Simon Neild
Presenter of Inside Local Music
Photo credit - Wildlife Photographer | Tyla Autumn Photography
Biography
A great lover of music and people, Simon grew up in Zimbabwe, where music ‘flows in the blood’ and he has always been passionate about it.
Simon says: “Sadly I am not a musician and can’t sing in tune (I can’t even talk in tune!) – As such my contribution to music has always been producing, managing, and recording. I can also play the drums (after a fashion!) and am a reasonably good percussionist.”
Simon’s day job as a business software designer / writer / marketer demands a high level of people and communication skills. He finds this easy as “I love speaking with clients at all levels in businesses and analysing and resolving their problems! I think it is this background that has helped me to take the About You show to where it is.”
Although Simon really loves presenting his show on Source FM, his real passion is in production and event organisation. It is this passion, mixed with his love of local music, musicians, theatre and performance which has inspired him, together with Jules Kay and the Source FM team to drive the Parklive Falmouth event forward. This is an event that Source are putting on with the town on the last Sunday of each of the summer months, April to September. It showcases local musicians and performers, it’s held in Kimberly Park and free to all of our community!
“I also love reporting on community events and do so regularly for Nick Dent (now sadly moved on) and Andy Coote.
Another passion is to take SourceFM out into the community, and as such, I am often seen out producing and sometimes presenting Source outside broadcasts. Our record live transmission was 10.5 hours from the Haiti benefit concert at the Princess Pavilions. We currently support and broadcast from a few regular events such as the Shanty Festival.”
He loves meeting both new talent and keeping up to date with local artist. He either invites them to come in and play live on his show, or pre-records them at his studio in Penryn (Studio-35 productions http://www.studio-35.com/) and plays them later on air.
He also makes a lot of videos for local artists as well as all the Parklive audio / visual promotions. You can see them here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBTtHSqXLhdMWZ3u8C4EdgQ
Simon feels privileged to be the representative to the members of Source on the board.
