Beautiful Surprise a song written and composed by Nick Barclay and Paul Smith was a song that was sent to radio stations with a simple message
“Hi this is a song that has no big marketing budgets, no reality TV money and no media campaign, its just a lovely song with a fantastic message are you brave enough to put in on your playlists ?”
…that was 10 years ago..and the response from the BBC was nothing short of amazing
“So good its on my A list BBC Radio Lancs”
” A Beautiful Surprise indeed ” BBC Radio Berkshire”
” Added to the central BBC Playlist”
“On the playlist this week BBC Radio Merseyside”
” Added to playlist BBC WM”
” Added to playlist BBC Radio Kent ”
“A fantastic pop song Daz Hale BBC WM”
” A Beautiful surprise BBC Cumbria Faith Show”
” Single of the week ” Radio Six International”
The song was play listed on most of the BBC regional stations A listed in a lot of cases proving that real music by real people will be given a chance…..for us with no money to back a tour or an album and the early days of the internet we weren’t in the position to take it further….but our story hasn’t ended there….if you are one on the many people who have been touched by this beautiful song here int he UK and the US…then pass on the good news to friends via Facebook twitter a Beautiful Surprise is coming………