00

The night before last, I received a knock on my door from my flat mate, Mou and asked whether I'd shoot a speech for Alumni students in London.

So I said yes as I need the money! They really looked after me and I went to their base for 2.00pm, and spent the next few hours learning how to use this sweet sweet camera.

When we got there we went for a walk whilst on the walk the owner of Propeller (a 24 year old) decided he wanted a new camera, so he bought a canon 60d, just like that!

We shoot at City Hall where the views are sweet!

You can see their website here...

Jonny Elwyn the Legend!

2011-05-15T02:45:00.000-07:00

My very (very very) good friend and freelance video editor has provided me with some work!

His laptop is in for repairs and mine is working, so due to tight deadlines and because he is awesome, he has sent some work my way.

I am currently digitizing (Importing tapes to Final Cut Pro (video editing software) to be turned into files) footage from a Tearfund trip, I think to Uganda.

Here is his website check it out, because he really is as awesome as I am making him out to be!

Talkback Thames - Work Placement

2011-05-14T08:43:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's been some time!

This week I have been working my socks off in the hope that i may get noticed in the Talkback Themes office.

I have been having the time of my life, in Amersham, right at the end of the met line in zone 9, working with the Escape to the Country team.

Thi actually is a really funny story. I know so many people who have tried for years to get into this place for work experience and I got called up out of the blue to come in for a meeting, nobody there had ever seen my CV before they offered the workplace meant to me.

TBT are famous for the shows, The Bill, X Factor, Green Wing, The IT Crowd, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI, All Star Family Fortunes, The Price is Right, Grease is the Word, Grand Designs, Escape to the Country and SEX: How to do Everything. These are just their current shows, previous work include Bo' Selecta!, Da Ali G Show, Pop Idol and so so so many more, check them out here...

It's clear if they began their own channel they'd put both the BBC and ITC out of business!

So I am ringing up estate agents asking for JPEGs for the show! Small stuff but at least I'm in there! The post house has an amazing family feel with plenty of joy. To work here would be a dream.

On Wednesday, I went in and met Rebecca for he first time, she sat on my desk and before she said hello she asked

   'Do you shoot?'

I said 'yes!'

   'OK, you looking for work???'
'Yes'

   'OK, Let me speak to Adrian, there's a job opening'

I got beyond excited, almost wet myself, excited. I have a meeting with the Series Editor, Adrian (who comes from about 4 miles away from my parents house, how awesome? lots to talk about) next week, I'm hoping for a job, and at least some temp work! It would be the best, I'm currently editing a showreel for him!

TBT has been super sweet!

My CV

2011-05-08T08:44:00.000-07:00

Thanks to the awesome guys at dynamo I now have a spanking CV. Peter Bowles read through it countless times in emails backwards and forward to help create a CV that would be fitting for a freelance designer or editor.
Dynamo are a recently knew PR agency, who, even more recently picked up the contract for the Magic Wand, a TV remote, as seen on Dragons Den. The Magic Wand, picked up the most money that has ever been offered on Dragons Den. View the video here...

If you want to see the CV, send me an email on david.raymond.reed@gmail.com

Please Buy EP's

2011-05-07T08:52:00.000-07:00

Thank you so much to you all for sharing the blog, it's really really going well, much better than we thought it would.

The amount of clicks/views has been awesome. Thank you all.

The best and most effective way of helping us is buying the EP's. We've sold a few but we really would like to sell 250+

If you want to help me and Chels, or if you just like the music, please buy one! Between us we have that many friends, if they each bought something, it would really really help.

Often we pass over things because we think someone else will help, we really need all our friends help with this, we'd really really appreciate it, if all our friends bought the music we've made together.

Writing, listening, playing music is something we love. It would be awesome in the future if we could say the thing we love (our music) was the thing that help us get started, not many people have that opportunity. Please help us getting started!

Easy Job for a Westminster Student...

2011-05-07T06:51:00.000-07:00

Hey Westminster students and easy acessible job has come up at the uni

Check it out...

I wont be able to do this job as i would have left by then.

It's part time and you basically take notes for fellow students and can get paid for it...worth jumping on guys!!!!

I'll forget £5K and go for a Million!

2011-05-07T04:45:00.000-07:00

My good friend James Savage from school, copied a link to my facebook, check it out here...

It's a new competition on ITV, anyone fancy it???

Thanks Sav, check out sav's body building it's awesome!

Lucazade Ad

2011-05-06T09:30:00.000-07:00

So a good friend of mine sent me an email, with some info about an upcoming advert for Lucazade.

They recently did an advert with Travis Barker from Blink 182. It seems they have a new target audience of the alternative kind.

The email was discussing the opportunity to join them in their next advert. The role would be a musician on a skateboard or BMX going to a gig. I naturally jumped at the chance and I emailed the casting company as there is a good wage with it.

I imagine it will look like this....

This would be super sweet and fun to do, just waiting to hear back from the casting people!

THE FIRST EP'S HAVE BEEN SOLD

2011-05-06T04:59:00.000-07:00

Thank you so so much people for the interest, you guys are awesome.

Continue to check out the music here...

Add the artists on Facebook

Tribe of Judah

and

OurBrother

Thanks so much guys!!!

ps check out Rose Grigg here... she's awesome.

First Major REJECTION :( (From Channel 4)

2011-05-06T04:49:00.000-07:00

The other day my good friend Charles Lawley hooked me up with an exciting proposition. Working for 'The Box' with Channel 4. The Box works with most UK based music video channels including Kerrang, Q, 4 music and many more. With my background of both TV and Music, I knew I would love to work for these guys. Check the link here...

After a couple of emails it looked like I was going to take the role of Freelance Transmissions Operator, but alas after I told them about going to America for 2 months they swiftly turned me down saying...

'It wouldn't be worth training someone up who will disappear after we finish' they went onto say, 'also it appears on your CV that your not a very technical person'.

With the last comment I found it hard not to get a little annoyed. At the age of 17 I was the first person to independently set up the Yeovil College BND studio by myself! Anyway they employed Charles Lawley, who I've never seen hold a camera!!! (Cos he's such a good scriptwriter, he doesn't need to ;) ) It's sad because I know I'm just like my father and he's pretty technical!!!

This is a well paid job that I could have worked freelance, this was the dream man, the dream!!!!

Thank you Charles for trying to help me. Charles in a stand up comedian/comedy scriptwriter. Check his stuff here...

I apologise for the choice of photo on his website; The I'm trying to get 5000 pounds blog does not encourage this sort of behavior, but Charles is a bit of a loss canon!

Matt Spracklen...Thank you!!!

2011-05-05T06:28:00.000-07:00

My awesome awesome friend has said I can help occasionally with his photography business at weddings this summer. I have worked with him in the past on several projects and this will be freakin awesome!!!

Check out his stuff....

What a chap!!!

So close or so i thought

2011-05-05T06:21:00.000-07:00

Last night I randomly saw a friend Nichola in Sainsbury's and she told me there was a girl who left her job at the bar on campus. I live on campus and I thought 'Sweet, a job next to where I live' so I left Sainsbury's rang a friend, Nas and went to the bar and asked if they were looking for people....

They sad no :(

Keep on keeping on!

Split EP

2011-05-03T13:48:00.000-07:00

Buy music here

Some new new music. This is a split EP that me and my fiancee Chels have put together with tracks from our band Tribe of Judah and tracks from my solo project OurBrother. We're trying to sell 250+ of these split EP's, that would be sweet!!!! Please buy one!!!!!!!!!

So I've become an annoying Promoter

2011-05-03T13:44:00.000-07:00

This is a poster for a night I am trying to promote. I get commission from every ticket I sell. I'm hoping to sell 50 before June. I'm not really into DubStep, Techno or whatever this is but it all helps 'as the old lady said, when she peed in the sea'to raise that £5000 I'm trying to get to. Also i can do the promoting in my own time, so it's like freelancing! Heres the Facebook Page and you can buy the tickets here directly. Let me know if you want to go! I probably wont, unless i have to! ha

OurBrother -For Her and the hope in dreams EP

2011-05-03T13:37:00.000-07:00

Listen/Purchase music here...

A solo project of mine, music i wrote and recorded in my room at university. This music for sale, check the link on the left hand side!