After a summer-long hiatus, Falcon Radio Station’s Falcon Lounge program makes a comeback this semester. The brainchild of the student DJs of the station, Falcon Lounge is a segment within the program Falcon Beats, where fellow Adamsonians get a chance to be a guest for the day, and perform either a covered or originally written song live on-air.
In an interview with Falcon Beats' program head, Inno Flores, he notes that the qualities that they look for in those who audition are their potential talent, their craft, and if the message of their songs hit the spot for the listeners. Notable guests of the segment are fellow Adamsonians such as the band To Follow, who subsequently won in Falcon Pitch — a songwriting contest held by the radio station last semester.
In an interview with recent Falcon Lounge guest, 2nd year communication student Katherine Felix Natividad expressed how she felt great after being given the chance to perform at Falcon Lounge. Much to her surprise, it helped her to express her love for singing especially that many of our fellow Klasmeyts heard her sing her favorite songs. “Kinakabahan talaga ako ng sobra,” Natividad admitted. “Pero dahil na rin sa kakilala ko ang [mga] DJs and naging comfy ako, inisip ko nalang na ‘di ako dapat mahiya kasi kami-kami lang din ang nasa booth that time.”
However, the process of being a guest for Falcon Lounge is not as easy as it may sound. Aspiring guests must submit a recording of them singing live, which will then be filtered and be subject to consideration by the program head, who will ultimately decide if they get the green light to go live on air. Talk about prestige. Sounds scary? Fret not, Mr. Flores further adds that they rarely reject audition tapes as the DJs of Falcon Radio are understanding and appreciate all forms of singing capacity.
So what’s new? According to the program head, with the influx of new students in the university, listeners can expect more guests for the segment and along with this, are more diverse voices and personalities, and with the creativeness present in today’s new students, this is not something that is in question.
As with the long history and run of Falcon Radio Station, Falcon Lounge has been up and airing for a long time, guests and DJs in charge may have changed but the segment’s aim still stays the same — to encourage fellow Adamsonians to showcase their talent on-air, gain acknowledgment from fellow students in and out of the university grounds and promote homegrown originally written songs.
Interested? Aspiring guests can send an audio recording of themselves singing, along with a reason on why they deserve to be a Falcon Lounge guest at FRS’ e-mail address: falconradioph@gmail.com
Photo Courtesy of Francis Jay Acosta