Bank Holidays & the single life
August is officially over tomorrow here in the UK! That means the first ever takeover month has come to an end. As it was a test run any comments are more than welcome below! Now enough of that nonsense and back to the music. Today here in the UK is a bank holiday, so naturally I have done nothing but watch tv and eat food (yay). Through watching so much tv today it occurred to me how much backing music effects the mood in television and films. The suspense and tension just builds with a good backing track and really shapes your emotions to fit into what you're viewing. A good example of this I found today is Made in Chelsea, a reality show aired on E4. I should probably explain I'm currently watching an episode of the LA series; LA looks amazing and beautiful I'd love to go. So, Made in Chelsea features tracks from the well known and the not so well known, with genres ranging from folk to soft rock. But each track is carefully selected to match t...