Ryan's Gig Guide - December 2018

Nick J. Townsend Not only am I an incredibly humble rock musician with the unfortunate heavy burden of women fantasising about me every night but I'm also responsible for filming many of the music videos you see released by Midlands artists; well I picked up my first camera four years ago and I've barely switched it off since.As this column goes to print my bandWEAK13 are celebrating an award nomina- tion this year at Birmingham Film Festival for our 'Loyal Coward' music video and we're just about to release a brand new one for our tune 'Cameras Are Ev- erywhere'. So this month I thought I'd show you a selection of music videos by other bands and artists that I've been fortunate to film and direct.All are avail- able to watch onYouTube so follow their channels for these videos and other media. Have a great Xmas everybody and stay creative. 16 rgg Dec 2018 www.ryansgigguide.com Debut music video from Brierley Hill / Stour- bridge based band Giant And The Georges. All filmed at Kidderminster College; the band give a demonstration of their amazing stage perfor- mance with their single 'Dopamine'. The band are becoming popular around the Midlands for good reason and this music video reveals ex- actly why. Sultry singer Zoe Green delivers an explosive powerful blues rock performance in her music video 'How To Love' from her debut album . Filmed at Joe Joe Jim's Bar in Birmingham; this is a wonderful introduction into her music world and Zoe is just as incredible on screen as she is on a record. I think you'll enjoy this. Wolverhampton Punk N' Roll band The Bitten create havoc in the tattoo parlour with their new music video 'Tattoos & Bruises' lifted from their album titled 'Is It Supposed To Sound Like That?'. Filmed at Inky G's Tattoos in Wolver- hampton and various nearby locations; here's a small taste of their madness in all punk glory. “How To Love" Zoe Green "Dopamine" Giant And The Georges "Tattoos & Bruises” The Bitten “Alive" Phi Yaan-Zek Zombie madness filmed at Kidderminster col- lege for the 'Alive' music video for PhiYaan-Zek taken from his double album 'Reality Is My Play Thing' featuring Marco Minnemann, Bryan Beller, Mike Keneally, Lalle Larsson & Ola Ols- son. The music video stars guitarist and com- poser Phi Yaan-Zek plus Lalle Larsson, Steve Lawson,Andy Edwards, MirronWebb, Ola Ols- son and Ignite Musical Theatre with lighting by Lauren Russell and live sound by Jack Humphries.    