MOUSTASHIE: The Interchange #8

THE INTERCHANGE #8

I can't quite believe it but today was the last broadcast of my radio show The Interchange for this year. It's so strange because for me personally it actually signifies the end of my first year of university (although I'm still not quite finished yet with one exam, a ball, Pangaea festival, Flat 68 British Bake Off and a blood test to go, wooooo), as when I next broadcast again (hopefully), I will be a second year, which is kind of weird as it doesn't feel like that long ago since this whole adventure started... Doing my last radio show of the year also reminded me just how far I've come and changed for the better this last year, and I couldn't help but think back to my first couple of weeks of uni, when I decided I'd be brave, bite the bullet and just apply for a show and see what happened after wanting to do it for what seemed like forever. I didn't believe I could actually do my own radio show, running everything by myself, planning out the show from start to finish, taking control of the airwaves without the help of anyone else. But in spite of that, it was thanks to this blog that I came up with a promising idea for a show, 'The Sunday Playlist' and decided to throw caution to the wind and try my luck, and fate worked in my favour and gave me one of the best opportunities of my life.

For the last year I've been able to compile playlists almost every week, filled with songs and artists I love, as well as have an excuse to delve through the depths of the internet for new music and artists to play to the world (or all my five listeners) or the best of the classics already out there, and enhance my own music library, tastes, knowledge. I've been able to share the music I find with you guys on here, with the people who accidentally tune in and listen to my show, reach out to artists via twitter and share the love. I've met some amazing friends, learnt how radio actually works, how to construct a show from both the original core idea and weekly show ideas, into the finished weekly product. Having my radio show helped me settle in to university life a lot easier and quicker too, it made me feel like I belonged somewhere, it gave me an identity, and it's made my soul happy every single week. The happiness it gives me is unbelievable and I'm just so grateful and lucky that I was given this opportunity, and my love for music has grown even bigger than I ever thought could be possible.

So on my last show of the year, I tried to play lots of feel good music as well as some wonderful new artists and music too including Alvvays, Tow'rs, Benjamin Booker, Yoofs and Calexico, all of which are definitely ones to watch. It was just a wonderful, wonderful show to top of a brilliant year, and with that I'd love to share with you lovely people today's broadcast and playlist!

You can listen to today's broadcast here :)