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Grace I've already said enough here
Screaming Beavers Probably the most entertaining soul band in the UK
John Otway See him live find out why he's sponsored by Shure Microphones
Musicians' Union It's the web site of a union for musicians.
Liverpool Bands A comprehensive list of bands, past and present, out of Liverpool including some of the ones I was fortunate to work with (see here) If the bands existed between 1977 and 1980 there is a good chance I worked with them
A northern soul   One good thing about working with bands is that there was always someone there taking notes to fill in the gaps of my formative years in audio.
The Rachel Rimmer Band Dave Edge left Grace because he had had enough. He didn't say what of. Dave has now joined a proper band.
Drew Daniels An interesting take on the quality of live music. This link is to a page within the site but there are plenty of links back to the home page. Be sure to click on the "You're full..." link.
Paul Walker A great site by musician, and our friend, Paul walker
Jon Gomm A great acoustic, solo performer with a unique guitar style
Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir Family connections with Lynn's aunty Carol singing soprano with the choir.
The River Card   Our nephew Tom's latest band. Still getting more gigs than the rest of the family put together.
Paul Lamb   He might be one of the top harmonica players in the UK, but we added the link because he's a really nice person and we promised over pizza and chips at the Nantwich Jazz and Blues Festival
Great local Music A midlands based web site promoting live music. Always a good thing
Loudspeaker Plans This site has a lot of detailed plans for PA loudspeakers. There is nothing that is state of art 21st century design and the plans look similar to those in the Eminence design book published by Adam Hall. The photo gallery is worth a look too. The hotch potch of speaker cabs looks very 1970s
Audio Asylum Lots of audio related discussion boards.
Live Audio Board This used to be one of the best discussion board for PAs and live audio. Just make sure you read all the rules before posting. It is still a useful site but I haven't bothered registering since the site required it
Sony PD 150 Guide DV camera shooting guides by the BBC, including the PD 150 and other camcorders
The horn speaker homepage A list of links and references about horns
HCLA Speaker Project or here for main forum index A group project to design a line array loudspeaker. My comments start at around page 7. If you are thinking of building or buying a PA loudspeaker array do yourself a favour and check out this project.
Creative Cow Lots of discussion boards and tutorials about video production and post production
Wrigley Video Follow the Learn to edit > tutorials link. The tutorials are downloadable video files that run through the projects with a commentary from Mr Wrigley Lessons are Adobe Premiere based.
Video Copilot Andrew Kramer produces some of the best tutorials available for Adobe After Effects. Luckily some are available free on his web site. If you use AE do yourself a favour and check them out.
Graeme's DIY Pages Some good information on Horns and phase plugs
Blue Room technical forum UK based technical forum that describes itself as bringing back stage online
D. B. Keele The Official Web Site Those who know anything about loudspeaker design will be familiar with the name Don Keele and his work at Electro-Voice and JBL. This is the official web site. Many of the links are not yet working, but most of the AES papers, which are classics, are.
Structural Engineering spreadsheets and software The link says it all (I'm not much for the midi file playing in the background)
Enercalc Home of Fastframe
Winisd Free loudspeaker design software
World of Spectrum Site dedicated to the Sinclair Spectrum with emulators and loads of Spectrum progs
FRD Consortium Frequency Response Data Consortium. Various software tools for audio
Paul Falstad's Home Page I've linked to this page because the Math and Physics Applets page is interesting. Just follow the link form the home page.
Teaching ideas for primary teachers The link says it all
The National Autistic Society Again the link says it
Help your child discover A government site with leaflets on various topics
Online Teachers A site for UK teachers by UK teachers
Dyslexia Association The International Dyslexia Association organization dedicated to helping individuals with dyslexia
Leek & Moorland Model Gliding Association My dad wouldn't speak to me if I didn't include this
Get-a-Map Part of the OS you can add up to ten small maps to your site. Just include a link back to their site. See the cycling pages for examples
Sustrans The sustainable transport charity. Information about cycle routes across the country
Serendipity If you are into conspiracy theories or government cover ups you will love this site. Even if you don't it is an absorbing read
Movie Mistakes This site lists continuity and other errors in movies. At the top of the home page there are links for popup filters. You will probably need them.
Local Weather conditions in North Staffordshire A private site with current and recent weather conditions near Newcastle U Lyme
Hill climbs for cyclists in Europe A list of hills around Europe giving profiles and information such as length of climb average gradient and a difficulty rating.

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