Listening _ Part 4 (1)

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S… Speaker 4 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

You'll hear an interview with a young man called Mark Collins, who spends his spare time playing in a band that is gradually becoming well-known in his local area. For questions 24 to 30, choose the best answer A, B or C. You now have one minute to look at part four.

0:27

S… Speaker 2 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

In our local Dalton studio today, I have a young man, Mark Collins, a student who spends most of his free time playing in a band. Mark, your band is called Seton Park and you're gradually becoming quite well known, particularly in this area.

0:44

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

First, can you tell me how you chose the name for your band? Yes, well, most people imagine it's the name of a place we've got happy memories of, or something like that. But it was a bit more complicated than that. At first, we wanted to do something with our names. I'm Mark, of course, and one of my bandmates is called Phil Good, so we considered calling ourselves Good Marks. But then we weren't too sure about that idea.

1:11

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

Then one day we were sitting around saying we just had to find something. The radio was on in the background and there was a news item on about something really important that had happened in a place called Seton Park. I can't remember what now, but we all kind of simultaneously thought we could go with that. That was five years ago, wasn't it?

1:33

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

Has your band changed much since then? In some ways, yes. We started out with four of us, two guitarists, a drummer and a singer, though the vocalists are man now rather than a woman, so I guess that gives us a rather different sound.

1:48

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

We went through a stage of having someone on the keyboard as well and that went down quite well, but then she moved away and we thought we'd go back to how we were rather than try to replace her. For listeners who don't know your music, how would you describe what you play? We sort of mix rock and folk, I guess. We write a fair few of our songs ourselves, but we also do a lot of covers and some traditional stuff too, so it's quite varied.

2:16

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

But what all our numbers have in common is that their lyrics are always meaningful. We want to say something to the listeners, and not just through the melody or the rhythm. Is there any other singer or band that you particularly admire? Oh, there are lots. But I guess if I had to settle for one, I'd choose Flora Hernandez. I love both her beautiful sound and her approach.

2:40

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

It's the way she's been able to produce such stunning work despite her humble origins and her complete lack of musical education.

2:47

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

Most performers have had far less to put up with than she has, but still haven't achieved as much. She's a fantastic role model for young performers, I think. Tell us a bit more about your band now. Where could listeners go to hear you play? We do quite a few performances around this area and occasionally beyond. We even did a few concerts abroad last year. We haven't played in any of the famous big venues, though we've played to some quite large audiences.

3:15

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

as well as doing the odd night on the smaller club scene. To be honest, up to now, we've gone more or less anywhere we've been asked, though I think we may be a bit more selective in future. It's beginning to get more complicated to fit things around the rest of our lives. Tell us some more about your foreign tour. Was that a good learning experience? It certainly was, on all sorts of levels. We had a fantastic time.

3:40

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

The thing was, though, that we ended up out of pocket, what with flights, hotels and meals, hiring a van, agent's fees and so on and so forth. It was an amazing experience. We're now much more aware of what we can and what we can't do musically, but I don't think we'll be repeating it for a while. So what plans do you have for the future?

4:24

S… Speaker 3 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

Thank you, Mark Collins. Now you'll hear part four again.

4:42

S… Speaker 2 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

In our local Dalton studio today, I have a young man, Mark Collins, a student who spends most of his free time playing in a band. Mark, your band is called Seton Park and you're gradually becoming quite well known, particularly in this area.

4:59

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

First, can you tell me how you chose the name for your band? Yes, well, most people imagine it's the name of a place we've got happy memories of, or something like that. But it was a bit more complicated than that. At first, we wanted to do something with our names. I'm Mark, of course, and one of my bandmates is called Phil Good, so we considered calling ourselves Good Marks.

5:23

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

But then we weren't too sure about that idea. Then one day we were sitting around saying we just had to find something. The radio was on in the background and there was a news item on about something really important that had happened in a place called Seton Park. I can't remember what now, but we all kind of simultaneously thought we could go with that. That was five years ago, wasn't it?

5:48

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

Has your band changed much since then? In some ways, yes. We started out with four of us, two guitarists, a drummer and a singer, though the vocalists are man now rather than a woman, so I guess that gives us a rather different sound.

6:03

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

We went through a stage of having someone on the keyboard as well, and that went down quite well, but then she moved away, and we thought we'd go back to how we were rather than try to replace her. For listeners who don't know your music, how would you describe what you play? We sort of mix rock and folk, I guess. We write a fair few of our songs ourselves, but we also do a lot of covers and some traditional stuff too, so it's quite varied.

6:31

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

But what all our numbers have in common is that their lyrics are always meaningful. We want to say something to the listeners, and not just through the melody or the rhythm. Is there any other singer or band that you particularly admire? Oh, there are lots. But I guess if I had to settle for one, I'd choose Flora Hernandez. I love both her beautiful sound and her approach.

6:55

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

It's the way she's been able to produce such stunning work despite her humble origins and her complete lack of musical education.

7:02

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

Most performers have had far less to put up with than she has, but still haven't achieved as much. She's a fantastic role model for young performers, I think. Tell us a bit more about your band now. Where could listeners go to hear you play? We do quite a few performances around this area and occasionally beyond. We even did a few concerts abroad last year. We haven't played in any of the famous big venues, though we've played to some quite large audiences.

7:30

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

as well as doing the odd night on the smaller club scene. To be honest, up to now, we've gone more or less anywhere we've been asked, though I think we may be a bit more selective in future. It's beginning to get more complicated to fit things around the rest of our lives. Tell us some more about your foreign tour. Was that a good learning experience? It certainly was, on all sorts of levels. We had a fantastic time.

7:55

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

The thing was, though, that we ended up out of pocket, what with flights, hotels and meals, hiring a van, agent's fees and so on and so forth. It was an amazing experience. We're now much more aware of what we can and what we can't do musically, but I don't think we'll be repeating it for a while. So what plans do you have for the future?

8:18

S… Speaker 1 (Listening _ Part 4 (1))

I guess we used to dream of making the big time and becoming really famous. We're gradually giving up on that now, but we still love playing and I hope that will never stop. We did several summer festivals this year and that was great fun. I suspect we might concentrate on those rather than playing lots of smaller local clubs on odd evenings throughout the year. Thank you, Mark Collins. That's the end of part four.

Listening _ Part 4 (1)

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