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Notting Hill Academy of Music are flinging open their doors for a student open day, inviting you to take a look around, and to check out their music industry training programme. Shabs Jobanputra who currently runs Relentless Records within Sony sits as Chairman of the Academy. Ewan Grant who has previously held senior management positions at BMG, Universal and Ministry of Sound is the Managing Director.
Together with Phil Youngman who is the Head of Radio at Atlantic Records, Chris Cooke of CMU, Neil Simpson who managed Catfish and The Bottlemen amongst other experts have appeared as guest lecturers during the A&R and Songwriting course this year. With modules on marketing, promotion, communication, copyrights, music publishing and A&R, it’s a chance for music enthusiasts to learn all about the inner cogs and workings of the industry.
“It’s been a great experience being a student here at the Notting Hill Academy of Music, says Daniel, who’s a current student on the course. “I’ve learned so much in such a small space of time about the business side of the music industry. From copyrights to music publishing to the breakdown of a recording contract and more.
We’ve had so many great and current figures within the industry come in as guest lectures and this has also given us as students the opportunity to network and build relationships with these people.” The Academy also hosts weekly masterclasses. BBC 1Xtra and Radio 2 DJ Trevor Nelson has previously appeared as a guest speaker, along with industry insiders from Spotify, Atlantic Records, Universal Music, and loads of other high-profile companies.