Like all sectors in the modern British economy, music needs to encourage young people to join our workforce and to help contribute to our development. There are a huge variety of roles within the sector each requiring very different skills, attributes and qualifications. From the lawyers in business affairs to the marketing and promotions gurus, and various points in between, record labels are multi-faceted and multi-disciplined businesses.
At the BPI we work with our member companies to ensure that young people considering a future in the industry have every opportunity to learn more about us and how to get on to the ladder. For the past two years we have worked with the government backed Enterprise Week to host “Back Stage Pass” – and event which allows young people to meet directly with current industry professionals and discuss career paths and entry points.
Also, the BPI – together with many of our label members – participates in the Music for Good apprentice scheme, which brings young people into actual pay-roll positions within companies, giving them rich firsthand experience of life on the inside of the sector.
The BPI works closely with a number of higher education institutions providing music education, notable the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford.
And finally, through the charitable arm of the BPI, the BRIT Trust, we fund the BRIT School, the UK’s only non fee-paying school for the performing arts. The BRIT provides an outstanding academic education, alongside teaching music, dance, drama and musical theatre.