What does the future look like for the music industry? It’s tricky to get a handle on just how the landscape will look in the next ten to twenty years. A big issue is the lack of investment in music education, and for the UK in particular, the next generation of musical hopefuls are currently contending with a state education system that has seen a 21% decrease in music provision.
Long a champion of nurturing new talent - and spotlighting music education - Ed Sheeran has written an open letter to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, requesting an emergency £250m UK education package to help re-supply schools with the resources, staff and energy they need to revitalise music lessons.
In the letter - dubbed 'Protect and Grow Music Education'- Sheeran states;
“Dear Sir Keir Starmer, we are writing collectively as artists, civil society and industry, appealing to your personal belief in music and the promise of opportunity for all under Labour.
