The video features 500GP winner Simon Crafar and shows him talking about his passion for riding and why riding should not be about electronics. It was directed by Banter's Liam Andrew Wright and produced by Seb Coleman-Celis with Adam Steel and Kris Taylor also on the crew.

The shoot was hard in blistering heat and with only three 1-hour slots to film, morning, lunch and evening we were hard pressed to get the footage we needed. However, it's these conditions that we thrive under and we planned and organised down to a tee so we got every shot we needed and went back to the UK with a happy crew and an ecstatic client! Then it was just the edit and boom! We has video! It was uploaded last Friday and we hoped that it would do well but the response has been phenomenal!

We'll be releasing the behind the scenes of the video later this month. So check back to our Youtube account and subscribe to keep updated. Stay tuned for more fast bike action coming soon.

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered at Banter Media!

We've only moved a few minutes down the road so we're still Manchester-based but now that we're based in a former pub we've got a lot more room to play with! We're currently in the process of renovating the whole place whilst balancing it with all the work that we've got on. Our main focus at the moment is getting the recording studio up and running ready for people to lay some phat tracks down in it!

Watch this space for future updates! But for now, here are a few piccies of what we've been doing at the new building over the past few months:

On 11TH DECEMBER 2011 - UFC Hall of Fame and Hollywood Star Randy Couture is coming to Manchester.

Banter Media and Takedown MMA, in association with HNL Media Group, present An afternoon with Randy ‘ The Natural’ Couture. He will be hosting his OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH & PARTY at Entourage, Manchester of his new book ‘The Last Round’.

Randy will be present for the Manchester leg of his worldwide book tour and running a Q & A seminar with guests. He will also sign all the copies which will be given out with every ticket sold. There will also be a photo opportunity and the chance to meet Randy personally.

Randy Couture is a retired American mixed martial artist actor. Couture is the first fighter to hold two UFC championship titles in two different divisions. He also starred in Hollywood smash The Expendables and is set to star in the sequel next year. The Last Round is the second autobiographical book by Randy Couture and follows on from ‘Becoming the Natural’ which was released in 2009.

The Last Round is available from all good retailers 18 December 2011.

The event will be held at Entourage- The Printworks, Manchester, M4 2BS. Doors open 12pm / Event 1pm-4pm.

Tickets are £45 and available via www.takedownmma.co.uk . VIP Tickets are available at £95.
Attendees will also receive a copy of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s book ‘Conversations’.

For more info on Takedown MMA visit www.takedownmma.co.uk
For more info on Banter Media visit www.bantermedia.com

For all press enquiries contact Paul Lloyd - paul@itsallpr.com - 07557 908 691

Thanks to the staff at Banter Media for all their hardwork above and beyond the call of duty and for getting a 6 month project completed in 6 weeks.