Radio Interview Planning

Nathan Bott is a music student at LIPA who is interviewed about his experience becoming a musician. His course involves writing songs and performing live, such as with his band Grimace at The Cavern in Liverpool. Becoming a successful musician is very difficult, with odds of only 0.000001%. Nathan discusses his musical background and influences, favorite aspects of performance, and choices like selecting LIPA for his course. The interview aims to provide insight into the process of becoming a musician.

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Radio Interview Planning

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Radio Interview Planning

Topic:
Music Performance

Interviewee:
Nathan Bott

Voxpop:
Is it easy to be a musician?

Intro:
Music is everywhere. It’s in your car, on the streets, in the shops, even on your TV. But do you know
what the process of becoming a musician is? During the Pandemic there was a 25% decline in global
music revenue, is that enough to live on. ? Hello, my name is Charlie Parkes and I am interviewing
Nathan Bott, He’s a music student at LIPA and part of his course has been to write songs and perform
live in-front of an audience, this has included performing as part of a band called ‘Grimace’ in The
Cavern in liverpool, But being a musician isn’t as easy as you’d think, according to stacker.com, the
odds of becoming a successful musical is as little as 0.000001%. So sit back, relax, the interview is
about to begin.

Outro:
That was a great interview with Nathan, thanks for agreeing to take part. I hope that the interview
has given you an understanding of what the process is of becoming a musician. Thank you for
listening and I hope that you will tune in again soon.

Questions:

1. Tell the listeners a little bit about yourself

2. What does your course involved
3. What past experience do you have in music
4. Why did you want to become a musician?
5. Who is your biggest influence and why?
6. What is your favorite part of music performance and why?
7. Do you prefer to sing or play an instrument, and why?
8. What is your favorite genre of music
9. Why did you choose LIPA to be the place you did this course
10. What has been your favorite band that you have been put into for one of your projects and
why?
11. What was your favorite song that you have performed
12. Do you ever feel nervous when performing, and why/why not?
13. If music ever failed, what else would you do, and why?
14. If you got put into a room with 5 other musicians and only one of you could get famous,
what would be your argument to beat the others
15. If you got to bring one musician back from the dead for one month, who would it be?
16. Ed Sheeran or George Ezra, if you were forced to listen to one, which one would you pick and
why?
Music:
About Damn Time - Lizzo (Instrumental)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJB8DtACjA8
(Chosen because of how upbeat it is, I'm wanting the interview to sound fun.)

Sound effects:
Cheering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=barWV7RWkq0
Countdown- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH0hVj4sr7E