I’m Mary Anne Hobbs and this is my blog.. I post about things that fascinate me here.
Here’s a brief biography:
I host the Weekend Breakfast Show on BBC 6 Music broadcast Saturdays and Sundays, 7am – 10am.
I left school at 16 and went to work in an egg packing factory for the princely sum of £39 per week. At 18 I ran away to London and lived on a bus in a carpark for a year with a rock band called Heretic, and published my own fanzine Krush.
At 19 I was hired as a freelance writer for Sounds music paper, and promptly bought a ticket to Hollywood where I lived in a garden shed for a year writing about the dark underbelly of the West Coast rock scene. On my return to the UK NME invited me to work for them.
I’m probably best known for a multi-dimensional 14 year career at BBC Radio1.. the Breezeblock, the Rock Show and BBC Radio1 Experimental.
I was part of the original team that won a Licence for Xfm, and I returned in 2011 for a 14 month tenure, where I was nominated for ‘Best Specialist Show’ at the Sony and Arqiva Awards 2012, and made history by winning a Primetime platform for the underground electronic music I love.
I worked on sound design for Darren Aronofsky and Clint Mansell on their Oscar winning film ‘Black Swan’, and the soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy.
I’ve toured the world as a live DJ for the last 7 years, playing to my biggest crowd of 15,000 people at Sonar festival in Barcelona, one of the many international festivals at which I’ve also curated.
My 2012 TED Talk on ‘Passion’ is here:
I worked for the academic year of 2010/11 as Media Development Coordinator at Sheffield University, mentoring 700 students involved with the Student Union’s Forge Media, re-configuring their Radio, TV, Online and Press department.
I’ve also worked on a myriad of TV shows, including the global biker-culture series for the BBC ‘Mary Anne’s Bikes’.
I can ride any motorcycle you care to park in front of me.
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Hi Mary,
did you study sound design?
I’m a radio presenter, who also has a knack for sound design, but with no formal qualifications in the field.
no.. i’m self taught
Hi Mary! Love your site!
We are a Liverpool University based band called ‘The Loose Hearts’ and we have recently released our debut album ‘How We Are Now’
Here is a soundcloud link to it
https://soundcloud.com/the-loose-hearts/sets/the-loose-hearts-how-we-are
Would love to hear what you think of our music and we hope you enjoy listening to it
Here is the first track off the album, ‘Can’t You See’
https://soundcloud.com/the-loose-hearts/01-cant-you-see-mp3
Thank you and hope to hear from you soon
Luke
The Loose Hearts
Hi Ms. Hobbs…not sure how tasteless it is to do this, but as an emerging artist you tend to be a little shameless about promotion. I’m familiar with your show, and I really think you’d dig some of the tunes we just released.
http://musicbydor.bandcamp.com/
Electronica; lot’s of live drum and bass; very groove oriented; some ambient texture.
We just wanted to share them with you, and hope you enjoy them. If something grabs your attention, let us know.
Thanks for your time!
– John, Dor
just so cool, i have never meet anyone with so much passion,dont you look back now & tremble at the danger you took,what did your parents say when you went to london ?
mary anne, you are just lovely. im glad you reached your utopia. you’re a huge inspiration/ just thought you should “hear” it.
<3 samuel
oh and your voice is adorable too. never stop talking please