hello people
sorry it has been a while since i have done a blog. I have been trying to aim for as much work experience as i possibly could get and now, i have finally had some. Not only has this helped me out and gave me a boost of confidence, it has given me things i can now actually say i have done. If many budding journalists read this then they will understand the painstaking agony you go through in trying to obtain this experience. I know from when i have turned work experience people away what goes through the employers head as i have often thought the exact same thing, which is I just don't have the time to go through and show you what you need to know. Now that i am looking for this experience my self i now regret thinking like that and in the future will not think that and try to help the people when they need it.
Anyway slightly off track, on Friday i was asked to review and interview 7 bands. To me this was a huge opportunity as i want to be a music journalist so i found this to be the a step in the right direction. one thing that i did find when i was researching the different bands were the lack of info that is around on new and upcoming bands. As this to me was a major issue i was starting to panic thinking i was unable to carry them out efficiently and more importantly to me professionally. After the sheer panic had started to fade I soon thought that as long as i had some basic background info on them i would be OK and then lead on the questions further with some of the answers that they supplied me. I will be honest at first i was nervous and scared, my mind even went blank so had to start them again at some points. As the night went on though (and a few ciders later) i was in full swing and felt that the interviews were going really well. some of the bands did make it easier for me and giving me the answers so i could lead on further. i think as the night went on I felt less under pressure and learnt to enjoy the interviews more and more and was fairly disappointed that i was unable to do more.
I think one of the best interviews i did on the night was with secret sirens. Narrelle the singer let the interview flow with ease and was really chatty, which helped out further. the other one i felt went well was with young British artists. This was mainly because they again felt at ease and took some of my questions with a pinch of salt with regards to their name. overall I now feel that little bit more confident in myself that i can do this and I am not going to be a journalist who just wants to be at her desk, I now want to be out there and getting these recordings and interviews. I think it's easy enough to say this now as i still feel on top of the world now i have done them, but what would i be like if i was to interview massive bands and ones that i genuinely looked up to (Liam Fray) I would possibly need to have a bit more experience as a would be a quivering mess.
As i have now done these interviews i will possibly do more of them off my own back so that i am able to gain more experience. Overall though it was a smashing evening and i hope that i am able to do it all over again at the next event they do. well i will certainly be putting my name down to do it again that is for sure.
well for now peeps i will speak to you later
