1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,560 Speaker 1: Seven away from a couple of years ago the new 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: centralized politics shut down the mains music school. That left 3 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: a gap apparently in the tertiary system if you wanted 4 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: to study music. So former staff for studying something called 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: Let's Go Music. The co director is Mark Baines's well, 6 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: there's Mike. Very good morning to you. 7 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: Good morning. How's it going? 8 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: Very well? Indeed? So what are you? You are UNI? 9 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 1: You TICK or just a private operator? 10 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: We're a PTE, so that's a private Tershee education provider 11 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 2: and and we've just studied. Yeah, we started our first 12 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 2: course the Certificate of Music in July. 13 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: And you're certified by the appropriate authorities. And I walk 14 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,959 Speaker 1: away with a piece of paper that's worth something somewhere. 15 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 2: Exactly sore where it's actually very difficult to get accredited 16 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: by QA. And you need a lot of ground support 17 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: because we've got industry support and we've got lots of 18 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: excellent and I who are willing to testify. There as 19 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: a need, there's it's that's part of the process to 20 00:00:56,560 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 2: get the credited. 21 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 1: Right And did was the the t poo king and 22 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 1: this shambles of a centralized system? Was it the problem 23 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,479 Speaker 1: within that system? They weren't able to operate something. What 24 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: was the argument for killing the mains side of the equation? 25 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: Well, it was a numbers thing, but I think it 26 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: was a it was that was a convenient numbers thing 27 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 2: not to do along the past. It had just gone 28 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 2: through COVID obviously, and numbers were down at that point. 29 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 2: But irackly, you know, at that year twenty twenty three, 30 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 2: we had we had a huge intake planned and yeah, 31 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 2: so it wasn't yeah, I don't want to say too much, 32 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,039 Speaker 2: but it was probably it was probably easiest, easier to 33 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: let us go the country got flooded, gotcha. 34 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: Okay, So having said that, what the qualification you'd delivered? 35 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,479 Speaker 1: What who is it that studies this stuff? Is this 36 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: hobby stuff? Oh I want to be a DJ, I 37 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,320 Speaker 1: want to be famous all that. Or is it like 38 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: this is a career, this is my life and this 39 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: is where I'm eating. 40 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is. It is for career musicians, and we 41 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: do need that, and it's difficult obviously being a musician 42 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 2: and to make a career out of it. But I 43 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,880 Speaker 2: guess the certificate is a first step towards that a 44 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: very long road and it's really just for those who 45 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 2: you can't think, like myself, can't think of any other 46 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: career that would make sense, you know, for them because 47 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: they love music that much. So that's it's the first 48 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 2: step towards a career. And obviously, well not necessarily obviously, 49 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 2: but we're developing a diploma that we're hopefully going to 50 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 2: run next year and then a course of degree. We've 51 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 2: got a degree planned as well, but at the same 52 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: time we've got a couple of other courses. We've got 53 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 2: a mastercast series, and we're hoping to get sort of 54 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:41,239 Speaker 2: like big industry players to sort of do some online learning, 55 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: probably pre recorded that sort of thing with some with 56 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 2: some you know, face to face on a weekly basis 57 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 2: that can be specific to people who need, you know, 58 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 2: a particular service like industry support to try and write 59 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 2: their music or whatever. And and we do a weekend 60 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: Warrior's program as well SPET to start that up, which 61 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: is far more hobbyists to obviously working in the field 62 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 2: and they just want to connect with other musicians and 63 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 2: play music and have that curated in a sense by 64 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 2: musicians a professional. 65 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: There you go, as one door closed, as another door opens, go, well, 66 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: well that let's go. Music is what they're calling themselves. 67 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: Mike Baines, is you mainly five Minutes Away from eight? 68 00:03:20,680 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: For more from the mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to 69 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: news talks. 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