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Guest - Suzanne - DJ at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2026

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Hello, I'm Reg, your host, and this is All Things Cheltenham, your weekly roundup of local news, events, sports, community stories. Today is Sunday, the 12th of April 2026. So let's get started. Coming up on this week's episode, I'll be chatting with Susanna about her being a DJ at this year's Jazz Festival. And also speaking with Tyrone about his talks called Real Talk Unfiltered on TikTok. But first off, as always, let's look at this week's Cheltenham Local News. Two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in his 70s. The incident happened on Wednesday evening near Millennium Bridge and Honeyborne Way. Police say the man had approached the teenagers after a bunch were reported branch was reportedly thrown from a bridge towards a cyclist. During the confrontation, the man was punched and fell to the ground. He was taken to hospital but sadly later died from his injuries. The sixteen and seventeen year old has since been arrested and remain in custody while police continue their investigations and appeal for witnesses. Anyone who may have seen what happened or have any other information is being urged to contact Gloucestershire Police. A tragic incident and one will keep an eye on as more updates come through. Now, I'm not sure, but I'm I'm pretty sure I glanced at some news and I saw that I think they've been released on bail. So don't quote me on that one, but I think so. Now, a positive local story around young people in Cheltenham. The No Child Left Behind programme has been celebrating what's being described as a successful year with a wide range of projects and events helping support children and families across the town. The initiative, which focuses on tackling child poverty and inequal inequality, has brought together schools, local organisations and businesses to make a real difference. Around 15% of children in Cheltenham are currently growing up in low-income families, highlighting just how important this work is. Over the last year, there's been everything from large community events like Party in the Park to support programs providing free activities and meals during school holidays, as well as new ideas like the youth calf pilot in the town centre. Now the program has also continued to build strong partnerships across Cheltenham, with more than 100 organisations now involved in supporting young people and their families. Looking ahead, plans are already in place to take keep the momentum going with a new Education for All year of action expected to launch later this year. A great example of the community coming together to support the next generation here in Cheltenham. Now we've got an update on a major new development just outside Cheltenham. Construction of a new David Lloyd Leisure Club in Bishop's Cleave is now well underway with the building clearly starting to take shape on the site. The multi-million pound development located off Stoke Road began construction last autumn and is set to become a large health and fitness destination for the area. Plans for the club include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis and paddle courts, a gym with more than 100 workout stations, as well as a spa, fitness studios and family facilities. It's also expected to create around 80 to 100 jobs, covering everything from fitness roles through to hospitality and childcare. While the original plan was to open in autumn 2026, the latest updates suggest the club is now expected to open a little later, likely in the winter. A significant investment for the area and one that could bring both jobs and new leisure facilities to the local community. Now we've got something for you comedy fans here in Cheltenham. Russell Howard has added an extra date to his 2026 tour after huge demand for his tickets. His original Cheltenham the Soul sold out incredibly quickly, prompting organizers to put on a second performance at the Everyman Theatre. The popular comedian will now be performing two shows on Tuesday, the 9th of June, as part of his new tour, Don't Tell the Algorithm. Now for his energetic style and sharp take on modern life, Russell Howard's latest tour promises a more stripped back live experience with no phones and no distractions, just stand-up comedy. With tickets already selling fast, and if you're interested, you're being encouraged to get online and book quickly. And finally, a popular Cheltenham event is set to return with another big lineup. The Cheltenham Science Festival is back this summer, running from the 2nd to the 7th of June, bringing together some of the world's leading scientists, thinkers and speakers. The six-day festival will feature a packed programme of talks, workshops and interactive events covering everything from health and technology to climate and space. Well-known names are expected once again, alongside experts and emerging voices, making it one of the UK's biggest and most respected science festivals. There'll also be plenty for families with hands-on activities and free events designed to get people of all ages involved and inspired by science. So a big date for your diary in Cheltenham, and one that always brings a real buzz to the town. And nearer the time I will try and find out some of the events that are on the free events and let you know what's going on. Okay, moving on to Cheltenham Sports. Now earlier in the week, Cheltenham Town picked up a dramatic late point one-one draw against Cambridge United. The Robbins went behind in the first half, with Cambridge taking the lead in the 34th minute, and for much of the game struggled to create clear chances. But he kept pushing, and that persistence paid off right at the end with a stoppage time equaliser, turned into his own net by Cambridge goalkeeper Jack Eastwood, rescuing a point for the Robbins. Full time at the completely completely Suki Stadium, Cheltenham Town won, Cambridge United won. A hard-earned point secured in a dramatic fashion. Yesterday, away from home, Cheltenham Town produced a superb and commanding performance on the road, securing an empathic 4-0 victory against Warsaw. It was a professional display from the Robins, who stayed patient during the first half, keeping things tight at the back while looking to create openings going forward. Despite chances for both sides, the teams went level in at the break, with Cheltenham ready to step up things in the second half. And that's exactly what they did. The breakthrough came in the 56th minute, with Harry Ashfield found the back of the net to give Cheltenham the lead and shift the momentum firmly in their favour. Just a few minutes later, the Robins doubled their advantage through Isaac Hutchinson's finishing well to make it 2-0 and put Cheltenham in control of the game. From there, Cheltenham never looked back. Their attack in play continued to cause problems while defensively they remained organised and disciplined, limiting Warsaw's chances and protecting their lead comfortably. George Miller added a third goal, a cap off a strong attacking performance, effectively putting the result beyond doubt. And deep at the stoppage time, Josh Martin rounding things off with style with a fourth goal seen in a comprehensive and deserved victory for the Robbins. It was an impressive all-round display, clinically in front of goal, solid at the back and a full confidence throughout the second half. Full time at the Poundland Besack Stadium, Warsaw 0, Cheltenham Town 4. A dominant and thoroughly professional performance from the Robbins. That result means Cheltenham now officially have secured their League 2 status for next season. After a challenging campaign at times, it's been a job done and the Robbins as they make sure they're complete in competing in the EFL again next year. So a big moment for relief for the club, the players, and of course for the supporters. And now they can look to finish the season strongly and build ahead for next year. And finally, a quick birthday shout out to one of the Cheltenham Towns football players players, Isaac Hutchinson's. It was his birthday early in the week. So happy birthday, Isaac, and we hope you have it. Now, just before we move on to our first guests of this week, the podcast is going back to its roots from next week. So this is the last one where there'll be guests, and we're going to go back to doing Cheltenham news, What's on, community updates, and local sport each week. Simply, consistent, and all about what's happening here in town. But you can still get in touch via the website, social media, or you can email me at info at all thingscheltenham.co.uk with your thoughts, your um your thoughts on what I talk about. If you're a business, you can send me press releases, things like that. And of course, the other side of not having guests, it means this podcast will not be over an hour long. It will go down to anything between 20 minutes and half an hour approximately, unless we have an extremely busy week. So that may be more nicer to your ears, as they say. Okay, let's move on to our first guest this week. And as I said, I spoke to Susanna earlier in the week, who is actually going to be a DJ at this year's Jazz Festival. So this one's really interesting. Enjoy. Welcome, Suzanne, from Big Sis DJs to All Things Cheltenham. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for inviting me to come on and talk to you. That's okay. So, first of all, Suzanne, for anyone who hasn't come across you yet, like me realistically, how would you describe your DJ style in your own words?

SPEAKER_04 10:36

I think um with DJing, um, you naturally gravitate towards the music that you like to listen to. So for me, that is uh house music. A lot of. Um I've I've uh been listening to house music for for a couple of decades, shall we say. So um I like I like uh some of the old the old original house music, but um the new stuff as well. Um I like listening to him playing disco and uh edits of old disco tracks that have been kind of given a um a fresh a fresh beat to them. Um and uh then I've recently uh played in a pub in Gloucester and that was very much uh pop-based. So um I've quite diverse really. I like I like um lots of different types of music. It it usually depends on what the event is and what the um you know the organizers are uh are hoping to um attract.

SPEAKER_00 11:36

Yeah, yeah. I mean I suppose you know there's no point in sort of I mean, I don't know if there's a DJ for classical music, but if there was, there'd be no point in doing classical music at a rock venue. It just wouldn't go down well, would it, you know? No. Um so what actually first got you into DJing? You know, was it the music you grew up with and you liked, or was it something completely different and you just sort of fell into it sort of thing?

SPEAKER_04 11:58

Well, I've been um DJing at home for quite a number of years, probably about 15 years. Um my husband bought me uh uh a DJ kit uh for Christmas a long time ago, and um we set it all up in the living room and um played vinyl, my old vinyl collection from uh from when I was a teenager, and um and then I got more into digital DJing. And then uh about a year ago, um I became aware of Big Sis, uh, which is run by an amazing woman called Lucy White, and uh she was running uh taster courses and beginners courses for over 30s women and non-binary people that were interested in DJing. And uh the reason that um it took me so long is I just always felt that it wasn't a space that was open to me to you know being a woman and being um you know not not very young, um, but it wasn't something that I had access to. And uh so I signed up with my friend Paula and we um did the six-week course and graduated, and then we performed at Stroudbury um last summer, and since then I've um been involved in quite a few different events um at Dia Brewery, thanks to Stephen Vikovich of Bird Elp, has um put on events and I've uh warmed up for um acts that he's he's put on. Um, and it's really just um gone from there, really. I've been really lucky.

SPEAKER_00 13:25

Yeah, it sounds like you've sort of exploded, as they say, you know, and all thanks to your wonderful husband. That's it, he's got a lot to answer. I was gonna say, at times when you've got to go and do these things, you must look at him and think, if only I could whack you really hard with my DJ sets.

SPEAKER_04 13:44

Um yeah, so I've I've got a lot I've got involved in a a lot of different projects and um uh sort of learned how to upload mixes so that other people can listen to them online.

SPEAKER_00 13:53

And um yeah, it's been it's been really exciting year. That's it sounds like it. So you mentioned briefly about the big sis DJs and you said a little bit about them, it's a collective or whatever. Tell us, is there any more you can tell us about that? Because it sounds absolutely fascinating.

SPEAKER_04 14:09

So, yeah, so um Big Sis was started by Lucy and Trudy and Katie uh back in 2004, and um they uh started putting on events and then had people coming up to them saying, you know, I'd love to learn how to do that, but I don't know, I wouldn't know where to go. And so they started running these taser courses. So I actually did the one in Stroud uh last year, um, but Lucy's also running courses in Chartham at Dayer and uh in Gloucester at Cafe Renee. Uh there's actually a course coming out, I don't know if this will go out in time, but there's another course um at Dayer with um, I think there's one or two places left uh starting mid-April. So um the the website's probably the best place to get all of the um the dates and times and things like that.

SPEAKER_00 14:57

Yeah, and and booking if you want a book sort of to do it. So oh it sounds absolutely fascinating. And you actually said something that's actually made me think you said you you started off with the old vinyl LPs, which obviously now are coming back in massive popularity. Yeah, yeah, very much so. Of course, years ago, I mean I I don't know if you actually did it, but you know, to be a DJ then you had to travel around in your car and you had boxes and boxes and boxes of records because now it's all on a tiny microchip. I mean, you literally there's no weight involved at all, which must be such a bliss for some of the I mean, even for yourself, but I mean you get some of the big international DJs, you know, the real big ones, they must find it so lovely. Yeah, plug a little plug in, and that's it. They've got all their they've got all their music, you know.

SPEAKER_04 15:41

That's it. So you just um you download it onto a USB stick and uh rock up with your stick and your headphones and you're good to go, really. The kit's there, and um, yeah, it's a lot easier than lugging heavy boxes of 12 inches around.

SPEAKER_00 15:55

Yeah, and I would imagine the actual depths are different because like you know, years ago I used to do scratching and all that. I suppose that's now all digitally done, is it? Because there wouldn't be an arm on the record, would there? I mean, not there, it's not needed.

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That's it.

SPEAKER_04 16:07

That's it. Well, it's funny you say that. I was at um a uh um a DJ clinic in uh at Sound Records in Stroud yesterday, and um Faye and Monique are two DJs there that put on a monthly clinic, and that is all vinyl. So um there is vinyl still very much alive and well uh in the music scene.

SPEAKER_00 16:28

Are you have you done scratching? Have you tried that? I think that's what it's called, isn't it? Where they they moved the record. I don't know, I I've heard about it. I don't know about what DJ does.

SPEAKER_04 16:36

I have to tell you, I'm pretty rubbish at it. Um but um yeah, I'm gonna keep trying, keep trying. I've still got quite a decent vinyl record collection as well as uh the digital tracks that I've got on my little stick. Um it's a it's a real skill. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 16:49

And they're they're very good at it. So by the time you finish, you won't have a good vinyl record collection. Because it must damage the record to a certain degree. I can't believe it doesn't.

SPEAKER_04 17:02

Well, you've got to be very careful, haven't you? And then you've got to have good kit and maintain it, look after it well. Yeah, yeah, very much.

SPEAKER_00 17:10

Um, so I believe your blend of music, because of uh you know, I sort of what you do, you do disco, funk, house, and jazz. So how do you blend these all together, or do you just do sort of batches of things? I mean, how how does that work? Because I hear you know when I've heard DJs do stuff, and I haven't done a lot, but they can mix different styles of music, they get the beat right or something. I mean, does that work? I mean, how do you get the beat right from sort of disco to jazz or from funk to house? I mean, that must be quite a unique trick.

SPEAKER_04 17:44

Well, I suppose the first thing is that you have to know your music really well, so you can't just um chuck on a song that you've never played before and hope to mix it into something else. Um, so you have to really know your music and um well, in terms of mixing within a genre, you're um you're trying to match the beats per minute, so um, and bring uh another track in, uh uh audibly pleasing part of the track, if that makes sense. So you you can't just play two lots of vocals over one another at the same time. You've got to uh make it sound the the trick is to make it sound like it was it was recorded that way, if you like. Um but the other thing important thing is that um when you're putting a set together, you your aim is to try and take your audience on a bit of a musical journey. So um, as well as the BPM, you're you're thinking about the energy levels in each each track and whether you're trying to bring that up and um you know get people dancing or whether you're gonna bring it back down again. And um so yeah, it's all about um putting something together that's pleasant to listen to and without any sort of jarring um kind of changes in energy levels or changes in key that the the tracks in.

SPEAKER_00 19:04

So I I mean if you're like you know putting a set together, I mean, do you sort of you know I assume you must sit at home and work out, well that'll go with that one, because you obviously I'm assuming on the computer somewhere have all the all the rush beats per minute on songs and so on, so you know. Um I mean, how long does that take you? I mean, how long do you sort of class as a set? I mean, is it half an hour, an hour? What how does that work?

SPEAKER_04 19:26

It varies. So um if it's a half an hour, so the set I'm gonna do at um Chantham Jazz, well there's there'll be a group of us, so I think we're doing a I think it's an hour and three quarters um on the second of May. Um and I'll be doing a 25-minute set within that. So we will be kind of handing on to one another as a kind of like a takeover situation. Um I've forgotten the question.

SPEAKER_00 19:53

What was the question? It was just well, let's mention a jazz festival. I was gonna go on to that next, but you sort of you jumped ahead of me with questions. You got my questions there or something. Um you are at the jazz festival, and that was the reason why I contacted you, which is absolutely amazing. So, congratulations on on going from a year basically or just over to being somebody at a jazz festival. Now it's the free jazz festival side of it, isn't it? I believe you're gonna be at that's right.

SPEAKER_01 20:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 20:19

So where where can that where can they come and listen to you? Let's get that out first before we go into the rest of that question.

SPEAKER_04 20:24

Okay, so we'll be at the on the Yamaha free stage in Montpellier Gardens on the 2nd of May. Um, me and my my big sis crew, um, between nine o'clock in the evening and ten forty-five. So it'll be a headline set on the Saturday.

SPEAKER_00 20:41

That is brilliant. So you'll be able to go along and bop the evening away. Now I'm assuming it's not gonna be all jazz, it's gonna be a mix of all the different music from the different sets, I assume.

SPEAKER_04 20:50

Yeah, yeah. So I think what we'll we'll what I'll be doing is playing house music that is jazz influenced. Okay. So that might be people like uh, for example, Kerry Chandler, um, who have um you know reimagined um jazz tracks but with a with a house sort of dance music uh twist to them.

SPEAKER_00 21:13

Wow, that sounds fascinating. Now back to the previous question, as you've said that, to put that 25 minutes together, how long? I mean, you may have already put it together already, so how long do you estimate it will take, or how long do you know it took you to put that together? Because I'm sure it wasn't 10 minutes sitting down with a pen and paper.

SPEAKER_04 21:30

It is a lot longer than the actual length of the set.

SPEAKER_00 21:34

I was thought it might be.

SPEAKER_04 21:37

So uh for my day job, I'm I'm in the car driving quite a lot, so I'm listening to a lot of music and then kind of mentally file that way, that might work, that might work. So I can multitask and I so I can be listening to music while I'm driving. But then in terms of downloading music and then just kind of playing about with what fits with it's like it's like a jigsaw puzzle, I suppose, in a way. You know, you think that doesn't go there, but it might go. Over there. Um I'm gonna say days.

SPEAKER_00 22:05

Wow.

SPEAKER_04 22:05

So it really but I am I am um I'm I'm quite um yeah I'm gonna OCD if it's okay to say I'm quite obsessive about how how things work together and the length of things. And if I'm told I've got to do a tight 25 minutes, it'll be 25 minutes. So um, you know, all of that takes a lot of planning and preparation and trying stuff that doesn't work and then trying again until you're gonna be able to do that.

SPEAKER_00 22:32

You know, that that does show to the listeners, you know, how much time is involved. You know, you don't just come along, have your music on the and just do it. I mean, that's you know, that's what everyone sees, but there's a lot of work behind the scenes that they perhaps would never even realize. So when they anyone that does go along and listens to what you do, they can now appreciate that this isn't you just turning up and playing music, this is turning up and playing music that you spent days working on at home and in the car and wherever else you happen to be listening to music for the for the previous week or two. So it shows and also as you say, you know, you like to get it right, and so you put a lot of you know, you've got pride in what you do, and that's what you know, and I I have pride in doing the podcast, and I try and fine-tune it, and you do the same thing, you know, you're fine-tuning that's not quite right. I'll change that track for something else, but of course that throws out other tracks that you put in, I imagine. Exactly. So as you say, it becomes a real side, ah yes, exactly, exactly.

SPEAKER_04 23:31

And sometimes you just gotta junk it all and and start again and accept that you're gonna have to spend more time on it. Um, but I think in the end, blending songs between one and the other is you know is a real skill, but I think the real art of DJing is picking the right music and picking them picking music that you think people are gonna want to hear, and um, as I said earlier, taking them on a little musical journey.

SPEAKER_00 23:58

So you've obviously got a musical journey lined out for the people in on uh the jazz festival to do with a mix of jazzy house music, which That's it. Yeah, yeah. That sounds very interesting to me. I won't be able to come along because that's too late for me, I'm afraid, these days. Um, that's fine. Talk about music. Um how where is it? I just had it here. How do you find the local music scene around Sheltenham and Gloucestershire generally? How what's your your thoughts on the music scene these days?

SPEAKER_04 24:27

I think it's it's tough. I think it's it's uh it takes a lot of work to get people in in the door, you know. It there's even with social media and um and uh you know Instagram and things like that where where there's a lot of promotion done in social media or on events. There are there are a lot of events around. Um but I think it's it's tough to get people to commit and come in through the door and spend spend the evening in a venue. I mean, I myself, I um I go to a lot of the events at Daya, Taprim and at the swamp that are put on by Bird Out. Um they're always really, really good nights. Um and I'll be there in the summer actually for uh the Mind Expansion Pack, which is another two-day festival, which will be it should be happening in June. Um yeah, it it's it's tricky. I think there's there's a lot going on, but it's I think it's tricky to um persuade people to commit to to coming.

SPEAKER_00 25:26

Yeah, I think it's also the fact of the cost these days as well. It's probably not helping because people haven't got the money. You know, they'd love to, but they just can't afford it. And it's not necessarily coming to see you the cost, because it might be a free open event like the jazz festival, but it's the fact that when you're there you've got to buy a beer or you buy a coke or whatever, but it all adds up, and yeah, they're just I can't afford it, you know. Yeah, yeah. It's it's not easy these days at all. So here's a question for you. You're gonna love this one. You love this one. Which have you got a particular track that you know sort of you know, when you when you get a wedding, there's always one track that everyone gets on the dance floor for? Have you got a track that has that effect, you know, not across the whole render of different ones you do? Have you got one that you know you put that on and you know they're gonna go nuts? Simple as that.

SPEAKER_04 26:18

Which one would it be? I mean, everyone loves a wedding disco, don't they? So we have one at hours and it's very popular. Yes, yeah. I think for me, um the first one that springs to mind immediately is Groove is in the Heart by D-Light. That gets everyone going, isn't it? That gets everyone up and dancing definitely, and it's an old track, but it you know, everyone knows it, and um, it's got a great groove to it, and um it's it's good fun to dance to with your auntie at the wedding.

SPEAKER_00 26:47

I can't remember what the track was, what the track was, but there were two songs that we had at our wedding. Um and I've got it on the whole the whole dance floor on video for the full two hours, three hours. And um I've no idea, but there's the one where people sit on the floor and they rock like a boat. Oh, um I can't remember what it's called, but there's another one that's got a very similar start to it. Talking about beats, right? And about 20 of the group that were there all went down for to do it, and you could see in their faces as it went after that bit, they all started to register that it was the wrong song. It was on that track, and there was this sort of real embarrassment of sort of like oh crumbs, and they're all sort of linked together on the floor. It was hysterical, and then of course, about three tracks later, he played it, and they all rattled down again. They were ready for it. I think you're talking about oops upside your head, probably. That's the one, that's the one, yes. That rings a bell, that rings a bell. I know the 50s and 60s music, but there's sort of more ones I don't know. But yeah, it was hysterical. I everyone was just pouring with laughter because they really as soon as it got past the point, they all realised they were in the wrong position, and it wasn't what they thought it was, and panic set in their faces, and of course they were all linked together so they couldn't get up so quick, you know. Wow, it was very funny, it was very funny. Now, I was gonna ask you after the jazz festival, what have you got planned for the rest of this year? But you've mentioned one of them, which was at the Dayar Brewery. Boy, they are busy up there, aren't they? They do a lot. Yeah, yeah, they are. You've got the festival there. Have you got any others for the Cheltenham area, or is that at the moment what you've got booked?

SPEAKER_04 28:25

Well, I'm actually uh we've also big sis are doing um uh a couple of slots at Jazz Stroud, but I think that might be before this goes out. So that's on the 11th and 12th of April. So we've we've got two days at the yard cafe in Stroud, and so I'll be there for both of those days. Um as well as that, so I've got some bits written down so that I don't forget. There is some there is um going to be a house party at Dayer on the 16th of May, which will be another Big Sis event.

SPEAKER_01 28:56

Yep.

SPEAKER_04 28:56

And um we've been um really lucky in that Lucy White, who is uh one of the founder Big Sys DJs, has just secured some funding from PRS. Oh wonderful. That means um that you know we can we can put on some bigger events and get some get some um bigger names uh to come in a headline for us. So on the 16th of May, we've got uh Danny Wiley coming um to uh play at the house party. And then um the other thing that's coming up is um the the new beginner's course at DA on the 15th of April, which is a six-week course, um which is the course that I did a year ago um that's led me to be talking to you today.

SPEAKER_00 29:37

Yeah, so you you very much you very much respect that course because obviously it led to stuff that you probably never thought you'd be doing.

SPEAKER_04 29:44

Yeah, yeah, exactly. I mean, there's 30 of us, I think, more or less, in the WhatsApp group. So we're we're all um big sis alumni and uh all very supportive of each other. It's a great resource for uh, you know, asking technical questions, um IT issues, all sorts of things come up in there. Yeah. Um but um the group's really grown over the last uh you know since 2024 when it was started by by the three ladies.

SPEAKER_00 30:11

Yeah, it's uh I you mentioned something there that actually just made me think, and it's a sort of sideline question. This one, you mentioned PRS, which is my memory serves me correct when I had a radio station, is the the playing the music side of things, it's the the music people. Am I right? They they give the licensing for that. Yeah. This suddenly made me think, where do you get your music? Because I mean, do you physically buy it? Because you say you download it. I mean, do you do you are you sort of do you is Spotify do you download from there or how do you get your music? I mean, obviously you have to have a licensing, but that's a separate thing. But where do you get it, or do you have to physically just pay for it and buy the tracks?

SPEAKER_04 30:48

Yeah, so for Spotify and Tidal are good for uh streaming music, so you're kind of playing it but not actually downloading anything.

SPEAKER_01 30:58

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 30:59

Um I tend to use uh Beatport or Bandcamp. Um Bandcamp is is really a really good way of downloading music if people are interested, because um bandcamp means that a lot of the money will go towards the recording artists. So this is this is another big issue in the music industry is that um it's very difficult to earn a living from producing music.

SPEAKER_00 31:22

It's a massive, massive, massive discussion, that one, especially with Spotify and Apple. And you know, people listen, you know, I I hear you know, people listen to tens of thousands, millions of times and get virtually nothing. Pennies you know, yeah pennies. Yeah. Um so is the band one that you use? Did you buy the tracks and big or they are monthly subscription and you can just download what you need? I mean, how do they how do they work for anyone that was thinking of maybe doing the course and then going into DJing?

SPEAKER_04 31:50

So band camp and beatport, and then there are also things like iTunes where you can download music. So you can just download, you can get listen to a little preview of the track, and if you like the sound of it, you can download it. It's really not very expensive, it's you know, usually less than a pound a track, so cheaper than um when we used to buy seven-inch singles back in the yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:12

But definitely cheaper than today, that's for sure.

SPEAKER_04 32:14

Yeah, yeah, definitely. So um, yeah, so you can um you download them then and then you've got it as a as a file that you can put onto a USB stick and then take it along to events and DJ with it.

SPEAKER_00 32:26

Yeah, but obviously you need the the licensing and so on, you know, because obviously I assume that's organized through the big fist people more so than you personally, or do you have to personally have each of you have your own licensing to play the music?

SPEAKER_04 32:38

So you just um no, we all because we all listen to different sorts of music and we all play different sorts of music, so we just download um the the tracks individually as we need them.

SPEAKER_00 32:49

Oh right, it makes it easier, yeah. Um so thank you so much, it's been fascinating. I knew nothing, I know, I know nothing about DJ apart from they scratching and they play records. Um but when I last saw a DJ, it was the old-fashioned albums. No, it wasn't, it was my wedding, he had a digital version, but he he just played the music, he didn't do anything fancy with it, so it's slightly different. Um but if people would like to hire you for weddings, bar mixfers or whatever, I'm assuming you do those. Um we do? Yep. Uh where would they be able to find you? Where would they go to find you?

SPEAKER_04 33:24

If you go to big sisdjays.co.uk, all the information's there about upcoming events that we are going to be at. Um there's information on the DJ courses that are that are run throughout Gloucestershire and uh some of the bigger events that are coming up over the course of the summer.

SPEAKER_00 33:42

Wonderful. And can if people want to hire you as you know, either yourself individually, or do they go through the big sis to hire particular people, or is how does that work if someone sort of said, Oh, I like I like the sound of Susanna, and how do I I want to get her at a party? How do I how do I do that? Can it be done through them or have you got your own personal way?

SPEAKER_04 34:00

You can do it through big sis djs, and I'm on Instagram and uh my DJ handle is Brown Eyed Girl. So if you search for Brown Eyed Girl on Instagram, Brown Eyed Girl DJ, sorry, I should say.

Cheltenham Noticeboard

Guest - Tyrone - Real Talk Unfiltered

SPEAKER_00 34:14

Yeah, because there's probably someone called Brown Eye Girl, you can guarantee that. There's there's too many people on Instagram not to be someone, you know. Yeah, it's always the way. So that's wonderful. Thank you so much for um coming on and telling us about that. And good luck with your DJing in the future, and especially at the Jazz Festival. I said I'd love to come along, but I really can't at that time of night. I'm I am asleep by then because I'm up at three in the morning, so I'm fast asleep by then. Um, any any further ventures you do, and it'll be great too much. Maybe speak to you again in the future. Yeah, yeah, it's been a pleasure talking to you. Thanks so much for having me on. No problem. Okay, thank you, Susanna, for giving us your time. I know you're extremely busy organising your DJ set for upcoming events and also for your um event at the Jazz Festival. So I very much appreciate that. Now we're moving on to Cheltenham Community Notice Boards, and we have big congratulations from me at All Things Cheltenham to Talking Heads Saloon in Cheltenham. They hairdressers who are celebrating their 19th anniversary. They're marking the occasion on Monday, the 13th of April from 11:30 through to 5.30 at their salon. There'll be music, drinks, and plenty of good vibes as they celebrate nearly two decades in the community. It's always fantastic to see local businesses reaching milestones like this. So well done to everyone at Talking Heads in Cheltenham. Now, if you fancy popping in, showing your support and joining the celebrations, they say everybody will be very welcome. Now, if you enjoy spending time in Stanford Park, here's a great way to give something back. The friends of Stanford Park are inviting people to become Green Space volunteers, helping to keep the park looking at its best. And you don't need to have any garden experience to get involved. There's a friendly volunteer session taking place on Tuesday the fourteenth of April from 9 30 till 12 30, and you can drop in anytime. And you don't have to stay for the full session. It's happening at the Friendship Circle in Stanford Park, where the main paths cross. Tools and gloves are all provided along with tea, coffee and biscuits, and there'll be community rangers on hand to shop, share tips and give advice. It's a great chance to meet new people, enjoy the outdoors, and help care for one of Cheltenham's much-loved green spaces. Okay, let's move on to our second guest, a chat I had with a young man called Tyrone, and he has a TikTok account which he does chats on, and it's called Real Talk Unfiltered. And this is something, as they say, completely different. Okay, I would like to welcome Tyrone, who is joining us now. Now, this is something slightly different. This is a gentleman who does a feature only on TikTok. We haven't had someone from TikTok before, so we're going into the big leagues now, and he has an account called Real Talk Unfiltered. Now, I don't know if that's a dangerous thing to start going into because it's unfiltered or a safe zone. But welcome to All Things Cheltenham Tire Road. Thank you very much for joining us.

SPEAKER_03 37:32

Thank you for having me on. It's a pleasure.

SPEAKER_00 37:34

That's wonderful. Now, I'm gonna have to ask because I haven't got TikTok. I have no idea I I know what TikTok is, but what is real talk unfiltered? Is it a safe zone?

SPEAKER_03 37:44

Yeah, uh real talk unfiltered is completely a safe zone for it. Uh we basically everything mental health based, um everything from real life down to the nitty and gritty bits, really. Um we open up about ourselves in order to give people a platform uh to learn from our mistakes and our story in order to take it on board for their life and learn from every opportunity that there's given in front of them.

SPEAKER_00 38:08

Okay, that sounds that's definitely something different. Um, and especially on TikTok. I mean, I don't know if there's other places that do that on TikTok, I've no idea. But what made you start this? Was there a particular reason, or was it sort of you just wanted a space to talk yourself?

SPEAKER_03 38:24

Um I seen basically uh two years ago this year that I seen um people was creating TikTok accounts to be able to grow massively and grow a following. Um and I created a couple beforehand, but nothing really seemed to take off. And then I started using my my side of life um to write content out, and I started to hit numbers as in followers, views, and stuff like that. So from there it kind of just took off, and then real talk basically has just grown massively in the last last year and a half, so to speak. We're on um just under 24,000 followers at the moment, and we're 4,000 uh likes under a million likes across the whole account. Wow, yeah, we've we've grown massively.

SPEAKER_00 39:08

Oh well, if anyone is on TikTok, you've got to go and like like your the few likes that he needs to reach that big number. I mean, you've we've got we've got to get you over that number.

SPEAKER_03 39:17

Yeah, we're massively. Um so how long have you been doing this then? Um so January this year was my second year at starting. Um and in the last I'd say we got to 10,000 followers by the end of last year, December sort of time. Um, and then in the last three months or so we've managed to grow it to just under 24,000. So it's been um the yeah, the last two months or so, three months have been a massive set for growth for me, really. Um, yeah, we've we've hit all different types of audiences, we've had people with blue ticks, like a verified class of celebrities reposted as well now. So yeah, it's um it's been a learning curve, but it's been amazing to be able to do it and give something back to the community, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 40:04

That's that's brilliant, that really is great. And to get people that are sort of, you know, minor or major celebrities, however you want to class or with blue ticks, is is brilliant. I mean, it's also amazing you've managed to navigate the TikTok world because that's a minefield in its own.

SPEAKER_03 40:19

Yeah. Um definitely something that you have to, I think, pay attention to because it's always changing. Um, so yeah, whenever something new crops up, if you jump on it straight away, it's it's definitely a trend that helps push you further.

SPEAKER_00 40:34

Yeah, it's it's fine, innit? Now I imagine because you know I deal with Cheltenham, but I imagine you probably deal with people not only from next door, but people from the other side of the world, because TikTok obviously is worldwide. I mean, have you got some far-flung people that have come on and talked to you?

SPEAKER_03 40:52

Yeah, we've um at the moment, like recently, we hit like um places in Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, places like that. We hit America, but we also hit like closer places like Ireland and stuff like that. So I think it's it's quite a broad spectrum, but I've I've started to pick up on if if a if a view goes over 300k views, then you start pushing to the other side of the world. So you get all different types of life, and I think it gives a good perspective for myself to learn what life is like differently in other countries, you know.

SPEAKER_00 41:26

Yeah, yeah, I was gonna say, because I imagine you say you talk about this, that, and everything, basically, you know, sort of mental health right the way through from serious stuff to general everyday life. Yeah. Um, I would imagine sort of getting people from South Africa is completely different from getting Joe Blogs who lives in Cheltenham.

SPEAKER_03 41:43

Definitely, a hundred percent. Their their walk of life is somewhat completely different to ours. Um yeah, it's it's like a history lesson. You're learning about what it's like in other places, and it makes you sometimes open your eyes a little bit better to how how well we actually do live in in a place like Cheltenham and in the UK, you know.

SPEAKER_00 42:05

Yeah, yeah, it's it's it's it is eye-opening. I mean, you know, I've travelled around most of the world on holiday with the wife and so we've done cruise ships and been all around, and you see things and sort of pick up on things that you just you wouldn't even think about in this country. You know, it we it just wouldn't make sense, you know. I mean, I've been homeless for many years, years ago in central London. Um, but when we went abroad, we saw things that make me being homeless living as if I was living in the Ritz hotel compared to what it is abroad. So it really does open your eyes, you know. Um you talk to, I imagine, anybody and everybody, but how do you pick people and how I mean how does that work? I mean, because obviously TikTok, everyone sort of you can't even I mean, I don't know how it works. I mean, with me, people contact me through social media. So do you get people to contact you and say, Oh, we want to come on and talk about X, Y, and Z, or how does that work?

SPEAKER_03 42:58

No, so basically lately I've been starting to kind of do like what you're doing now, like a podcast sort of setting where I I'll go live and I'll get people on to be able to share their story in order to try and help someone else. Um, but that's just that's happened lately due to my confidence. So I uh uh at the start I created TikTok as faceless, so no one knew it was me. But as this year's gone better than what it has been last year, say, um my confidence has started to grow massively with it. So um I've started to do lives and stuff. But basically, when when I when I do a post, people comment and I never try to seem like pushy. Um I give them the opportunity, and I think one of the main things that I comment back is like my inbox is always open if you need to reach out. And I kind of feel because I'm a four time dad and I've got custody of like my three younger kids um for four years this June, I kind of feel I have the male and female side of aspect of life. So I can transfer both types of people in in different tones. To be able to capture the right message that I'm trying to perceive to people, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 44:05

Yeah, yeah. You saying about that actually, just had a thought there when you said about, you know, you've got the male and the female side of the just offhand, I mean it may be hard to say because you've only really been doing the live ones for a short while, but do you get more men contact you than the women by any chance?

SPEAKER_03 44:22

Um on on the analytics side of things, lately it's been more men. Um so it's been 68% men, and then the rest is female. Um and it's crazy because normally within my age bracket, so I'm 31, um, so I'll probably have between 28 to 36 come into my Hello Hello, sorry, we lost you there for a moment. Um yeah, so yeah, I kind of get uh a a broad spectrum of different types of people, but lately it has been more males than than females, so to speak. But yeah, it depends on the post, I guess, because some things are more home hitting for men, some things are more home hitting for women. The comments kind of balance themselves out, to be honest.

SPEAKER_00 45:15

Alright, mate, that makes sense. That makes sense. Um I've so when it comes to sort of doing live, I assume you do similar to what I'm doing now with you in apart from weirdest recording. Do you do that or is it physically you go live on TikTok?

SPEAKER_03 45:29

We physically go live, yeah. We go live on TikTok, and then yeah, it's kinda hence the the unfiltered side of things, it's real talk, but it's it's something that I think the rawity of it captures the best type of people because we don't sugarcoat nothing on our end. Um everything is the best way that it can be, you know, it's got to be something that's real, but it's got to be enough to be able to capture people's opinions and views and let people know that we are real people within ourselves, and it's not just a story, it's it's an actual story, a struggle. Um, so yeah, it it it's it's a nice balance to be honest.

SPEAKER_00 46:10

Yeah, it sounds like you've sort of found a level there um on what it is. I'm I'm I'm just wondering why you've I mean you may have been thinking about this for the future, which we'll come to later, but just as a sort of quick answer, why have you not have you decided not to do YouTube?

SPEAKER_03 46:24

So YouTube is something that I've been thinking about lately. I've I I've done some with Kelvin from the Brotherhood, um and I I've done the live sort of podcast. He he managed to get a few people on, and then we would download it and put it onto YouTube ourselves. But lately I've taken a step back from that and decided to do it solo just to see uh for my confidence, try and get my confidence out there a bit more. Um so yeah, I think YouTube is probably my next step. I've never really looked into like Instagram or Facebook um as of yet, but no one knows what the future holds for anybody.

SPEAKER_00 46:59

So no, that's true. That's true. I think I think regard if you're doing sort of live as such, not recordings, and even then recordings, you're limited, especially on Instagram and Facebook. I mean, you're limited. Um so I mean for you, I don't know how how long do you normally when you go live when you're talking to someone on Twitter, how long roughly is it?

SPEAKER_03 47:18

For me, I I I I like to tell people it's about an hour or two hours. Um wow. I'm a bit like yourself, where if it takes longer, I'm I'm never too pushy to go right, I've got to leave now. Um so it's kinda I let people talk as freely as they want to, and if it takes longer, it takes longer. But before we book in the live, I normally spend well, I say normally spend it's it's meant to be about an hour and a half getting to know a person on a phone call beforehand before doing the live. So I know how to tail tailor the questions to them specifically. But lately, the last couple of ones I've done, I've spent three hours, three and a half hours on the phone beforehand, um, which I think gives me a better knowledge and understanding of the person and the and the man behind the myth or whatever. So yeah, it helps out massively. But we we go live. I normally go live around 12 o'clock, um, and then that gives me till quarter to three latest to be able to go back to the school and do the score runs and then live a normal life again, you know.

SPEAKER_00 48:17

Yeah, I was gonna say you're you're you're restricted by sort of the kids and and lifestyle. I'm I'm the same, but with my wife instead, so I'm restricted in when I can do recordings. I can bend it a little bit, but I'm I'm restricted. So you are the same people. I wow, I didn't realise you were going for that long. Yes. Now that does take some doing.

SPEAKER_03 48:35

Yeah, I kind of feel like you know, if if if someone needs someone to listen to them and they have a story that needs to be told, you can't necessarily stop it so early because they it might take them half hour, 45 minutes to be able to get to a point where they open up to you. That's why I like to uh not always just jump straight into it. I like to not go in so blind. I I talk to them beforehand, so I kind of get to know the people first, um, so then I can tailor it and float things around differently to be able to speak to them in a different way or know what next to ask them and you know know how how they work in order for them to be able to open up.

SPEAKER_00 49:16

Yeah, and also as you say, like you're really sort of building your confidence up, but this person perhaps has never done something like this, so they need half an hour or so just to sort of like I'm actually doing this and for their brain to realise what they're doing.

SPEAKER_03 49:29

Yeah, I look at it as I would probably never open up to someone who I didn't feel had been through something. Um, if you can't relate or if you can't understand, it's gonna be a struggle for me to try and paint you the picture, even if the colours are beautiful, you know. It's it's hard to be able to do so. So I kind of let them get to know me as well and and share my side of story and my side of life in order to help them relax and feel comfortable and confident enough to be able to go, this guy is genuine and he actually does care to some extent, you know. It's yeah, it's a blessing to be able to do what I'm doing lately, that's for sure.

SPEAKER_00 50:05

Yeah, it definitely sounds very interesting. I I'm tempted to um download TikTok just to have a look because that just sounds immense, immense amount of work for spending two or three hours with somebody. And also, I mean, I don't know whether you can tell, but I mean if you're live, you must have people watching while you're doing it.

SPEAKER_03 50:25

Yes, yeah. So we get loads of different people kind of in there, um, like I said earlier, from all different types of life. And sometimes like our post whilst I'm live, so you can schedule a post so it will go at my times are like 10 past one and ten past two. Um so then if I'm live at 12, that helps generate it, and anyone that sees my post can see that I'm live and can join in from the live. And I've had many people that do so and then reach out after and be like, I never knew you were doing this, I thought you were just posting content. And then yeah, it kind of flows conversation from there, really. So yeah, it's it's all about growth. In the last six days, we've hit 14.5 million views across my account just in the last days. So it's been it's been immense, it's been crazy.

SPEAKER_00 51:14

Now I'm sorry, when you see those figures, you must think, you know, am I actually really reading that correctly? Because they're crazy numbers, really, aren't they? 100%.

SPEAKER_03 51:21

We um in the last four weeks it's gone from 8.9 million to 14.5. So it's been yeah, it's it's crazy. We've got a post now that's hit 1.2 million views um in the last say eight months or so. Um yeah, a couple of six hundred thousands, yeah. We're um it is it's crazy to feel like how uh you can be stuck in your own head sometimes and you feel like it's only you dealing with the problem, but you might just be the only one dealing with it in that scenario, but other people can pick it and relate to it in so many ways. And when you're hitting a million views on a post and you sit back and you actually digest it all and think to yourself, Wow, there's a million people in the world that are relating to me, it makes you feel immense, it makes everything feel fantastic, you know. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 52:12

And I I mean, you know, I'm here celebrating if I I reach a thousand a thousand players on my podcast, and you're sitting there with uh 600,000, a million views on each pizza you do. You can make some people feel small, you know.

SPEAKER_03 52:23

You know, yeah, sorry about that. No, it's just it's growth and consistency is definitely what I've noticed, and you know, I kind of feel like life is like heads or tails, uh, and depending on how you flip it, is dependent on the outcome you're gonna get. And you know, it it can change at any given moment. So one minute we was at a thousand followers, and then in the next six months we was at 10k followers, and it's just yeah, it's all about that growth and connecting to the right type of audience, and words actually do matter.

SPEAKER_00 52:54

Yeah, and I say what you do can relate, as you say, to a lot of people. I mean, sort of, you know, if I told my story being homeless, it could relate to uh a hundred people, it could relate to a thousand, you start having millions of views, yeah, you know there's a percentage that that's gonna have related to in some way or another. You know, maybe not everybody, but a lot of them, you know.

SPEAKER_03 53:14

Definitely, definitely.

SPEAKER_00 53:16

So am I right? I mean, I don't know for sure, but based on what I know of TikTok and these sort of live chats and so on, do people ask sort of questions while you're doing the the live talk, or do you not allow that? Do you I just even watch?

SPEAKER_03 53:28

Yeah, no, um, I allow it. So I often say to people if there's anyone in the comments that wants to ask a comment, whether it's to myself or to the person, say that I'm interviewing, so to speak, um, I give that the opportunity. And then at the end, I kind of give it like as as I'm doing the wind down, um, checking in, see how they feel about opening up the way they have. I open the floor to anyone if they want to talk. And then lately I've been doing um not just a podcast interview sort of setting, I've been just going live randomly and getting people in from the comments to be able to ask questions and go from there and be able to open up a little bit more and get them a bit of recognition of what they do and the sort of people they want to connect with, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 54:13

Really I I am absolutely amazed at what you're doing because I mean, you know, I just have a bit of fun with the podcast and so on, but you're really building this up to something that is actually sort of, you know, you're you're talking sort of TV hosting chat show type level when you're talking two or three hours.

SPEAKER_03 54:30

Yeah, I'd love to that I think that would be like the perfect sort of end goal for me, would be to to be somebody that's able to people to look up to, you know. It would be it would definitely be amazing. And I feel like we're on the right sort of path. It's just you know, we gotta get past the uh stones and rocks to be able to keep walking on the straight and narrow, you know. It's it's it's all a learning curve, like I said. But yeah, my end goal would be to be somebody for someone that I never had myself type of thing.

SPEAKER_00 55:03

Yeah, yeah, that sort of support or just someone, as you say, to listen. Because that's also a skill. Being able to listen is a skill.

SPEAKER_03 55:10

Definitely, definitely.

SPEAKER_00 55:11

You know, that it's amazing, and I really, really take my hat off to you. I'm not wearing one, but I would if I had one. Uh and um that is what so what would you say, you know, if you sort of said by sort of Christmas this year or beginning of next year, where would you you like to be? Would you still like to be on TikTok? Would you like to spread a little bit more and maybe be on YouTube or where where do you see yourself going?

SPEAKER_03 55:35

I think yeah, YouTube is definitely something that um my mind's getting more open to. Um, and I'm kind of thinking about clothing as well. Like, so my TikTok's basically based on quotes. So I've done a couple of designs. I've bought myself like an embroidery machine and uh heat press. Um, I've got like people that I can buy the hoodies from at a cheaper cost to be able to create myself, and so that's definitely like a big thing that I want to do as well is try and look into clothing um to be able to put more of a recognition to me as a person. Um as for the lives and TikTok on itself, I mean, we just take every day as it comes. Every day is a new challenge and we we learn from it every opportunity that we get to. Um, but by Christmas, I'd love to be well, we've grown massively in the last couple of months. So I mean, if we if we use that as just a starting point by Christmas, I'd love to be on possibly 40,000 followers and be able to, I don't know, not necessarily just do lives but do face-to-faces, like be able to get into venues and and be able to talk and be be uh someone that someone can open up to, whether it's face-to-face or on a phone call or any sort of scenario that life wants to throw at me, basically. I'm ready to um capture it and and run with it, you know.

SPEAKER_00 56:58

Well, you've definitely got yourself um a bit of a challenge ahead, that's for sure. But as you say, there the road ahead can be rocky, but you that's the challenge that's that's laid there and you have to deal with it. So yeah, I really do um admire you for what you're doing. It sounds like you've got a plan, but you I mean to do two or three hours, I I just wouldn't want to contemplate that. I mean, I do sort of half an hour, 40 minutes plus the guests, but they're spread out over a week or over weeks because of the way I do things. So to do two or three hours straight, no, and I've been a bingo corner and been in show business, and I've done theatre shows, and believe me, that just is daunting to do two or three hours. So I really am um very, very admirer of you on that one. And I may download TikTok, even if it's just in my own name, just to see what you do, because it sounds fascinating.

SPEAKER_03 57:51

I'll drop you a follow back in any exposure, best exposure. You know, if they're if TikTok's the thing that you want to do or something you want to learn more about about posting your content on there, feel free to drop me a message. I'm happy to help you everything that I've learned in the last two years.

SPEAKER_00 58:06

Oh no, but it would purely, I promise you, it'd purely be just to see what you do. It wouldn't be to promote what I do, it would be just to have a look at what you do. So, and talking of which, um, I don't know TikTok. So, how can people find you on if they are a TikTok user, I assume they would know. But if someone says, Oh, this sounds interesting, I'll download this TikTok. Yeah, um, how do they how do they then find you on TikTok?

SPEAKER_03 58:28

Okay, so if you just go to the search bar basically and put in real talk and filtered, um, like I said, with the confidence at the moment, I've changed the profile picture. So the profile picture is actually myself now. Um, I went to Future Ventura a couple of weeks ago, so it's actually me stood by the ocean. Um yeah, uh that's that's a way to be able to find me. And and my posts uh home hit in their quotes. So yeah, it'd be a perfect opportunity for anyone that wants to have a look at what I do or reach out to me if you feel like you need a safe space to talk to. Um, I'm always there to listen. I may not reply straight away, but when I've got the time throughout the day, I definitely like to get back to people. Um, because if I don't get back to people, I guess it kind of shoots down everything that I'm trying to capture within the stuff I write, you know. Um so yeah, go to the search bar, search for real talk unfiltered, and you will find me on there.

SPEAKER_00 59:23

That's wonderful. So once again, thank you so much, Tyrone, for coming on because I genuinely had no idea, folks, what I was gonna be talking about, to be honest, because you know, the name Real Talk Unfiltered, I knew it was Real Talk, but I had no idea what he talked about. So um, this was totally unique. I couldn't have any insight at all, really. So thank you so much for coming on. It was very interesting talking to you, and I do hope you reach your numbers, and uh it'd be fascinating to see once you do. If you do, move on to YouTube because that I do use. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 59:55

Yes, I'll be coming to you for the insights on YouTube and believe me, and thank you for having me. And honestly, it's been an absolute pleasure to be able to have someone to speak to myself rather than me than me do the speaking, you know. It's it's been a blessing, and you know, it it this could be the next step for me to be going places is is having people speak to me about what I do.

Cheltenham Events

SPEAKER_00 1:00:16

Well, that's always an option, but thank you so much, Tyrone, and have a wonderful day. And it's not long before your lovely little kids start making their way home. Thank you. Take care, bye-bye. Okay, thank you, Tyrone. It was lovely chatting with you, and good luck with your Real Talk Unfiltered. It's a wonderful idea, and I've got to admit, I'd never thought I'd have somebody who would come on and we'd be talking about something regarding a TikTok account that shows how the world's changing. So, moving on to something that doesn't change, and that's the show, and that means it's time for upcoming Cheltenham events. Now, if you fancy supporting local makers and picking up something a bit unique, then check out Ellie's pop-up shop craft market here in Cheltenham. It's happening on Saturday, the 18th of April from 10 till 4 at Ella Hare and Beauty Salon on Bath Road. This pop-up market will be showcasing a range of local artists, makers and independent businesses, so it's a great chance to browse handmade items, gifts, and creative pieces all under one roof. Perfect if you're looking for something different and want to support local at the same time. I went to uh one of theirs a few years ago when I was doing all things chatting on my social media, more so than the podcast, and it really is great there, I promise you. Now, also happening on April the 18th, something for you music lovers sees the return of Record Store Day, a global celebration of independent record shops bringing together music fans, artists, and local stores all in one day. It's all about supporting your local record shop with exclusive vinyl releases, limited editions, and a real community feel that you just don't get online. Here in Cheltenham, it's a great opportunity to pop into your local favourites like Badlands Records, Vinyl Vault, and the Independent Record Shop and have a browse and maybe pick up something special. Whether you're a serious or just fancy a bit of nostalgia, it's well worth a visit and a great way to support local businesses while discovering some new music. Now, just a very quick reminder for things going on that the Cheltenham Poetry Festival is still underway and runs until the 18th of April at venues across the town. This year's theme is Possessed with a packed programme of performances, open mics, and events celebrating the power of poetry to inspire and entertain. So if you fancy something a little different, there's still time to get involved, whether that's watching, listening, or even taking part. For full event listings and tickets, head to the Cheltenham Poetry Festival. Now, if you're an early riser like me and you fancy trying something a little different, here's a lovely one for you. This is really nice. Cheltenham's Action for Nature are hosting a bird song at Sunrise event on Sunday, the 26th of April at Coxy's Meadow. It starts bright and early at 5 a.m. and runs through till 6. It's a gentle morning walk where you can experience the dawn chorus at its most spectacular, as the meadow comes alive with bird song with the rest of the town is still waking up. You don't need any experience or knowledge of birds, just wrap up warm and enjoy one of the quietest and most peaceful times of the day in a beautiful setting. It's completely free, and you'll meet outside the meadow calf at Cox's Meadow. So if you're interested, you can let them know you're coming via the link in the description, and it's a really nice way to start your day. And I'll have links also, by the way, to the Poetry Festival and any other links that are needed for some events. So just check the description for those links. Now looking ahead for something a little bit different now, and this one's definitely gonna stand out. Cheltenham Lido is hosting the Big Chill 25. This October, a 25 hour continuous team relay swim running right through the day and night. Teams take turns in water to keep the swim going, as all while raising money for Cheltenham Lido and NHS charities. It's open to swimmers of all abilities, so whether you're up for the challenge or just want to support from the sidelines, it's one to keep an eye on. You can find out full details and how to enter in the Cheltenham website, in the Cheltenham Lido website, and as I say, the link to this will be in the description. So do check that out if you want to raise some money for them and the NHS. And that's some challenge. 25 hours swimming. Not one person, but even as a team, that's uh that's a big challenge. So that's it, that's another week done. Um so I do hope you enjoyed all things chart on this week. If you have, please don't forget to follow or subscribe. Please let your family and friends know about what I do. Thank you so much for listening. And I'll begin, I'll begin, I'll be back, not begin, I'll be back next week with more news, sports, community information, and for the first time in a while, no more guests. So a shorter podcast. So until next time, take care. Have a great time in Cheltenham. Bye for now.