Consultancy, criticism and careers.

In many cases I actually don’t recommend releasing music independently, (it really just means “on your own”) and I think most courses (including University) are a total disservice to an artist.

Someone had to say it.

The people who advise you to release independently have usually never done it themselves but they know most people will fail and will try to upsell you promo, pr, social media guides and marketing.

You’ll be sitting on a pile of unsold T-shirts by the end of the year that way… I GUARANTEE it!

Courses are either essays, dissertations and a classroom full of distractions or worse they’re pre-recorded videos or PDF’s that don’t apply to your problems and often the teacher has little to no professional experience.

It costs nearly £30K and offers no work afterwards.

I signed a 6-figure record deal 6 months into a degree (totally unrelated) but the head of music didn’t ask who the label was, how much it was for or even say… “Well done”.

It seemed that all he cared about was student retention.

His only professional experience was writing a song for Eurovision that received “nil points”.

Zero.

The head of music…

In one of the most prestigious music courses in the world.

Can you see where I’m going with this?

What I believe any artist needs, at a bare minimum, is 1:2:1 help from someone who’s done what they want to do.

Whether it’s for songwriting, learning a musical instrument, production or vocals it can save years of heartache and thousands of pounds.

And because of video messaging you can get it from anywhere or anyone in the world.

But who?

Well what about someone who has done what you want to do?

My names Paul McBride I’ve been signed to the same labels as The Beatles, Eminem and Billie Eilish.

My last release was Number 1 in America and I’ve had over 20M streams this year.

I’m a professional songwriter but I’ve also toured extensively in bands at major festivals and stadiums with highlights being Glastonbury, The Royal Albert Hall and Alexandra Palace.

I’ve been professional for 14 years and can show you how to do it too…simple as that!