Welcome!
January, 2012Welcome to my website!!! I hope you enjoy it!
i hope that you will be interested in my life and work, and maybe you can use this page as a prospective “voice over/compere/dj” employer you can find some examples of what i do by clicking on “hear me” or maybe if you want to find out more about me and my life and work…. please read on!
as you will see, i’ve been in the radio/tv business for almost all of my life and believe me it has changed, not only technically, but from a personality angle too….from independent radio stations in the uk that were truly independant, to what is now corporate radio stations that are owned by big concerns.
there are various pages for you to look at…take your time and mail me if there’s anything that’s not right! enjoy my leisure time pages too. some of the photos will make you smile… .but remember….we’re all getting older!!
first of all..happy new year!!!..its now winter time, although with recent temperatures you can hardly believe it!… its also been a busy one so far with lots of concerts, gigs.appearances and of course voice overs and synchronisations. i even voiced a few teleshopping campaigns, which was a first for me. i know know about the “amazing scarf” and the kitchen appliance the “chop chop” as well as the “magic whisk” I’ve just done one for “nice ice making machine and a cup cake making appliance!!!
last year was a really busy onefor bands , i saw the white lies ,morrissey, the wombats, belle and sebastian and grammy winners arcade fire and bright eyes.. we had the fm4 frequency festival in august again, a 3 day event with bands like the foo fighters, the national, interpol, beady eye , the kooks ,die ärtze plus cloud control from australia (check em out), bombay bycicle club and the crystal fighters…it was a beautiful 3 days. other gigs i’ve seen, include the maked and famous, fleet foxes and the red hot chilli peppers in december.I hope this year is going to have the same pace!!!
I was in Innsbruck to see the young rebel set and the following night we auctioned off fotos of pete doherty and bela bea for charity. It was a great night, and the pictures of that and my moderation at the crane firm “palfinger snow challenge 2011″ can be seen on my facebook site. I spent a week in Manchester and spent a couple of weeks in washington, notably in seattle and tacoma. I’ll be in england agin this month for a bit of xmas shopping and will take my annual break from the 6th january till the 28th to charge up the batteries!!
at radio fm4 i now work a week on and a week off which gives me a lot of time for other projects like voice overs for image films and commercials.i also have had a part, as an american tv host in a film about austrias most famous rockstar, falco who had a number one hit around the world with rock me amadeus. you will probably only see me for about ten seconds but it was fun filming it. the film is now on dvd
i’m now on facebook too. click here. there’s also a “fm4 morning show with stuart freeman” facebook site that we use when working on the morning show.have a look at it if you’re a listener!
i have also a “my space” account that you can go to to see and hear some of my “friends”, good austrian and german bands that you might not have come accross. Check me out!
my dog amy will be seven in march…how time flies, and is a real little treasure. she’s so friendly and likes being around people a lot. i take her with me to the studios on saturdays and public holidays where she just plays, runs around and sleeps! there will be some new photos of her click here take a look and see her first reaction to what the austrian snow was! her best friends are george and cookie and the three of them get on so well together, we go for long walks in the countryside together and hiking in the mountains around the ski resiort of semmering (nö) lower austria
look at some photos of mine while i was in moscow…photos! …the cultural difference there is amazing!
and some while i was on a working visit to kosovo,with the orf and some austrian musicians who gave two concerts to the local dignatries and the youth of suva reka in kosovo (photos..click here)!
we hope to be back there this year too!
WEDDINGS!
Over the last 10 years i’ve been asked to dj at some various and quite different wedding ceremonies from diverse locations as italian castles, marquees, stately homes, farms, hotels a converted barn and even on a boat …that was fun.
If you’d like me to give you a quote for yours, just e.mail me.
some of the happy (and still married) couples;
anton and anna gigov (laxenburg)
wolfgang and doris dollinger ( attersee)
arthur and simone noe (styria)
nicki & magdelena de souza-pilz (salzkammergut)
alex and laudinda hoffmann ( italy)
franz and daniella faustmann (styria)
elli and birgit hetzenauer ( ellmau, tirol)
birgit and volker weilguni (bad vöslau)
gottfried and isabella kadeka (NÖ)
peter hosek and amy slensby (orangerie, schönnbrunn)
anne and mirko kinigadner (wolke 7)
rocky and petra grammell (mondial) vienna
stephan and nora wisiak (schloss hof)
elfi and mark sponer (elixhausen)
jörg and judith (wurm) pallamar
christian and tina deutner (salzburg)
…….. to be updated!!!
so…..till next month! all the best!………….stuart
this site is updated monthly and all comments and suggestions are welcome! if you have a site that you think might go well on this page
just e-mail me: stuart@stuartfreeman.com
recommended:
films
“debt” hellen mirren, tom wilkinson
“the kings speech” brilliant..oscar winner
“true grit” cohen brothers move, good but not as good as the original!
“ivory tower” fm4 film premiere
“a single man” colin firth (book by christopher isherwood)
DVDs to rent or buy
“500 days of summer” (great soundtrack to the film)
“californication”..david duchovny series 4 is here!
“the west wing” (dont watch unless you want to see all 7 series..its addictive!)
“boston legal” series 1 2 3 & 4! william shatner is amazing!
“life on mars” fantastic bbc series
“ashes to ashes” follow up to life on mars
“hustle” great “con” series. vol 1 to 7 available
“the worlds fastest indian” sir anthony hopkins in a truly moving true story about new zealander burt monro
“control” great fiilm.. about the life and death of ian curtis from the band joy division.
“juno” really witty film with a great soundtrack
“two and a half men” charlie sheen in the new 8th..and last i fear 
“CDs
“the suburbs” arcade fire
“mumford and sons”……brilliant ( new album due in autumn)
“fm4 sunny side up 11..out this month
“fm4 sound selection 24″ out now!
“if i had a hi-fi” nada surf ( great cd of covers)
“screamadelica” primal scream ( re-issue on vinyl..saw them perform the album live last year and also in wuk this summer)
“radio 1 live lounge vol 1 2 3 & 4
“vampire weekend” great band from brooklyn
Books
“from elephant to castle” michael caine’s current autobiography
“bad boy” peter robinson (the new inspector banks book)
“open doors” ian rankin (post rebus!)
“the complaints” ian rankin
“agent zigzag” story of criminal turned double agent eddie chapman
“ghost” robert harris …brilliant (he also wrote enigma)
“an education” lyn barbers fabulous memoirs from a top journalist who has seen it all!
“margrave of the marshes” autobiography from legendary dj john peel
“the autobiography” johnnie walker (one of the best djs in the uk)n and
