SMILEFest 2013 is ridiculously jam-packed full of music, but it isn't all to do with what goes on stage. Every year, music industry professionals video Southampton Solent University to talk to students about their roles in the industry. We caught up with Download Festival promoter Andy Copping, Wall of Sound founder Mark Jones, and veteran music journalist Simon Price to talk about their experiences.

Smilecast 2013 is a Blue Midnight Content production for SMILE.

Presented by Rebecca Rayner and Andrew Yates
Edited by Nicholas Pollard
Music by James Williams
Idents by Jonny Orwin
Interviews by Nick Pollard
Featured: Andy Copping, Mark Jones and Simon Price
Additional Sound Technician: Ines Punessen  

SMILEcast 2013: Episode 5

SMILEfest 2013 is so jam-packed, that one preview podcast just wasn’t enough! Today, Rebecca Rayner and Andrew Yates send Tom Hutchin to the YUZU Acoustic open mic night. Tom also has a chat with New Riot and the brains behind their Avondale House gig on Monday, Lumberyack Promotions to find out just how much of a pain it is the stage an event.

Presented by Rebecca Rayner and Andrew Yates
Edited by Nicholas Pollard
Music by James Williams
Idents by Jonny Orwin
Interviews by Tom Hutchin
Featured: Lumberyack Promotions, New Riot, Posh Cow Productions and Cloudi Lewis


SMILEcast 2013: Episode 2

And so it begins. Rebecca Rayner and Andrew Yates kick off proceedings as the SMILEFest festivities kick off for its fifth year. Nick Pollard noses around Critical Wave's opening event at Unit, chatting to the brains behind the night, and performers Sons & Lovers, Mr Tom and Welcome Pariah.

www.criticalwave.co.uk
www.facebook.com/sonsandlovers 
www.facebook.com/mrtommusic
www.facebook.com/welcomepariah

Smilecast 2013 is a Blue Midnight Content production for Radio Sonar.

Presented by Rebecca Rayner and Andrew Yates
Edited by Nicholas Pollard
Music by James Williams
Idents by Jonny Orwin
Interviews by Nicholas Pollard
Featured: Sons & Lovers, Mr Tom, Welcome Pariah and Tom Yeo.

SMILEcast 2013: Episode 1

It’s Day 1 of SMILEfest 2013 and the SMILECast team have been rather busy. It has taken three shows to preview even half of what's going on this week!

We’ve been chatting to the Electric Banana team about how to make a webzine. 

Indie rockers The Kaleurs promise ‘onstage nakedness' as they prepare for Electric Banana’s launch event (Tuesday 26th February at Unit, Southampton).

Skymarshal bombard us with Lord of the Rings quotes. (Performing Tuesday 26th February at Joiners, Southampton)

And Cholombian (Mitchell Stevens) gives us a quick incite into the 'Rock Tha House' club night at Rhino on Wednesday night.

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Smilecast 2013 is a Blue Midnight Content production for Radio Sonar.

Produced by Nicholas Pollard
Idents by Jonny Orwin
Audio beds performed and edited by Shelley Huckle, Nicholas Pollard, James Williams and Toby Wise
Presented by Andrew Yates and Rebecca Rayner
Interviews conducted by Nicholas Pollard
Featured: David Sullivan, Naina Sethi, The Kaleurs, Skymarshal, Mitchell Stevens (DJ Cholombian).


SMILEcast 2013: Episode 3

The head honchos of Tuesday's SMILEfest events have been frightfully selfish, hogging a LOT of events for the SMILEcast team to visit, leading to a very bumper episode 4!

Tom visits the Electric Banana launch night to chat to Written in Waters and Karvel at Unit. Nick gets a peek into the University Showcase at the Southampton Joiners to talk to Old Crows, and a preview of Audio Addict's upcoming launch night. Raven has a quick word with the mischievous Gnarwolves at SMILE Later. Oh, and presenters Rebecca Rayner and Andrew Yates get the giggles again. No surprises there.

Presented by Rebecca Rayner and Andrew Yates
Edited by Nicholas Pollard
Music by Shelley Huckle, Nicholas Pollard, James Williams and Toby Wise
Idents by Jonny Orwin and Nicholas Pollard
Interviews by Thomas Hutchin, Raven Lyness and Nicholas Pollard
Featured: Karvel, Written in Waters, Old Crows, Gnarwolves, Mitchell Stevens (DJ Cholombian)

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