Meeting at 1XX

Hey, it is me, Samantha. Last Friday during JAM CatchUp Day, I went to 1XX in Whakatane to meet with Glenn Smith to discuss our advertisement. First of all we discussed the jingle which Alicia and I had written for the More FM competition. Unfortunately I did not have the copy which I had printed out earlier. Luckily, I knew it off by heart because I was to record the jingle that day. I sang it to Glenn Smith and he liked it. He said that it was "catchy" which is what we really wanted.

We also discussed when we would like the jingle to be played. Seeing as we have to wind up Kei Te Pai in October, mass sales would have to take place during August so I decided that it would be more appropriate to play the jingle during that month.

After that I was directed to the newsroom. I had to answer a few questions about Young Enterprise and our company then suddenly I was whisked off to the actual studio to talk to Richard live on air! I was soooooo nervous but he went through the questions first before the song ended. Suddenly we were live on air and he was bombarding me with the questions he had briefed me on earlier. Luckily I knew the right answers so I wasn't uming too much. Then out of the blue he asked me this question which seems so simple but at the time, it was so complex. "So Samantha, would you do this experience all over again?" I hesitated quite a bit then said "ahhhh maybe? oh definitely uhhh yeah I would". Luckily the interview was over within a blink of an eye.

After that, I dawdled towards the recording studio to record the jingle. Matt took me into the recording booth to obviously record the jingle. I went through it once to make sure the sound was good then when it came to actually recording it I choked (not literally) then I forgot the words. I tried it three times, and then when I noticed Matt was looking a bit annoyed I suddenly forgot the words. When I finally got it right the jingle was too long! However, I quickened the pace and got it together. Suddenly my visit to 1XX was over.

I would like to thank everyone at 1XX for being so cool. On behalf of Kei Te Pai, I would like to give a special thanks to Glenn Smith for his generosity for giving our company the advantage of what every Young Enterprise Company needs to do well ... free advertising!