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Music Ally launched our Creative Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) in early 2020 as a way to give skills and support to young people in the UK between 18 – 25 who want to understand how the modern music industry works – but may not have the support or resources to access opportunities, or lack access to traditional academic or vocational pathways.

Our goal was to support young people in the UK by giving them access to the same level of knowledge and skills that we know people who work in the industry have and to hopefully help them to grow in confidence and develop their network in the process.

We partnered with UK charity Youth Music to help us reach people outside of academia, or the world of internships, or – basically – London: people who want to make a difference in the modern industry, whether as artists & creators, or as the next generation of entrepreneurs.

After a long seven month process with 100 students involving specially-designed learning pathways of Music Ally’s information and education content, various drop-in sessions and a two month mentoring programme with leading music business figures around the world, we selected two outstanding performers: Jenuelle Na-Oy on our business strand and Nelson Navarro on the artist / creator strand.

We chatted to Jenuelle and Nelson about their experiences in the CEP scheme, what they learned, and what they did next. Here’s what they had to say…