Welcome!
May, 2013Welcome 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 independent, 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!!
well here we are..may already… hopefully this month we should see warmer weather..we deserve it!! last year was a good year for me with concerts, moderations, voice overs and of course wedding disco’s . i moderated quite a few events and even sang with the austrian band freud at their christmas concert at the chelsea club in vienna! i have bookings already organised for this year and looking back to last year i was on a “mini wedding” tour during summer, linz, regensburg and salzburg and i moderated a fahion show in vienna (don’t laugh!) and was the wedding dj for the austrian film director werner boote. (this year i have 4 booked already, two in vienna, one in hallein and one in innsbruck).. i was dj’ing last year at a wedding party in velden on the beautiful lake wortersee, on the austrian italian border and in september took part in a panel discussion in the city of linz talking about the generation gap in music..(is there one?).. at the lovely kepler salon there.that was part of the ahoi pop week organised by the posthof in linz.
2012 was also a busy one with lots of concerts…. august saw the austrian debut of the wisconsin band bon iver at the arena open air… also we were promised jetpacks, the macabees, lesley feist, the manic street preachers, the lemonheads, snow patrol, sigur ros, mumford and sons and the kooks to name but a few………….. i did some gigs, appearances and of course voice overs and synchronisations. i even voiced a few teleshopping campaigns, which was a first for me. i don’t know if you’ve heard of the “amazing scarf” and the kitchen appliance the “chop chop” as well as the “magic whisk” …well i voiced them! …I’ve also done one for a”nice ice” making machine and a cup cake making appliance!!!
in june i’ll be in london for the concert of sixto rodriguez (a must see film documentary “searching for sugarman”) at the hammersmith appollo on the 8th june , last year i was in the uk four times and caught a glimpse of the olympics and the para olympics (great atmosphere) and we were at the closing olympic ceremony at hyde park where new order, the specials, bombay bycycle club and blur played the final gig. blur were brilliant. i now have the dvd of the concert, the cd recording and a special cd of their appearance at the 100 club in london. in 2013 they’ve been confirmed for hungary this summer!
I worked at viennas hofburg palace for “sea” the sustainable entrepeneurship awards , will open the museums quarter summer season this month and will be the moderator for two upcoming events later in the year. last year i was the moderator for the lapp (they are one of the biggest cable manufacturer in the world) company’s cup, the annual football and volleyball tournament in budapest…that was fun, the centrope day in burgenland was too and also the 2012 label awards sponsored by the paper company b&b…., the fm4 frequency festival is in august and at the end of may/the beginning of june i will be at global 2000’s annual festival, the tomorrow festival
last month i took my annual break and spend time in the north of england..liverpool , manchester and seeing friends and relatives from my home town of blackpool….i got tickets for the liverpool-swansea game at anfield and the gigs i’ve seen so far this year have been two door cinema club, crystal castles, mumford and sons, amy mc donald and conor oberst from bright eyes, jake bugg, the eels and the xx will be in vienna.
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 was 8 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. this year i’m booked for 4!! looking very much forward to it!
If you’d like me to give you a quote for yours, just e.mail me.
some of the happy (and still married!) couples;
karl and irene orthuber (14.7.2012) velden
werner (plastic planet) and myriam boote (29.6.2012) schloss hunyadi
iulli and michi hugh-bloch (9.6.21012) salzburg
harry and nina cuber (5.6.2012) regensburg. de
georg and karo wagner (1.6.2012) ansfelden
anton and anja 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)
evi and mark sponer (elixhausen)
jörg and judith wurm- pallamar (vienna)
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
“the hobbit” martin freeman
“silver linings playbook” oscar best actress
“argo” ben affleck
“skyfall” daniel craig.. best bond film for ages
“searching for sugar man” how a nobody (singer songwriter) became a superstar in south africa
..oscar winner as best documentary…
“les misérables”…. great!
“zero dark thirty” kathrin bigelows latest
“django unchained”..tarrantino.. need i say more?
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
“the royle family” life with a liverpool down to earth family!
“CDs
“the suburbs” arcade fire
“babel mumford and sons
“fm4 sunny side up 12
“fm4 sound selection 27
“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 5 & 6
“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!)
“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)
