Since my last post a few months ago, nothing's changed on the Key103 front, still loving my work there and it seems to be snowballing in the right direction!.. Indeed I've made a wee video of all the awesome stuff:
Third and final year at uni is upon me - so 5Live style radio shows and documentary projects await... I'm excited to get started with next semester's final project. We have free reign over a documentary project and can spend a whole semester producing it.
I'm currently in the throes of a doc about countryside village pubs, and how the twee, one-man-and-his-dog stereotype of the countryside is far from the case in this bustling community of pubs and locals, all fuelled by family-run nearby Brewery: Hook Norton.
I'm eager to hear the original songs created especially for the doc by a musician we're working with - as soon as they're written/recorded, that doc will be on it's way to air, and I'll be turning my gaze towards the final year doc.
Presenter gigs have been the object of my strife this past summer - demo'ing left-right-centre and working on feedback to try and land a show. Well right at the end of the summer, I managed to get one, then another!
Firstly the exciting opportunity to present Saturday afternoon's on Wire FM - part of the UTV group. A good few hours of airtime each week to have a bit of banter, tell some stories and play some music. Thrilled to bits with that - I feel like an excitable terrier.
And within a few days of the news of Wire - a show I'd applied for called The SRA Selector got back in touch to tell me I'd been successful with that!
Wee bit of background - The Selector is produced for the British Council - by top London production company Folded Wing - to showcase the best British new music across the world. The show broadcasts in 39 countries globally and reaches an audience of 4 million people! I've now got a chance - along with 5 other people - to broadcast the SRA Selector on my student radio station, which is Shock Radio. A chance to chat about my favourite subject each week - new music. First show's on Wednesday. I'm excited.
I went down to a training day at Folded Wing, which was awesome: masterclasses and tutorials about the show and presenting new music radio. As if that wasn't good enough, we all went for a few beers in the evening and sampled the local ales. Managed to get a few people keen on Strava - a cycling app that maps your routes and shows how well you compared against other cyclists! And in return I have come away with an app called Untappd - a social network for beer drinkers!
The new chapter begins with lots of exciting projects on the blend, and many more to come!
I went down to a training day at Folded Wing, which was awesome: masterclasses and tutorials about the show and presenting new music radio. As if that wasn't good enough, we all went for a few beers in the evening and sampled the local ales. Managed to get a few people keen on Strava - a cycling app that maps your routes and shows how well you compared against other cyclists! And in return I have come away with an app called Untappd - a social network for beer drinkers!
The new chapter begins with lots of exciting projects on the blend, and many more to come!
