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HOM[E]AGE  Croydon
HOM[E]AGE Croydon is a documentary series by Sophia Carey that explores the people and places of specific cities and towns. The first series focuses on people from the London Borough of Croydon.

​For this series, I played the role of music creator and provided each individual with a soundtrack to help tell their own unique story.

Watch the series below!
Speak Up -  Fuse Manchester - Public Speaking
At the beginning of 2020, I was given the opportunity to deliver a talk at an event based on a topic of my choice. The opportunity was presented to me by Jaheed Hussain, a graduate Graphic Design student from the University of Salford and the founder of Fuse Manchester. At first, I was slightly hesitant to deliver a talk because I never deemed public speaking to be my “thing” and I never thought that I would have anything interesting to share with people. But then I thought to myself, “How many times have I been left to deliver group presentations on my own because the rest of my group didn’t show?” It was at that moment that I told myself that I could do it. The event that I was to deliver the talk was called “Speak Up” so that is exactly what I intended to do. 

In the days leading up to the talk I was about to deliver, I felt incredibly anxious and I would even struggle with sleeping. These feelings were accompanied by the negative self-talk playing over in my head, telling me that I could not do it and that no one would care about what I had to say. Whilst I was preparing for the talk, I recall turning to a fellow classmate and expressing to them how I felt during this time. They understood my feelings but still encouraged me to go ahead with it. On the day of the talk, I received a message from Jaheed to say that there may be a chance that the event could be called off due to the Coronavirus and at that moment, I felt a sense of relief. Although the cancellation of the event was not confirmed, the idea of that happening put me at ease as I thought to myself “maybe I won’t have to deliver my talk after all”.

The event was amazing and anybody who did not attend missed out big time. I’m not just saying this because I was a part of it, I met some great people that night from the other speakers all the way through to the people who came to hear our stories. The response to my talk was overwhelming. I had people approach me afterwards offering congratulatory hugs and handshakes because they resonated with what I spoke about. I also had people sending messages through to me via social media along the lines of “you’re a really good speaker” and “keep in touch, we should collaborate in the future”. Prior to this event taking place, I had convinced myself that my experience would be completely negative but after the event, I realised that could not have been any further from the truth. 

When opportunities like this present themselves, should you choose to accept them, preparation is very important. From planning what I was going to speak about through to visiting the location that I was going to speak at, I had to consider the best ways to could communicate with the audience. In the future, public speaking could be something that I do more of and if that is the case, I would challenge myself to find new and exciting ways to engage with the audience.
Creative Boom Podcast - Guest Feature
In July of 2020, I met up with Katy Cowan, the PR consultant & founder of Creative Boom. We recorded an episode of the Creative Boom podcast where we spoke about music and its accessibility, overcoming self-doubt, and finding ways to stay creative during difficult times.

Listen to the full episode below!
Creative Boom Podcast - Soundtrack
I was approached by Creative Boom to create the new soundtrack for their podcast. The brief that I was given was to create something funky, uplifting and positive. Something that reflects the creative community and how friendly and approachable Creative Boom are.

The end result was a brand new soundtrack which Creative Boom described as "so funky and fresh".

Listen to the new soundtrack below!

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