Rise and Shine, Yuletide Edition

You can't keep a good idea down, and despite the fact we're still putting the finishing touches to the Daily Song Limited business plan (yes, we have one) we thought we'd better produce a holiday edition of our original songwriting show, Rise and Shine.

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Whatever Happened to March?

Rise and Shine happened to March... I was so involved in making this show, that I completely forgot my once-a-month post to this, the driest of all my blogs. And I've only just remembered that this is the last day of April... but then, I've been on holiday, so that's a permissable exception.

After one hectic month, I was very happy with our pilot show. We proved that the concept of a live, news-based songwriting show works really well. It generated the interest we thought it would, raising over $1000 US in sponsorship and song downloads. Plus, we have a whole series of songs presented in a brand new context - more about that later. Most importantly, we have a road-tested original show format, and people to who want to franchise it, which is a really nice thing to return to...

Rise and Shine: My Triple Challenge

I've set myself a triple challenge.

• Write a song (with assistance wherever possible) every weekday for a month;


• Broadcast the whole event as a breakfast show from 7am to 10am;


• Raise money for a good cause - BuskAid

I've dubbed the project Rise and Shine, and I've every intention of making this pilot show into a robust vehicle, combining creativity, commerce and charity, capable of traversing mighty landscapes.

Media moguls, commissioners, patrons, sponsors, and all-round nice people, feel free to contact songs [at] riseandshine [dot] tv to learn more.