I’ve been hosting my radio show on Beats 1 for over a year now. I started it for the love of radio and it has become a source of inspiration for my own work and writing.
Every week I get to discover new music but I also get to sit down and speak with artists who I love and who have dedicated their whole lives to music.
My goal when I started the show was to create a platform for artists to share their experiences. Being a musician myself, I quickly made the sad realisation that artists around me didn’t speak with each other enough. My goal for the radio show was partly driven by my own passion for deep conversations, but I also felt in need of a sense of community - to feel part of it and to make other artists feel welcomed in it.
Why artists didn’t share their experiences enough? Were they afraid to learn from each other?
The sad consequence of this (of any) lack of communication is that the same mistakes are more likely to be repeated. I felt that dialogue was necessary to break the chain.
In a sense I hope my radio show to be a source of knowledge for artists as much as for music lovers. The latter would be able to understand better how music is made, and the former would have the opportunity to inform and relate to their other piers, musicians, poets, writers…
I don’t think we can or should avoid making mistakes. Artists are pioneers of their own after all. But the life of an artist is made of doubts and feelings of vulnerability, all artists one day face the same kind of shit. So hearing what different artists (big or small) have to say has always been a huge inspiration for me. I think that’s the only way one can evolve.
Don’t get me wrong, the show isn’t about complaining about the world, quite the opposite, it’s about reminding each other of the power of music, and honouring the life changing opportunity that music is.
Music has this amazing ability to change us. I have fallen in love with it since a very young age. It was the only force that enabled me to believe I could become someone one day. It gave me hope and made me love life better and believe into myself.
I will feel forever grateful to have and to continue to be welcomed and supported by the music community. I have found a new family. Doing my radio show every week is a way for me to ‘give back’, talk about our passions and our struggles, connect with each other, push forward and inspire the new generations.

Hear Episode #64 of START MAKING SENSE this week | On Beats 1 |
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/curator/start-making-sense/id1082539352