Over the past year, Lauren Aquilina has focused on writing for other artists and despite being only 22 years old, she is becoming one of the UK's most exciting and versatile new top liners. In her first 12 months she has already been working with Ella Henderson, Little Mix, and Kylie Minogue as well as many notable writers in LA including Toby Grad and Sarah Hudson.

Having previously been signed to Island Records as a singer/songwriter Lauren shares her first hand experience of being a young, newly signed artist, why she walked away and how she’s now rebuilding her career.

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Preye Crooks is an A&R at Columbia Records who work with Rag&Bone Man, George Ezra, Calvin Harris & David Gilmore. At 18 years old, while studying at Cambridge university, Preye started Strawberries & Creem festival which is now in it’s 5th year and welcomes an impressive 15,000 visitors.

Preye talks about what it means to be a young A&R, what an artist should be doing to prepare for a major label and how the majors could evolve.

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Oh hello there!

I'm Nina Rubesa and I'll be your host throughout this series so I thought I'd say hey and give you a bit of background on myself as well as what you can expect from this series.

This podcast is made up of interviews with those who currently work in the music industry. We discuss fear and failures, the challenges and issues revolving around diversity and equality and the moments that stuck with our guests throughout their career. They also gives advice and insight in their sector and what they're looking for. They share career hacks and shed some light on how they got to where they are. Some of the guests function in the more traditional music industry, while others have gone down a more unconventional path. 

They're honest and real and will give you various points of views and experiences of what the music industry can be like.

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