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Creative
& Cultural Skills has teamed up with leading
figures in the music industry and the BBC to launch
an innovative new series of podcasts. Designed to
provide an insight into careers in the industry,
they’re aimed at young people interested in
joining this highly dynamic and fast-moving sector.
The podcasts include interviews with Aubrey Nunn
(Faithless), Lohan Presencer (Ministry of Sound
MD), Robin Millar (producer), Bob Angus (Metropolis
Music MD), Colin Lester (Wildlife Entertainment),
Paul Fletcher (EMI marketing), Sarah Levine (Universal
Publishing), Edith Bowman (Radio 1) and Andy Saunders
(Velocity Communications). |
They share their experiences of making it in music
with sixth formers from Queens Park Community
School in London. Fresh, lively and informative,
the podcasts provide a valuable careers resource
that’s easy to download and listen to.
The project has been facilitated by 21CC, the
BBC's digital learning centre in London and is
part of an ongoing national initiative to provide
young people with industry- endorsed information
and advice on careers, courses and what it takes
to work in the creative industries.
Al Tickell, Industry Skills Director for Music
at Creative & Cultural Skills says:
“This
is a great medium for letting people who’ve
been there and done it to share their experiences
directly with
anyone who’s got access to the web. Podcasting
has helped to break plenty of new bands recently
– so why not
also use it to show the way to the whole range
of careers in the industry?”
Click on the images below to hear the 4 Industry
Podcasts.
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CCS Videocast
The podcasts are available here and will also be
linked to i-Tunes, Learn Direct, and on various
music industry websites and portals.
Visit podcast.ccskills.org.uk/
for more information.
There may be delay before the video appears, depending
on your connection speed. Right-click here
to download the videocast.
The special guest speakers on the Podcast's are
featured below.
Biographies
These biographies tell you the story of our experts'
careers: the artists they've worked with, the jobs
they've held, the companies they've worked for,
records they've made, awards they've won - in fact
all the reasons why they are experts in the music
business! |
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Bob
Angus, MD Metropolis Music
Live Music/Promotions/press
www.metropolismusic.com
Edith Bowman
Artist/producer/management
Edith Eleanor Bowman is a television presenter and a radio
D.J. She currently presents the Colin and Edith Show, with
Colin Murray on BBC Radio 1. She has presented extensively
on television and radio.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/colinandedith/
Paul Fletcher, EMI Records
Marketing/Recording
Paul Fletcher is the Marketing Manager for EMI Records,
and has worked at several labels previously. During his
career Paul has been fortunate to work with many fabulous
artists and bands including Robbie Williams, Iron Maiden,
Pink Floyd, The Fall, The Vines, Space, Sarah Cracknell,
Faith Evans and more.
www.emimusic.co.uk
Colin Lester, Wildlife Entertainment
Artist/producer/management
Colin Lester, part owner of Wildstar Records and Wildlife
Entertainment together with Ian McAndrew, works both as
an A&R and a manager. The label's signings include Craig
David and Dum Dums and management signings, amongst others,
Travis and Brand New Heavies.
www.ukmmf.net
Sarah Levine, Vice President of Legal Affairs, Universal
Publishing
Legal/publishing/contractual
Universal Music Group (UMG) leads the music industry in
global sales with an estimated worldwide market share in
2005 of 25.6%. Its global operations include the development,
marketing, sales and distribution of recorded music through
a network of subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees
in 75 countries, and music publishing.
www.umusic.co.uk
Robin Millar
Producer/studio manager
The man behind Sade, Robin is one of the UK's most successful
ever Record and Music Producers and three times elected
Chairman of Re-Pro - the worldwide Record Producers and
Engineers Guild. Currently - Honorary Patron, The Music
Producers Guild, Patron of UNICEF, Patron of UNHCR Delegate
to the Music business Forum , Delegate to the PPL Performers
Forum , Member of Human Genetics Council , Trustee of Playing
Alive Foundation. From 1980 Robin has initiated, developed
and sold businesses in luxury car hire, recording studios,
music and magazine publishing, restaurants and personal
management. Robin has a 20 year history in training audio
engineers under apprentice schemes at his studio operations
and believes in mixing academic learning with industrial
training.
Four of his entry level trainees have gone on to produce
Grammy Award recordings and many more have achieved significant
status in the industry.Productions have sold 48 million
copies worldwide, including 44 number 1 hits and have earned
£300 million in foreign income. Productions have won
ASCAP, Brit, American Black Music, BASF and Victoires De
La Musique awards. Awarded over 150 Gold, Silver and Platinum
discs; in 1995 the 3M Visionary Award for Outstanding Commercial
and Artistic Achievement in Music and in June 2000 the Windrush
2000 Arts and Community Award for services to visible ethnic
minorities.
Aubrey Nunn, Faithless
Artist/producer/management
Aubrey's professional experience began as a member of the
international number one selling band Stiltskin having recently
split from Heavy Stereo with Oasis' Gem Archer. He subsequently
became a founder member of the triple platinum selling band
Faithless, and over the last ten years he has played bass
guitar for hundreds of sessions including both No Angel
and Life for Rent for Dido, and for artists such as Gabrielle,
Neil Finn, Carlos Santana, R. Kelly, and most recently Corinne
Bailey-Rae. His production and writing credits include co-writing
and co-producing Dido's recent album Life For Rent. For
the last ten years he has spearheaded Faithless' management
company while continuing to work with developing artists
as a writer, producer and manager. Faithless Forever was
the ninth best selling UK album of 2005.
www.faithlessuk.co.uk
Lohan Presencer, MD Ministry of Sound
Recording/independent/multi platform
Ministry of Sound was one of the key locations in the development
of house music in Britain in the early 1990s and more recently
has expanded with franchise clubs being opened in Asia,
and club tours taking place worldwide. Ministry of Sound
was founded by, and is still largely owned and controlled
by, Jamie Palumbo.
www.ministryofsound.com
Andy Saunders
Artist/producer/management
Andy Saunders has over 19 years experience of working in
the UK music industry including stints at Pacific Records,
Conifer Records, Roadrunner Records and from 1992-2000 at
the legendary Creation Records where he was Head of Press
and Communications. He founded public relations company
Velocity Communications in 2000 and has handled PR for a
number of leading music companies, artists and entrepreneurs
including, Ministry of Sound, Sony/ATV Music Publishing,
Craig David, Mis-Teeq, The Telstar Music Group, Sanctuary
Records, Anthony Wilson, Alan McGee, Earls Court and Olympia
Group, The Notting Hill Music Group, Clear Channel, Poptones,
EMI Records, V2 Records, pre.vu, Vitaminic, Malcolm McClaren,
Outside Line, In The City, Redemption TV, Fierce Panda,
Barry Adamson, The O2 Music Wireless Festival, The Vines,
Kraftwerk, John Cale, Carnaby Films, Guy Chambers, Don Black
and many others. Andy is also Director of Communications
for The International Music Managers Forum and The European
Live Music Forum.
www.velocitypr.co.uk
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