A student from dBs Music based at Cornwall College Camborne, has helped to shape the new sound of Falmouth and Penryn community radio station, Source FM.

David McWilliam is studying a HND in electronic music production and under took the work as a part of his second year major project. He said: "I planned the project myself under the guidance of my tutor, Oli Brand. I also had help from my fellow dBs student Jenny Bishop who kindly contributed her vocals, recorded in the studios at Camborne.

“Characterised by an emphasis on industry collaboration and music composition to a commercial standard, the project included dance music production and video scoring as well as production for radio.”

David contacted the producers at Source FM to see if they were looking for any production work and he discovered that the station was rebranding this year. The station was set up in 2009 to help students studying radio production at university and to give Falmouth and Penryn its own community station.

Source FM presenter, Ian Beaumont, said: “What I particularly liked about this (David's work) was that it sounds as professional as any jingle package, yet there are elements within the package that really make it distinctive for us, and capture the essence of Source FM and the spirit of the Falmouth/Penryn community."

Station manager Matthew Rogers added: “I think David has got a real talent for production work. I've heard a few jingle packages in my time and I think David is head and shoulders above many professionals in this field. He really seems to have captured the essence of what we were looking for and created a package to suit every possible eventuality.”