SECTOR SPOTLIGHT - MUSIC INDUSTRY
Focus on University with UK Music’s
Music Academic Partnership
Going to university is a great way to start your career in music and UK Music works closely with our Music
Academic Partnership (MAP) members.
A lot of university lecturers will have come from a music
background and many will still be involved with the music
industry as a part of their job. If you wish to study music
production, composition or performance, your university will
offer you great practical help and resources from recording
studios to showcase opportunities.
We like to help too with UK Music’s space at the BBC Introducing
LIVE event showcasing a number of MAP artists including BASH!
from Southampton Solent University.
BASH! is a five-piece band formed in Southampton in 2018 and
they have recently signed their first record deal and recorded their
first EP, which will be hopefully available this year.
They’ve had the pleasure of supporting Husky Loops, HalfNoise,
Bloxx and GIRLI and opening the main stage of Larmer Tree
festival in 2019. Another amazing opportunity was thanks to BBC
Introducing Solent, who helped them record at the legendary Maida
Vale studios last year. Their song “Lovely, Smart and Beautiful” was
included in BBC Sounds. BASH! Said:
L-R: Joe, John, Amanda, Angus and Miles
Check out UK Music’s MAP members here:
www.ukmusic.org/skills-academy/music-academic-partnership/
All of us studied BA (Hons) Popular music performance and
production. This course provides a broad spectrum of knowledge;
everything you need to know as an artist, musician or producer
etc. is available from professional, competent and informative
lecturers alongside amazing facilities for you to practice your
skills. Everything depends on how much you want to take from
it and how much you’re willing to work. Be active and don’t
be afraid to make mistakes! The course gets attention from
professionals in the music industry and has created amazing
opportunities for us to showcase ourselves and get feedback from
industry A&R, songwriters & publishers. If it wasn’t for Solent our
band wouldn’t exist!
If you are interested in the business side of things they will also have
contact with the local music industry and initiatives. It’s also a good
idea to make the most of your time at university and start your own
projects alongside your uni work – find what you love and do it!
Who knows where it’ll take you….
Case Study Tanyel Gumushan
PPL PRS employee of year 2019 and UK Music’s Outstanding MAP Graduate Awards WINNER 2019
(photo shows Tanyel with Bastille’s manager Estelle Wilkinson at the Awards)
Tanyel works in the Live Music team at PPL PRS Ltd., licensing live music events and venues to ensure
that PPL and PRS members receive their royalties. She manages the accounts of high-profile venues and
production companies. She is also a freelance music journalist (Clash, DIY, NME), runs a blog (Cheeky
Little Matinee) and delivers freelance PR (clients include Universal Music and Stay Loose). Tanyel, who
graduated from Birmingham City University, said:
My university experience is one that I look back on fondly and with pride. The lessons I was taught both in practice and theory
have been invaluable in teaching me confidence in how to work and engage in professional environments and armed me with the
knowledge and inspiration that led me down a career path that prior I had no idea was even a possibility. Being taught how to merge
creation, innovation and entrepreneurship was the best life lesson I could ever have asked for, and I had the best guidance in doing so.
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