I started Tuneful Radio podcast back in early 2018 after coming across an old CD recording of my University radio show (shout out to Wired Radio at Goldsmiths!!)! It spurred me on to finally take the leap into podcasting, which by that point I had been thinking about/ procrastinating about for a few years!  I recorded 3 episodes to finally get it done.  The concept was more like a radio show where I would speak on the latest music news and events, whilst also playing mini mixes of some songs I was listening too at the time.    It was dependent on audience interaction and my staying up-to-date with what was happening in music.  The turnover proved just too quick for me as a one-woman-band (as it were) and I just couldn’t keep up!

[Listen here to these first episodes of Tuneful Radio]

That’s when I went back to the drawing board and came up with another concept for Tuneful Radio.  At that time I had been enjoying long form interview style podcasts and thought I could do my own but of course sprinkled with the Natalia flavour and the added element of music!

I always found it really interesting to find out what songs were around / what people were listening to at various stages in their lives. So with this in mind, I came up with a selection of categories that I could use to prompt my guests into thinking of songs that would sum up these times of their lives. 

One feature that I kept from the old Tuneful Radio podcast and which was a hangover from my Tuneful TV Blog, is the SPOTLIGHT ARTIST section, now known as the FUTURE RADIO ARTIST.  This is where I look to the future by taking the opportunity to promote and support the music of an unsigned artist.  It’s super important for me to promote new talent and I suppose that has always been the reason why I created these platforms.