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12.07.13 MusicWeek 3
NEW UK MUSIC SKILLS ACADEMY ‘IS INDUSTRY GROWING UP’ SAYS PATRON PAUL LATHAM
Industry unites to seek out tomorrow’s music executives
EDUCATION BY TOM PAKINKIS
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he newly-launched UK Music Skills Academy is evidence of the music
industry “growing up”, according to the initiative’s patron and Live Nation International COO Paul Latham. The Academy, founded by UK Music and Creative & Culture Skills – where Latham also holds the position of chairman – is the first industry- led effort to improve recruitment practices in the music business. It is a part of the National
Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural, which spans the broader creative industries. Members of the Academy
will work to create routes into the industry, including course-led work experience, apprenticeships and paid internship programmes. Universal Music, Sony
Music, Warner Music, Beggars Group, Cherry Red, Live Nation, Britannia Row, Ad Lib and the National Arenas Association are all supporting the Academy. It also has established education partners in the BRIT School, University of Hertfordshire and The Backstage Academy for students opting for further and higher education.
[L-R] Andy Heath, Jo Dipple and Paul Latham
our wider membership and smaller businesses in particular is that we will help them get through the whole apprentice idea and they will have an opportunity to benefit from the Government system that is there to get apprentices in place,” he said. Latham said there has been
“This Academy will help to ensure that music courses are more realistic, more effective, better value and more useful to the music industry in the long term” ANDY HEATH, UK MUSIC XXXXXX
“Music has always had a very
uncomfortable relationship with the education establishment,” explained UK Music chairman Andy Heath. “With university courses, there’s been a general consensus that there’s a huge amount of graduates poured out every year that aren’t qualified to [work in industry roles]. To put it bluntly, the educational establishment has overpromised in this area. The UK Music Skills Academy gives a coherent and constructive force
to engage with the educational establishment, to make sure courses are more realistic, more effective, better value for the student and more useful to the music industry long-term.” The Academy will launch a
new UK Music Apprenticeship scheme suitable for a range of companies from record labels to collection societies with access to grants of up to £2,000, obtained through the Creative Employment Programme. It will also work with
employers and Creative & Cultural Skills to develop a new range of technical music apprenticeships; create a national network of skills and training partners; establish an annual Skills Festival featuring workshops and an awards ceremony; run a UK Music Summer School for Academy students; and allow students access to UK Music’s network of rehearsal spaces for artist and industry events. Heath explained that having a
better, more unified industry education drive was of benefit to music companies. He said that they would gain assistance in making the most of recruitment and development schemes. “I think the biggest effect on
strong interest from the Government in the Academy and that he hopes it will lead to more support in the future: “We are getting traction with different Government departments because they can see we’re getting organised.” The Confederation of British
Industry’s director general was present at the official launch of the Academy on Tuesday, and UK Music CEO Jo Dipple was confident that the initiative would get support on a national level. “For ministers in the CBI, getting a skilled, trained workforce into the right jobs is going to be one of the growth solutions to the economy,” she said. “Skills and training is high up on the CBI’s agenda.” Latham summarised the
Academy saying, “It’s the UK music industry growing up. This is a huge industry and we need to reflect that it’s a business. This is a way of doing it in a more appropriate way.”
Stranger and Eagle-i strike international deal
London based Stranger Music Group has announced a global administration agreement with Eagle-i Music, the music publishing division of Eagle Rock Entertainment. The new deal covers all aspects of music publishing administration on a worldwide basis including registration, royalty collection, sync exploitation and more for the Stranger Music catalogue. Stranger Music Group, the label that launched the career of Lana Del Rey in 2011 with her
debut single Video Games, will work exclusively with Eagle-i Music to source and develop new and existing songwriting talent and copyrights. Dan Symons, co-founder of
Stranger Music Group said, “We clicked immediately with Roberto Neri and his team at Eagle-i Music and they have made it very easy for us to structure a music publishing company that will allow us to play to our strengths, which are discovering and developing exciting new talent. This is a
director of Eagle-i Music said: “We have been great admirers of the guys at Stranger Music Group for a long time and when this opportunity to work together came along we jumped at the chance. “Stranger have proven
[L-R] Dan Symons (Stranger), Roberto Neri (MD, Eagle-I) and Cameron Jenkins (Stranger)
natural extension of our existing operations and we are relishing the chance to build a roster of
world-class songwriters for Stranger Music.” Roberto Neri, managing
themselves to be an internationally successful company with a fantastic understanding of both music and composers and we are very excited about what we can achieve together in this capacity as music publishers.”
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