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The Music Industry Provider for England (MIP)
What is The Music Industry Provider?
MIP is a 13 week Open Learning package designed to help you work in the music industry. It is available across England, working from home with some travel to regional centres.
We aim to move customers further towards their goals in the music industry and equip them with the skills and knowledge that they need to move into employment.
Who is suitable for MIP?
We are looking for a person who is:
- An experienced performer, musician, DJ.
- A programmer or producer with a completed “demo”.
- A songwriter or composer with finished songs.
- Someone with music industry contacts.
- An individual with a qualification in music, music technology or similar.
We also require:
- Motivation to reach realistic music career goals and Job Search targets.
- Commitment.
What does MIP provide?
- Free music industry workbooks, for study at home.
- An allocated Music Industry Adviser, in your area, for face to face reviews.
- Access to free music industry advice and guidance on the phone with…
Promoting yourself and your music
Improving your skills
Networking and contacts
Industry know-how
Technical advice
Being self-employed
Finding work
- Monthly training sessions on music industry topics.
- Events and roadshows with high profile industry panellists.
- Training allowance of £15.38 per week and travel expenses.
How can we help?
Although we are not a lesson-based, ‘hands-on’ course, we do provide face to face support and a freephone number for our contact centre. Here, experienced advisers are at hand to deliver advice on a range of topics such as promoting yourself, technical queries, being self employed, finding work and music industry ‘know-how’.
Whilst on programme clients complete 30 hours per week home study, which is recorded in their own personal diary. These are to be submitted fortnightly at their face to face reviews, which take place at a regional centre in their area. Their allocated music industry adviser will monitor progress, deliver advice and guidance and set action points to be completed for the next review.
Mark Compton from Armstrong Learning explains that:
A lot of musicians do not realise how difficult it is to earn a living within the industry. If you are serious about being a musician, it means working hard for everything you need, picking up perhaps unrelated jobs to fund yourself and your music projects. The reality of the current state of the industry means that musicians need to find work to invest in their music careers.
Added value strategies
- Internet wisdom, helping customers create or manage internet activity such as www.myspace.com giving them access to a worldwide music community in excess of 50 million users.
- Discount incentives, saving customers money on music equipment, computers, software, CD duplication, trade events, subscriptions for magazines and industry trade associations.
- Network Conferences, Workshops and Seminars. They include big prize competitions, awards and opportunities for musicians to network and showcase their work.
- Industry Mentors, some of the most prestigious figures in the music industry will offer advice and guidance to customers on a range of subjects.
- MIP Productions, a ‘One Stop Shop’ for discounted recording, production, mastering, design, manufacturing, duplication and packaging for customers (and of course, access to the MIP record label which will compile and release the best emerging talent each year.)
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