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Strung Out 2006 was won, and quite rightly too, by Oliver J Brooke (we didn't manage to establish what the J stood for). He joined us in the BBC Radio York studio for More Raw, played a great tune and let us ask him impertinent questions. Q: How did you find the whole Strung Out experience? It was really good. All very new really, it was the first competition I've been in so just playing was a good experience, winning hasn't quite sunk in yet and neither has coming on the radio! Q: You say you haven't performed much, so how long have you been writing for? As I'm doing it now about a year. I went to uni and got a music degree but that's a different sort of music altogether really. I kind of left uni and thought "big bad world, what do I do now?" so I wrote some songs and it seems to have paid off. Q: Some people don't like music competitions like Strung out, what do you think? | "I was that guy sitting at home with some songs who just turned up" | |
That's a good question, I don't know really. I suppose like most fellas I've got a competitive streak within me. If I'd lost I might have a different opinion, but for me it's been a good thing. You have to enjoy it, you'd only be there in the first place if you enjoyed that kind of thing. But I don't think an element of competition's wrong. Q: What do you get for winning Strung Out? I get a photo shoot with a guy I've worked with before, who's really good, so I'm looking forward to that. I get a day at Imp Hut studios and the best thing is I get a slot at the Moors Festival in July so I've just got to work on my set now. It's really good, I'm over the moon. Q: What would you say to someone who's sitting at home with a load of songs they think might be quite good? That was me. I was that guy sitting at home with some songs who just turned up. Apart from the fact that it's a good night out, you get your friends and family along, playing something like Strung Out can really be a great opportunity. It worked for me. | 
