Portfolio careers or being a 'slashy': Musician-slash-Educator-slash-Songwriter-slash-Producer-slash-Marketing Specialist-slash-Entrepreneur is a way of life for many young people.

You might be a musician, artist or composer, working in education or holding down a main job alongside your artistic career. Or you may be working a 9-5 and progressing in your career by developing a business or side-hustle.

Our panel discussion took place on 25 June 2019 at Tileyard Studios. We talk about balancing your creative career with your ‘day job’, the opportunities for work in music education, how to set up a freelance side-hustle, and how to combine freelance and employee life successfully.

Speakers:

• Daniel Williams - Youth Engagement Director, Youth Music
• Adem Holness - Relationships Manager, Music, Arts Council England/Music Curator, Horniman Museum & Gardens
• Abimaro - Singer/Songwriter/Music Leader
• Max Wheeler - Musician/Producer/Music Leader/Programme Director and Author at Charanga/Consultant
• Andrea De Leon - A&R Manager, Audio Network/Owner of For Nothing Management

The panel was moderated by Remi Harris MBE, Music Consultant and Co-Founder of Young Guns Network.

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In the sixth episode of Youth Music's podcast we talk to people who participated in Exchanging Notes, an innovative four year partnership project between music organisations and schools, funded by Youth Music. Delivery ended in 2018 and our research partner, Birmingham City University, have just completed their report, which is being launched towards the end of May.

We discuss the forthcoming research, grounding it in the experience of the practitioners and researchers involved in delivering the programme of work. Over the course of the podcast, we picked up on the key ingredients for an effective partnership; the impact Exchanging Notes had on young people, practitioners and schools; and recommendations for the future, including some ideas about how best to refresh the Key Stage 3 Music Curriculum.

At a time when a lot of press coverage is focusing on music in schools being under threat, this conversation looks at how new ways of working can engage young people in school-based music making and support their musical, personal and social development.

This episode was hosted by Adam Cookson from Youth Music, and features:

Kim Johnson from Derbyshire County Council, Sam Mumford from Drum Works, Helen Briner from The Warren School in Barking & Dagenham, and Victoria Kinsella from Birmingham City University.

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In the fifth episode of Youth Music’s Podcast we talk to staff from Essex Music Service, the lead partner in the Essex Music Education Hub, about establishing and embedding hip hop and rap tuition across the music service.

We discuss how this came about, how it's being delivered, what we can learn from youth work and community music approaches and what the experience for the schools and young people has been so far. The wide-ranging conversation highlights the role of hip hop in reaching and inspiring young people, its impact on forming personal identities and its effectiveness in supporting language development and expression. We also explore the roots of the culture, its evolution into modern forms of the genre and touch on some of the recent media controversy surrounding drill music.

The episode is hosted by Carol Reid and Daniel Williams from Youth Music, and features:

Charly Richardson, Essex Music Service Lead Officer, with Kenny Baraka and Güneş Güven - Artists, Facilitators and Educators working for Essex Music Services.

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