"Let me tell you about it," concept works best for Teen Music Television show.

South Florida teen music show is written, directed, filmed and edited by volunteer cast and crew aged 12-18.

Boca Raton (PRWEB) May 12, 2003 -- For 3 weeks, the teen reporters have been drawing names and giving away New Found Glory-Good Charlotte tickets for the Honda Civic Tour. They've handled it the "old fashioned way" copying entries from their website on to "3 by 5" cards and drawing the randow names from a box. The grand prize winner, a 19 year old from Boca Raton would realize his dream of meeting his favorite band Good Charlotte and traveling with them for 2 days. The artist promtions, the interviews, the filming, and the time-consuming editing are all part of the unique Swept Away Television experience.

    Sisters Jaime,22 and Amanda Rich,18, founded the show and created the non-profit 501c(3) organization in order to give other teens a shot at learning to produce, film, direct and edit their own programs. When they left for college in Orlando, a gang of younger teens took over the production of the show. Their 16 year old brother Zach, 16 year old Nick Corirossi, 16 year old Michelle Nash,13 year old Gaby Wagner,12 year old Brittany Rich, 16 year old Erica Connelly, 17 year old Sam Retteen, and 17 year old Jeff Hendler recruited teenagers from Miami to Ft Pierce. The teens put together a weekly show centered on the music that they enjoy, from developing artists everywhere. The teens select the artists they would like to interview and work through the artists manager or record company to make it happen.
    Amanda Rich remembers,"One of Jaimes friends had a boyfriend who knew John Mayers road manager. This was back in 2001 before his album was released on Aware. She turned us on to him and we started trying to arrange an interview with him . It took 6 months but we finally were in the same place at the same time. He wasnt on the radio, mtv or vh1 at that time, but we loved his music and were determined that everyone should hear him! The interview is amazing and hes a brilliant songwriter. Now hes a Grammy award winner for 2003.
    The next stop for the teenagers is a first look option agreement signed with a major production company this Spring. The teens completed an hour long pilot episode, filled with many of the interviews they've become known for. They made a DVD which the production company is using to "pitch the show"to interested networks.

     Show hosts Nick Corirossi and Zach Rich will appear later this month in an unscripted commercial for Acuvue Contact lenses. The commercial,titled "Cable Access" deals with Zach and Nick trading their glasses for the lenses. Both teens struggled with using the viewfinder on the camera while wearing glasses and made the switch to the lenses!

    The Swept Away gang has a website where many of the interviews can be downloaded and watched. The website address is www.sweptawaytv.com. The gang also welcomes suggestions from other teens about who theyd like to see on the show and on the website.