Grantham Music extravaganza Bank Holiday weekend !!!! | DanielMarshallAdventures

The last month I have started going out to see the local music events in Grantham.
I have to say that this bank holiday weekend which started on the 26th may 2017 saw so many artists and to me was the best bank Holiday weekend ever.

First off is someone who is so amazing that I have seen him not once but 3 times in just over a week.
Which is CJ Hatt, i did a blog post about seeing him at Castle Gate Grantham, the weekend before, which Grantham Matters Mentioned it.
Its funny how cross promoting works that, my Blog post was about the night and promoting not only the business but the performer, which then Grantham Matters promoted it more (:

CJ Hatt, put on his Facebook that we was going to be out in Grantham, in the streets Performing, over a few days.
So on Friday 26th May 2017 i went out with my camera to meet him, and capture his awesomeness.
I left at the right time as i got to have a nice long chat with him, it was the first time i had talked to a artist and it felt a once in a lifetime thing so i made the most of it.



It was a hot day, and i stayed for about a hour making sure to get a lot of photography as well as capture the videos, which you can see all the links to them at the end of this post.

I really enjoyed listing to his music, and at one point he did a great guitar solo, which he ended up hurting himself a slight bit but he just enjoyed playing that much (:

Although i enjoyed every song he played, i have to say that he smashes the tenacious d songs.

he reminds me a little of Jack Black, and remembering how  good the film school of rock was.

After putting up the photography and videos, CJ Hatt mentioned me and helped share the video which is nice when you can connect with a artist help them and they help you.

Moving onto Later that evening was a band called Loose Change who were playing at the Nobody Inn In Grantham.




I stayed around half a hour, due to again it being to hot, plus my depression started to kick in and i did not feel great.


A different style of music and atmosphere was played by them, and i enjoyed the music again, I got some more photography, and a video still to sort out, of them performing.
The venue is next to the amazing Hunters Bar which is a pool, snooker and much more business.
Has the best drinks, and cheesy chips in the world hehe (:

Onto Saturday which was a really busy day for seeing artists.
At the Railway Club in Grantham Lou Dean was playing, I did not attend this so if anyone who has been captured any of the playing, please contact me on Facebook, and i will add extra details in.
Same for Oak who played at The Kings Arms.

The event i Did go to was packed with musical talent.
This Inc Misty Miller, Matt Grocott, Spud,Katie Lyle, Rupert Tyreer.
I got talking to Trevor who runs The Grantham Live Music Scene.
He Helps put on the events, tells people what events are going off and even takes photography.
Here are a few of his images.


This was the first event i managed to stayed to the end, and i am glad i did as the music was so powerful, and mesmerising, Misty Miller, and Katie has voices that you could just drift off to, and relax, such talent, and amazing singers.


Spud was like a comedy singer, and i really enjoyed his style, chanted with him, and he got the crowds going,
Below you can see my Images i took, I also got footage of many of the acts, which i am still going through, so keep getting this blog and my social media for updates !!!

I think that night was one of the best nights of a good range of musicians, every single one i can see going far in life, it was not to busy, but not to quiet in the pub either which meant i could enjoy the night better.

So Onto Sundays Musical Entertainment !!!
I Did not get chance to see Not Quite Geoff, who was playing at the sir Isacc Newton Pub,
The system who was at the Royal queen or even The Random who played at the white lion, due to editing photography and videos most of the day.
I did save myself to walk a long way to see Mr CJ Hatt once again who i did not think i would ever get to see again.
This time he played at the Recruiting Sergeant which was at Great gonerby.



I got there with plenty of time to spare, But at i entered i was over whelmed to see it was so packed already.
CJ was setting up and had a talk to him, about some things, mentioning how bright the led lights were, and finding myself the perfect stop to sit.
I noticed lots and lots of food being brought out, from sausage rolls, slices of pizza, chicken nuggets, sandwiches and so much more food.
I said to CJ i wonder who has ordered the food, it turned out the venue had put on a free Buffet.
I had no idea about this, and decided to get a few bits, which the quality of the food was OMG so tasty.
within 15mins, It all has nearly gone !!!!
CJ played some different songs to which he had played in town which was good to hear what else he played.
I got myself a Big glass of Lemonade which was cheap, and was nice and cold, since again it was really warm weather.
CJ Played a cover From Busted which was the year 3000, and i have to say he was freaking awesome.
His voice is so pure, and has one of the best singing voices in my opinion in the world.

He spoke about going to the Festival too, and Playing At Glastonbury this year !!!
So i not only got the chance to spoke to CJ on more then one occasion, listen to his music, but meet someone who is going to be famous !!! hehe (:

I also got some news that make me enjoy the night even more, one person said to CJ that they had seen my post from Grantham Matters about him.
Another person thought i worked for a magazine, which i got to know the person talked about my history off Photography and videos and how i like to help my local community.

Towards the end it got really busy, with people dancing around, which meant i could not capture anymore photography or videos but decided to stay around for a bit longer to just live in the moment and enjoy the music.
I stayed for about 3 hours but due to it getting really packed i decided to leave as although i was enjoying myself i still have not got used to being around so many people.

So that was it for the Bank Holiday music wise.
I am setting myself up for the next event i am going to which is... CJ of course hehe cant get enough of him, he plays in Grantham again This Friday which is the 2nd June 2017, he will be playing at the Royal Queen Pub.
Looking forward to getting to know him even more (:

I am just glad that with my photography, videos and even these blogs i can help out a little by helping promote the Musical Talent In Grantham.
A few people inc CJ was talking about how there needs to be more venues In Grantham to play live music, and that some of the best pubs that had live music have now gone.

I have to say that the last few weeks had been so busy with musicians in Grantham and i hope it keeps growing !!!

Please check out all the photography and videos of the Performances below and thank you for reading


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The Never Giving up person inside, the will of fire | DanielMarshallAdventures

This is possibly going to be the heart and soul of my life put into this blog and the longest blog ever.
I will try to not recap, a lot of what i have already mentioned about my life.
If i do mention stuff its extending on what has been said.

I mentioned in my last blog that i dont care how people think of me in life, and that is true i am sick of hiding away i am sick of pretending that things are ok, and i am sick of not being able to be myself because i have connected myself so much with what i do and branding.

I decided a short while a go to put myself on full show, a lot of people do not tell or show their private life, but i do because i would not want it any other way.

All my life i was laughed at looked down on, Because i have problems, because i dont fit into the society we live in.
I remember hanging out with so called friends at school and even in the first few months of college in Nottingham.
I was told in order to look the part, to be accepted and to get lots of girls, and yes that was there words, i needed to change my clothes, i needed to start wearing jeans.
Granted i were jeans now and then now, but back then and its still how i think today, i hated wearing them.
I wore the clothes that made me feel comfortable, not because they might make me pick up some girls, or improve my life, i dont go with fashion because i dont believe in it.
I look at the world and i think its sad that so many people spend hours wondering what to wear, letting models, fashion designers, people who are famous control there lives, without even having to say a word to them.
most of the smart clothes i have was gifted to me and i only wear them for a special occasion, which is again to look the part, as although i dont like fashion take over me, its drilled into everyones head, and that for me if i am going out for a meal etc i must look the part.

For the most part, i couldnt care less if i looked like a mess, if i am happy with how it feels then thats me sorted.

all my so called friends ever cared about was trying to change me, and make fun of me,
Some of them i finally got the courage not in person but over msn when it was a thing back then, to tell them to basically go away, and told them i was sick of how they treated me.
What did i get for this, a printed picture of me with nasty words, stuck to the front door of the house.

with everything in my life going off this did not help and it put me in my own bubble where i would not show who i am, because how would i know people would not look down at me and use me again.

all my life until the last year i have always had to look up to someone because i was never understood and never listened to, if i lost a job, i was talked down like a kid, being told off, instead of understanding why i did and even though i was doing everything i could to get one, it just was not good enough for them.

My younger life was stuck in my bedroom all day playing video games, and when i tried to bond with my dad over them, i was yelled out for being stupid.
Put the same game on by myself upstairs eg, a racing game i would be doing great, put it on downstairs with my dad and every time i crashed, my dad would be like are you stupid cant you see the car infront of you, which then caused me to worry and stress and not focus crashing more and the cycle goes on.

If i ever did anything wrong at school, which we all have so dont you shake your heads saying you was a perfect kid lol.

I would come home to be yelled out, i would say 90 percent of getting detentions was because of how the atomsphere was at home.

I hated going home, and would often just kick a football around or hang out with so called friend even if they made fun of me it was still better then being home.

After moving out from my dad to live with just my mum things got better and worse.
I went to college to study music Technology passed the first diploma but just hated doing the national, it was not what i expected it to be, it was to hard and i was not enjoying it, so i failed the course.

I managed to find myself a Gf, got kicked out from living with my mum, over saying i could not pay the board this week, due to already paying for my own internet, phone, a bit towards food, and of course money to see my gf, i was only on job seekers for a single person which back then 6 years a go was less.

She took it the ultra wrong way, and deiced since i said only once that i could not pay, to kick me out.
I was left homeless with hardly any money, Travelling back and forth from Nottingham to Grantham to sort something out, which eventually i got a few shared houses for 8 months and then decided to move to Grantham.
At the time, i was in the shared house, i was really struggling as i was not used to living on my own and coping for myself,
My Gf could only see me at the weekends, which if it was not for seeing her i dont know what i would of done.

I was taught a lot of basic things when i was at home like cooking etc, but because i know have fount out i suffer from a form of dysprixa it meant and means to this day i struggle with the simple things.
like cooking, tieing, even doing stretches.
I know what i am doing i arent dumb but my body does it differently to what i know how to do.

so of course i struggled a lot, and when i moved to be with my partner i did depend on her a lot.
when i moved to Grantham, i had no idea what i wanted to do in life, the main focus was to get a job so i could help with buying shopping, etc as we was together and i needed to pull my own weight.

The first few months we lived together i was not a nice person, i was snappy i hated spending a lot of time together.
I think because all my life i used to just shut myself away i got used to the idea of my own zone my own free time.
over the time we was together that changed, and loved spending so much time with her, that it has the opposite effort  and now i look back i do know i was to needy.
I stopped doing most forms of physical active, i struggled to walk for even a hour, to say when i was in Nottingham, i did 3-4 sports 3-4 hours a day.

We broke up after being together for nearly 5 years, because of my own stupid actions.
so i was back to being on my own but this time, not even having friends, family or anyone to be there for me.
The first 6 months was like hell, and i really did not want to live.
From august, it was like a glow inside me just woke up and suddenly i knew what i wanted in life, and that i wanted to change as person.

I worked on getting fitter first, managing my food, so that it made me less ill and i had more strength to get on with the day.

Since then my will power has kept me going through the bad times, the reason why i do so much, from photography, videos, blogging, music, marketing, sports etc.
is so my mind does not go back to where it was.
The reason why i try to help out so much in my local community, it because people have helped me so much, its because Grantham to be is a place which is just right for me.
Shops within walking distance, the best pool place in town which is hunters bar of course, the amazing tennis club, the feel good fitness gym, and many other reasons why i love Grantham so much.
Ok, ok its not big and the town does need a lot of work, but we have the community spirit,  and its the wonderful people of Grantham that make me feel better and its why i stay in Grantham.

I still do struggle a lot in life, and just because i do so much stuff, does not mean i am ok.

I only have the drive to do these things because its what i love doing, and ever since switching the idea off, of running my own business it makes it so much easier and more enjoyable to still set out what i wanted to do but as a hobby instead.

To be honest most of what i do is internet based, and can be the most frustrating part.
I love my computer, my camera etc because its talent, its what i am good at.
I honestly dont think some people know how much time and effort photography and videos take.
Not to mention for myself i dont have proper internet due to being in support housing, and the company who owns the places cant allow you to have internet fitted.
So even 1 photo i edit takes up 20mb of mobile data which i use to my computer in order to use the internet, and that of course costs just as much as having proper internet, where you dont have to worry many photos your uploading, or how many videos your posting.
For me i have to use public wifi which sometimes costs in the from of a drink just to use it.

so some days i am sat in a pub etc 1-2 times a day.
In fact internet is a strong talked about subject in supported housing.
The people who live in them inc myself say even if its 5 pounds per week etc we should be allowed it.
Although it may cause problems like deperession to get worse, not leaving the house, in orders even watching a tv show, etc helps them get through the day.
I know myself without the internet to be able to help the community and then relax and watch stuff i would not be able to cope.

I used to have the almost perfect life, until i let it slide away, but in doing so i opened up to who i was i started discovering who i was.
I started being able to be myself, and learned to cope better by myself.
i went from not being able to hardly walk, to going on long adventures to take photography,
i went back to playing sports i love when i was at school.
I aimed to keep driving forward, pushing myself harder and harder, to achieve great things.
Not for anybody, but for myself knowing that, i have self belief, i dont know to here how well i have done or rubbish i have done from my parents because i dont talk to them.

I look up to a lot of people in Grantham that really helps push me and motivate me even more.
The other day in the running club, i had a different run leader, i was sad, and the first session i lost all motivation, as well as a few other people who could not turn up to the session.
The next session, was pretty much in the same but this time in blazing heat.
You know what i managed to do almost as good, so what changed?
well i got talking to the run leader more,
he would fall back to the back of the group to make sure others were ok, then run to the front, and everytime he did that i got more and more strength, just seeing him, run fast, in front of me made me want to be just as good.
Good thoughts can only lead to better things and that is what happends when running, i was down and depleted but just thinking if he can do i can, suddenly it was like i was back to full power.

That is what i do in life, i look up to people which drives my confidence, weather thats in making music, writing blogs or doing sports, its the community online and offline that keeps me going.
without that i would let my own thoughts take over and i would be depressed all the time, not wanting to leave my room or do anything.

I have lots of good days and lots of bad, i have days where, i crawl downstairs after hours of beening hungry, saying to myself, get up and put something on and i have no strength to move my body.

One of the things i find even harder at the moment with all the physical sport i do is cooking even more.
I moved a few months a go, and i have about 4 flights of stairs to go up and down.
That may not sound so bad, but if you have done 4 hours of tennis or even a hour of intense running, your body just shuts down.
I hate having shop brought things, but that seems to be all i have most of the time.
Reason being is you cant carry everything you need to make a meal, all in one go,
so if i am cooking a meal where i need meat, veg, gravy, butter, etc i need to make more then one trip.
For me in life, no matter how much i have been told, i have always been the same, its either full effort or no effort.
With my drive to do bettter and better with the running and tennis becomes the the higher risk of doing damage to myself.
I already had my first well i wouldnt say major but it was to me a major leg pain,
where standing on my leg, hurt, i had to miss 2 weeks or running and tennis because of it.
I come home most days, my legs hurting so much i want to cry.
Why do i put myself through all that?
I just love being active and playing sports, the more i love something the harder i try.
so most days, i cant even move afterwards let alone go down to cook.

I think the hardest part of my day to day life, is not having someone there to help, its ok getting someone to show you how to do something or even help you once.
However i can admit i am useless at most simple things.

My brain is only ever good at 2 things, being creative and playing sports lol

Again i am not trying to crave attention merely wanting to let people know that mental health is not a great thing, and that i may seem happy, and helping out a lot but when i am by myself, i feel empty.

I dont wake up thinking today is going to be good, or even plan what i am going to do because i know it might not go like that.
I wake up i see if i can move if i can i get something to eat, i decide what i am going to do, do it and then see where the rest of the day goes.

My depression can even hit when i am really happy, so i know if i was to plan to do things, i would only feel more depressed.

I also often feel, like i am living in a circle and having a mid life crisis where, even doing all i do is not enough things to do, or even days where i am sick of doing the same things everyday,
I am a explorer but when you have hardly any money, there is only so much you can do and so much you can explore.

Honestly i love writing, it feels like the real me, when i do, and i could go on and moan forever about things but for now i think i have managed to go into a little more detail and hope i havent repeated myself to many times.
To loads who have read this blog, think what you want of me good or bad, i gave up trying to act how people want me to a long time a go, i am happy being me and the people who dont like me well, just keeping doing that, you may drag me down for a small time but i have proven time and time again that i can bounce back 100 times stronger every time !!!!
Life is always a self discovery, and nothing should ever stop you from doing that, if your with someone then you learn to work around things and you never give up your dreams, hobbies etc for anyone,
you just learn to support each other, and you will find your much stronger in doing that (:

Thank you for reading (:












 

Not being able to talk to people & Be around others | DanielMarshallAdventures

Before i even start on the topic of the blog post i need to clarify a few things.
Whenever i write this posts they are from the heart, i write because i like to express myself, its that simple.
call me silly but i like just sticking my headphones on, listing to music, and letting my thoughts take over, its a way to get out how i really feel.
The stuff that eats inside me, the things i am scared to talk about in person but find easier expressing in the form of writing.
I started Blogging for a way to get my thoughts across, help my local community and i place i can just be myself.
That means you get to know the bad, the good, the complaining  side of me lol.
I once was told by many people that when i was starting up my business i needed to be a business person.
That meant no vlogs where i took about myself, like the past, if i had anything worrying me.
I was told not to write any blogs that would also do the same to my business image.
I started to take that advice, but after a while of not enjoying what i was doing, getting more stresssed and making my depression worse i decided for a long while that i do not want to run a business.
Even if i decided to many years down the line, i want to be able to still be myself.
Still able to express myself like i do in these blogs, because i tried to live 2 different lives, the business me and well me. all it did was made me feel worse inside.
I couldnt care less what a lot of people think of me.
why are you writing this blog then??
like i said its a way of expressing myself, letting people know how i feel about things.
if it reaches just one person who understands then its all worth it.
When i decided to start helping my community, i decide i had enough of putting my barriers up.
A lot of people are scared to advertise their true selfs.
Weather thats due to judgement, being calls names, or the fact that when you walk in town people will laugh at you, will tell their friends about you and laugh, tell you to stay away from you and even give you funny looks.
I say let them, if you can not be yourself, dress how you want to, eat how you want to, enjoy what you enjoy, without being told its silly, its to childish etc, then you are not living life how you want, letting others choose for you, and i would rather people hate me, then ever lie who i was.
I have gotten this far in life, discovering myself, trying new things, slowly coming out of my comfort zone because, i try not to ingore what people think of me.
I just get my head in the zone weather thats playing tennis, running, photography and i enjoy what i do, and if it can help others then i will keep doing it, but also because it makes me happy.

So what i am about to say, is not to get the aww, not to be attention seeking, even though i know a lot of you will be saying at the end of this oh yeah you was just seeking it.
what i am about to say, is something only a few people understand and lots just to laugh because they do not have to go through it.
what i am about to say could mean i lose all the respect from my local community i have bulit but again i would rather be the laughing stock of the town then, the thought to keep haunting me, and not being able to get it out.
From the title of this blog is the main reason i am writing it, because even though i have opened up, and talked to people more, i find it hard to talk about certain things to peoples faces.
This is why blogging in a way was created to help people, who want to talk to others without the need of seeing that person.

So after all that long intro, i will explain my thoughts.

I wrote a blog post recently about my perfect life, and in that i explained a little about talking to people.

I have not had the best of childhoods, parents who hurt  each other, which cause the start of my depression from a very young age.
which cause me to have body problems which i wont go into, lets just say i got laughed at and picked on so much because of it.
in the last 5 years i have not had any body problems because i finally fount out, that after all the horrible meds i had to take, it was only stress that was causing it.
Going back to the stages of growing up, i never made friends because i was picked on, which then caused me to have bad aniexty.

I was never listened to much, or understood and i could not help with problems either.
I still suffer with problems today due to my past.
I have talked about my past and let it go, which no longer bothers me.
However because the pain of what i had to go through from a kid, till i was about 20, is so deep rooted.
its now caused me to have the problems still, i have learned to better cope but i still do struggle.

Which leads me into talking to people.
Although i get scared, and feel worried, when i am in business frame of mind, so taking photography, networking with people, all my problems go away and i feel, i wouldnt say very confident but i feel confident enough, to say i, asked 2 times in 2 different situations to deliver a pitch about my business.
I asked if i could make a speech, about being part of the feeling good project at tennis.
So why does my brain think its ok to suddenly shut off, when i am just doing day to day things.
Why do i get awakened making a conversation, at the gym, when i am around a friends house, having a drink with a friend etc.
I only made friends at the gym, by asking online, i only made friends in my area but helping the local community, being the business side of me.
Yet if i didnt even go down the route of wanting to own a business, i would not be where i am today.
I would not have friends, and i would not know how to make friends.
A lot of people say, oh if your in a pub, watching a match, comment about the team and getting talking with someone whos also watching, thats not me i would just sit there and watch the game.
People say that talking to someone whos doing the same thing etc is a great way to try and make friends.
Sadly i have known for a very long time that the only time i feel confident to talk about things is online.
I can be who i want without fear of judgement, i can speak my mind without being shy, being that person who sits in the corner keeping himself to himself,
which is what i do in real life.
i feel confident online because there is no face to face interaction.

Which leads me onto a topic that men and women will have many different views about,
Again i like to say that i am not trying to sell myself, trying to play the pity card etc.

From the moment from being a teenager when you start thinking about the female gender to getting my first girlfriend, to even to this day, I am hopeless with women.
well i would say to start with, I have always been shy but around women, i feel silly, let me explain what i mean by that.

so i am sat watching a match in a pub, or sitting with a group of people for whatever reason it is  for example, which by the way all these example is what happending to me as well.
There are women around me, suddenly i start to feel tight chested, i start to feel shy, i start to feel like i should move or leave.
i start to think they are looking at me with funny looks even though 9 out of 10 they probs are not.

If a women sits next to me, the intensive level of it all goes up by not just one level but many.
if i am walking in a pub and a women wants to get past, my body goes funny, even though i move out of the way at the same time it feel like i can not move.

By now this is where a lot of men would say to man the hell up, and women are probs laughing, and to be honest like i said i mentioned before i dont really care, i am me and i will not change (:

The feeling is at the peak when i am at the gym, this is where the funny looks will start if anyone in the gym ends up reading this lol.

Here is a example of a gym session i had today.
I was with my friend, working out, he said, the next thing we are going to do is some sit ups.
2 women was behind us, working out, again women and men have different views on this.
with me helping out the community the last thing i wanna do is lose respect but here goes.
Its hard to focus on what your doing, you dont know why to look, i often find myself looking like a idiot, looking at the floor or turning my back or even looking at nothing just so i am not looking at women.
my stupid head also worrys that i, am the one being looked at weather thats in a good way or bad.

Going to be blunt here, when you got a gym for both genders in a way you do need to show respect,
some men look at womens, body parts and other dont.
I just look at the roof or the floor when i am working out.
That said its a little hard to when your stuggling to do a stretch etc, and told to look in the mirror to see how to position yourself and in the mirror you end up seeing the women moving about.

I also get worried that if i can not do something and end up looking silly that they are laughing at me when in reatitly, a lot of people at the gym, do not care and are just wanting to work out.
I know that and have even just said it, but will my brain learn and do that nope.

In a world where, some women like men looking, where some women, get worried, scared etc about it, in a world where some men dont care if they look and may say to the others who dont , stop being a whimp, its so hard to be yourself around others.

weather its playing sports, running, gym, or even walking in town, i try my best to keep myself to myself.
i avoid people, i look stupid, and i have never been able to change that about myself.

I have talked to guys about how do you start talking to a women, they say just go over and say hello.
ask how they are doing, or take notice in what they are doing and talk about it.
nope thats not me, i am the one who chooses to avoid it and just get on with the day.

its annoying and very frustrating for myself because i dont want to seem like a creep, i dont want to keep hiding, i hate the fact that i am that way around women.

I just want to be able to be confident, not over confident, just enough to start a convo.
it even takes me a while after getting to know someone to feel i can be myself.

Even going on a pub crawl, with my friend which i did not like the sound off, but wanted to do it,
it was not until i was drunk, and not really knowing what i was doing did i let my hair down and just starting dancing.
I dance all the time at home, when no one can see, i love music so much, but if i am not drunk, that part of me does not even come out in the real world.
Even going to gigs in my local town i have just wanted to dance with the music, but i was scared what people may think.

So overall, i know its all my own fault, i live a sheltered life, because i can not learn to just be myself.
I want to be able to talk to women, even for just being friends,
at the moment even though i would love to find someone to be with, i know i can never do that until i learn to talk to the female gender in the real world.
That said i dont let it take over my life, i am happy, with what i am doing, living each day as it comes, slowly trying new things,  but just enjoying the things i have always wanted to do, and putting my heart and soul into them.

so yeah now that i have written this i may have ruined my social image, people may think of me different but, let them, i am find in my own bubble, i am a nerd and proud to be one.
I pity the people that spend hours, trying to be someone they are not, to have a image, to have a social image, sure they may have the perfect life, and have loads of friends but i bet its exuasting to keep it up.
For me, if i try for myself and no one else, then people will understand me better, i wont have to try to be all that, simple is all that i want (:

I leave you with some advice, the next time you pick on someone, or laugh at them, think was i ever in that position, is your fame, and so called friends, worth the image your trying to be.
do you really think looking down on someone will really fill the void of a simple boring mintute in your life, where you could of been doing something worth while?

i only say this because, there is so much judgement, hate and others bad things in this world that if people just learned to accept us other for who they are, then well, things would be nicer.
i know we dont live in a world like that but every little helps i suppose (:

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The amazing CJ Hatt Playing at Grantham Castle Gate 20-05-17 | DanielMarshallAdventures

As i mentioned in other posts i like to help promote businesses and bands and anything really in the local community.
Yesterday i had the chance to listen and see this wonderful man known as CJ Hatt play at castle Gate In Grantham

Since the first time i went to castle gate to see under the covers play i have been slowly coming out of my shell, and being able to go to more places.

I love music with a passion and i have to listen to something everyday, even while writing i find music makes me more in the zone.

You will see throughout this blog, photos taken by the wonderful Trevor Bunn, !!!
Who run the Grantham Live music Scene, from taking photos, to setting up events, and much more.




I had the pleasure of meeting him, at one of the music events at castle gate a few weeks a go,
got chatting, and would like to keep getting to know him.
I love networking with people and helping out.
The other week i brought my camera when, driven was playing along with other bands, i enjoyed the music, the experience and coming away with some great stuff to edit.

I was gutted that when i went last night to see this talented guy i did not take my camera.
I feared that it would be to crowed and a photographers fear is something happening to the camera.
Its also hard for a photographer as well because you want to capture the amazing moments but at the same time, not have to worry about bringing the camera gear, editing the photos and just living in the moment and enjoying the night.




So thats what i did, i enjoyed the moment from the moment he picked up his guitar and heard his powerful, and talented voice.

It was nice to hear something different as, the other bands i went to see was a lot heavier music, also when you get just one person but with a powerful talent its a whole different atmosphere and experience.

As i always do i focus on listening to the music, tapping in beat, because i have been creating music for years, your brain just get used to the sounds.

I noticed some reverb added to his voice which has a awesome effect, nothing was pre recorded it was all live.

The thing that i love the most about the night, was the raw energy he put into his set, no matter the place, the venue a true talented artist puts his soul into every gig, and he really did.

He played some tenacious d songs and he needs to be on the voice, x factor and other places.
He announced something that really put a smile on my face and shocked me that i was listing to someone who was going to get even more famous because he will be playing at Glastonbury next month !!!!!!!

He even joked saying he wished he could have just played  tenacious d  songs all night, i would of loved that lol,
Every band brings something new to castle gate and to Grantham so when i say this next thing, it does not mean i dont like the other bands because i have loved every band i have seen so far.
I truly think CJ Hatt was the best performer In Grantham so far !!!!

At times i wanted to rush home to get my camera because he has lights shine around him, and the effect would of looked stunning, well you can see that from the pictures from Trevor anyway (:



I was gutted to start with, because the pub was quiet, not many people were there, but as 10pm struck, the pub was packed, and people was really getting in the mood and loving his songs.

I had to leave another event early this time due to not feeling great due to a cold that i had decided to run at park run, which was good but then made me feel worse lol. nevermind.
I also left because, i still have not got used to being around so many people.
The problem is i love being at the best spot which is at the front, weather i am listing to the music, or taking photos i just like the atmosphere being that close to the people of the bands.

As soon as it gets busy i leave, i just cant take it, and i need to learn because i probs missed out on a even better second half then the first.

I know that you cant get the full experience and idea of how amazing CJ Hatt was by reading a blog,
but i felt i needed to at least try, because i really want to support this guy, and i want to help if i can keep allowing people to know what goes off in the music scene.
I want more and more bands to come to Grantham and its been so good that the bands i have seen i have not had to pay for.
Grantham maybe small, but we have great businesses, great community, and great people !!!!!



So thank you CJ, for coming to Grantham, and making it a night of my life, playing the best music i have ever heard in a long while.
Listing to live music full stop is so much better then on a laptop tv etc.
you get to live in the moment, meet the artist and have a great night out.

You can follow CJ Hatt on facebook and instagram, and if you are going to Glastonbury show him your love, record it, share it around, lets show this guy how great he is, and i hope he comes away from the event wanting to go on a tour hehe (:

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Making Leaps & Bounds, My Second Park run Experience at Grantham | DanielMarshallAdventures

So only the other day i wrote about The Grantham Running club and how i managed not once but twice reaching 5k in one week.

Well it has not even been a full week and i have now completed 5k 3 times with my second park run experience yesterday which was the 20-05-17

On Thursday i went from feeling super happy, to miserable, not being able to enjoy playing tennis, or keeping my mind off bad thoughts.
Friday was just as bad as not only did the weather decide it was going to rain heavy but i picked up a nasty cold.

I let the people who was also going to the park run that i will let them know if i was going.
around 8pm i was not feeling any better but i thought if i dont go all i will do is sit in bed all day, feel more miserable and depressed.

I got to the park run in the morning, not setting myself any high goals due to not feeling great, as long as i got around my time of just under 37mins, from my first ever park run i would be happy.

One of the leaders penny, who has been a amazing run leader had been telling me weeks a go in the sessions to learn to pace myself.

She was also doing the park run today, and i have to say i now am aiming for her time and she is so quick.

Recently i made friends with someone, who understands about mental health, and have been getting along great with, so we set off, at the same pace, so i could control my pace and also have someone to talk to (:

Halfway around the first lap i started to slightly increase my speed nothing stupid like i did the first time were i nearly collapsed starting the second lap.
this time even though it was hard because of my chest and cold, i tried to focus on my breathing, taking note of my pace.

On the running sessions of this week and in the park run i noticed that the talks of pacing finally kicked in when i notice how fast my legs are going and know when to go much slower.

I kept looking back on the first lap of the park run, to make sure my friend was ok, and i was not going to fast.

on the straight to start the second lap, i got in the zone and more and more increased my pace.
I did however have to stop for multiple times as i could hardly breath but this was only for a few seconds rather then nearly a minute from the first park run.
I was also not in as much pain as i was the first time.




Just ahead of me i saw another friend, who i knew matched my pace, so i cranked it up and ran towards him.

He told me he went off to fast at the start and was struggling so i tried the best i could to keep motivating him and running with him so we could finish the run Together.
there were times in the second lap we were both struggling, but without helping each other, it would have been so much harder, and i knew myself i would of gave in the towel.

Only a few turns were left, i was saying to him come on we can do this think about the cake you can enjoy hehe.

Another chap who i didnt know was alongside us also giving us the drive to keep going.
its amazing, that its all in your brain, that your body can take so much more.
That having the people cheer you on and push you suddenly gives you extra tank of speed.

the first time i did the park run when i saw the loop to the finish i thought i could run the whole thing, but you dont realize the loop is much bigger then you think.

So this time i waited till i was level with belton house which is half way and gave it everything.
i even managed to come across the line running, before sinking into the grass completely wiped out.

I was so happy as not only did i know i did so much better then last time but i managed to complete the course, running at the end instead of walking.

The last time i did the course i must have lost about 3 minutes just walking to the finish line.

after resting for 10mins, i felt great, happy, not even tired, not feeling upset, the only thing i felt was my cold getting worse... whoops (:





Me and a few runners went to get some breakfast, talking about the run, the running course as much more.
I went to order some chips but sadly had to get a chocolate cake instead, which turned out a good thing lol, because it was to soon to get chips.

I kept looking at my phone waiting for a text to come through so i could see my results.
so instead i waited till i got signal, signed into park run, and my face just lit up and i was over the moon.
to say it was only my second park run, to say i was battling with a cold, and to say that i left last time, so upset because i struggled so much, what a difference this time was, proving that i do not just improve but make leaps and bounds

Belton House parkrun results for event #70. Your time was 00:29:59.Congratulations on completing your 2nd parkrun and your 2nd at Belton House parkrun today. You finished in 152nd place and were the 115th male out of a field of 361 parkrunners and you came 6th in your age category SM25-29

even my friend who i was running with towards the end, got his Personal best,  and was only just behind me.It was so hot as well, but  at least it did not rain,  Even Suzie Sparkles From Gravity Fm, did her second park run. Park run is a amazing free event, that its great to see so many runners,enter and enjoy themselves, its hard but its a good challenge. I have to admit from going off road with the running club the past 2 sessions that i enjoy the challenge of the bumps, the terrain, getting the strength to run uphill. For some reason even though it hurts to start with i am better with the off road running, then on flat ground. The park run at belton is tricky for me because its mostly flat, with the odd little bump. The most hard part is seeing the course, as you enter a turn, a straight and think i can do this. a few minutes later it feels like a mirage, what seemed like a small straight feels much longer. That for me throws me off big time, when i am with the running club its different. Although your told where abouts your running and for how long, there is no visable course. your also in a much smaller group, and get to talk more with each other. Park run is a global thing that is free, and just shows how keen people are to get out there. Enjoy themselfs and take park in something that can really help with your mental health. Penny who is the run leader in the coach to 5k group, gets around 20mins in the park run. which is just so so fast, and i have now said to her watch out as i aim to beat that. I aim by my 10th park run, to be getting 24 mins, and by the end of 2017 to be near penny,s time. which will be hard as i know she will keep getting faster as well (: I want to thank the people of the park run who take their time out to set this up. i also want to say a big thank you to the amazing photographers who capture such High quality images, and manage to capture so much as well. As you have been seeing in this blog the images are from the park run, which i will leave the links at the end of the post. Another of my running friends took some pictures, and then put this on my photo lol To think where i was in fitness last year to where i am now, i just keep getting stronger. I will be looking forward to the last few weeks of the coach to 5k with the running club. and then carrying on with the club after. i thought i would have to be miss a session on Monday due to having my first tennis match. At Grantham tennis club, but its had to be cancelled and now the next match will be played, at the club on the 8th June, so i have to get a lot of practice in for that (: Thank you for reading Photography of the event https://www.flickr.com/photos/126222129@N05/sets/72157680998153643 My social links  https://www.facebook.com/dmpphotographyuk/   https://twitter.com/DanMediaP https://twitter.com/HLincolnshire https://twitter.com/DMPWORLDMUSIC https://twitter.com/DanielMVlogs https://www.instagram.com/dmpadventures/ http://dannytheexplorer.tumblr.com/ http://dmpuk.weebly.com/

  

Hitting my Target of running 5k with Grantham Running Club | DanielMarshallAdventures

This is my third  blog post on the amazing Grantham Running Club.
I am writing this because of the achievement i have come away with so far this week.
The picture above was taken at the end of the run Tonight which is 17-05-17
I did not even know till i got home and looked in the group that this was took lol, i was that tired and wet from the rain i just wanted to get home (:
One of the runners brought in some amazing treats, for us to try (:


 We had such a selection to choose from which inc Mocha Brownies,Gluten free Brownie with fruit and seed Peanut butter truffles 
Vegetarian Vegan Gluten-free
It has been raining  heavy all day,  i commented in the group that i was not going.
I have to admit just seeing the pictures did tempt me but also i had nothing better to do so i thought to heck with it and i am so happy i went .

This week i managed to run my first 5k, which was around 5.5k, as we had a barrel of laughs getting lost in the woods and having to run a loop extra to find the rest of our group.
we went off road, on very narrow paths, bumps, uphill and fast downhill slopes.

I came away tired and hurting, but so pleased and after todays run that smile got even bigger as despite the heavy rain i managed to run 5k yet again.

I have been told so many times, that i can do it i just have to pace myself.
I realized that after managing the 2 runs thats its all in my head.
since the start of the course i had not been able to pace myself, if i started getting pains and struggling to breath i had to either stop, or run like mad, for a min causing more harm to myself but managing to get further then i would have.This has been the case with most things in life, i either go full on or no effort at all.
If it was not for some of the run leaders, telling me off in a joke way and controlling my pace, i would not be able to even manage to complete 5k.

Sometimes in life i just need that little push, of confidence, that little bit of control and then i settle and really do well.

Like with many others in the group we have already completed 5k  and thats with still  having about 4 weeks  left which is 8  sessions due to it being twice a week.

I think the idea is to get everyone to run 5k and then in the last few weeks start to increase the running speed.

with running between 5k and just over it means we are already running at a fast pace and the session normally being around 40mins,

I am super pleased with myself because of how much my life has changed in just under a year.

2016 as i mentioned in other blog posts was a bad year,
from January till june i had to suffer bad from my depression because i had to be put on a waiting list to even get help from the mental health service.
In those months i hardly ate, i hardly left my room, nearly everyday i would be crying for hours, going insane and at points did not want to live.

Due to my own actions 2016 was a bad year however it needed to be, because something happened at the end of July that started me on the right path and where my journey has lead me to this point in my life.
I started opening up about my mental health, i started to hit the gym and get stronger, i ate better, and slowly i was pushing back the depression and aniexty and starting to grow up and live my life.
in 2016 i had drive but it was not enough because i was not mentally nor physically fit.
I will always suffer from mental health issues but because i have built the community around me.
Its given me new found strength, its makes me happier and i have more drive to do well in life.

They say when you cant look back because of a massive moment in your life for worse or good, that you feel free, and that you can craft your own destiny.

I do think about the past a few times but i do not let it make me fall to pieces like it used to do.
I do not think of being in the past but how i can change as a person and grow my new life.
I am me at the end of the day and weather i talk about stuff that sometimes should not be said i would rather have a bad image then keep things bottled up.
The only thing i ever wish i could change it being able to talk to my ex as a friend, and things did not end the way they did.
I am happy she managed to move on and be with someone who can understand her better.
and that for myself the break up needed to happen so i could grow up, learn to cope by myself, learn new skills and find parts of me that i knew was there but was not confident enough to bring them out.
i can not change the past, and if i had the chance to i would not, things happen for a reason, and for nearly a year i could not understand this.
Life is a journey, that is all about discovering yourself  and until you are put into a situation where you have nothing and learn to build your life back up you start to notice little changes at first.
Like new foods you like, foods you hated put now love, finding skills you didnt know you had, and understanding why you have been put on this journey.

the past may think, or what rubbish, etc but until you have been down that road you can not even comprehend how it feels.
I have surround myself  with people who understand about mental health, i have made true friends that understand me, i have people who believe in me and are willing to help.

all my life i have never had friends, because people did not understand me, i was also in a bad place for many years , but now i have learnt to stand up for myself, i have learned to try in life, and keep pushing even through the bad times, and i feel happyier then i ever have in my life because i am proud that i have discover who i am, what i am good at, and what to aim for in life.

To end the day and this blog post on a happy and surprising note.
I got a email from Grantham Tennis Club, asking if i would like to be part of a team, to play matches.
In Mens Doubles,
these are more then just social matches at the club, this is being a part of a team and having a experience i have always dreamed of having.
so on Monday the 22th may 2017 i will be heading to Washingborough  to play my first ever team game  !!! 
the last 2 weeks have been a battle because, i had a minor leg issue which meant i had to miss a lot of tennis, and a few running sessions.
But i came back even better then before i had the issue.
what breaks us only makes us stronger and that is so true !!!!!!!!

I hope the rest of the year keeps going like this, i am also off to my next parkrun this weekend hoping to do much better then my first one and with only 4 weeks left of the running club, hoping that my leg pain does not come back (:

Thank you for reading.
if you have ever had a change in your life that has been hard but you like the new person you are now, feel free to explain what made you change.
if you apart of a running club, or a sports team i would like to know, and how will your doing !!

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How Helping Lincolnshire Started and where i want it to go !!! | DanielMarshallAdventures

In this Blog post i am going to be talking about where my journey started on helping the local community.

I wanted to start my own business creating video content for businesses, from showcasing products, to interviews and much more.

Sadly my depression got in the way a lot, and the more i focused on the business element the more i lost interest in the love of making the videos.

So Instead i still wanted to help my local community, bit by bit and instead of worrying about getting x amount of clients a week or i wont get paid.
I just started seeing what events were going off and capturing the moments.

as i was learning to make videos, i got in touch with the local food bank to create some videos
one of which was a tour around the food bank which you can see here

i was learning how to direct where people needed to be, how loud they needed to talk and then of course it the editing process.
I love editing but sometimes it can cause my depression to be worse due to the fact i want the video to turn out how i have it in my mind and sometimes spending hours learning about different techniques and them not working just makes you loose the love of what you do.
It was a experience, and my video quality was not amazing back then either but it was a learning curve a chance to help the community and network with people.

In September, I noticed, news about The Closure of Grantham A&E, I wanted to help out but was not sure how.
I decided i was going to March with everyone but at the same time capture it with photos and videos.
so that i could help spread the word more.
which you can see the video above



Around this time i was still learning photography, and as i helped out more with the Marches around Grantham, people really liked the photos i took.
I started connecting with the local campaigners and even had the chance to Film a election.

The most important part of what i do is not the photography or videos but the social media marketing.
Getting the content out there, in the right places, so that more people can be a part of helping out.

Its also about getting the message out there on what is happening to the local hospital but also what is happening to our NHS.

I went into 2017 feeling like a new person, wanting to help out even more, it was also learning more of whats going off in the world, and in a way growing up and becoming a adult.
I never took life serious, and although in some ways i am still the same person in others i am not.
I have more awareness, i have more self control, and i am learning to come out of my shell and connect with people.

Even though i am not running my business, i find it so much easier and better to do the videos and photography.
sometimes it can be stressful, to pump out the stuff i have been working on, quickly but just seeing everyone like and share my stuff is a awesome feeling.
Knowing that i am helping out as well, is its own reward i dont get paid to do what i do.
I love being able to capture everything, i dont do it for praise for money, i do it because i want to, i do it because i want to help lincolnshire grow.

Around this time, the tennis i was doing at Grantham Tennis Club was helping me so much that i wanted to help back, did a small bit of photography, and made some videos to help promote the feeling good project.
Then one day i had a idea that if i am starting to help businesses bit by bit that i need a platform to spread the word of any local business, any events, offers etc.
So Helping Lincolnshire Twitter was born.
Some people may think that using social media just to retweet stuff is boring and will not help.
In my eyes, if you get a good following going, and retweet events and things that business are posting, then the more times it gets out there the more people will know whats going off.

Social media is such a powerful tool that a lot of people dismiss or hate using.
For businesses its key and every business needs to not only use social media but on a frequent basis.

I do the same for my facebook page Dan Media Productions, i turned it from just my stuff to a mixture of advertising businesses and my own posts.
I could often post a lot of personal stuff on there like my blog posts.
Now a few people may say whats the point having everything on one page, it looks messy its unprofessional, you need to keep your private life and business life separate.
To some they may want that but for me its just not me, i tried to be 2 different people and have 2 different outlooks in life.
To be honest i am me, and i have only got this far in life but being open, and letting people know who i am business me and normal me.
People can know the bad side of me and the good side i am not bothered because i would rather be open and show that i care and want to help then be someone i am not !!! (:

I started to also branch out in my work to cover live events such as gigs.
In fact in my business plan was a goal to expand from just business videos to live events.
I know i dont have the best camera in the world for events.
That is why with everything else in my life i choose to do it as a hobby.
It makes me happy, its brought me more out of my shell then ever, and i have built a wonderful community around me.

So the next steps for helping Lincolnshire would be to cover some events in villages, places that dont get much attention.
keep improving my networking skills so once i have covered a event someone might approach me and say do you want to help out with this event.

I may not be smart, i may not know history, and sometimes not all together there but i accept who i am i accept that i love my computer to much, because without it i would not be able to help the way i do.

I may not be a social media marketing expert but i do know enough and have the time where businesses do not to help them grow.

My business did not start because i dont know a single thing how to run one its because of my mental health.
everything happends for a reason and without stepping down the idea of running my business i would not have had the amazing journey ive had and is still growing.

in just under a year i went from not knowing what i wanted to do in life and feeling whats the point in life, to being a new and open person full of life, happiness, caring and just wanting to be a part of something (:

So i wanted to say a big thank you to my local town of Grantham for helping me on this journey, and that i hope in time Lincolnshire can keep growing !!!

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