6 episodes
Paint your Headphones Ant McGinley
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Paint Your Headphones was an ambitious project to bring together up and coming actors, comedians, musicians and writers in a high fidelity format on what was very much a lofi platform. Pre facebook, pre-streaming services, the team approached comedians and bands directly to collaborate on a unique project that was unlike anything else available.
Only 4 were made and released for a brief period in 2005, then hosted on myspace for many years until the account fell dormant, these shows have been mostly forgotten until now. They are presented in their original format here for the first time. Each episode averaged 25 contributors, some who's names have been lost. Were you one of them?
Get in touch on twitter @listenincolour or paintyourheadphones@gmail.com
Art design by Dan Mellina-Cohen Copyright 2005. Variations by Ant McGinley
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Blue
A showcase of new comic talent, actors, and musicians. No host. No adverts. Only sounds.
Writers in this episode were Jim Salveson, Colin Lego, Rob Tofield, Russel Newlove, Will Blackwood, and Emile Nawagamuwa.
The voices included Colin Leggo, Rob Tofield, Ant McGinley, Matt Bazell, Chris Dunn, James Oxley, Melissa Lovett, Rebecca Shorrocks and Becky Warren.
Featuring tracks from the Venkman Heist, Earthquake featuring Zde, Megson, Kyro, Killer, Flowstate, Simon Baum, and No Standards. Incidental Music composed and performed by Russell Newlove.
All rights retained by the copyright holders within, each performer and their material appears with their kind and full permission as of 2005.
Blue was produced by Ant McGinley. Additional production from James Oxley, Liza Rotter, Rob Tofield and Colin Leggo -
Yellow
A showcase of new comic talent, actors, and musicians. No host. No adverts. Only sounds.
Writers in this episode were Jim Salveson, Colin Lego, Rob Tofield, Russel Newlove, Will Blackwood, and Emile Nawagamuwa.
The voices included Colin Leggo, Rob Tofield, Cleo Slyvestre, Ant McGinley, Ben Bazell, Tim Bazell, James Oxley, Rebecca Shorrocks, Moira Opazo and Nicola Elson.
Featuring tracks from Mobrown, Acer, The Fades, Opaque and James Carrington
Incidental Music composed and performed by Russell Newlove.
All rights retained by the copyright holders within, each performer and their material appears with their kind and full permission as of 2005.
Yellow was produced by James Oxley. Additional production from Ant McGinley, Rob Tofield and Colin Leggo.
Copyright Ant McGinley 2005 - 2020
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Red
Red features music from Franc Cinelli, Smooth Hound Sharks, Karn8, Lucid, and True Element & P2K. All performances appear with the express permission of the artists 2005.
Incidental Music composed and performed by Russell Newlove, and the episode was produced by Ant McGinley (Antman).
Writers in this episode were Jim Salveson, Colin Lego, Rob Tofield, Russel Newlove and Will Blackwood
The voices included Colin Leggo, Rob Tofield, Ant McGinley, Matt Bazell, Chris Dunn, James Oxley and Becky Warren -
Green (original unfinished)
So this is the last episode.
It was never finished... and the credits were lost unto a dodgy external hard drive...
What is here is from memory....
Obviously the website no longer exists but find out more @listenincolour -
Listen in Colour
There is no host. There are no adverts. There are only sounds. And swear words.
Paint Your Headphones was a showcase of new comic talent, actors, and musicians, using a Podcast to gain exposure at a time before facebook when UK radio opportunities were limited. Made throughout 2005 and 2006 it was only previously available on a handful of platforms including Myspace, it has finally been given a full release.
Written and produced by many, but mostly Ant McGinley, Jim Salveson, James Oxley, Matthew Bazell, Rob Tofield, Colin Leggo, Melissa Lovett, Becky Shorrocks and more.
Featuring the music of amazing unsigned musicians at the time including: Kai Motta, Venkman Heist, Lucid, No Standards.
All rights retained by the copyright holders within, each performer and their material appears with their kind and full permission as of 2005.
Copyright Ant McGinley 2005 - 2020 -
Touching Ball
Never before heard, this bonus episode was the mood board pitched to artists and contributors to explain the Paint Your Headphones Concept.
Featuring music from: Exit By Name - Keep My Distance, The Venkman Heist, Megson - Rose on the Thorn, Ben&Baum - Constant Reminder
Samples of David Beckham, Sven Goran Erickson, Bromwell High, Tony Blair,
Produced and edited by the Antman