Monday 3 October 2016

Making the (Surrey) hills alive with the sound of music

Left to right: Dan Joyce, Rachael Summers, Amanda Neale, Georgia Lois and Phil
Having already been the main presenter of Brookland's Future Starz on Brooklands Radio, Amanda Neale was really excited about the chance to bring Junior Star Singer onto another Surrey based radio station.  She was joined by Rachael Summers again as her co-host and with special guest Georgia Lois who sang her wonderful track 'Choose' at the end of the show.  


Amanda, Rachael and Georgia made their way to Leatherhead again with a good cup of coffee for the early morning breakfast show.  



These early starts are proving to be a bit hard on the presenters but they love the buzz of the show anyway and are full steam ahead ready to greet contestants!!

Surrey Hills Radio station is based in Leatherhead Town Centre amongst a lovely array of swanky coffee shops and high street stores. Leatherhead is not a large town but quite a small, warm welcoming  one with a selection of shops, activities, and events that draw people from nearby towns and villages.  The town has some stunning countryside that surrounds the whole of leatherhead with well-marked paths and guided walking routes.  Surrey Hills Radio is a fun, exciting radio station that goes out onto the internet.   It is well known for receiving songs from unsigned artists who want to have their songs played on air and also supporting local musicians and vocalists.  The presenter Dan Joyce really welcomed Junior Star Singer as a national competition after interviewing Amanda on his live breakfast show.  Check out the interview here:

Contestants for JSS came from the Surrey Area to greet presenters at Surrey Hills Radio before 9am so well done folks!!!! 

We listened to entries from Helen Houlahan, performing 'Wings' by Birdy and T-J , performing 'Set fire to the rain' by Adele. Check out their performances here:







The Surrey Hills Radio show is the latest in our tour which is also helping to raise awareness of the Youth Music charity, which helps disadvantaged youngesters in the UK to realise their potential through music. If you'd like to donate to the charity, please text “TOUR11 £5” to 70070.

We are nearly close to finishing now for the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour 2016 so keep a look out on all the blogs for further information on who will get selected for the final.  Contestants will be invited to come down to a recording studio and sing to compete in the final.  They will have to sing a verse and chorus of a track written by the main presenter Amanda Neale.  Out of these finalists, one winner will be chosen and their track will be played across all 20 radio stations next year for the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour in 2017.  Rachael Summers will also be performing at the final.  Look out for the next show at West Side Radio in November and any further updates on our Junior Star Singer website.

Thanks to Dan Joyce and all the team for a very fun wacky show.  See you next time.

Good Luck contestants!!!!!!!!!!

XXX

Tuesday 9 August 2016

An exciting day at Surrey's Brooklands Radio

It was another exciting day for the Junior Star Singer production team on the UK radio tour, as they arrived on their latest stop at Brooklands Radio in the beautiful town of Weybridge in Surrey.  




Brooklands Radio also hosts Brooklands Future Starz, a show for young people to showcase their vocals which has been chocka with requests to have another series.  So we decided to also ask them to host the singing songwriting show Junior Star Singer Songwriter. 

Junior Star Singer Songwriter for Brooklands has gone out to applicants in the Surrey area who are interested in singing and songwriting as a combination.  Contestants will also be joining us at Surrey Hills radio station later in the year for this area.  We have asked contestants to come forward that show a flair and passion for songwriting, as well as great vocal ability.  So watch this space!!!  


Amanda Neale and her co-host Rachael Summers were joined by Graham Laycock, programme controller for Brooklands Radio.  They were excited to meet special guest Luke Richards who is just starting his demo with record producer Anthony Goldsborough.  Luke gave us an insight into what it is like in the day in the life of a songwriter, where some days he can churn out two songs with even the start of a third on its way! Amazingly, Luke has taught himself the guitar after writing his own songs from the time he was 10.  He is now looking forward to his first demo.  


Special guest, Luke Richards
The contestants for Brooklands Radio have been wonderful.  Listen to our our show here at how talented they are:

The contestants were Olivia Sutton, Farai Chiyambukira, and Telisha Tugwell Robertson.  Catch Olivia Sutton here, who showed great character in her performance at Brooklands Radio.  Olivia is determined she wants to go the whole way in her music career.  With a strong, soulful vocal she is a great contestant for Junior Star Singer and we wish her lots of luck as we do for all our contestants!


Look out for Rachael Summers tracks on her website www.rachaelsummersjss.com  Rachael will be co-hosting shows for Junior Star Singer up and down the country.  Just finishing her EP, she will be shooting her music video this coming September for her track 'Livin' the Dream', so listen out for further interviews on the radio tour.  Rachael has just supported Linda Muriel of 'Brand New Heavies' and 'Incognito' fame at the Piano Works in London for music show Brooke on the Street.  see www.brookeonthestreetjss.com

The Brooklands Radio show is the latest in our tour which is also helping to raise awareness of the Youth Music charity, which helps disadvantaged youngesters in the UK to realise their potential through music. If you'd like to donate to the charity, please text “TOUR11 £5” to 70070.

If you need any information on the Junior Star Singer Songwriter Radio Tour, please email us through the website Junior Star Singer - a singing talent competition for 10-16 year olds  The tour will be running again next year and applications are welcome now.  See you all soon !!!! XX